family travel seattle
Why we should all keep testing for COVID-19 if we want our lives back
July 5, 2022Are you tired of COVID-19? A million times me too. And even after all the precautions we’ve had, the testing at school and the testing at home, COVID-19 still hit our house. And if we didn’t test, we would never have known we had it. So how did we get COVID-19? Our kids went on […]
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If you are looking for lupines here is where to find lupines in Seattle so you don’t have to drive too far
June 16, 2022Remember this next year when you see all the lupine pictures from Van Lierop Park or Mount Rainier. There are lupines in Seattle and if you don’t have time to drive out of the city you don’t have to miss out. They seem to bloom between mid-may and early June. This year they are just […]
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Find and Share Seattle Family Activities and other travel ideas using the Trove Collective App
May 3, 2022I was recently introduced to Trove Collective,(use sign-up code TRVE30) a new social app and I loved it so much that I signed on to be a brand ambassador. Among other reasons I found this app quite useful is that it makes it really easy and quick to find and share Seattle family activities among […]
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A drive through Seattle Cinnamon Roll shop up in Woodinville that’s worth the trip
March 30, 2022If you are searching for a unique cinnamon bun shop near Seattle, you might find Seattle Cinnamon Roll. And it’s not actually in Seattle, it’s about 30-40 minutes north of the city. But before you give up and try looking for another place, make a plan to go to Woodinville to the Seattle Cinnamon Roll […]
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Making Tutta Bella at Home in Seattle from QFC
February 10, 2022This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tutta Bella and their new at home meal ingredients at QFC and as always the opinions and thoughts in this blog post are my own. If you’ve been following along with this blog for a while you already know Tutta Bella is one of our family’s favorite […]
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Trying out the Too Good to Go app to help reduce food waste in Seattle
February 3, 2022I recently heard about the Too Good to Go app in Seattle. Too Good to Go is an app that connects consumers with businesses to buy ‘Surprise bags” of food not purchased during business hours that might otherwise go to waste. I love the idea of being able to try a business, try something new, […]
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Cirque du Soleil in Seattle with Alegria at Marymoor Park
January 21, 2022There are so many hopeful things happening in 2022 and one of them is Cirque du Soleil in Seattle again! Alegria just opened in Marymoor Park and my family was invited to this spectacular show on Media Night to go check it out. We are in a bit of a spike (that will hopefully be […]
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What is a Terrace Room at the Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver BC?
January 11, 2022A little while ago I booked a staycation for my family and my sister’s family so all the cousins could hang out at a heated outdoor pool in the wintertime. Because of covid, I specifically wanted to find an outdoor pool so that we wouldn’t have to breathe indoor air. And we love the outdoor […]
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A Suncadia trip in the winter thanks to the Nix the List Sweepstakes with Grand Ridge Plaza
December 15, 2021This was a sponsored post on behalf of Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and Regency Centers for the Nix the List Sweepstakes and as always the thoughts and ideas in the post are my own- the winners were drawn but I’ve kept the post up just in case you’re headed to Suncadia and are […]
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Nix the Holiday List at Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and win at shopping this year
December 8, 2021This is a sponsored post for the Nix the Holiday List Sweepstakes at Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Washington and the ideas in this blog post are my own. How great is a one stop shopping place where you can get all the gifts for the people on your holiday list and maybe win something […]
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Seattle coffee shops you need to know about as we get out and about again
November 8, 2021We all remember when the world stopped but when did it start back up again? For many of us it still feels a lot different than the life we knew before but now kids have school again, there are sports again, and we are starting to try to gather safely again. And suddenly my photo […]
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Back to school and giving back with the Toyota Sequoia Nightshade
September 7, 2021We are a family in Seattle who lives for adventure and soccer and because I’ve worked with Toyota in the past and my family really liked their vehicles (we’ve even been to the Toyota factory in Nagoya Japan)we ended up purchasing a Toyota Hybrid Highlander early last year (2020). So far we’ve enjoyed exploring many […]
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Another Seattle Waterfront Update and where to see the design for Pier 58
July 30, 2021This is a sponsored post on behalf of Waterfront Seattle to help share information about the online open house for Pier 58 and as always the thoughts and ideas in this post are my own. Hey Seattle friends and visitors to this site who are curious about the new and exciting things happening on Seattle’s […]
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Agate hunting on the Red Top Lookout Trail near Cle Elum with two kids and a dog and the cutest little outhouse we’ve ever seen
October 8, 2020Ever since we went rockhounding a few weeks ago with the kids at Hansen Creek, hunting for rocks has been on everyone in my whole family’s minds. One of the guys even bought a rocktumbler at the beginning of summer so he’s been dying to find gems worthy of the two to three weeks dedication […]
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How to visit the Amazon Spheres in Seattle and the best time to book if you want to buy donuts at the Spheres too
October 28, 2019More and more I’m finding that we have to pre-book and pre-plan things for travel. Are you finding this too? Everything is just a whole lot busier than it used to be. We like to be “go-where-the-wind-blows-us” travelers and we usually plan our days by the weather or what we feel like doing that day […]
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Boba Up: a self-serve bubble tea cafe in Seattle you might want to check out
August 20, 2019I have to admit I didn’t want to try self-serve bubble tea when I first heard about Boba Up opening up in Seattle’s U-district. I’m a bit of a germaphobe and the image of something like a zillion people descending en masse upon a boba buffet (like we used to at a certain self-serve frozen […]
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A very pinterest-worthy and maybe the best playground in Seattle so far (Artists at Play, Seattle Center)
July 13, 2015I always read these lists of best playgrounds in the world and there are never any west coast, North American playgrounds in them. Maybe people think we get too much rain here? Or maybe we keep our parks a secret. But lately we’ve had endless sunny skies and we’ve been outdoors all the time and […]
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My current favorite lunch spot in Pike Place Market (Seattle, WA)
March 26, 2015I’ve been volunteering at the Pike Place Market in Seattle for a little while now and I’m still surprised that every time I visit I find some place that’s new to me. There are so many neat little shops and vendors and they are all so unique-the other day I found myself in a corridor […]
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New Year’s frozen adventuring in Mercer Slough (Bellevue, Washington)
January 2, 2015I hope 2015 will be the year of adventure. From becoming an aunt for the first time, and having trips to Tofino and California cemented in stone, and knowing the cabin will be finished sometime this year, we know there’s going to be no shortage of excitement around here for sure. So we started the […]
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Friday Postcards from a Seattle Summer
July 25, 2014For the past month I haven’t had any will to travel anywhere, the weather has been perfect and Seattle is just brilliant in the summer sunshine. So I have something like 14000 photos from the last 30 days stuck in my phone. About a hundred were of this little armadillo at the Point Defiance Zoo. […]
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