As you probably already know I live in Florida and I love where I live, most of the time. The only thing I really don’t like about the Sunshine State is the lack of family in the area. I’ve always said if I could just pick up the beach and move it and all the beautiful tropical weather to the Midwest or pack up all my family and convince them to move to Florida that my home would literally be paradise at that point, it would be complete in every sense… but alas, that can’t happen.

While I can’t change the shape of the continent or convince my family to move, I can buy a couple of plane tickets and visit as often as possible. We actually have family sprinkled all over the Midwest, so this week we are heading back to our roots so we can both see our families and we are so excited! With a plane ride with a long layover and a six hour car ride, I’ll have plenty of time to get friendly with my phone on the way home. I may have downloaded a handful of apps and started making all kinds of stuff on our way here, like this time lapse video with our airport adventures and a little bit of the road trip fun.

A video posted by Lauren Paints (@sunkissed_sweetheart) on May 13, 2015 at 12:08pm PDT

Like most kids, my nieces and nephews are growing up faster than I can blink. It is so important to embrace all the time with them and teaching them things as often as I can while I’m around... The funny thing is, I often learn from all of them. They all are so smart and so cute, my family is pretty blessed.

Sharing little “happies” is another one of my many joys of being an Aunt, little happies are what my MamMaw-in-Law refers to when she hands us a little something that will make us smile. She’s the sweetest broad you’ll ever meet and I think she’s on to something with these “happies”, this will definitely be a tradition that I carry on. My most favorite part of being an aunt is documenting our time together though, I’m the oddball in the family and I constantly have my camera and/or my cell phone ready for pictures. I guess since I don’t live nearby I feel the need to capture as many memories as I can and with such kooky little characters in the family, there are a lot of memories to capture.

I’ve been trying to find a phone that will do everything I need it to while traveling. You know I obviously blog, so I need a phone that can handle all of my picture taking and post editing while on the go. I also need a phone capable of helping me navigate in our rental car, a phone that can serve as my e-ticket while boarding the plane, and a phone that can make calls to my dog sitter to make sure my babies are okay back home. My phone has to be capable of doing pretty much anything at any time.


My phone has a heavy-duty job to do all the time, so I’m pleased to say after years with a not-so-satisfactory provider I’ve found one that I love at Walmart! Did you know Walmart Family Mobile offers phone service at the lowest price for unlimited service; at just $29.88 a month (for the first line)! This includes Unlimited Talk, Text & a pretty rockin’ data service plan which includes up to 1G of 4G LTE data!

Walmart Family Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Avant is the perfect phone for me. I can capture memories in seconds, blog about them, and then share on Instagram while making a phone call… It does everything I need and more. Plus, it’s so easy to use that the kids loving stealing it from me and playing games! It’s a toy, it’s a way to stay connected, it’s a way to capture memories, it does everything.