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How to Have a Great First Day Skiing

November 14, 2019January 16, 2020

This is the absolute earliest I have ever skied. November 14th, I made everybody breakfast, packed lunches, took everyone in early for their Spanish class, ran my day 6 mile of my 100 Days of Something Challenge, tossed my skis, boots, and bag in the car and hit the road to Eldora. Sounds pretty simple, right? And, with the right prep and system in place, it totally can be, even with kids in tow. Yes, that’s right, even with kids in tow.

100 Day Challenge

Build Your Habit Muscle: Do Something for 100 days

November 14, 2019November 23, 2019

“I’ll get to it later” or “after I finish this one thing”…Sound familiar? For me, it’s a daily battle…for whatever “it” is. I am disciplined about a few things: my workouts, cooking healthy food, making kids lunches and making my bed everyday. It sounds like a lot (and it is) until I look at how I spend the rest of my day…errands that turn into a time such because “oh, I’ll just stop here” (two hours later), social media and other online distractions, reading (not bad, but a rabbit hole for me), and you can fill in the blank on your time sucks. So what’s getting left in the dust? Snow Happy and building my business, hiking, running organizing and cleaning, taking classes, and the list goes on.

Family Ski Trips

Ride the Amtrak Ski Train to Winter Park this Season!!

November 4, 2019November 23, 2019

Are you starting to plan or starting to think about planning your ski adventures yet? Well, Snow Happy is! If I’m being honest, planning the next season for us starts on the chair lift the season prior…kind of like planning your next meal while sitting in a restaurant enjoying an amazing meal. I may be known to do this.

Family Ski Trips

Where will you ski this season? 2019-2020 Season Passes

October 9, 2019January 16, 2020

Well, it’s 80 and sunny today. The leaves are in their glory and we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop tomorrow in the shape of 2″ of snowflakes. In the ski world, the race is on to opening day. Are you ready?

Here is a breakdown of the multi-resort 2019-2020 Ski Season Passes available and the looming deadlines of price increases. There are some great options available across the US even if you are looking for a few days here and there or are just taking a single ski vacation.

Family Travel

Appreciating the Seasons: Fall Family Getaway to Steamboat Springs

October 7, 2019January 16, 2020

The temperatures are finally dipping after the long hot summer days. As I sat and sipped my steaming hot coffee this morning while I watched the sun come up, I felt those first feelings of cozying up for winter. It made me start thinking on the transition and change of seasons and how each prepares us for the next. I think this is why the changes in season feel so delicious, why we love spring and fall.

Clean Living

Review: A Compostable Phone Case by Pela Case

August 23, 2019January 16, 2020

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.

Finding Joy

How to Love Winter in 10 Easy Steps

April 12, 2019January 16, 2020

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!

Clean Living

Want to Pack Zero Waste Lunches for your daily adventures? 3 simple tips to get started today!

April 10, 2019January 16, 2020

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, 2019January 16, 2020

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.