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Happy Maycember (And Your Advice) 

Any parent with school-aged children can tell you how crazy the month of May is. Just like the month of December, the calendar is packed with activities, gatherings, and ceremonies. Except no presents, cookies, or twinkling lights.  So we call…

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5 Tips For When You’re Drowning In Clutter

Recently, we had Kathryn Snearly from Do It On A Dime on our podcast. We discussed Swedish Death Cleaning and breaking the cycle of generational clutter. It was a great conversation for sentimental items and hand-me-downs, but what about everyday…

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39 Life Skills Your Teen Needs To Know

We can’t escape it. Our kids, Lola and Penn Charles, are getting older. It feels like Penn and I are in the middle of our most important parenting years. There is so much they should learn before leaving the nest,…

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Parents, We Are Too Hard On Ourselves

If you’re a parent who is reading this and you feel like you’re failing, please allow yourself to take a deep breath. I’ll wait… Now, I want you to give yourself some grace. Give yourself some patience and understanding. There…

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How to Have Forced Family Fun

In our family, Kim does most of the planning… groceries, kid schedules, workouts for us, house maintenance, and yard work. She is the best and I really appreciate her for it. So when it comes to family vacations, Kim deserves…

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The Connection Between ADHD & Forgiveness

If you want a master class in forgiveness, marry someone with ADHD. While I am the queen of holding a grudge, Penn couldn’t be more opposite. Don’t get me wrong, Penn gets upset. He isn’t a human golden retriever all…

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The Amazing Race Recap: It’s Phil!

For those of you who have been on this journey of The Amazing Race with us for the past few months, you know we’ve been interviewing as many of our co-contestants as possible. To wrap up these bonus podcast episodes,…

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The Amazing Race Finale Recap

If there was anything more magical than winning The Amazing Race, it was watching our kids watch us win The Amazing Race. When I wasn’t sure if we could even do the show, our daughter Lola took me by the…

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Changing The Stigma of ADHD

For Kim and I, it can be a bit unnerving giving video content over to someone else to edit. It’s led to some nervousness for both of us this year, as we have been contestants on The Amazing Race, a…

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Being a Woman on The Amazing Race

Here’s your daily dose of TMI. If you’re easily offended by the natural things that happen to a woman’s body, save your comments and scroll. A few times we’ve gone onto our Instagram stories and ask if you had any…

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