Chris and I (and my sister and her boyfriend) are leaving for Peru to hike Machu Picchu today! I’ve had a lot of questions about the trip so wanted to put the answers all in one spot + I’m including a Machu Picchu packing list for women with the things I last-minute ordered from Amazon……
Glamping in Indiana in the Harmonie State Park Cabins
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Visit Indiana. All opinions are 100% mine. For a few months now, my oldest kids have been asking begging to go camping. I don’t know why, I don’t know where the idea came from, but I do know that camping is a *lot*…
The 13 Best True Crime Podcasts For Road Trips
Mazda generously gave us a car to use for the week; this story is my own. A few weeks ago, Chris and I drove to Nashville (sans kids!) for a fun weekend away to celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s a 5.5 hour drive and while we could’ve listened to music the entire time, we wanted…
Everything You Need To Know About Traveling With A Baby
I wrote this review/blog post while participating in the Kids II blogger campaign and received monetary compensation and/or free products to facilitate my review. I’ll never ever forget the first time we traveled with Quinn (our oldest). She was 6 months old and we drove 6 hours to visit my grandma. The plan was to…
Vacation Picks – My Mexico Packing List with Amazon
We’re heading to Mexico with a couple friends soon and I’ve been buying ALL. THE. THINGS. in prep for our trip. Of course, I’m way behind so I’ve been leaning on 2nd day shipping from Amazon (thanks, Prime!) to get things here before we leave. Here’s my vacation packing list – what I’m packing for…
Family Travel Spot: South Haven, Michigan
Thanks to the South Haven Convention and Visitors Bureau for gifting us a gift card to do a few fun things in South Haven. All opinions – and mad love for South Haven – are my own 🙂 We’re a Midwest fam. Born and raised, right in the middle. I grew up (occasionally) vacationing in Florida;…
Babymoon Planning 101 – How to Plan a Babymoon
Thanks to Four Seasons Scottsdale for the complimentary Babymoon Extras. What the heck is a babymoon, you ask? A vacation taken post-conception, pre-labor: aka a honeymoon before the baby is born. Because, let’s face it, travel is limited after you add a new babe to the house. We are fortunate enough to have been…
5 Things to do on a Family Vacation with Little Kids
A few weeks ago, we headed north to South Haven, Michigan, for our annual family vacation trip. Any “vacation” with children is a trip. Now that my left eye has stopped twitching and my blood pressure has lowered back to the normal range, I can look back on the pictures fondly ;). We chose South…