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The Keen Vail Kids Adventure Race is coming to the slopes of Vail Resort August 8-11, 2013. While course details are kept under wraps until just prior to the start, you can expect kids to compete in a rollicking combination of mountain biking, hiking, river tubing, zip-lining, climbing wall, and archery, not to mention zinging down an enormous inclined slip-and-slide. Last year my kids competed and they are still talking about it. The course took my kids about…

From the amount of relief I felt on the last day of school this year, you would have thought it was em me em graduating from 5 sup th sup grade (like my son did) or 8 sup th sup grade (like my daughter did). No more permission slips! No more field trips! No more Spanish verb quizzes! See what I mean? With the entire summer stretching out before me, I cannot wait to spend an idyllic few days in Tahoe soaking up the sun and the scenery. Summer in…

Is the following scenario at all familiar? i Mom and kids are walking along a scenic trail (Dad is way, way ahead). Mom spies beautiful vista framing her darling urchins and yells, Hey, wait up! I want to take a picture. While Mom reaches into her pack for the camera, the kids start scowling and generally acting much less darling. Mom takes off her pack and digs for the camera. The kids moan and groan, C'mon Mom! Mom finds camera! Okay, look at me! No,…