The Li’l Bird

Have you seen the size of this snowman?

It is the biggest snow(woman) on record. It sets a record in the Guinness Book of Records. To get an idea of scale, Olympia is about 30 feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty (without the base). Her arms consist of 27-foot-tall evergreens. Her “carrot” nose, painted by schoolchildren, is 8 feet long. Her eyes [...]

Red Mountain Spa

Do you need a vacation?  Do you love the outdoors?  Do you need to jump start a fitness program?  If all of these sound like you, then you need to visit Red Mountain Spa!  It is located in Ivins, Utah, about a hour and forty five minutes northeast of Las Vegas.  They have so many different things [...]

Yay for Yakkay!

Sometimes I wonder how/why I didn’t think of that! These helmets are so cute! It’s so hard to get my kids to wear helmets when I don’t even like to wear them!  But I could so wear these!  They’re actually just covers!  So you could get the helmet, and then all of the [...]

* Disneyland *

This might be old news, but just in case you haven’t heard…………You can go to “The Happiest Place on Earth” for FREE on your birthday in 2009!!! You can choose from Disneyland Resort in California or Walt Disney World in Florida. And if you already have an annual pass, don’t worry, you get [...]

Roasting Marshmallows 101

1- Get a clean, long-handled stick or barbecue fork suitable for spearing marshmallows. I got great ones seen in image at Wal-Mart for I think $2.99. 2- Push one or two marshmallows onto the end of the stick or barbecue fork. 3- Hold the marshmallow over the fire or coals, positioning it so the marshmallow is [...]

Hey Tree Huggers…

Do you remember back in the day when “tree hugger” was a categorization of people? Maybe the more “hippyish”?? Well, maybe it still is, I don’t know, but sometimes lately it (being a tree hugger) seems kind of the trendy thing. Well, I must admit, I want to be more of a [...]

Park City, Utah

Have you been there? It is such a fun little town. The annual Sundance Film Festival is held there every year.  The 2002 Winter Olympics held events there.  It’s a great place to take the kids, or just a romantic getaway.  The alpine slide is a blast!  The Olympic park is a fun [...]

Traveling lens… which one?

I used to find that when I would travel, I would end up taking the wrong lens with me. Always so worried, if I don’t have my zoom, I would miss it.  If I just had my 50, I’d regret it.  But who wants to carry around a bunch of lenses?  Well, my advice would [...]

Doesn’t get much better than this!

Get your HiKe on!

So we camp a lot! And apparently my sweet old tennis shoes are “NOT CAMPING SHOES” (according to my husband!) He came home the other day with these “HIKING/CAMPING/HUNTING” shoes (BOOTS!) And I must say that I REALLY REALLY LIKE THEM! They are comfortable, warm, dry, and so fashionable!! So [...]