How to Find Cheap Flights
How to Find Cheap Flights Since my husband and I have started careers in the airline industry, one of the most common questions we are asked is how to get the best deal on airline tickets. One of the most expensive parts of travel for families is airfare, so finding...
100+ Frugal Life Hacks: Save Your Hard-Earned Money
When I was a flight attendant my husband and I made decent money. But when we decided to expand our family one of us had to leave the flying world and I was the lucky one. Not only did we cut our income in half, our health insurance increased and we had to come up...
Dunes of Panama, Panama City Beach, Florida with Video
Dunes of Panama An Overview and a Video of our trip with drone footage Our family has a deep love for Panama City Beach, Florida! And if you have been there you can see why! Panama City Beach is a gorgeous spot to visit with the family. With miles of beautiful...
Cherokee Rock Village, Leesburg, Alabama
Cherokee Rock Village Cherokee Rock Village is tucked away on a country road near Leesburg, Alabama you can get the most amazing view of the sparkling Weiss Lake. It isn't terribly far from Cheaha State Park. A view you don’t want to miss at a price you can’t resist....
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey
Have you ever fallen in love with an alarm clock? What about a mouse that wears glasses? This hour long show will have you loving both within the first few minutes. Marvin is this adorable mouse that seems to be having trouble fitting in....
Top 5 Ways to Get Your Kid Reading
I don’t have to tell you how important reading is. Every parent knows the importance of being able to read. But how can we encourage our children without putting too much pressure on them? Our son began reading at an early age, and we were thrilled. But what...
5 Ways To Save Money While Traveling
On one of our most recent family trips we put a lot of effort into saving some serious $$! Our motivation behind saving money... the cheaper we can be the more often we can travel. And my friend, we LOVE to travel. I wanted to share a few of the ways we save so that...
Financial Peace Junior: How We Are Teaching Personal Finance to Our Kids
When we had our son I found out about a little thing called podcasts. I was most interested in finding out about proper investing to ensure we set this new little dream come true up financially. I decided the best way to get this information would be from a financial...
Upgrade your New Year’s Resolution The SMART Way
Make your New Year’s Resolution into a SMART goal and watch the magic happen!
5 Easy Ways to Save Money Today
So often I hear people say they would travel more if they could afford it. And honestly we are in the same shoes. We would travel every weekend if someone else was paying the bill, so I get it. We do a lot of things in order to save money so that I can stay home with...
Oak Mountain State Park
My husband ran an ultra marathon a couple of weeks ago. The race was set in the beautiful Oak Mountain State park located in Pelham, Alabama (just south of Birmingham). The park gets the honor of being the largest state park in Alabama, and at almost 10,000 acres I...
From Hobby to Steady Income: My 2017 Blog Growth
What a year it has been! This was the year I decided to really go hard and all out on my blog. I decided to re-invest a chunk of money back into the blog as I made it. 2016 was my first year to make a little money, but I was still so new to turning this hobby into...
STEM Gift Ideas
My son is a lover of all things Science, engineering, and technology! Not so much on the math part, but hey... I'll take whatever I can get. I wanted to share some of our favorite STEM gift ideas to help you with your science lover. Many of the toys we have purchased...
Everything you need to know when Flying Stand-By
Marry me and fly for free or something like that… My kids and I are frequent fliers, as standby passengers. They don’t know any other way and I have only purchased one ticket in the last 13 years. We are great at flying "space available" or "non-rev". If you are...
Thank you, Veteran!
Battle buddies from basic training. Hot summer sun scorching while checking the sites on your rifle at the range. Cold bitter winter wind in the early morning PT formation after a long weekend. Six miles of ruck march stopping to change socks and bandage your...
Hey y'all! My name is Pamela!
It's so nice to meet you! Thanks for stopping by! I am a homeschool travel loving mom, so I decided I had every reason in the world to blog... so here I am.