The Importance of MY Marriage

I was browsing Pinterst and I stumbled upon this image.  I had to click.  It sent me to an awesome blog post.  We are THAT family: 100 ways to make your marriage rock.

This was such a great reminder for me.  God created marriage as something sacred.  A gift for humans.  I want to have an awesome marriage and that takes work but it is worth it.  I want my marriage to rock.  I want to be married for 60, 70, even 80 years.  Check it out, there's a ton of great ideas to keep your marriage healthy!

7 Tips for Road-tripping with a crawling baby

We had a blast on our vacation.  It was a great time for us to do things together as a family.  That said, I wouldn't do everything the same if we took another road trip with a crawling baby.  Here are some tips, some that we did and some that I will do on our next trip!

#1  Do most of your driving during nap times.

#2 Don't plan on driving for more than 4 hours a day.  Its hard to keep an awake baby happy in a car seat for long!

#3  Bring lots of toys and pacifiers.

#4  Know places that you can stop if your baby needs to get out of the car.

#5  Bring some sort of large blanket for your baby to crawl on anywhere you stop.  (We brought an old sheet)

#6  If possible, have another child or an extra adult sit in the back seat with your baby.

#7  Be ready when bedtime comes.  Have camp set up before baby starts getting tired.

If you are prepared, you can have a great trip with a baby!

Summer Vacation

Husband and I just took Little on her first vacation!  We visited Husband's family and the Oregon coast.  It was a great time for all of us to be together.

Here are a few snapshots of our trip!