Family Travel

10 Days of Vacation in Costa Rica

We just got back from Costa Rica! It was my second time, and the first for my boys. I had gone last year for a conference, and was able to do some excursions, but I was determined that this trip would be all about family…
Keystone Ski Resort Family Activities

Family Activities At Keystone Resort, Colorado

We had snow again this week, but such is Spring in Denver. The cool thing about our weather is our ski resorts have snow later but the skies still manage to be blue and half the time people riding the slopes are only in light…
Colorado Vacation Spot: Snow Mountain Ranch

Colorado Vacation Spot: Snow Mountain Ranch

What a difference a few weeks make here in Colorado. At the end of February, we visited the YMCA of the Rockies' Winter Park location, Snow Mountain Ranch. We were up to our knees in snow - although, granted - it was our "dry snow," where my kid…
Costa Rica Zipline

Canopy Ziplining in Arenal, Costa Rica (video)

When we decided to visit the Guanacaste rainforest region of Costa Rica, pretty much the only thing I wanted to do was zipline. My best friend Danielle has been several times before and she speaks of the region with such reverence; I knew I needed…
Summer Tubing Hill - Snow Mountain Ranch

Summer Tubing Hill
at YMCA’s Snow Mountain Ranch

Note: Accommodations were provided by Snow Mountain Ranch but all photos, video and words are ours.We have visited Winter Park many times, with and without YMCA of the Rockies and the tubing hills in the area are one of our favorite attractions. When Snow Mountain…
Denver Comic Con 2014

Denver Comic Con 2014

Note: Denver Comic Con provided media passes but we purchased additional tickets for the kids. All photos and words are mine.So often I drag my son around to events and he has no idea what is going on. Denver Comic Con was the first event…