Category: family
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Adventure of the Week – Lory State Park
One of my absolute favorite locations in Northern Colorado is the easily accessible and very beautiful Lory State Park. For $7 a day or $70 for an annual pass, Lory and many Colorado State Parks offer a fantastic adventure into our natural spaces. While I adore having Rocky Mountain National Park in my backyard, it…
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Packing for Kids
My mom and I used to fight about who got to pack bags for trips. My mom and I are both type A personalities, and stubborn, and sometimes control freaks (just being honest). Thus, when stubborn preteen me took a trip, she would argue with her mom about what was packed and what made sense…
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DNA Travels – Part II
Part I For my own tests I started in 2016. First off was Ancestry. As I had done my genealogy research on there I figured it would be beneficial to have DNA data to match with the paper trail available in Ancestry. Ancestry pulls much of its data in comparison to the gene pool of…
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A Shoutout to “Moms”
I imagine at least a few of you are “moms” that read this blog. By “moms” in parenthesis I mean several things. I mean those that have physically given birth, I mean those that raised or helped raise a child, I mean those that take in animals needing a home, I mean those that are…
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Road Trip Survival U.S.A.
Growing up in the west, we take a lot of what the rest of the world would see as “road trips”. This could mean just a shopping excursion in the biggest city for 300 miles (Denver) or traveling state lines to get to family, friends, or just out of your bubble. Growing up in a…
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Travel with Kids- 7 tips for group outings
If you are around kids, work with kids, volunteer with kids, or even just do family outings here are some quick tips on keeping tabs of your herd. 1. Make a detailed day plan Start with a meeting and departure time, make sure everyone know where and when. Stick to this plan as much as…
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Adventure of the Week- a Wedding and Graduation
I didn’t even leave Northern Colorado in the last week, but I have done plenty of time on the road and away from my home. My kitchen is a perfect display of the busy. Yet, though it has been busy there is something invigorating about having fun things to do and celebrate with people. Last…
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Baby Goats- Adventure of the Week
It’s Wednesday, and I am here to inspire you to get out and experience life in the simple ways. We don’t all have money to get out of town every few months, but we do have innovation, creativity, and often a lot of inexpensive means to get the most of our lives. In order to…
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Let Kids Plan the Adventure
It’s often assumed that mom and dad are the ones that plan travel. They take the budget, and they make something work. It is then that the kids toddle along, after the parents, sometimes exuberantly, from place to place. In theory, this is not an oddity, it makes sense, parents have the wisdom and wit…
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Create the BEST Staycation
While traveling is my preferred week off from work or school, sometimes the pocket book or life doesn’t allow for it. Thus, it’s important to know when and how to make the best of time at home, and this doesn’t mean cleaning everything. I suggest planning ahead, same as you would for any vacation, to…