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10 great travel and camping games.

July 8, 2013 15 Comments

games, travel, camping, bbq, backyard, diy

10 great DIY tutorials for travel and camping games. Great for the beach, barbecues and backyards too.

Filed Under: camping, Round-Ups, travel

How to play the card game “Tic” and other camping favorites.

July 1, 2013 25 Comments

How to play the card game Tic

We are still in laid back camping mentality around here.  (Doesn’t mean there’s been time to lay back and relax, but I am there mentally.)  I’d love to be sitting at a picnic table and playing games with my family. What are your favorite games to play while you are camping? Today I thought I […]

Filed Under: camping, travel

A paint chip scavenger hunt.

June 14, 2013 1 Comment

We’re going camping.  We do a whole lotta ‘nuthin when we go.  We relax, eat lots of good food, sit by the fire, play card games and just hang out.  However, sometimes it is fun to create an activity for the little ones and this is just about the easiest thing ever: A paint chip […]

Filed Under: camping, summer, travel

A fabulous birthday weekend at Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel. (Yep, we took a local vacation!)

February 27, 2013 12 Comments

We celebrated Grant’s 9th birthday at Disneyland over the weekend!  We had an awesome time (until he got smacked with the flu bug and we had to cut our trip short.)  Boo.  We will be taking him back for a “re-do” of Disney’s California Adventure, but today I wanted to share our trip to the […]

Filed Under: Disneyland, family, Grant, travel, vacations

Basic emergency supplies you should keep in your car.

September 5, 2012 12 Comments

I had a different post on tap for today, but I am feeling antsy and wanted to get this off my chest.  I do not panic easily…  I am not a hysteric, but I firmly believe in being organized and being prepared. We have been having a lot of little earthquakes here in Southern California, and there […]

Filed Under: emergency preparedness, Let me help you, medical, organization, planning ahead, serious stuff, Tip of the Day, travel

Field Trip: Red Rock Canyon in the Mojave Desert

August 17, 2012 1 Comment

I am not a desert person.  I get cranky if it’s too hot.  I can appreciate the “rugged beauty” of it all, as long as I am doing so from an air-conditioned car on the way to a more temperate climate. Along our drive up to the Lake Tahoe area we have to go through […]

Filed Under: Field Trip, travel, vacations

Someone always has to go and be stupid. Best to be prepared for it.

September 14, 2011 20 Comments

I am a camper. I am a planner. I am organized. I am also mom to 4 boys, and they do stupid things… like throw rocks and crack their little skulls open while playing in creeks. This was on our camping trip 2 years ago.  (That was a bumpy trip.)  I had not planned to spend […]

Filed Under: camping, Keepin' It real, Let me help you, medical, organization, Tip of the Day, Tips & Tricks, travel, vacations

The cost of camping is less than the cost of NOT camping. (Does that make sense…?)

August 17, 2011 12 Comments

So in July we took our annual camping trip to Markleeville, CA.  I’ve posted  ad nauseum a lot about how much we love this trip. Camping is seriously one of the most fun, most economical vacations a family can take. It’s generally not considered polite to discuss the cost of something… but I’m not always polite. We have […]

Filed Under: camping, organization, travel, vacations

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