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Winter fun for families at YMCA of the Rockies

February 5, 2013

Recognizing the need for balance in the seasons, the YMCA of the Rockies invited my family for a winter weekend at its Winter Park location, as it did half a year ago for a summer stay at its Estes Park location. And once again, we had an exhaustingly good time. YMCA of the Rockies really [...]

Perfect Moment Monday: Big Easy

December 30, 2012

I spent much of December* channeling Maria von Trapp (or, rather, Julie Andrew’s version of her). So many of my favorite things came together I wanted to burst into song as if on top of a mountain at several points during the month. One weekend in particular, I enjoyed a convergence of some my favorite [...]

Family fun at Colorado’s YMCA of the Rockies

June 28, 2012

The bad news: Tessa and Reed noticed immediately that there was no TV in our room. The good news: They never mentioned it again. Last week a group of Colorado bloggers was invited, with our families, to enjoy all the fun that the YMCA of the Rockies Camp has to offer. My extended family had [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Dunes

April 11, 2012

Tessa hiked to one of the highest dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park on a warm but windy Spring Break trip. Tessa was not doing the “Mom’s-taking-a-blog-photo” pose (Daddy actually took the pictures) — she was just keeping the sand out of her face.

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