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 ...

We’re taking a road trip, and we’ll all be in the van from 5:00 a.m. until about 7:00 p.m. with four kids and no portable TV/VCR! This is our second trip without the help of the TV. With the kids ranging in age between 4 and 10, I’ve come up with ideas for keeping them busy: My big idea for this trip is Dot-to-Dot Mapping. Using the Rand ...