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Jellyfish Attack
When I was a kid, probably 7 or 8, my family spent a day at a Southern California beach, building sand castles, playing in the surf, and eating slightly sandy hot dogs. I remember that day because I...
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Family Vacation to the Olympic Beaches
Washington’s Olympic National Park is an amazingly diverse place, with snowcapped mountain peaks, sandy ocean beaches, and a temperate rain forest all within easy driving distance of each other. One...
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Spaghetti Birthday Cake
My wife baked a cake for my son’s birthday. Yes, that’s a cake! The post Spaghetti Birthday Cake appeared first on Idaho Dad.
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Family Vacation to the Moon
Inspired by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, one of my dreams of childhood was to walk on the moon. I didn’t want to be an astronaut. Rather, I wanted to romp around in low gravity as a tourist. It...
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Minions Giveaway!
Minions are here! The silly little yellow sidekicks from the two Despicable Me movies are starring in their very own hilarious adventure, and it hits theaters today. The Minions movie imagines their...
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Family Vacation to Maui
On our recent family vacation to Maui, I knew there was one thing I had to do for the very first time: Snorkel. I had promised my kids, and myself, that this would be the year I finally get over my...
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Heat and Kindness
Everybody told me I would die out there. A horrible, painful, melting death. We here in North Idaho are not accustomed to day after day of 100+ degree temperatures, especially in June, when a freak...
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Family Vacation to Spokane
When you tell people you’re visiting Washington State, they usually conjure up images of majestic mountains, rugged coastlines, or the urban beauty of Seattle. Most people forget there’s an entire...
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Let Your Kids Get Dirty
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Maytag. All opinions are 100% mine. Kids are filthy. There’s just no getting around that fact. From toddlers to teens, your kids are going to find...
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The Afterschool Special Snack
One of the greatest challenges of my years of parenting has been keeping up with my kids’ everchanging interests and moods. Their likes and dislikes seem to vary from week to week. Especially when it...
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The Power of Kindness
I sat in the darkness of the living room, anxiously waiting for the roof of our house to be peeled away by the storm raging outside. That night, we experienced the most destructive wind storm in our...
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Family Vacation to Mt. St. Helens Volcano Monument
I will never forget that day in 1980 when a mountain in Southwestern Washington suddenly exploded with the force of several nuclear bombs. The deadliest volcanic event in U.S. history laid waste to...
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Do You Want To Build A Snow Fort?
Do you want to build a snowman? Well, no, not really. Actually, my kids would rather build a snow fort. A huge, awesome, epic snow fort. Big enough to fend off an army of snow goons and abominable...
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Baseball History for Kids
Opening day is less than three weeks away. April 3rd is that glorious spring day when the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd gives hope to fans of every team that this will be their year. The...
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Eat Your Worries
It’s been a long time since a stuffed animal has impressed me, and that’s going back at least 5 years when my daughter went through a significant Webkinz phase. But the cutest little creature recently...
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Walking for a New Camp
In just a few weeks, I will begin walking the 84-mile Hadrian’s Wall Path in Northern England, along with 11 other dads. We are raising money to open a new Camp Kesem chapter at the University of...
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