How to Inspire Your Spouse to Travel

Posted on Jun 12, 2016

It is no big secret that I think family travel is what keeps us on the conscious living path. Family travel keeps us excited, alert, and ready for adventure. It helps us find answers and opens our minds to endless possibilities. However, as time passes and life becomes more complicated, it is easy for one parent to start making excuses to stay in town. This happens periodically in our house. It is in these times that I have to step up...

 5 Adventurous Family Travel Ideas for Fathers Day Weekend

Posted on Jun 7, 2016

Fathers Day Weekend is right around the corner and every year I get super excited to plan something unique for us to do. Landing on the third weekend in June, Fathers Day Weekend is the perfect time to plan a family trip. The kids have just gotten out of school, both Mom and Dad are ready for a little break before summer really begins and the weather is usually beautiful everywhere this time of year. This year I am having trouble...

5 Tips to Make Cleaning Your Travel Toiletry Bag Easy

Posted on May 31, 2016

With summer right around the corner, and all of those exciting travel dates getting closer, spring is the perfect time to get your travel gear out and cleaned up. I’m guessing you just gave a look of confusion! Clean our travel gear? Great, another thing to clean… It’s actually not as bad as it sounds, and in fact, is totally necessary. Remember when you set your carry-on down in the bathroom at the airport, then came home and...

A Fiji Giveaway at The Great Big Play Day

Posted on May 22, 2016

Last fall, hubby and I had the incredible opportunity to visit Fiji. It was everything that I had hoped and dreamed it would be, yet nothing that I expected it to be!! Fiji is a group of 333 Islands located in the South Pacific. It takes an overnight flight from LAX to get there. You leave LAX at about 10 pm and arrive in Nadi, Fiji 1 day later in the morning, rested and ready for adventure. We stayed in a Floating Bure at The Koro...

Treat Yourself Well 8 Steps to Conscious Living

Posted on May 17, 2016

  Today is a great day!! Today I finally get to share with you everything I have been writing about and talking about for the last 2 years in one place!!! My book Treat Yourself Well – 8 Steps to Conscious Living is available as of Today on Amazon! And, as my gift to you for sticking with me on this journey, Treat Yourself Well – 8 Steps to Conscious Living is free for from May 18, 2016 until May 22, 2016 at midnight! I wanted to...

Mama Loves Family Travel Yosemite Madera

Posted on May 7, 2016

Mama Loves Family Travel – Yosemite Madera

Posted on May 7, 2016

I remember the day my grandmother gave me The National Geographic Yosemite edition book. It was my 8th birthday. The pictures that I saw in that book completely amazed me. I knew one day I would get there, but I had no idea how or when. Fast-forward 25 years, add on 2 kids, a husband and a cross-country relocation and I finally made it! A few weeks ago we drove up to Yosemite Madera and had an incredible time. Here is my account of...

9 Reasons to Visit Yosemite National Park This Year

Posted on Apr 28, 2016

National Parks are a great place to have a family adventure. And of all the national parks – there are over 400 – Yosemite is one of the incredibly amazing ones. Did you even think to visit Yosemite National Park? Yosemite National Park is one of the most visited parks in our nation, and now I know why. We recently visited Yosemite Madera County. We had so much fun that every day next week, starting Sunday May 1st, I will...

7 Reasons to Renew Your Wedding Vows and How

Posted on Apr 26, 2016

When I became engaged and started the wedding planning, I was torn. I wanted a big wedding with all of our friends and family, but I also wanted a destination wedding – something exotic! Of course, what my mother wanted trumped it all, so a fun, big friends and family affair in Newport, RI it was! And I hoped that on our 10th wedding anniversary, we would have another one, a destination wedding this time. Our 10th wedding anniversary...

5 Reasons to Have a Destination Wedding & Where To Go

Posted on Apr 24, 2016

Our first wedding was in Newport, RI at a venue that my mother had found and fell in love with. I remember it being a fun event that took loads of planning beforehand which left me exhausted afterwards. Now, as I am starting to plan our second wedding (we will be renewing our vows on our 10 year anniversary this September) I think back to everything that went into planning that special day. And though I would not change any of it for...