Kindness, courage, and respect. Yes, Ma’am.  Yes, Sir.  Karate.  My boy recently started karate lessons and his first test – for the coveted white belt – was a smashing success.  So of course it this week’s Healthy Highlight!  For those of you that have tried to find the right activity to help bring confidence to [...]

This past week we ventured to Seattle (for a family funeral) and managed to seek refuge in good food and, of course, a Healthy Highlight of the Week!  While the Downtown Westin had a warm and clean pool, certainly we could not limit the highlight to that.   It had to be something a bit more [...]

Thanksgiving is a time of reflection, food, celebration and family tradition.  But don’t forget the exercise. Our family has always focused as much on a physical activity as we have on the traditional meal.  As a child our family focused on a hike in the Colorado foothills, or running the Turkey Trot (5k and 10k).  [...]