Have oils, will travel 😊  Since late last summer, these last few months have been full of much more travel than usual for me. It started with our super exciting, second ever week long family vacation to Orlando, Florida. The first time was a week in Port Clinton, Ohio in 2012 – the same area we later came back to… Read More
Our Budget Friendly Universal Studios Experience
My family and I recently visited Universal Studios theme park, in Orlando Florida …. something that I wouldn’t necessarily have imagined us able to do just a few years ago because we all know a trip to anything in Orlando can be quite expensive, amiright?! Our day at Universal Studios was one of the sunniest and hottest of our whole… Read More
Say Goodbye to Travel Stress with this Awesome App
We’ve all been there. Â Or if not yet, we will someday. Travel stress in inevitable with family vacations. Try this new great app! At some point, most all of us are hit with a travel emergency or at least a significant snafu of some kind. As summer approaches and the big, wide world beckons, many of us will be planning… Read More
A Glimpse of Heaven and a Longing for Home
It was a really rough week leading up to Christmas 2015. For a long list of reasons, a super sick kid was the beginning of my undoing that week. Â There was so much brimming just below the surface, that all it took was one last thing throwing a wrench into pre-holiday and travel plans for me to feel THISCLOSE to… Read More
5 Creative Ways to Teach Kids While Traveling
Many thanks to Tammie Polk for today’s guest post – this is the start of a kids’ education series here at She Lives Free I have a confession to make: I keep a list of zoos and museums in my purse when I’m traveling. When I make out our trip itinerary, I include educational field trips. If we are going… Read More
Family Life Weekend to Remember Review
My husband and I were recently blessed to spend a weekend at a Family Life Weekend to Remember Getaway being encouraged in God’s plan for marriage.  I’ve listened to Family Life Today podcasts for years but never attended one of their events, so I was very excited for this opportunity! Our weekend began with meeting in Cincinnati for registration and an… Read More