Home for Christmas – test post

Home for Christmas After so much travel recently, we decided to stay home for Christmas this year. It was so relaxing to not go to the airport for once and have to fight the crowds, the chaos and the germs (it's flu season, you know). We decided to have a quick photo shoot. You'll see we still have our own chaos, but two out of three ain't bad!  

Mom + Me Popsicles

Okay here's the thing: this isn't what I thought I was going to be posting as my first blog post on my blog that was supposed to be a whole lot about traveling. Thanks to Covid (you jerk) my blog is about exactly the opposite of traveling. And specifically now it's about how to stay home and not eat ALL of the bad snacks and gain 5 dress sizes in 2 months. So I made some healthy-ish popsicles...
Maui with kids

Planning a trip to Maui with kids

Our sweet girl relaxing on a palm tree at Baby Beach, Lahaina If you know me at all - then you know how I feel about Maui. I grew up going there, I honeymooned there, and I travel there with my family as often as I can. Is it expensive? Yes! Is it worth it? Also yes. But I totally get why people hesitate to book a trip here. For one, traveling there pretty much eats up an entire day (plus the...

48 hours in Austin – with kids

Austin, Texas has long been our favorite place to road trip to. Typically just a 3 hour shot down I-35 from Fort Worth, it's relatively quick to get to for us and it feels like its own little state within a state. We love it for its outdoorsy-ness, its awesome food and people, and its charming, slightly off-kilter weirdness. When Coronavirus hit the US, I had JUST decided to start this blog -...