The Yakel household is very quiet this week, as I’ve just returned from visiting my parents in Williamsburg, and leaving my kids down there with my parents. That was on purpose and prearranged…God bless my folks…they are in for a

Recently for our family, the dog days term is quite literal. After minimal consultation with yours truly, our family entered the world of dog ownership. We welcomed little Daisy to our world this past Saturday. She is a French Bulldog

A quick disclaimer: I am on vacation this week, but we have committed to a weekly blog, and I want to stick with that schedule. However, we didn’t commit to a LONG weekly blog, so I am mailing this one

It’s hard to believe but we are almost to the halfway point of 2019—to be exact, July 1st is the actual midpoint.  And so far, it has been an interesting year in the market.  Just a quick checkpoint/recap… Rebounding from

My partner Sarah wrote a great blog last week that addressed the difficulties that parents face when trying to access medical information for their almost-grown children. In that same vein of graduate advice, I would like to touch on the

Congrats, Graduates!!!  (….now please sign this….) This weekend, we went to one of several graduation parties we were invited to—several of the folks we talked to were graduation party hopping, trying to fit quick stops at multiple parties.  It is

I have to admit, until my partner Sarah Yakel forwarded me an article on the topic, I had no idea that tomorrow (5/29!) is officially National 529 day. I suspect at this point, pretty much every date on the calendar

Thanks to the Holderness family—social media stars among parents for their funny parodies (Christmas Jammies, anyone?)—the craziness of May now has a name: Maycember…because it is just as busy (if not busier) than December but without all the holiday lights:

This weekend was the 94th running of the Virginia Gold Cup.  Our Meridian family had a spot and enjoyed visiting with each other and friends.  While Gold Cup is a little challenging when we bring our children (and it is