Something awful happened at the tail end of our California vacation last June. A near-miss so traumatizing that it's taken me six months to write about it. As the year is winding down, I'm looking back on all the fun stuff we did as a family, and this one memory is like a sharp little pain in the corner of my mind. It's my hope that sharing it now will help me move forward and let go of some of the guilt. Last June, my family took a road trip …
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Minecraft Trunk-Or-Treat!
Last year, the crafty competitor supermom part of me decided that our family should have the craziest and coolest vehicle at our elementary school's Trunk-Or-Treat. I scavenged the recycle bins throughout my neighborhood on trash day and brought home an entire van full of cardboard, which my kids and I converted into HUGE Minecraft characters! At first, I thought I could just paint these and call it good. Oh, how wrong I was. I did paint …
Anderson Farms Fall Festival
Colorado is the most gorgeous place all year long, but it's especially beautiful in the fall! Last weekend, we spent an entire day completely immersed in the fall scenery of Anderson Farms up in Erie. Anderson Farms Fall Festival is a fantastic autumn event for families, featuring Colorado’s longest running corn maze, pumpkin launching, barrel train rides, pedal karts, delicious food, a fabulous gift shop, and MILES of pumpkins you can pick …