Life can change in an instant—our personal experience with flash flooding on Father’s Day 2018 At 2:00 am on Father’s Day 2018, I woke up to a government alert blaring on my phone. I picked it up and read that there would be flash flooding due to heavy rain in the area and to stay…
Family camping is so much fun—as long as you have the right supplies! Prepare for your camping trip by making sure you’ve got everything you need. We have never been big campers, The Maestro and I. The first time that we went camping together as a family was when Chloe was a baby and Bria…
How to take really good beach photos—even if the sun is high in the sky! Take your beach photography up a notch with these 7 easy tips! Taking great beach photos doesn’t have to be hard. We spend as much time as we can on the beaches of Lake Superior every summer and I’ve learned…
As a blogging-type person, the very idea of disconnecting from the internet for a while can be a little scary. I always have a list a mile long of things I should be doing: tweaking blog design, answering emails (for my real life and real job as well as for my blog life), replying to…
Wondering what to bring to the beach for a perfect beach day? These six tips will make sure you know exactly how to plan a beach day with your family and really enjoy your day at the beach! Can I tell you how excited I am for summer to finally arrive? The past two wintersprings…
Letterboxing is a super fun scavenger hunt game that will get you and your kids outside and enjoying nature Several people have asked what letterboxing is, and so I’m finally getting around to answering that question. Letterboxing is basically a scavenger hunt. It is similar to geocaching in that you are going on a treasure…
This last weekend we went up to Copper Harbor to see Joel’s band play. Copper Harbor is at the tippiest-toppiest point of the Keweenaw peninsula, right in the middle of Lake Superior. About an hour’s drive from us, and a gorgeous spot. The band was playing in a park next to the Copper Harbor School,…
Lately, Joel and I have been doing our weekly date on Thursday mornings. Somewhat unconventional I realize, but it saves us the babysitter trouble, Sophia’s in school and (obviously) Joel doesn’t have to teach. It has actually been wonderful and we can’t wait for Thursday to come around each week. This past Thursday we decided…
“Soare cu dinti” is a Romanian phrase that means “sun with teeth.” They use it to describe one of those beautiful winter (or fall, or even spring) days where the sun is shining, the sky is blue, but you’ll still freeze to death if you go outside. We had one of those toothy days yesterday,…