Hawk's Cay...The Keys Resort that Never Disappoints

Vacationing with children is work; showering alone is a vacation. With seven children, ranging from newborn to 15, finding a family vacation destination that is relaxing for me but works for toddlers, elementary aged, tweens and teens is a challenge I have failed at many times. I feel like I come home from vacation and need my own vacation to want to be around my family again. There is however once place that I return to year after year….Hawk’s Cay in the Florida Keys.

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Surviving Air Travel with your Children

I have often said that I prefer childbirth to airline travel with my children. When you are flying with children, most people avoid you, some people hate you, sometimes you hate your kids and you rarely get to eat if you are trying to manage little mouths on the run. When you’re in labor, people want you to relax, they bring you food and everyone is willing to help a crying baby.

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Welcome to Mommy Mayhem!

Welcome to Mommy Mayhem! As a parenting survivalist and style voyager, my life with seven children is anything but ordinary or conventional. What once began as witty social media posts about my then life as a single mother ten years ago, has now blossomed to include my life as the wife of a professional baseball player, mother of seven and my attempt at keeping it all together with humor and style.

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