With any vacation, there is a cost factor that has to be considered. I don’t know anyone that goes on vacation and says “let’s just spend as much as we can!” Doing these trips annually are fun, but they could get very expensive fast if I didn’t work hard to keep the cost down. One […]

Two weeks from today, I leave on my 5th annual Mitchells Ultimate Road Trip. We have done 2 other “mini” road trips over winter/spring breaks, but this is our 5th annual road trip. It’s hard to believe that I started these trips in 2017 when Levi was just 3.5 years old. Abigail is now that […]

I recently started my newest personal series on the blog: Road Trips with Kids. Check out introduction to the series in this post. This summer’s trip is already planned out with days, locations, and places to stay. We will be done for a total of 11 days, traveling over 1,800 miles, and 30 hours in […]

Every now and then, I do a fun blog post or series that is not photography related in any way. It’s been a while since I’ve done a series. I’m starting a new Friday series where over the next couple of weeks, I will be sharing my tips and tricks on how to successfully road […]

If you know me personally or have followed me for any given time, you know that I love to travel. While I haven’t been many places outside of the United States in my lifetime, I have done a good bit of travel within our country. Every year since 2017 I have taken my kids on […]

If you follow me on social media, namely Instagram, @mandimitchellphoto or my personal account @mandimae84, you saw last week that Levi and I went on what I called our #leviandmamaultimateroadtrip (you should check out the hashtag to see some of it!) For the next week, I will be sharing each day what Levi and I […]

Today is the last edition of my Levi and Mama Ultimate Roadtrip recap. We had day 8 in Nashville and got to hang out with some good friends, but I didn’t get any pics. Most of Day 8 was spent in the car home, so here’s the last post on our trip! Day 7 of […]

  Day 6 of the Levi and Mama ultimate road trip included driving out to Louisville, KY to visit my friend, Natalie, and her family. I thought it would be pretty uneventful, but I was wrong. Something pretty crazy happened. You wanna read this one… I didn’t realize that I would be driving through Illinois and […]

Our last day in Branson came too fast! We had such a great time hanging with Jess and her family. On our last day there, we took their boat out for the morning. Recently purchased this spring, this boat has been a fun addition for their family and their weekends. I can imagine! They live […]

Our first full day in Branson was nice and chill. We stayed home with the kids in the morning and let them play outside with water balloons and the water table. I’ve seen people purchase the multi-fill water balloons, but I had never seen them actually filled up before. I was pretty fascinated! The kids […]