Top 10 Ways Vacations with Your Kids Can Be Amazing

by Sheila Gregoire | Aug 1, 2017 | family fun, holidays, spending time together

Taking vacations with kids is what summer is all about! Whenever summer comes I think camping and airplanes and laughter and hotel rooms and bugs. And it’s awesome. My youngest daughter turned 20 last week, so I have no more teenagers. But we still try to take...

Why Downsizing Can Be Worth It

by Sheila Gregoire | Jan 18, 2017 | family fun, financial management, time management

Downsizing sounds like a failure–we didn’t live up to our dreams. Maybe we need to see it a different way! Every Wednesday here at To Love, Honor and Vacuum we talk marriage. This whole week has been about finances in marriage, and today I want to take a...

Giving Priority to what Matters Most This Christmas Season

by Rebecca Gregoire | Dec 20, 2016 | Christmas, family fun, gratitude, Uncategorized

Do you feel sometimes like all you do is run around, putting out fires? Hello everyone! This article was first posted four years ago, but I wanted to share it again with you today! Christmas is just around the corner and Katie, Becca and Connor are coming home for the...

On the Black Sheep of the Family: Family Stories and Your Identity

by Sheila Gregoire | Dec 15, 2016 | family fun, Uncategorized

Do you know very much about your family tree? With Christmas just around the corner, I’ve been talking about Christmas traditions and family last week and this week, and today I want to start a 2-part series with some really COOL stories I’ve been itching...

14 Family Fun Board Games To Play as a Family

by Sheila Gregoire | Dec 8, 2016 | family fun, holidays

Every December 26, our family has a Christmas tradition: we play family board games. Usually I buy us a special game each year–a newer game that maybe many people have never heard of, but we try it out and play it and have a great time! One of the most popular...

Top 10 Reasons Family Vacations Rock–And Why You Should Take More of Them

by Sheila Gregoire | Sep 20, 2016 | family fun, holidays

Family vacations rock. There. I said it. Consider that my mea culpa! Because last week I wrote a post on 6 things it’s not worth scrimping on, and I said that family vacations can be overrated because people can have as much fun with cheap stuff. And I got a lot...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.