The snow is spitting outside and for the first time in weeks I have time to sit down and put pencil to paper, thought to expression. This season of life has been intense. But really, when kids are involved, aren’t they all intense? Fun, fulfilling, meaningful, but… intense. Having a now 13 year old, I’ve…

Once again a homeschool vs. public school debate raged on my Facebook feed. One comment said, “You do you. I’ll do me.” Yes! Yes, I completely agree. Then why is it so hard? Sigh. The truth is a battle is raging on both sides and I fear it has little do with actual educational preferences. I’d…

(This post was written in conjunction with Cirque du Soleil Crystal coming to Utah’s Maverick Stadium March 7-10, 2019. Purchase tickets with a Kid Project exclusive 30% discount here: bit.ly/Crystal30MAV) We piled on the couch, my mom on the phone in one hand, the remote in the other. We were trying to find the US Figure Skating…

If you are part of our Facebook community, then you know that a few weeks ago, we started our all new Kid Project Tip Series! This is the second tip in a series of new tip videos shared every week on our Facebook and YouTube channels! Since it is super easy to miss things via…

I love words. And I love words that aren’t even real words. My current favorite is discombobulated. Isn’t that a great word?! And man, I cannot think of a better word to describe our family on most our adventures. 🙂 Why do I choose a word every year? Every year for the last 8 years I’ve…

Let’s pretend for a moment that we are sitting across the table from one another. An old oak table, worn smooth and polished by the thousands of fingertips strummed along its surface. We pull our mugs of coffee close and I ask, How have you been? Imagine your response. I will imagine it also. I…

If you clicked on the link to this post, then I am guessing you have hard days too. The days that leave you raw and doubting and numb. For awhile now we’ve been on the road and just returned home – We spent roughly 30 nights in our Airstream and two months gone from home. You can…

I pedal easy on my stationary bike, people still trickling in before class starts, but it is almost go time. It is my second time to this spin class and I love that, so far, it hasn’t been crowded. Only 5-6 people for a room filled with 20 bikes. I hate when it gets all stuffy and…

The crisp fall air teases my hair and the city sprawls far below, bumping both sides of the valley. Daughters run up and down the path and take turns climbing the bars. Somewhere across the park, both boys are up a tree and out of sight. It is beautiful. We’d met Jess Curren and her…

Every summer we set aside school, evening sports, and many of the social obligations that fill our time and reconnect with our kids. We reconnect with each other. And with friends and family that are often lost in the busyness. At the start of every summer we brainstorm our “adventurous whims” and pencil trips on…

There is really only one thing my kids want. Wait! What?! There is really only one thing my kids want! No…surely they want lots of things. My kids want a snack and then an hour later, dinner. My kids want a later bedtime, one more story read aloud, and the new Avenger Lego set. But…

One Many readers ask, How do I deal with my toddler or young child that won’t keep their mittens on during winter adventures?   Or won’t wear a bike helmet when I ask them to, especially when so many of their friends aren’t made to wear them? How do you convince a stubborn child to put…

If you’ve been around the block with me a few times, you know every year, instead of coming up with some crazy resolution (or a list of them), I choose to set an intention instead. After all, if January is the month for new goals and life change, then February is the month for failing in them. However…

The wind stirs the trees, scattering mosquitoes from their buzzing bubbles and sending ripples of light across the lake. My kids run and leap after the old rope strung up in the cottonwood, left over from years past when the water was higher and you could launch yourself into it. Their voices are muted by…

Mom! She won’t stop swinging the princess in my face!” He yells from the back seat. “Stop swinging it in his face, daughter. I glance in the rearview mirror to see her energetically swinging it over his head. Didn’t I say to stop that??” “Well, you said to stop swinging it IN his face, not OVER…

It is nearly Christmas. But even the soft white glow of tree lights and snow falling softly is not helping me settle. I am wound tight. The stress in my shoulders pounding. My nerves nearly bursting. “What are you so stressed about?” Chris asks. Out comes the flood. Last minute gifts! Christmas dinner! Balancing family!…

It is Sunday morning and despite being early March, it feels like April. Temperatures are encouraging us out the door and even though I am operating as a single parent for a few days, I am still meeting some good friends for a hike in Mill Creek Canyon. But I’ll be honest: I am tempted…

What is your, “Why Not?” What would you do if you were fearless? Maybe reckless, or financially unwise, or risky? What stops you? Kids, money, a career? Well, today we are interviewing mom, Nancy Sathre-Vogel from Family On Bikes, about a time her husband and her decided to step out of their lives and into their…

We head up to Snowbasin Resort. The sun shines (a little too hotly for January) and the car is a roar of excitement. Today a few friends are coming up to ski with us, and my son and his friend have a morning lesson with the Grizzly Cubs. They have a fantastic morning but later…

One reader from Canada asked, “How do I keep mittens on my toddler who hates them?!” She said, “I tried natural consequences the other day and it was not working on my daughter. She was happily picking up sticks and rocks at the beginning and I thought maybe it was still not cold enough for…