Well, here we go again! Three years ago, a sweet blog reader and client shared one of the best senior-year ideas with me. When her son was a senior, she gave him a gift on the date of his graduation year each month. Each gift was something he would eventually need for college, so over… Read More
If you follow Dixie Travels on Instagram, you know we spent the last part of July exploring Spain. It was the most wonderful trip, but let me tell you… next time I’ll plan a vacation a little earlier in the summer. We arrived home to senior year kicking off for Whit, twelve days’ worth of… Read More
Last spring, we wrapped up our college visits with a stop at Georgia Tech, Honey’s and my alma mater. We’ve been on campus countless times over the past thirty years, but if I’m being honest, most of those visits revolved around the baseball field, football games or the fraternity house. It was fun to finally… Read More
I recently shared how we helped John meal prep for the first few weeks of his summer internship. Well, now that summer fraternity rush has settled down a bit, he was home for a quick 24-hour stint last weekend, and before long we were all back in the kitchen prepping meals again. This time, we… Read More
For our third college tour stop, we headed to a place that already holds a very special place in our family’s heart: Auburn University. Rather than making it a quick day trip, we decided to turn it into a little overnight getaway. And honestly, I was thrilled because I never need much of an excuse… Read More
One thing we’ve loved watching this summer is how much John has embraced “adulthood.” I shared previously that he landed an incredible summer internship. As a sophomore, we were already so proud of him for earning the opportunity. Now that he’s a month into it, we’re even more impressed by how he’s handling this season… Read More
Stop number two on Whit’s college tour journey took us to University of Georgia. And spoiler alert… he really liked it. Since our visit to Tennessee, Whit’s interests have shifted a bit. While he originally thought electrical engineering was likely the path, he’s now leaning more toward general engineering with the possibility of pairing it… Read More