My family and I just completed our longest trip by car ever. The four of us drove from San Antonio to Potosi Missouri, in the Mark Twain National Forest to take my son Zack to Camp No Limits Missouri. The trip is about 860 miles each way and Google Maps calculated it has about a…
I could see Avengers End Game again. We are not usually “see it on opening weekend” kind of people but Marvel (and Star Wars) are the exceptions to the rules. I was in the theater with my kids at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning feeding my kids popcorn and candy for breakfast. Even though I…
I wrote a couple of blog posts about this 30-day writing challenge I was going to do. And…when I started, I had every intention of finishing and finishing strong. Because don’t we always plan on finishing the things we start? To the trolls and the haters I felt this blog had gotten a little bit…
Flying is not my favorite thing but as someone who travels frequently and writes about family travel, travel by air (and flying with kids) is a fact of life. And, even though I enjoy traveling with my kids, I don’t love flying with my kids. Although I love exploring with them and having new experiences…
My kids and I are traveling in Southeast Montana (sans husband) this week. We’ve been here for one full day so far and we’ve packed a lot of things in. When we told people about our upcoming visit to Montana, we got asked if we were going to Glacier or Yellowstone. We got a lot…
This is day 16 of a 30-day writing challenge. I’m still thinking my decision to commit to a blog post a day during what is one of my busiest months so far is kind of cray cray. But, we’re doing this, y’all. We. Are. Doing. This. As you read this, my kids and I are…
Fatherhood is about love, not DNA. I mean…obviously. I’ve been talking a lot lately about the stories pictures don’t tell. And, while there’s definitely stories behind these pictures, I think I’ll just let these stand on their own today, although I have provided brief captions. Enjoy and happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father…
I’m a reformed over-packer. I can recall many many trips where I schlepped two checked bags plus a packed-to-the-gills carry-on PLUS a purse through the airport. Being a very frequent traveler has forced me to hone my packing skills and drastically pare down. Carting around a bunch of heavy, unwieldy bags when you’re traveling is…
I wrote a post last week (or so) about how pictures tell as story…yet not. There’s always a story that the picture doesn’t tell. Maybe it’s because a picture only shows so much and the real story (or at least another layer or the story) is happening outside the frame. Maybe that was intentional or…
I could probably write a whole separate blog on how to pack for Disney World or Disney packing tips. Disney is a vacation like no other vacation and I think the best way to have the best time at Disney is to be ultra prepared. Part of that preparedness involves packing right. While Walt Disney…
