Charity Spotlight

  The beginning of a new year is a special time to reflect on family dynamic, while making plans for the coming months ahead. Looking back on the year is always fun, and in our...

Waging Hope: What You Need To Know, And Can Do, About Pancreatic Cancer November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has a goal of doubling survival by 2020 (it currently has...

Ah, Easter. That glorious time of year when adorable children dressed in their Sunday best battle it out on grassy arenas for plastic eggs filled with jelly beans and gum balls. Well if your little...

It’s easy to get caught up in shopping, dining, party-going, and traveling during the holidays in our affluent Austin area bubbles.  The continual bustle also makes it easy to forget that there are so...

Do you have a closet full of toys your growing toddler has outgrown?  Have you ever stubbed your toe on that dusty 6 month old toy that's still in the play area?  I know I...

Alrighty...the contest is here!  As I mentioned in the contest announcement post, I wanted to flatter the Huffington Post by creating something wildly similar for our Austin mamas.  Well...creating a bracket sounds MUCH easier...

2011 year was a beautiful and challenging year for the Barry Family.  Beautiful: Watching our daughter, Caroline, blossom into an intelligent and spuky toddler.  Exchanging vows and becoming husband and wife. Challenging: Relocating our...

Holiday Budgeting is a stressful thing for the average family.  I know in the Barry home we struggled with how far to extend our gift giving and how much we could spend on each...

I hope you all had a great week and aren't feeling crummy thanks to Austin allergies like Allison and I are!  We had a great week: we reached 300 "likes" on Facebook, met with...

Busy parents, summer break is here! --Yaaaay?!? While yes, I am looking forward to slower days, splash pads and picnic lunches with my dear little one, part of me is also kind of freaking out....