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I have had the pleasure of visiting some breathtaking bodies of water in Idaho. Hayden Lake (located in Coeur d’Alene) is completely engulfed in evergreens. I’ve visited Mesa Falls a number of times and I’m always in awe. As...

As a kid, I was what you would call a "rockhounder." I found pretty rocks anywhere we went. I got some of my love for rockhounding from my grandpa who polished rocks he found as a hobby; he gave...

What’s left on your Summer bucket list? This Summer, I became THAT mom. I don’t know how it happened. I’m sick, pregnant, my husband was gone for 5 months with the military, and it is HOT outside. Somehow, though, I...

Women Supporting Women, Professionally! Womanhood, motherhood, and entrepreneurship are all incredibly taxing individually, but many of us are doing all Three and making it look easy! First of all, if this is you, congratulations! You’re doing it! Business ownership is...

We discovered Challis five years ago in April. We had a very bad case of cabin fever and just had to get out of the house. Traveling too far was not an option – we had a two-year-old, and...

East Idaho Mom, I truly wish I had the literary prowess to verbalize my passion for seeing you grow and heal and succeed. Every day, I think of new ways to reach out and tell you how beautiful and smart...

Reading is an important, everyday occurrence in my family, so for Read Across America Day,  I thought it would be fun to highlight Idaho Falls Public Library (IFPL).  Did you know that the IFPL not only holds over 340,000...

My kids and I recently channeled our inner Cookie Monster as we traveled around our area devouring every chocolate chip cookie we found in our quest to find the best for the upcoming National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day on...

Kids Town was the perfect setting our Family Fun Night!  March can be tough - the snow is melting creating a muddy mess (or maybe we will have a few random days of more snow), the weather is warming...

  My name is Cindy Steel. I grew up on a dairy farm, milking cows, moving wheelines, and driving tractor in Rupert, Idaho. After high school, I moved to Rexburg and had a blast at BYU-Idaho for four years. After...