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How To Create A March Madness Basketball Bracket Challenge For Your Family

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It’s March and that means March Madness will be upon us shortly. Having spent a portion of my childhood in Indiana, basketball is in my blood.  Basketball is huge in our household. Our family especially loves March Madness and the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament.

One of our family’s favorite activities is our March Madness Basketball Bracket Challenge. It has been going strong for almost a decade. Our bracket challenge has grown and evolved over the years, but always provides excitement (and sometimes temper tantrums) for everyone involved.

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The Best Things To Do In Columbus Ohio With Kids

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Whether you are traveling through Ohio’s capital city, planning to take a trip there, or live nearby and are looking for new things to do with your family, Columbus, Ohio, has so many options for fun family activities. From impressive parks and gardens to interactive museums and exciting sporting events, there’s sure to be something in Columbus, Ohio, that will create a lasting memory for you and your family.

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Cedar Point 2023: A Complete Guide

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Cedar Point has a special place in my heart. Growing up, our family often made the trek to Sandusky, Ohio, no matter where we were living at the time. I also worked there in the summer while in college. Cedar Point will always be “America’s Rollercoast” to me. Use this complete guide to visiting Cedar Point to plan your family’s next visit to the amusement park. 

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Our Adoption Story

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Adoption is more than just an expansion of your family. Or the expenses that accompany it. 

Adoptions are messy. Painful. Gut-wrenching. Chaotic. Traumatic. 

Maybe it’s not like that for everyone. Our girls were older when we adopted them. We also already had other kids. Maybe it’s not as jolting an experience adopting a newborn. I have no idea and won’t pretend to understand what that’s like. 

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Family, Money, and Suicide

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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Honestly, it’s not a topic I’ve had to deal with much in my life until this past year. I’m not getting into specifics out of respect for others, but we had someone in our extended family commit suicide this past year. I wasn’t incredibly close to him at this stage in our lives beyond our friendship through social media. But that doesn’t make the reality of what happened any less horrific.

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Best Family Budget For Every Personality Type

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putting together a simple family budget is one of the most IMPORTANT moves you can make with your money. You can take control of your money, and plan a financial future worth dreaming about!

And since EVERYONE has a unique style, I’ve decided to walk through four VERY DIFFERENT budget methods for you to choose from.

Your family is counting on you, so it’s time to get your money right!

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How To Survive Indoor Waterpark Hotels With Your Family

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Have you ever taken your family to an indoor waterpark? Is so, you know it can be an overwhelming experience. We’ve been to several different indoor waterpark hotels over the years and have learned how to make our trips much more enjoyable than when we first started out. Like anything else with kids, doing some …

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