Last week, Joseph and I traveled to Orlando for a four-day conference. Without the kids. It was our first time traveling together without our children in over two years. We love family travel, but as we waited for our flight, we chatted about how excited we were to sleep in late and have ... read more
Preschool Back to School Essentials
This fall my two little ones are hitting major milestones: one is going to preschool and the other is going to college. Though my kids are in two very different life stages, there are two things that they have in common. The first is that neither is cheap. And the second is that they both call for ... read more
July 2018 Financial Update
We first started doing these debt pay off updates early last year. Back then we were pretty heavily focused on debt pay off. I’d just taken a major pay cut and our budget suddenly felt a lot more constricted than we were comfortable with. Once we hit the debt pay off goals we’d originally set, doing ... read more
What Shonda Rhimes Taught Me About Money
I was first introduced to my love of photography in 2013 when Joseph bought me a Canon T5i for Christmas. I'd always loved to take photos but didn't recognize what I was doing as photography. I mean, nothing about disposable cameras screamed photography to me even though technically I did end up ... read more
What to Pack for a Family Beach Day
Fresh off of our recent family beach day, I decided to put together this guide on what to pack for the beach. These beach essentials are must-haves, whether your vacation is just a day trip like ours was or if you are going on an extended beach vacation. Read on to find out our top picks for beach ... read more
Family Fun Day At the Beach – Assateague State Park
It's crazy that we live just a short two hour drive away from the beach, yet we have not made a trip out to the Atlantic Ocean not once in the three years we've been in our current house. Each summer I've thought about renting a hotel and spending a few days on the beach but it never ... read more
