Two Kids and a Map

When we went camping a few weeks ago, we stayed at Falling Waters State Park. It is home to Florida’s highest waterfall. Standing at 73 feet, the waterfall flows into a sinkhole. The waterfall had more water than we expected due to the crazy rain we have been having in the Florida Panhandle. The waterfall [...]

We recently went camping for the first time in a loooong time. It had been awhile and there were a few things we forgot. We also had a few things with us that made us thankful we remembered them!
1. Bug spray-The bugs are out in full force. If you remember to [...]

For one glorious night, Daddy J and I left Big S and Little S with their aunt and we drove 3 hours to Montgomery for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. As an English teacher, I have always enjoyed watching plays come alive. We saw Three Musketeers and enjoyed it thoroughly. The actors were all great and [...]

Have Baby Will Travel is an awesome resource for those of you traveling with little babies and toddlers. I love that everything on this great website is geared toward traveling with babies. Many of the websites I have found talk about how great traveling with kids is but most of the kids are [...]

This is the seventh part of a series of posts in which I am sharing pictures and thoughts from my first major trip with children. You can read the first six posts here: Trier, Germany; Kelty Convertible Backpack; American Cemetery and Memorial; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zermatt, Switzerland and the Matterhorn; and Grand Place [...]

Have Kids Will Travel is such an amazing resource! It is full of family friendly travel advice. There is a section on kid friendly destinations and another section on travel gear. I especially love the checklist section. There are several different checklists that you can use alone or add to what [...]

I spent Sunday with my mother, my sister, and the four fantastic children in this family! When it came time to exchange gifts, I was so excited when I opened up my Mother’s Day gift and saw that she had bought me a vinyl tablecloth. There were several other great items that went [...]

Not many flowers can claim that they are the size of dinner plates. Southern Magnolias are blooming all over the south right now. The trees are various sizes…some are gigantic and majestic. Others are little shrubs or saplings. No matter the size of the tree, they still grow these humongous flowers that have always reminded [...]

Have you ever taken fantastic vacation pictures on your digital camera only to return home and realize that your memory card is corrupted or no longer works? Luckily, this has only happened to me once but it is because I accidentally launched my camera into a glacial river in Switzerland. I learned the [...]

I love the tagline on The Q Family Adventure blog. This mama invites you into her travel blog by saying “Come join our family adventure through vacation, weekend trip, grocery trips or anything in between.” This is so great because any good traveler knows that you don’t have to travel thousands of miles [...]