Are you using benefits that you already have to save? Here are 3 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY that I discovered I already had, but wasn’t using to the max! I love a good road trip and some experiences are worth the price of admission, just because they are that awesome, but why pay more if you already have a way to save? With the cost of gas, lodging and food here in the US, saving more money is a welcomed relief.

Once you have picked out your shelter in place space and prepared it for the storm, the waiting begins. With the larger storms we often end up with more days together at home. Keeping busy and using this as constructive family time is helpful for us. Stef shares 3 Tips for finding calm in the storm together and also our ResortTV1Homes Top 5 Hot Picks for Hurricane Activities for Children.

At some point all children say, “I’m done with floaties.” How do you really know when little swimmers should be done with life jackets? There is always room for improvement with swimming skills, learn our HARD AND FAST RULE for needing a life jacket, our 11 family rules about pool safety and our boundary that is a hard-pass-walk-away-no-no.