I meant to write about our Midsummer Camping trip, but so many other adventures happened so quickly after, I never got to describe this one. We met up with my husband's colleague, Chad, and his two daughters, Rachel and Tanya. We camped next to the Platte River in the mountains. The river was icy cold and a lot of fun to ...

Our experience at the Rennaissance Festival exemplifies true adventure. Adventure happens with the unexpected, and with hardship to overcome. At the time it usually is not enjoyable, just hard. But when you overcome and get through hardship together, this creates memories and bonding. Gary Smalley in his “Keys to Loving Relationships” series, ...

On Sunday my family had our own medieval adventure! We donned medieval clothing and went to the local Rennaissance Festival for the day. We experienced two weather extremes there. The first half of the day, it was swelteringly hot, and we in our long gowns, tunics and double layers. It was also very crowded, and with six of us, half of us ...