Category: Motherhood Moments

Ten Years of Outdoor Love

Happy Anniversary Mountain Mom and Tots fans! January 2022 marks the TENTH year that MountainMomandTots.com has been in existence. Woohoo!

In January 2012, I spent my days and nights tending to the whims of newborn Little G and her almost three-year-old brother Big E. My little family had just moved to the mountains of Utah, near Sundance Mountain Resort, one month before. Two months before that I’d had a Cesarian section to bring my second baby into the world.

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Family Skiing Mistakes to Avoid

Yesterday I took my family of five skiing and it was a disaster. We’re a skiing family – my 10 year old can ski difficult black runs and even my four-year-old knows the ski basics. But this first ski adventure of the season brought all of us to tears. These are our top family skiing mistakes to avoid. Save yourself the hassle and learn from our mistakes.

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Joy Bubbles – How I Love These Motherhood Moments

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! This year I’m starting a new tradition of exploring outdoors for Mother’s Day but before I head outside I thought I’d share this Motherhood Moments essay. It’s a post I originally wrote for the Tales of a Mountain Mama 2017 For the Love of Mom Writing Contest. Check it out!

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Nature Can Teach: Three Important Qualities We Learn by Getting Outdoors

My blog theme and monthly challenge for this month is about being thankful for NATURE. In this post, guest blogger Avery Taylor highlights three important qualities nature can teach us. I’m grateful for all of these! Enjoy!Three Important Qualities we learn by Getting Outdoors

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