As a former high school English teacher and now a writer and mother with three girls, books play heavily in my past and in…
Several weeks ago, my family of 5 took a spontaneous day trip from Nashville to Cummins Falls State Park where we hiked, swam and…
Our most recent road trip to our family farm in East Tennessee brought on a whole new experience in this magical place – farming!…
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, TN is one of my all-time favorite places in Nashville – with or without kids. We’ve been for family…
Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of my family’s favorite southern towns. It is just a couple hours from our hometown of Nashville – but also…
This summer my husband and I hosted a family reunion at our family farm in East Tennessee with his extended family. My husband’s family…
My friend Regine does this incredible thing with her family where she takes them to a Spanish speaking country every summer for a month…
I grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and it was somewhat of a right of passage to visit the Dollywood Theme Park in Pigeon Forge,…
My friend Allyson recently traveled around Portugal with her husband (while there 3 girls stayed home with their grandparents) and they fell in love…
One of my favorite things to do with my girls – especially during the summer – is an ice cream crawl. Several years ago,…