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They say when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. Making lemonade is not always easy or possible. For us, we found ourselves single in our 40’s with kids at home and starting life over again. Luckily we found each other, online no doubt. When we began blending families, schedules, traditions, and laundry, we discovered lots of lemons. Our podcast is a reflection on how we get through the hard times and enjoy the good times on our new journey together, all with ten kids in tow. Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you make lemon squares. Lemonade might come later.

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Event Etiquette in Co-Parenting

We just had a wedding!! Julianne and Boyd were married this past weekend and it made us think about the balancing act that they had to do between 3 different families.How can we help them in their…

#5.11 Nacho Parenting

Darren and Paige have heard about Nacho parenting and always thought it was definitely not for them, but they only had heard about extreme Nacho parenting. After a dive into what it really is, Paige is not…

#5.10 Marriage Myth: Don’t Go To Bed Angry

Ok, so we all hear the saying, “Don’t go to bed Angry.” You probably hear this marriage advice at almost all weddings or bridal showers. Is it that important not to go to bed angry? Paige does…

#5.9 Two Houses, Two Sets of Rules

When my child goes to their dad’s house, he has different rules. When they come home, they think they can do whatever they want. I am tired of the battle. How can I help them adjust to…

#5.8 Spending Too Much Time Together

Seeing each other every day, all day, and all night might get annoying and on each other’s nerves. Let’s talk about how to cope with spending so much time together.

#5.7 – Let’s Stay in Love

When a relationship is new, you see the world through rose-colored glasses. Everything is fresh and new. As you look at each other, you see someone who is exciting and perfect. Even the world around you seems brighter and…

#5.6 You Ask, We Answer

This week Darren and Paige asked their listeners to submit questions that we have not addressed on the show. Some of these questions were hard to answer but we did it anyway. Check out the questions below.…

#5.5 Don’t Say That!! Dumb Things We Say to Kids of Divorce

Are we saying the wrong things to our kids about the divorce??? Probably!! We think we are saying good healthy things to help our kids thru the divorce, but are we? I know we are just human…

#5.4 The Horrible First Year Revisited

The first year of blending families can be pretty tricky and downright horrible. In this episode, we talk about the challenges of throwing two families together and how we dealt with the obstacles we ran into. Love…

#5.3 Why is Our Marriage Boring????

Paige approached Darren about a topic for the podcast. Monotony in marriage. He was a little shocked. Is our marriage boring? Is it too monotonous? Where has the excitement and fun gone??

#5.2 Coping with Uncertainty

This brings a lot of anxiety and worry. The article referenced for this podcast says anxiety is our organic coping mechanism for lack of control and information. But at a certain point, anxiety about something we will…

#5.1 What happened in 2022?

We’re Back!!! It has been a while since we have done a podcast, but we are getting back into the swing of things for 2023. It was a busy year! 4 of our kids got engaged in…

#4.17 Understanding Differences Between Men and Women

Most marriage difficulties center around one fact, that men and women are totally different. There are emotional, mental and physical differences. We can have happier marriages if we make an effort to understand the differences.

#4.16 It’s Summer!! How Screen Time is Too Much?

Ok, so here we are again in the summertime!! It is a beautiful time of year. Kids are home, enjoying a nice break from school. It’s time for them to relax and chill. But what happens when…

#4.15 What Not To Do When you Travel

Darren & Paige are in Portugal for a week away from work and kids, but not podcasting. In this week’s episode. Find out what they learned not to do when they travel. Some of it from personal…

#4.14 – Travel Tips from Portugal

This week Darren & Paige are in Portugal. Why Portugal? You have to listen to find out. They talk about some of the travel tips they have learned over the last eleven years of traveling together, including…

#4.13 Wise Considerations before Blending Families

Darren and Paige decided to tackle, “should you blend these two families?” It can be a colossal mistake to blend families too quickly. (says the couple who combined very quickly) There are some essential things to know…

#4.12 Success in Marriage!!

Is there a magic secret to a happy marriage? If we are told to do A, B, and C to make our marriage work would we do it? Do we do it? Or is it different for…

#4.11 Why is Mother’s Day so hard???

Darren and Paige had a different podcast subject planned for today. However, after Mother’s Day came around, we saw a lot of feelings around this day and thought we would do another episode on this topic. This…

#4.10 Co-parenting with an ex you don’t see eye to eye with.

This week, Darren and Paige discuss tips and tricks to help with a problematic co-parenting situation. This is hard stuff!! You are divorced for a reason, and now you still have to make many decisions together around…

#4.9 Perspective…Hard to Maintain!!

This week Darren and Paige talk about how to maintain perspective when things don’t go the way you planned or want. They will talk about some challenges and disappointment over the past few weeks. How do you…

#4.8 Selfishness in Marriage

This week Darren & Paige explore selfishness in Marriage with a quiz. Are you selfish in your marriage? Is your marriage about you or about your spouse?

#4.7 K-Drama

On today’s episode Darren & Paige talk about their excursion into watching Korean Dramas. Ok just one K-Daram “Crash Landing On You”, but they are considering watching another one.

#4.6 How to Reconnect With Your Spouse

Sometimes in our very busy lives we lose that connection and spark and just get set in the doldrums and monotony of just going through the motions of life. Darren and Paige are somewhat there. They have…

#4.5 – Balancing Act Between Fun and Strict Parenting

Madeline and Paige were talking the other day about different parenting styles. Some are too lax; they just want to be their kid’s friends. Some are too strict, hovering, helicopter parents. Some are too serious; where is…

#4.4 – Living in Two Households

In this episode, Darren talks to three of his kids about what it is like to have two households as teenagers? What it is like now that they are adults? and What advise they have for other…

#4.3 – Stop Having Fun Without Me!

How can I happy when my spouse is doing something fun without me????

“Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain…

#4.2 – Expectations in Marriage: What to do with them

Are you effectively communicating your expectations to your spouse? How do you even attempt to talk about your wants and needs in your relationship? Have you just given up on expecting anything? Check out Darren and Paige’s…

#4.1 – We’re Back! Kicking off 2022

It has been six months since our last episode. Where have we been? What have we been doing? Why did we stop? Why are we starting up again? Find out in this episode. Why we started Wanted…

Podcast 3:11 – The Over Communicative Ex

Does your spouse spend too much time on the phone with their Ex? Does the Ex just walk into the house and help themselves to food? In this episode Darren & Paige look at the “Over Communicative…