Miles For Family

An Interview with My Cousin-in-Law Jen

December 1, 2016 By Leana 4 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog for few years, you probably have already “met” my cousin-in-law Jen. In the past, she has been kind enough to contribute two trip reports (read them here and here). Jen has a wonderful family, the least dysfunctional one that I know of. She is a hands-on mom who recently […]

A Tale of Two Redemptions

November 30, 2016 By Leana 12 Comments

Yesterday I described some of the family communication issues we had on our recent trip. Of course, we had a lot of fun too! The weather was just about perfect the entire time, something you can’t always count on in November. While I plan to do a detailed post on activities, let me share some highlights […]

Miles for Family Dollar

November 29, 2016 By Leana 15 Comments

Warning! This post is a bit personal and may not be everyone’s cup of tea. Hopefully, you can relate, but if not, come back tomorrow. If your family is dysfunction-free and super duper fantastic, you might as well stop reading now. Sometimes, instead of paying for therapist, I use my blog instead. What can I say? I’m cheap. Last […]

Grand Hyatt Denver with Kids and Hyatt Diamond Status

November 29, 2016 By Nancy 10 Comments

Last week, my family of five traveled to Denver. I grew up in Denver and my extended family still lives there, so this is a trip we take every year. We usually go in the summer, but this year we decided to go in the winter so that my kids could have the chance to […]

On Surviving My “Vacation” and Black Friday Deals

November 25, 2016 By Leana Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all! This is a quick post letting you know that I’m alive. Hopefully all of you guys are enjoying time with your family or at least making the best of it. Why pretend, right? I’m back from my trip to Florida Keys, which was most definitely NOT a vacation (more on that next week). […]

ICE! ICE! Baby! (Gaylord Texan)

November 21, 2016 By Nancy 5 Comments

One or more of these credit card offers may no longer be available. See our Hot Deals page for the latest offers. On Saturday, I went to ICE! at the Gaylord Texan near Dallas with my family. My husband and I stayed at the Gaylord for our anniversary before we had kids, but we hadn’t […]