Tips & Advice

This is a collaborative post. All opinions are my own. Ben and I are going through every category of our expenses and trying to cut them down. Transportation is a big one. Luckily, neither of us are "car people" and I think we've made pretty good decisions so far. We shared one car for a looong time, carpooling to work in Seattle and walking or taking the train whenever we […]

My brother just got married last week, and my sister is currently engaged. So I've been thinking a lot about weddings lately. It's pretty insane how much people are expected to spend on a wedding these days, when they're usually young and not exactly rich themselves. I know some couples have parents who pay for everything, but even so...the average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is over $25,000. […]

This is a collaborative post. All opinions are my own. Achieving goals and working on self development is good for our self-esteem and mental health. But as a young mom in the trenches of raising babies, sometimes it feels like there's no time left for me personally to devote to the things I'm interested in (let's be honest, some days it's a struggle just to shower). Luckily, self care doesn’t […]

This is a collaborative post. All opinions are my own. It's amazing to see how much kids grow and learn in just a short time. And as they grow and learn, so do we. The hard thing about being a parent is knowing that you're going to make mistakes along the way. That's just the reality. You don't get to practice first; you're thrown riiight into the big game, an […]