You know those moments in life when everything seems to shift, and suddenly you’re seeing the world through a whole new lens? Well, turning 42 this month has been exactly that kind of moment for me. It’s like I’ve hit this invisible checkpoint where I’m suddenly hyper-aware of how much has changed – in my […]

We’re back from our London trip and finally feeling like we belong in this time zone. We’ve already shared the highlights of our trip in our travel vlog as well as lessons we’ve learned from our second major trip abroad. Whenever we take big trips like these, we also like to do cost breakdowns that […]

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 leisurely days […]

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 […]

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 […]

We’ve been wanting to go to Great Wolf Lodge for years now and Reeves’s second birthday provided us with the perfect excuse to visit an indoor water park. We had initially planned to hang out at home with Reeves for his birthday. As I was brainstorming ideas for things he might like to do, it occurred […]

Today I’m sharing one of my favorite DIY project of all time, my DIY mirror frame made from pistachio shells. I made this gorgeous upcycled mirror a few years ago when we were living in Texas. Alexis’s room was the first first room we decided to tackle when we bought our house in Dallas. We’d […]

After our mortgage and day care, food is the number one biggest expense in the OBH budget. And eating out is the biggest budget buster of all. Take out can run $30-50 and a sit down meal at a restaurant can easily be double that. We rely on meal prep to help us stay on […]