The whole fam damily headed off in the family truckster for the monthly block party held in Downtown Covington (about a 15 minute drive). The former owners of our house bought a condo in walking distance from the main event, so we were meeting up with them as they graciously invited us to show us …

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We moved to Mandeville at the end of January. One huge difference here is, “my kids are in school ALL DAY.” No more half-day kindergarten for this mom. Now I can actually do other things besides going to playgrounds and story times. I haven’t earned a penny in 11 years (son #1 will be 11 …