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Review: A Compostable Phone Case by Pela Case

August 23, 2019September 15, 2019

Hello, Snow Happy community!! One of things we care about here at Snow Happy is protecting this great Earth that provides for our daily adventures. And, one of the ways we do this is by using as little single-use plastic items as possible, like packing zero waste lunches when we are on the go. Recently, I got a new phone and the amount packaging was shocking (think those kids’ toys at Christmas levels of packaging), which held a non-recyclable plastic phone case.

Family Travel

What Makes us Snow Happy in Summer

August 20, 2019September 15, 2019

First, hello!!! We have had a summer-fun filled summer – an old school throw back mostly schedule-free summer with a dose of travel for good measure. And, I will be the first to admit, while I am ready for a break from my Snow Happy kids, I am sad to see summer slip away with the return to school and schedules and lunches, and well, you know the rest.

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How to Love Winter in 10 Easy Steps

April 12, 2019April 13, 2019

Ok, so maybe not 10 easy steps. But, it is as easy a change in perception and perspective, a choice to see things differently. And I believe these shifts are where we find joy. My dear friend and guest poster, Heidi Schwandt and her sweet family are summer people. This season though, they decided it was time to embrace ALL the seasons and I couldn’t love her more for it!

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Want to Pack Zero Waste Lunches for your daily…

April 10, 2019April 13, 2019

I want to share with you all something that has been on my heart lately and always bubbling below the surface. How much packaging and plastic that enters and leaves my house each week. I know, I know, touchy subject, but this isn’t about climate change or global warming.

Family Ski Trips

Snow Happy Skied Taos and You Should, too!

April 9, 2019April 13, 2019

New Mexico newbie, here, and boy it really lives up to its name “The Land of Enchantment.” My husband says it is the vastness of the desert and sky. For me it is the light. The sky shows off morning and night with expansive bluebird in between. Whatever “it” is, enchanting really captures it.

Family Ski Trips

You Have our Hearts, Crested Butte

March 15, 2019April 5, 2019

If you told me I didn’t have to get on I-70 to ski amazing terrain and enjoy an idyllic ski town in Colorado, I would have said no way. Enter Crested Butte. This small town is nestled at the end of a beautiful valley surrounded by spectacular peaks, each one more amazing the next, the crowning jewel being Mount Crested Butte itself. And let me tell you, this place has something for everyone.

Family Ski Trips

Snow Happy In Steamboat

March 15, 2019April 5, 2019

Our first visit to Steamboat was February of 2009. We were in Winter Park doing Bob’s Bump Camp (a must do, by the way if you love moguls and/or hate them and want to love them – ahem the latter was me because my husband was obsessed and I knew if I ever wanted to ski together I had to turn the corner), and decided we’d take a jaunt north on 40 and check out another mountain for the day.