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Written by: Jill Greenlaw
Living in a land-locked state doesn’t mean you can’t have some island adventures. Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah is an exotic state park, with island views, animals, history, and beaches.
We recently visited Antelope Island, which is approximately one hour’s drive north of Salt Lake City. You don’t take a boat to get there, but get to drive on a causeway where you can immediately breathe in the salty air from the Great Salt Lake. After arriving …
Mammoth Cave Idaho: a Unique Travel Destination
Mammoth Cave in Idaho is unique. Usually on our site, we like to talk about fun places to visit: France, Hawaii, …that kind of thing. Normal stuff. What we don’t talk about too much are those oddball, out of the way places that aren’t on your travel agent’s list
Spring Flowers: Thanksgiving Point Tulip FestivalWhat is your favorite way to celebrate Earth Month? I can’t think of a better activity than seeing spring flowers bloom. So, my family was thrilled when Thanksgiving Point offered us tickets to this year’s Tulip Festival.
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Seeing Spring Flowers: The Perfect Family Outdoors Activity
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Planning a Family Get-togetherFamily get-togethers are now more important than ever before. It’s easy to depend on social media to stay in touch with relatives spread far and wide, but having meaningful relationships means seeing each other face-to-face once in a while. Remember, the younger generation may not have gotten the opportunity to …
3 Tips for Spring CleaningNervous about what your house and yard hold now that the snow is melting and the cold is leaving? It’s around that time to whip out the cleaning and organizing …supplies and and start spring cleaning!
In my home when spring comes, out come the yellow rubber gloves. Cleaning the
Printables: ‘About Me’ Helps Record Child Memories and Milestonesfamily fun • family fun-traditions
When my kids were in the 1st grade, their teacher would ask her students to put together an About Me page. Each child was required to bring a poster to school with information about themselves. This helped the other kids in the class could get to know them. I loved…
Printables: Creating Your Family TreeHave you ever heard of a family tree? I remember when I was a young girl, I would watch my mother fill out our family tree. It was a large, 11 x 14 colorful tree with places on each branch for family names. My mother added the names of my…
Family Traditions: How to Set Up an Easter Egg Huntfamily fun • family fun-traditions
Looking for a holiday activity for the entire family this Easter? Get creative with your Easter egg… hunting. Easter egg hunts are a fun tradition for everyone in the family. Remember there are different levels of extremes for everything. Make the hunt harder for older kids and easier for
Printable: Family Dinner Discussion StartersHow often do you and your family have dinner around the table? Our family is lucky if we can sit down together three times a week. I have busy teenagers and kids, so it is sometimes a challenge to connect this way. Sundays are my favorite day because we don’t…
Family Fun: Disney on Ice Dare to DreamDisney on Ice’s new show, “Dare to Dream”… makes every girl’s wishes come true. The stunning show highlights stories from some of Disney’s movies and makes sure that all of the princesses are seen by the end of the performance. I loved it when a cute girl sitting next to
