Winter backpacking and cabin camping with a baby and toddler

There is a moment every year on our annual backpack-into-a-cabin-in-the-woods trip where I am utterly miserable. Typically the moment involves a wailing baby and an overtired me. But then the moment passes, and the memory fades, and I vow to do it again next year — but for more nights. This year had the moments […]

How to make green smoothies a part of your life

We have a confession: we’ve become green smoothie addicts. We know, we know, green smoothies are super trendy. But friends, they are worth the hype. They make you feel so amazing. We’re more than seven months into our addiction, if we forgot to make them on the weekend we wonder why we feel so sluggish […]

Score card: How we did on our New Year’s Resolutions for Borealis

Time to tally up how we did last year on our New Year’s Resolutions for Borealis! 1. Challenge ourselves to have more adventures We have learned our lesson on this one. When we came up with the “Adventure” category for Borealis, Jen and I thought we’d be writing posts about fabulous trips, amazing outings with […]

Five resolutions for the New Year

(Looking for a pretty free printable calendar? I love the ones by Love vs. Design.) I used to be hot on New Year’s Resolutions, but then I cooled, preferring to see where life led me. But this year I am raring to make change. I think it has something to do with emerging from the […]

Borealis gift guide – Something you need

This year we’re collecting our gift ideas into four categories in the spirit of the “Something to wear, something to read, something you want, something you need” philosophy. Check out Something to read,  Something you want, and Something to wear. Something you need: For the person who has everything (or needs nothing), the spurge of […]

Borealis gift guide – Something to wear

This year we’re collecting our gift ideas into four categories in the spirit of the “Something to wear, something to read, something you want, something you need” philosophy. Something to read was our first post; something you want was the second. Next up: something to wear. Borealis Gift Guide: Something to Wear We’re trying the “new PJs […]

Borealis gift guide – Something you want

This year we’re collecting our gift ideas into four categories in the spirit of the “Something to wear, something to read, something you want, something you need” philosophy. Something to read was our first post; here is our second!  Borealis Gift Guide: Something you want:   Two of our favorite brands came together — Caribou […]

Borealis gift guide – Something to read

This year we’re collecting our gift ideas into four categories in the spirit of the “Something to wear, something to read, something you want, something you need” philosophy. First up: Something to read, because this list was the easiest to put together! Borealis Gift Guide — Something to read: If you love Pride & Prejudice […]