Travel

If you've never considered travelling by train, now is the time! The train is both a convenient and an affordable option for travel, and it's even FUN. You can relax, feed your kids without stopping, and even look out the...

When the weather is too hot (or too cold) for being outside, when the kids have exhausted all their summer bucket list items, when the idea well has drained dry, here is an idea to keep you from losing...

We all know Oklahoma summers are HOT, and what better way to enjoy childhood and stay cool than to head to the Oklahoma swimming holes and fresh water pools!  Oklahoma has some incredible natural swimming holes to explore with the...

A few years ago, my husband's boss presented him with the opportunity of a lifetime and threw a wrench in every life plan we had made together. We had a toddler, a baby and the opportunity to relocate a...

Recently I took a trip to the Big Apple with a fellow contributor friend, Katie.  I never in a million years thought I would acquire an addiction but after returning I could not stop ... GEOCACHING! Right now you, like...

Bugs, heat, mud, poison ivy, and the sound of a coyote howling in the not-so-distant distance: these are all reasons I used to drive my stance on NEVER EVER camping. And now, we own a tent. And sleeping bags. And an actual...

We recently made a brave voyage to Disney World with six children in tow. Maybe it was more crazy of us than brave, but either way, it was an adventure! An adventure that I don't recommend taking on the...

  I know, I know...podcast?! Say what? We humans often fear what is not normal in our everyday routines. I myself was not interested when my husband started spouting off about these so-called, 'Podcasts. I did not know what a...

We've all read the recent research studies about dinosaurs and young children, right? Apparently, young children who are obsessed with dinosaurs actually get an intellectual benefit from their obsession. Now, I don't know if there is any merit to these studies...

What comes to mind when YOU think of “family vacation”? Lounging on the beach with a fruity frozen libation while the kids make sandcastles? Skiing in matching snowsuits and drinking hot cocoa at the lodge #SnowBunnies? Or perhaps a...

The summer is flying past us and we're doing all we can to keep these kids busy and to make some magical memories! My kids LOVE a road trip, especially when there's a hotel involved, but hate the idea...

Guthrie is a unique, very small town that is surrounded by history. It is THE ONE and only suburb of OKC that will not, and cannot become a cookie-cutter replica of all the other suburbs with chain restaurants and big-box...