Travel

This year, we decided to take a trip to Nags Head, NC.  I am an adventurous person, so when I plan trips, it's to places I haven't visited before.  My family, along with another family, decided to go to...

The weather is getting warmer as we inch toward the end of a (very weird) school year. That means it is time to start thinking about summer break! If you’ve been following my posts, you know that my family...

As our vacation progressed, I was slowly able to relax and remember what life was like before the responsibility of parenting.

While others are packing their swimsuits and sunscreen, my family is loading up the minivan for a week at our favorite resort in the Wisconsin northwoods.

(Fond du Lac): Last summer, my family and I were driving home from our vacation when we decided to make a stop at Lakeside Park for a picnic and to help break up the long drive home. I had...

My 10 year old son and I recently took a roller coaster road trip to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.  It was just the two of us because with baseball, summer school, and park program this summer...

SPRING BREAK. Such sweet words after a long Wisconsin winter. I have been spoiled to have the opportunity to go on many spring break trips in my lifetime. I have fond memories of the 20 hour car rides to Florida (seriously, I loved it!) Now, as a teacher, my own family will be going on many spring break trips as well. It's a wonderful week away from the grind to see each other, explore new places, and relax.

Sometimes all it takes is a night or two away from home to recharge my batteries.  My favorite way to accomplish this is with a quick trip to northern Wisconsin where our family cabin is.  I find it is an...

My family goes on 4 to 5 camping trips a summer and I can tell you from experience that it can be exhausting camping with kids, but it gets much easier as they get older.  By dinnertime, it can...

We did it.  We survived tent camping with three small children and a crazy dog.  We finished off our summer by packing the whole family and plenty of gear into our van, driving thirty minutes away (nice and close, just in case we had to abandon ship), and made a 30’ circle of dirt our home for a weekend.