Partnership with American Express: The Amex EveryDay Credit Card

This post is sponsored by American Express

This has been such a wonderful summer! Since Grant has been in his first year of preschool this year, this summer feels like our first real summer vacation, and we have been loving it — but somehow it’s already coming to a close.

We’ve made the most of our summer with a road trip to Las Vegas with family, visits to Great Grandma and the grandparents. Swim lessons, Ninja class and playdates have kept us busy too! In addition to our travel and classes, Chris and I have been working on some finishing touches to our home. I finally tackled a fireplace refresh, we planted white iceberg roses in front and added a couple potted plants by the front door.

We love using our Amex EveryDay Cardfor our purchases. My favorite benefit has been applying Membership Rewards points to eligible purchases I make on my card *.  I’ve really enjoyed sharing our experience with this card as an American Express Ambassador.

Our final projects for summer will be furnishing the dining room and adding some more plants outside in between lots of trips to the beach! I am sad to see it come to an end, but have a lot of excitement for the holidays! Hope you are loving your summer!

We continue to enjoy our American Express EveryDay Card! Not only is American Express a great credit card company, but it’s also a great financial partner who is always adding new features and tools to help us stay on top of our financial life.

American Express MyCredit Guideis a new, free credit score tool, available whether or not you are an American Express Card Member.

MyCredit Guide shares the VantageScore^®credit score by TransUnion^®and your TransUnion credit report– and accessing it doesn’t hurt your credit score!

Personally, I like to keep an eye on my credit report to ensure there haven’t been any fraud issues, and I try to check it every few months!

Visit www.AmericanExpress.com/MyCreditGuide for terms and to learn more about your own score!

We’re excited to be getting ready for summer around here! Living by the beach, we’re sure to stock up on sunscreen, fun beach towels, swimsuits, cover ups, sand toys and hats – and I like to have extras for taking our guests to the beach as well. Shopping for all of it is so fun! By using our Amex EveryDay Cardfor all these purchases we also get to enjoy the Membership Rewards points!

A really great feature is that once you make 20 or more purchases on the Card in a billing period, you’ll earn 20% extra points on those purchases*! So, instead of just 2X points on US supermarket purchases (on up to $6000 in purchases per year), you could get 2.4x…so your points can add up even faster.

I’m excited to finally put these points to work! We personally LOVE applying points to eligible charges on our statement*, but here are other ways to use them:

– Use Pay with Points at select merchants*

– Redeem for retail, restaurant, entertainment or American Express Gift Cards*

– Use points for some or all of your eligible travel at amextravel.com*

– Transfer points to a participating loyalty program*

– Shop for experiences and products*

We love to freshen up the house, our wardrobes and our finances every spring! It’s a great time to tidy and donate things we no longer love or use. Organizing revitalizes me not only while I’m doing it, but also when I can enjoy the benefits of the work I’ve done.

Springtime is also a great time to take a look at our finances. We look for ways we can save money/cut expenses and ways to gain benefits from our spending. The more we’ve been using our Amex EveryDay Card, the more we’re accruing points, which we hope to use this summer (more on that next time).

In addition to the welcome offers I’ve talked about below, here are a few benefits that our family really loves:

• Earn 2x points at US supermarkets on up to $6,000 per year in purchases*
• Earn 1x points for every eligible dollar you spend*
• Make 20 or more purchases with your Card in a billing period and earn 20% more points on those purchases*

Just about every day, you can find me in workout clothes playing, straightening up and running errands with the kids until the nap time shower. We go grocery shopping, get car washes, gas and make an occasional stop for home decor!

I try to make most of our purchases on and I’ve partnered with American Express to share our experiences with the Amex EveryDay Card I just opened. I’ll be updating this post with more information on how this credit card works for and rewards us in the coming months!

To kick things off, I’m talking about the new $0 balance transfer fees** offer of this Card. We use our credit cards for both convenience and benefits. We pay off our card balances every month and have been able to enjoy airline miles, cash back and more over the years. But if you are currently carrying a balance on another credit card and want to switch to American Express, you can transfer the balance to this Amex EveryDay Card without paying a balance transfer fee on transfers made in the first 60 days of account opening…and a 0% into APR** on purchases and balance transfers for the first 15 months (then it varies between14.49-25.,49%) might make it easier to pay off faster.

*Read about the offer and benefit terms

**Note that rates and fees may apply

Check back for more ways we’re using our Amex EveryDay Credit Card and reaping the benefits!