When my son Garrett turned 9, Harry Potter came into my life for the first time. Up until that point, I had never even cracked open a book or seen a single movie in the series. I was in college when the first book came out in 1997 and a newlywed by the time the series ended in 2006, so I…
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Caroline just visited Disney World for the first time ever! As a headstrong, two and a half-year-old toddler, I was worried she would be at a hard age to visit the theme parks, but she did great. This is our fifth trip to Disney as a family but our first as a family of four (and with a little GIRL,…
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We just returned from an AWESOME trip to Orlando where we visited both Disney World and Universal Studios with the kids. Since time and money are in limited supply, we tried to plan this trip as efficiently as possible. Garrett had a four-day weekend out of school over President’s day, so we took advantage of that and spent four nights…
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If you’re looking for a fun southern road trip idea this weekend, come tiptoe through the tulips in Montevallo, Alabama. The 2nd annual Festival of Tulips begins this Saturday and it is truly a sight to behold. There are THOUSANDS of tulip bulbs planted in a huge field that you can go dig up and take home to enjoy for years…
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Back when I was in college I had to take a class called “History of Interior Design” (yep, I have a degree in Interior Design believe it or not…) During that class, I had to create a binder with a picture of every single style of architecture throughout the history of the world starting with like… prehistoric caves. No joke….
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