I started playing my first musical instrument when I joined the school orchestra in fourth grade, which was seven years ago. I picked cello, only because the person demoing it was playing the Star Wars theme. In sixth grade, I picked u ...
As much as I enjoy playing board games and love recommending them, I have to admit that this is one of my favorite holiday gift guides. We play games on a regular basis but cycle through different types by different publishers. These h ...
If you have a video game fanatic in your family, then hopefully you found some value in our tips on how to host an outdoor video game tournament. While we thought that using a projector to host movie night was awesome, the video tournament ...
Coffee with an old friend this past weekend included conversations about what we have been up to for the past 15 years, the activities of our family members, career paths, dreams and the weather in our current respective homes. I was surpri ...
About a year or so ago, my cousin shared aerial images of his new patio and backyard. The photos were amazing quality and incredibly close up that I couldn’t believe they were from an airplane. That’s because they weren’t. ...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that a good portion of our lives revolve around technology and electronics. I don’t mean specifically streaming new movies or surfing Facebook either. It’s all the ancillary things that ...
Facebook is an ever-changing monster. Even for myself and people I know who work daily in a social media space, it offers frustration on a regular basis. Just when you think you’ve figured out how to navigate it, you realize that you ...
Thank you to Verizon Wireless for sponsoring this post. Over the past several years, we’ve shared a lot of details about why we decided to relocate to Iowa from Los Angeles. The wealth of opportunities for family bonding, a school dis ...
Life for teens now is far different than it was when I was my daughters’ age. Online bullying, the challenges that come with getting a driver’s license (we never had to worry about texting while driving) and all the things kids ...
Last week I shared 15 ideas for family bonding. We have a close-knit family but as I said in that feature, we do have rules and rules sometimes get broken. My first job is to be a good parent and sometimes that means making difficult decisi ...
