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Great Wolf Lodge: New Feature & a Family Getaway

October 5, 2011

Great Wolf Lodge invited my family to preview a new interactive game two weekends ago. I somehow managed to keep it a secret from the kids (I’m terrible at keeping surprises!). I packed their clothes, PJs, and swimsuits when they were at school. We told them we were going on an errand and would be [...]

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5 Tips to Packing a Wardrobe for Travel

September 30, 2011

I’m leaving on a jet plane to head to Chicago for the Financial Bloggers’ Conference. I’ll be speaking on Sunday about taking your brand Beyond Blogging (will share some of my presentation next week), as well as a panel on working with traditional media.The prep for the kids tips for making the transition smooth for [...]

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Great Wolf: Wordless Wednesday

September 27, 2011

Over the past weekend we surprised the kids with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge. We were invited to check out a new interactive feature, Story Explorers, and while I’ll be sharing more of our trip soon I thought these photos were perfect for Wordless Wednesday. For more inspiring photos, check out:  The Bonafide Life, Better in [...]

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Beach babies and saying goodbye

August 17, 2011

I’m finally home after 6 days traveling to and from San Diego for BlogHer (oh, how I miss your weather San Diego) and then a week long ‘vacation’ at the beach with my parents’ house. I use vacation loosely since I was working (as much as I could with my brain half fried and 4 [...]

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San Francisco Memories: Wordless Wednesday

June 15, 2011

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San Francisco: wordless Wednesday

June 8, 2011

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Leavin’ on a jet plane: San Francisco Bound

June 3, 2011

Tomorrow morning bright and early I’m headed to San Francisco for a short of mother/daughter getaway. My husband will be along for work though so we get some great one-on-one time with our nine year old. It will be her first time on a plane (plane tickets aren’t exactly budget friendly you know!) and our [...]

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Disney World on a budget?

May 18, 2011

Disney World has a reputation for being amazing, magical really, but also extremely expensive. Is it possible to go to Disney on a budget and make it work? Our family set out to do just that in April this year. This is post #2 in a series I’m writing about our trip to Florida this [...]

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Road Trippin’ with the Kids

May 3, 2011

To go to Florida for VEX Worlds (which my 13 year old competed in, and my husband coached) and our first family trip to Walt Disney World we drove a car over 1,000 miles each way for a total of about 40 hours spent in the car. I am amazed at how easy it was [...]

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Disney on a budget-The Plan

April 6, 2011

We’re gearing up to embark on our first ever Disney trip as a family, so I’m thrilled staff writer Lauren is sharing her tips on going to Disney on a budget. I love Disney. I admit it. I love (most) of their movies, I love wandering around the local Disney Store. Most of all, I [...]

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