Press Release Kids Meet Owls, Bears, Possums and More at Wilderness Wildlife Week 20 programs scheduled for youngsters in Pigeon Forge event Jan. 7-14 PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (December 2011) – “Those Ain’t Teddy Bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park” is one of the entertainingly informative programs aimed directly at youngsters during the 22nd Wilderness [...]

Our Staycation: In the great Buckeye State! The travel bug has hit me hard this year. It has been almost 3 years since my husband and I have taken a vacation. I was 3 months pregnant with Luci at the time and my family was headed down to the Buckeye State’s biggest travel destination: Hilton [...]

Deadwood, South Dakota.  The name doesn’t conjure up images of a family vacation, but rather of toll and strife in a land at the edge of a new nation, where laws were ill enforced. But, Deadwood and the surrounding area is definitely worth a family outing.  Deadwood itself offers adventure for the history buff in [...]

…Stay Out Of The Kitchen Part Two  I hope you’re finding ways to enjoy summer, even during the days when it’s too hot to do anything except spend time in the air conditioning!!! But sometimes it’s just unavoidable—you have to turn on the oven and slave over a hot stove, even though the temperature outside is [...]

Vacation Safety Tips By Kay Green, http://www.mypreciouskid.com/ Copyright 2000-2010 You are going to Disneyland (or other vacation) with your children and want to make sure they are safe. We can help protect your children and give you peace of mind too.  Below are my favorite ideas for keeping your children safe while there. Q: During [...]

Why is Having a Skin Care Regimen Important? Are you a soap and water gal?  A bar of soap and a washcloth is all you’ve used for as long as you can remember?  That was me, too!  Every Saturday night, we used a white bar of soap that smelled really, really soapy (not perfumed), scrubbed ourselves all over, hard, [...]

Stay Out of the Kitchen! In the middle of the dog days of summer, I can’t think of a worse way to spend the day than slaving over a hot oven in the kitchen! Spending time in the kitchen has never been one of my favorite things to do, but during the summer my 15-minute [...]

When my older daughter was 4 and my younger one 10 months old, we went by airplane to see my side of the family.  We had such a great time seeing Grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins that we decided to make it a yearly event.  So, for the next 7 or 8 years my daughters [...]

Skunk Train As a family we love to explore, find new places to see and visit.  As a rule we always try to include a train ride as part of our vacation plans. I grew up riding buses and trains to get to school every day.  You can learn so much from fauna & flora [...]

Daytrips in AZ  Greetings from sunny Arizona, I’m here to tell you about the wonderful – Family Friendly things our state has to offer besides the beautiful Grand Canyon!  Arizona is a great place to visit all year long with mountains, lakes, deserts, hiking, golfing.  The following list is activities for all ages and family [...]