Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

PICTURE IT: The weather is warmer, you're hanging outside with your family, and the aroma from your neighbor's grill wafts into your backyard. And in that moment, you want nothing more than that burge...

Want to keep kids busy this summer without breaking the bank? Here are some great freebies! Kids bowl free: Sign up and get 2 free games per day! [NOTE: Individual sites set the age restrictions, and ...

I love a good iced coffee on a hot day. And though I gave up morning coffee for New Year's, that's not gonna stop me from enjoying the occasional afternoon sweet coffee treat as the weather begins to ...

Our family loves camping. We camped before kids, we camped when they were infants, and we're still going strong today. Though some trips have been easier than others, we haven't regretted a single one...

Whether your Mother's Day is perfect or a huge disappointment, there's one thing that will take it up a notch: laughter. So, to give you a chuckle, here are ten of our favorite Mother's Day memes. 1. ...

This past fall, on my kids' first day of school, there was another big milestone in our house: I went back to a traditional, full-time, out-of-the-house-5-days-per-week job. And on that day, there was...

When our kids were little, we were protective of our evenings. We didn't want our young children over-scheduled or under-rested, and we wanted to preserve the all-important family dinnertime. Fast-for...

Alright, mom. Stop me if you've heard this one: You've planned your family's meals for the week, meticulously purchased and organized your groceries, and food prepped like a boss. You're ready for the...

The sun shone through the windows, giving the kitchen a brightness that hadn't been there in months. My family was up, dressed, and contentedly occupied elsewhere in the house while bacon and scratch-...

We spend a lot of our lifewaiting. Waiting to achieve some thingthat we expect to be life-altering. We wait to be married. We wait to have kids. We wait to have the perfect job, the forever home, the ...