I am one of the world’s worst gardeners – not for a lack of desire though. I want to have a lush landscape of flowers in every color of the rainbow, butterfly’s gracefully swooping from one magnificent bloom to the next, luxuriant deep green grass in which to wiggle my toes. I want to have [...]

Friday. Explore North America’s “inland seas” in “Mysteries of the Great Lakes 2D” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The museum’s latest IMAX film, opening Friday, discusses the lakes’ ancient history and delicate ecosystems. Amidst all the spectacular scenery, learn about current conservation efforts and the massive push to clean up the lakes. [...]

My kids  jumped off a mountain!  My brave kids jumped off a zip line at Zip Adventures just West of Vail.   The course has six zip lines that get progressively longer and faster.  My son wasn’t so excited to go on the first one (in fact, the fantastic guide, Brian went tandem with him just [...]

Recently men and women from all over the states ran though rain and sleet to complete the Colfax marathon in Denver. Soon, we will be adding a new set of faces to that finish line!
Our story: Jenifer was all limbs and sick of her classmates teasing her about her height. She learned to use [...]

My children spend the early part of summer vacation inadvertently conducting a science experiment in their bedroom. But it’s OK. It’s all cleaned up now.

Is it just me or does dear ol’ Dad seem to get the shaft after all the hubbub of Mother’s Day?
I wouldn’t survive without the fine examples of my father, husband and father-in-law. We have yet to establish Father’s Day traditions beyond stuffing our faces with some marvelous concoction from our grill so I did [...]

When Amber at Mile High Mamas first asked if anyone had a daughter that liked Judy Moody books, I shot her an email right away. My 7-year-old old daughter Morganne is a crazy reader and LOVES Judy Moody. This assignment would entail Morganne and I attending a special screening of the movie Judy Moody and [...]

As a child, I can remember my mother saying to me, “You just don’t know how good you have it.” Yet, even with these words echoing softly in my head, it took many years for me to understand just how blessed I was.
We all want our children to be grateful, compassionate and understanding, but teaching [...]

Forget the romantic image of a lone artist huddled over a partially modeled clay figure in a garret-like studio.
Instead, Kim Dickey and a flurry of assistants have spent long days in recent months working in an open, caged storage area in the middle of a vast warehouse building operated by the University of Colorado Distribution [...]

Kids scale them. Parents covet them. Pop songs romanticize them.
Playgrounds abound in and around Denver. Many of them incorporate whimsical public art works and state-of-the-art equipment.
But it takes more than just those frills to make a great playground. It takes plenty of trees and shade and a little something intangible – a sense of community.
Great [...]