While The Kids Sleep

What happens when you meet a con-artist masquerading as a love interest? Kathy Palmer tells her story about the man who eventually drained her and several other women of their money. All the details, including why she surprisingly, has no regrets.

Cari Stewart. She's a mother, writer, actor, model and more. Join us as she shares her life journey growing up in a family of 11 kids, marrying young, experiences with infertility, divorce, co-parenting, finding herself and pursuing her dreams.

We sat down with the famous Jordan and Angela of the Lebaron family singers to talk about their careers in music and life.

Shane Mickelsen says he feels called to "teach music and write music". He talks with us about the latter, choosing the profession, his method for composition, and opinions on skill vs. gifts, inspiration, and head-busting-through-your-computer work!

We're back with a new series where we chat with some of our dearest friends, hearing their life stories (because we all have them), and what we can learn from them. Arianne Despain joins us to talk about her journey with motherhood and mental health.

We talk about some of our favorite books and authors. Do we share any similar preferences? Listen to find out!

It's no surprise that this year has been a doozy for all of us. But, it has also been a great opportunity to learn, change, and grow. We share our perspective and specifics on what we have changed to make our lives better and to find happiness!

As Black Friday nears, we're all starting to think about what to get our kids for Christmas. In this episode we share our strategy on how we shop for our kids and our philosophy on gift giving.

Join us as we reminisce on our college days at USU (and LSU). We chat about what we would do differently if we were to relive those times knowing what we know now and who we have become. Hindsight is 20/20!

Our first child is in first grade and it's also her first year of French Immersion. Come listen to what it's all about and why we decided to participate in such a unique educational experience! P.S. Did you pick up on the Friends reference in the title?!?

So, we built a patio in our backyard. And it's fun, magical, and there's a firepit. What did the experience bring up for us though? The subject of education and learning throughout life. Come listen as we explain how the two are connected!

Autonomy = Independence. Why would we want to raise our kids to be independent, solve their own problems, and own their life decisions? We tell ya, and give thoughts on the positive impact these skills will manifest in their lives (and others) forever!

Here we are, the start of another school year! We share our favorite tips for things to do before school, during school, and after school to (hopefully) make things run more smoothly for parents and kids alike!

Looking back...we've driven some pretty crummy cars. And that makes for great stories! So, join us on this episode as we remember all the vehicles we've owned (or driven) since we were teenagers. Thank goodness we can afford good, reliable cars now!

We know, it seems impossible. And at times, you just have to lower your expectations. BUT...we have a few tips up our sleeve for what you can do to keep your house "relatively" clean and orderly with kids at home! And it works, we promise!

And we're back...from a fun trip to the lake! This episode we thought we would share how we like to vacation (and who with), some ways to make traveling easier with kids, and WHY everyone should go on a vacation every once in a while!

Fun fact: We have never paid for cable TV our entire marriage! We break down how you can "cut the cord" of cable TV, other great options for TV-based entertainment (thank you modern technology), and save lots of money in the process!

We all have different food preferences. But, that doesn't mean we can't expand them! We chat about mealtime routines, and some basic rules we follow each and every day to encourage healthy eating habits and behaviors in our children!

What's in a name? A "child" by another name would smell just as sweet?!? We tell the stories behind our 3 daughter's names. How we decided upon each, where the inspiration came from, a little family history fun, and some differing opinions along the way!

Our 3rd daughter just turned 1 and it made us look back on all the STUFF that we use for a baby's first year of life. We share our thoughts and opinions on must have items or ones we thought we needed but didn't use. Listen to the saga of the diaper bag!

Don't lie, we know every parent has uttered these words (or something similar) to their child. We share our tried and true tips on how to get kids to sleep at night! So you can binge watch your favorite show or...just get some sleep yourself!

"Like sands through the hourglass..." Okay, maybe not really. We reminisce on technology from our childhoods and how things have changed in 30-ish years. Bring your cassette tapes, VHS, and dial-up internet as we travel back in time!

What does this acronym mean? We tell you all about the four categories of goals we wanted to and DID accomplish before having kids. We explain the why, how, and some fun (and interesting) experiences we had along the way.

To celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary (YAY!), we share some tokens of goodness we learned from the very beginning of our marriage. Little tools that helped make our lives easier and happier. And we still USE them today!

We talk about foods we disagree on (we have some strong opinions!), but how, ultimately, food brings us together. Rebecca recalls a memory of how Twizzlers saved her during a particularly bad date in college.

The story of how Rebecca and Michael first met. Who approached who first and what we thought of each other. Full disclosure: we thought two VERY different things!