I just got back from a weekend getaway in Houston with my man and wow, did we need it! I didn’t even realize how much we needed it until I was there, having fun, with my guy, acting like a couple of teenagers. Why was it so much fun, you ask? Oh, partly because we left the kids at home.
We LOVE our kids, let me tell you. We’re obsessed with them, actually. But we desperately needed time to focus on each other. Here’s what I learned on this trip:
#1 :: No kids means no distractions.
A weekend away without kids is a weekend without changing diapers, feeding them, bathing them, dressing them, picking up after them, etc. Sounds like paradise,...
Let me tell you a little story about a botched Disney trip. I scheduled it the wrong week. Yep, my husband was not off work. Kids were not out of school. I planned it the completely wrong week. I messaged my Disney planner in a panic. All was resolved with no fuss. It was then that I realized I would never plan another trip without a travel agent. Here's why ...
There is no additional cost!
I will repeat that again for those in the back seats, NO ADDITIONAL COST. In fact, I would argue my trips cost less because I have the expertise of the planner to get me the best deal, best reservations, best everything with the most bang...
Family adventures don’t require airfare. Just a tank of gas and an open afternoon are all you need to experience new things with your family.
It is not unusual for all four of us (husband, daughter, son and I) to get into our car on a Sunday afternoon, get to the end of our street, sit and ask the age old question: right or left?
What started out as a way to just get out of the house and allow our kids to have a change in scenery (bonus points if they happened to take a nap) has become a way for us to find new adventures within driving distance from our house. We might end up in False River,...
A few weeks ago, I was listening to a nationally syndicated country morning show after I dropped the kids off at daycare. They were interviewing an artist, asking him what his road trip necessities were. Listening to their conversation got me thinking.
Thinking about family vacations when I was a kid brought out loads of nostalgia.
When I was a kid, our summer vacations were always camping trips. We camped a lot in East Texas and those trips are remembered fondly by me and my siblings. Traveling to our destination was half the fun. Our trips included paper maps (gasp!), sandwiches and snacks (see fudge rounds, sunflower seeds and chips) put together by my mom and music picks by my dad....
"Take a deep breath in for four counts, hold it for seven, and exhale for eight." I tried to find my zen in yoga class while also doing the fastest seven-count ever. I admit that I'm pretty bad at relaxing. The entire time I'm supposed to shake off the day, I'm typically running through the events of tomorrow. Still, mentally managing all the curricular and extra-curricular activities of my four kids and busy husband does give this control-freak an odd sense of calm.
When our instructor suggests that the class find its happy place, many picture the beach. Toes digging into the sand, the sound of waves gently and consistently ebbing, and the sun like a blanket on the skin...
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