Hello summer! It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for another monthly traffic and income report. I swear it feels like no time at all between these things. Things have gotten a lot busier here at the One Big Happy Life house over the past few weeks. We had visitors in town […]

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 […]

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 […]

We booked our trip to Singapore a solid eight months in advance, which meant we had quite a bit of time to research the perfect hotel for our stay. We considered a whole bunch of hotels before settling on the perfect family hotel room in Singapore: the Pan Pacific Singapore. Before I get into the details […]

May was a mix of exciting and sad for us here at One Big Happy Life. On a personal level, we lost our nanny unexpectedly, which left us scrambling to make new child care arrangements. Even though we were able to figure that part out and it’s actually working out really well, there’s still a […]

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4bTUM5CF0k[/embedyt] It’s been a whole week since I started this new way of eating so I thought I’d share my keto diet results here. Joseph and I set a goal of losing at least 20 pounds each this year. He has already hit his goal and is working on losing even more. I, on […]

Kings Dominion sponsored The One Big Happy Life family for a day of fun and adventure at the park. All opinions are 100% my own. I am so excited that warmer weather is finally here! After months of being cooped up in the house, we thought we would kick off spring with a trip to Kings Dominion […]

April showers bring May flowers. And what do May flowers bring? My spring and summer wardrobe out of the basement! It also provides the perfect opportunity to donate the items that no longer bring me joy and to find a few new items that do. Throughout most of my life I’ve gone back and forth […]

April was a whirlwind! It has seriously come and gone before I even knew what was happening. 2018 is officially one third of the way over. I wish I felt like I was 33% of the way to reaching our goals for One Big Happy Life. We are making great progress, but there are still […]

Spring is here! Finally. This felt like the longest winter of all time. And it’s still kind of lingering with temperatures still hitting the 30s at night. The days are starting to get warm enough for me to consider getting back to some of the DIY projects I have been putting on the back burner. […]