As soon as Brady finishes his driver's ed today, we are off to my parents' for the weekend. Grilling tonight, birthday party tomorrow night, followed by a homegrown fireworks show. Yesterday I burned a couple new CDs of music for the road trip, and I'm...

Every summer, I devote a bunch of my free time to trying to organize my menu planning process so that when school starts, I'll be good to go. This summer, I gave up. I made a list of meals that I know my family likes, and that's as far as I'm going. I...

July is one of my favorite months of the year. Why? Cuz it's my birthday month. That's right... I get an entire month to celebrate my birthday. This birthday is huge. Thirty. Nine. I decided to do a spin on Disney's current theme "What Will You...

One question that comes up time and time again on Disney trip planning message boards is the question, "What bag do you take to the parks?" The answer to this question involves a lot of personal choice, but one bag that is often recommend is the...

Last week Brady started Driver's Ed. It was a scary, scary day, folks. He really didn't show a lot of interest in driving. In fact, in the past we've had to force him to drive a go-kart in Branson. This is a child who realizes the responsibility...