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Top 6 Things To Do in Big Sky in the Summer

Top 6 Things To Do in Big Sky in the Summer

Summer is a great time to take a trip to Big Sky, Montana, whether you are traveling as a couple or as a family with kids. Below is a list of our favorite things to do in Big Sky with kids. I imagine if our…

6 Road Trip Tips for Couples

6 Road Trip Tips for Couples

My husband and I have driven thousands upon thousands of miles in the twenty years we’ve been together, and we’ve had a really fun time on each road trip. We recently completed a two-day road trip covering more than 1700 miles and over 25 hours…

30 Perfect First Dance Songs

30 Perfect First Dance Songs

It’s time to pick your first dance song for your wedding. For many couples, it’s a chance to show off their newly acquired dancing skills, entertain their family and friends with a choreographed routine, or get romantic to a favorite song.  This is the song…

10 Things To Consider Before You Get Engaged

10 Things To Consider Before You Get Engaged

You’re in love. You’ve been dating for a while.  Everything is exciting. You think this person might be the one.  What now? You need to first make sure you each have the same (a) end goal and (b) views on divorce: If you are satisfied…

Pandemics are for Lovers

Pandemics are for Lovers

In the past few months, you have likely seen headlines like the following:   Why divorce rates could spike after the pandemic ends, according to a family and divorce lawyer   Divorce during coronavirus: Will splits soar after pandemic quarantines end?   Not surprisingly, the…

Practice Gratitude for a High Quality Relationship

Practice Gratitude for a High Quality Relationship

The quality of your long-term relationship impacts your physical and mental health, mortality, job productivity, and your children’s well-being. In other words, it majorly impacts your life. But what predicts relationship quality?   Researchers set out to answer that question by conducting a massive study…

5 Nights in Aruba with Kids: Trip Report

5 Nights in Aruba with Kids: Trip Report

We traveled to Aruba in August 2019 with our kids, who were 11 and almost 9. We had a fantastic time! Here’s a recap of our family trip: Day 1: This was our travel day. We had arranged for a rental car in Aruba, which…

Life is Better with You

Life is Better with You

My husband and I don’t like our wedding song. It’s not terrible—it’s just okay in a generic love song sort of way. It still holds, and held at the time we chose it, absolutely no meaning to us.   A few weeks before our August…

A Simple Question

A Simple Question

I donned my blue rimmed amber-tinted ski goggles and gripped the bottle neck tightly. My friend Stacy laughed as she encouraged me to pop the top off the bottle of champagne we were splitting in honor of the new year. “I don’t know how to…

30 Simple Ways to Show Your Love

30 Simple Ways to Show Your Love

A great relationship is built one small gesture at a time. Here are some simple things you can do to show your partner some love: Ask about their day Text something happy and positive Give a hug and kiss goodbye Give a hug and kiss…