When Cynthia and I talked about starting a family, our biggest fear was the loss of our active outdoor lifestyle. We took our adventures to the mountains, deserts, canyons and beyond. Our adventurous travel took us to some amazing places with many incredible experiences. As we embarked on our new life as a family, my fear was the loss of some of this adventure.

We decided early on that we would still embark on amazing adventures and that the kids would be along for the ride. After the first year of my daughter's life, we found it hard to access good gear, and information on living an active lifestyle as a family. The only information and gear we could find was not really our speed. We have done our fair share of car camping and backyard adventures, but our quality expectation of the gear and the experience were set a little higher.

So enters this blog...This is our journal of our journey through parenthood and family life sharing the outdoors with our young and growing family. Mind you, we have had to realign our expectations on what we expect to accomplish in the outdoors. That has been a natural transition. The thing that makes it so worth the adjustment is the look on our daughter's face when she first strapped on snowshoes, or hiked up a mountain, or hiked without Papa carrying her on the trail. From the first snow to the first plane ride, everything is grander through the eyes of a child.

So, we hope that this blog helps give you ideas, tips, and great gear reviews to help your family get out and enjoy this world. We are not meant to live life hiding inside.

Life is adventure. Explore the world as a family.