A few weeks ago I took my boys to our family dentist. I was hoping to finally get my five year old to sit still enough to successfully x-ray his molars and have my one year old’s first exam. To those ends, it was a roaring success! My eldest, through …

A few weeks ago, I was having green tea and fresh fruit wine and nachos with two of the Reno Moms. We were talking about legislative session and shopping, well more about shopping to be honest. During our discussion, I was told all about this great new, it-will-change-your life website. …

This past weekend we celebrated my twin daughters’ 12th birthday with a few friends, pizza and a trip to the movie theater to see Cinderella. It’s safe to say that I’m holding on tight to these years of innocence before we get to the interest in boys, makeup, hair worries …

I want to share my story of returning to fitness in the hope that other moms will know they aren’t alone in trying to find their way back to health and fitness. After my daughter, Olivia, was born, I slowly stopped teaching exercise classes, returned to financial services, experienced loss, …

A few weeks ago, the Reno Moms Blog Contributors gathered for a girls’ night out at a new establishment in downtown Reno, Reno Provisions.  This restaurant is the third opened by Reno’s own celebrity chef, Mark Estee, along with Heritage and Campo. It has a bakery and a butcher shop, …

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Nutrition Boot CampSo the husband and I started Nutrition Boot Camp recently at Saint Mary’s Fitness Center. I personally am super excited about it, mainly because we are finally on the same path at the same time, working toward the …

Yesterday, my son came home from school upset. He told me that two girls wrote a note about a boy at the school who has trouble controlling his emotions. The note, which was passed around the after-school program, said: “Jack* is a cry-baby. He is a loser and no one …

Kids and horses just seem to go together.  Why are children drawn to horses? Is it the animal’s large size? The freedom they represent? Or do children instinctively know that horses have many gifts to offer? Whatever the reasons for the attraction, when children and horses get together the results …

I am a child of depression. My mother has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and I’m ashamed to admit that most of my life I didn’t know it. I was given a normal childhood, at the large expense of my mother’s silent suffering. But all of the ignorance, the blessed …

We’ve all been there. We’ve heard about a friend or a family member who’s going through something tough. And like me, many of you have probably said, “Let me know if you need anything.” It feels good to say, and likely, you genuinely mean it – if they were to …