Most of the time when we plan a family vacation, we do so months in advance. And, typically, family vacations are in the summer – working around the school calendar. Which, as you may or may not realize puts your family vacation to Orlando, the beach or Caribbean smack in the middle of Hurricane Season! …
Are you headed out on vacation this year? Hopefully you’ve budgeted your money and are prepared for the costs associated with vacationing! Vacations are big money, depending on where you go and what you do. According to the blog Stuffed Suitcase, the average cost of a week-long vacation for a family of four is about…
Last summer my family and I were headed out on an adventure! Since we were spending almost a week in London, we decided to try a vacation rental through Airbnb. It was our first experience booking through Airbnb, so I was excited to see how it all worked. Some of the reasons you might…
Over the past several years, our family has traveled quite a bit. And, it’s been an intentional decision! Not just, hey let’s go on vacation, but wow, we’ve only got our kids for a few more years – let’s make them count! Hence the idea of intentional travel! For me, it hit me when…
The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg I read The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler for the first time when I was in college taking a Children’s Literature class. I enjoyed the story line then and enjoyed it now. But I have to say that re-reading it as…
