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How to Save Money on Clothes

Do you find yourself spending a fortune on clothes? This is especially likely to be the case if you have kids and/or teenagers at home. In addition to a 6 year old, I have an almost 15 year old boy and an 18 year old girl, and let me tell you, teenagers cost a fortune in the clothing department.  READ MORE »

How to Avoid Fast Food When You are on the Road or on The Go

Sometimes it seems like it is hard to avoid buying fast food. Whether you are on the road for a fun summer adventure, or you are just on the go as busy families are these days, it is sometimes hard to plan meal times. Sometimes that fast food drive through looks pretty good!  READ MORE »

5 Things to Do to Save Money on Your Power Bill

Are you planning a wedding soon? Are you in sticker shock over the price of the wedding dress? I’m a bridesmaid in my sister in law’s upcoming wedding and HOLY MOLY these prices are absolutely out of control.  READ MORE »

Find Huge Discounts on Wedding Dresses with These Tips

Are you planning a wedding soon? Are you in sticker shock over the price of the wedding dress? I’m a bridesmaid in my sister in law’s upcoming wedding and HOLY MOLY these prices are absolutely out of control.  READ MORE »

Tips For Flying with Kids- Short & Long Flights

Are you a fan of flying? I’ll admit, it’s not my favorite thing to do. I tend to get antsy about an hour into the flight. However, it’s SO much faster to get to point B, so flying is inevitable most of the time. Flying with kiddos adds a whole new dimension of being prepared and enduring short and long flights. I’ve come up with a few tips that have made flying with kids so much easier. READ MORE »

4 Breakfast Smoothie Recipes That are Perfect for the Summer

We love smoothies around here, but I often get in a rut of just throwing things in. It’s nice to switch it up and have a different recipes some days. Plus, one easy way to eat a healthier breakfast is to have a healthy breakfast smoothie. It’s easy and can be an on the go breakfast option as well. Here are 5 recipes that are the perfect breakfast choice. READ MORE »

Save Money and Stay Cool This Summer with These Tips

Are you already feeling the heat this summer? Let me start by saying that I’m a little bit jealous because I live in the Pacific Northwest where it continues to be cool and rainy (although, I appreciate that we are getting all this water!!). Despite the record rainfall though, we have been known to get pretty hot here sometimes though and after last year’s record heat, I learned some tricks for keeping cool without spending a fortune on our power bill.  READ MORE »

2 Day Family Itinerary to Yellowstone!

We just returned from a wonderful family trip to Yellowstone. My parents always told me growing up we used to love going to Yellowstone even more than Disneyland and I still feel that way as an adult. Now, I was able to share that same love for our National Parks with my own little family. READ MORE »

Summer Writing Topics for Your Kids!

Summer is here for most of us but don’t use that as an excuse to avoid anything educational! Give you kids the best summer while still keeping up on the things they’ve learned this school year. This summer, my kids will have writing topics they can choose from (along with other educational studies). They’ll have different requirements depending on their age with topics ranging from what they like to how they feel. Are there other topics you’d add to the list? READ MORE »

How to Save Money on International Flights

It’s summer time which means a lot of people are traveling. Do you have any plans? We recently bought tickets to Europe and boy did it cost a lot of money! However, it was a lot cheaper than it could have been. Here are four tips that helped us save a lot of money for our Europe trip. READ MORE »

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