Articles by Amber Johnson
Congratulations to Julie Weathers, winner of our designer Baby Lulu outfit!
If you’ve had any complaints about boredom from your children, VTech is coming to the rescue! Their fantastic prize pack includes the following:
V-Motion: This is one of the summer’s most educational toys on the market. This Wii-like educational game gets âactive minds in motionâ? when [...]
This is your one-stop shopping spot for a whole lot of mom-worthy information. What do Hanes and Disney have in common? Where can you find fun activities at a luxury mountain resort for free? Where can you enjoy summer shopping, lemonade and sweet deals on the hottest Colorado-based mom and kid products around?
Look no further!
Hanes [...]
I love to cuddle up with my little family but when it comes to expressing physical affection, my children could not be more different. My spitfire Hadley has little interest in warm fuzzies; she is too busy conquering the world to waste her time with nonessentials such as touching her fellow humans.
The only exception [...]
Congratulations to Ashley Marshall, winner of our Mod Mum baby sling!
My children’s daily swim lessons have catapulted me into beach mode. Well, minus the beach. We do live in Colorado, after all.
But the California-based designer baby clothes by Baby Lulu resonates with me. I fell in love with their beautiful garden prints, [...]
My husband Jamie and I are generally not extravagant gift givers. Well, with the exception of the time he bought me a Honda Pilot for my birthday (though I think it should not have counted because we were already in the market for a car). Have you ever topped a gift like that? [...]
Congratulations to soon-to-be mom Cynthia G. of Aurora who won a DadGear pack for her husband Joel, a soon-to-be dad!
Pssssssssst! Make sure to sneak away from your Father’s Day revelries to enter Mile High Mamas’ giveaway for a cool Mod Mum baby sling. Because don’t you deserve to be indulged as well?!
When my children [...]
Last winter, I deemed SolVista at Granby Ranch as the ultimate family vacation and vowed to return in the summer. Guess what: I’m [going] baaaaaack!
On June 21 and 22, Granby Ranch will celebrate Summer Solstice by hosting an adventurous weekend packed with activities for the entire family. You can kick back and listen to [...]
Thanks to Front Range Adventure Boot Camp, I am physically stronger than I have been in years. But one of last week’s workouts nearly did me in.
It was not the day we ran Red Rocks amphitheatre. Though having a partner hold you back with resistance bands while trying to race crawl up the [...]
In honor of Father’s Day, we are featuring one of the few daddy bloggers from our blogroll: Kurt of Jolly Green Dad. Join us as we gain some fascinating insights into the life of a stay-at-home dad of two.
How does a Cornell University grad end up as a SAHD/WAHD? Do you miss the workforce?
Well [...]
There are three words whose perfection and beauty are unsurpassed in the English language:
NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.
(What? Did you think I was going to be a sentimental fool and profess something sappy like “I love you?”)
I have been mechanically-challenged my entire life. I will admit it is part laziness, part impatience, part knowing [...]














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