January 2015 marked the launch of Looks and Leaps. Our blog may not be the fanciest, but we are proud that we’ve learned to develop and operate it ourselves. We write our own content and take our own photos. We showcase different perspectives on travel, fashion and other fun topics from Looks and Leaps family members. It has been a fun collaborative and creative space and we encourage other families to give it a try!

On our one-year anniversary, a special thank you to everyone who reads our blog! Thank you to all contributors! Thanks to all who took the time to send a (non-spam) comment, and to those relatives and friends who have shared kind words! Read on for some fun facts/ statistics to date.

Number of posts in 2015: We hit our goal of 100!

Number of different post authors: Nine! They include:
April, Sunny and Wendy – the Looks and Leaps sisters
Joe and Cindy – the parents
Jimmy – Sunny’s husband and MJ’s Dad
MJ – daughter of Sunny and Jimmy
JA – son of April
Jack – Wendy’s husband

Number of posts featuring all nine authors: Only one – but it is a good one on our summer trip to Hilton Head

Number of spam comments: Over 1,700. Sigh.

Number of comments from/about cheap nfl jerseys from china: too many to count. Can you stop now please? Do us a kindness already. We will not approve spam comments.

Number of non-spam comments: We have a fair number of comments from Looks and Leaps authors, but also received 12 others out of the blue that really made our day! A BIG thank you for taking the time to write!

Number of outside interviews: One with the amazing website Travel Fashion Girl!

Number of sponsored posts: Zero. We use our own funds to travel.

Number of plugins on website: No bells and whistles here. We really just use WordPress and Akismet to help identify spam. We keep it simple and content-focused!

Number of posts Wendy wrote about Spain: At least 10. And there will probably be others.

Number of posts Sunny wrote about Disney Parks: 4 exclusively about Disney, many mentions in other posts!

Series Posts include: Looks and Leaps Loves, Showing My Disney Side, Hawaii Diaries

Some of the countries featured in our posts include:  Mexico, France, Spain, Jamaica, England, Denmark

Number of times Jack is pictured wearing his PamAm t-shirt: 3 (could have sworn it was more, as the running joke is that he has packed this for every trip during the past 3 years or so)

Happy New Year! Please let us know if you have any questions or topics you would like to read about in 2016.