Gorgeous National Parks to Visit This Fall – Add These To Your Bucket List

best national parks for fall

Does anyone else feel like 2018 has absolutely flown by? I know I certainly do and that means fall is approaching us rather quickly. Fall is one of my favorite seasons to travel because the temperatures are beginning to drop to a nice crisp fall air but we haven’t quite reached the freezing temperatures of … Read more

Best Tips and Must-Have Items For Road Trips With Toddlers

Road trip with toddlers

I love traveling with my family, and we usually choose to drive. But as you can imagine, a long road trip with toddlers (twins) is not always a lot of fun. After about hour 8 they are just DONE! Thankfully, with all of our travel, we have learned what can help to keep our little … Read more

5 Reasons Not To Go To Disneyland With Toddlers (Are They Valid?)

Disney with toddlers

It is that vacation kids and parents both get excited for…Disney! But, what about Disney with toddlers? Ask in any parent or facebook group and you are sure to get a lot of people encouraging a trip with your kids, but surprisingly, you may get even more people telling you not to go to Disneywith … Read more

Exploring Humboldt County Redwoods

Exploring the HUmboldt County Redwoods

A huge thank you to Best Western Plus Humboldt Bay Inn in Eureka, CA for hosting this portion of our trip. All opinions are mine alone. When I was about 10 years old, my family went on an amazing California road trip. Well, okay, maybe it wasn’t super amazing. The van broke down before we … Read more

5 Reasons to Visit the OMSI

5 Reasons to visit the OMSI

I love Children’s Museums. Anything that can help my kids learn in a fun way is a plus in my eyes. And if I can add some education into a vacation- even bigger bonus! That is why I was so excited to visit the OMSI in Portland during our vacation at the end of June. … Read more

Packing for Toddlers or Babies {Free Printable Packing Checklist}

Taking a trip with a toddler or baby? Learn about our hilarious travel tales with our kids and what we suggest packing. Plus a free printable!

  I remember the Goof’s first trip to California. It was his first road trip since when he was 2 months old (yes, we took a 2 month old on a 10 day, 7 state road trip). The Goof was about a year old, and it was March. We took our niece and were going … Read more