Family Life & Kids


At the end of Christmas even the boxes tell a story

At the end of Christmas even the boxes tell a story

I suppose I could use plastic storage bins for the tree ornaments, nested together in an IKEA photo shoot worthy fashion. But cardboard boxes work and they also tell a story.

A Kickstarter launch to the New Year

A Kickstarter launch to the New Year

Saying yes to one thing often leads to another and so this is how I find myself, at the beginning of 2014, preparing not just to hike the Appalachian Trail in 84 days (yes, I'm counting) but launching a Kickstarter campaign with my husband to help fund the video series ...

At the end of the high holiday

At the end of the high holiday

The time between Christmas Eve and New Year's is our family's high holiday of the year. A week long celebration of outdoor winter activity, games, and feasting with family and friends.

And may all your Christmases be white

And may all your Christmases be white

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow...

Kid's Outdoor Gear Guide: Clothing Edition

Kid's Outdoor Gear Guide: Clothing Edition

Dressing kids for the outdoors is all about using the right layers of clothing. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong gear.

Kids Outdoors (is coming) & Backcountry Skiing (a brief intro)

Kids Outdoors (is coming) & Backcountry Skiing (a brief intro)

I've been working all week on answering your questions about kid's gear. Oh, I've been skiing too.

We're Goin' to the Country

We're Goin' to the Country

In seventeen years of marriage Damien and I have lived in eleven homes. Out of all the places we've lived in our married life, this home has been the most charming.