In + Around KC

In January 2010, Jennifer Christiansen's life as a mother changed forever. when her 11-month-old daughter, Avery, was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer. In the last four years, there have been appointments, consultations, treatments and recoveries. Hopeful days and horrific days. As a result...

The holiday shopping season is upon us. Once Halloween is over, the Christmas carols start blaring, Starbucks releases their red cups and stores start promoting their Black Friday deals. If you're anything like us, finding unique gifts for our loved...

Walking inside their front door, it is not quiet and the pace is not slow. Messes are many and hands are usually full of at least one little one. And yet, there’s a sense of belonging, a sense of...

Because party planning in all its consuming, tedious and expensive potential can quickly zap all the celebration from my brain, I recently consulted three Kansas City party planning experts for their input on the top ways to make sure...

Many of us weren't born and raised in Kansas City, but the excitement we have experienced because of this game, this team and this city has so perfectly knit us together - like family we've never met but can't...

Only two days after her 35th birthday, while driving to a play date with her two-year-old twin boys in the backseat, Heather received the news that she had breast cancer. A young, active, and healthy mom with no history of...

Kristen sat in the salon chair with her toddler son on her lap. Together, they watched in the mirror as her long blond hair got shorter and shorter. Finally, her husband and brother take the first shaves with the...

The West Bottoms is one of the oldest areas of Kansas City. Several months ago, as we began to look ahead to celebrating our first year of connecting with local moms through Kansas City Moms Blog, we knew that...

When I found out that we were moving to Kansas City, I was beyond excited - not to be away from my family, but about all the opportunities this wonderful city holds for children. Many of these opportunities include...

When my husband and I were first married, I planned a surprise weekend trip to San Francisco over Easter. We were there for 72 hours, and I had 73 hours worth of "stuff" I wanted to do and see....

It’s bright, it’s colorful and sweetness is in the air. Beth is busy with a million things to do, and yet radiating. Everything of hope is within these walls, everything of planning and reconfiguring and finallys. It’s her chance...

It's a rare thing to make a belief system not only a way of living, but a means of leaving - and, yet, it seems if there was a way to do it, it would be Brooke who would. She...

A fun and tasty fall family outing for kids of all ages, apple picking season now is in full swing. Many orchards will stay open through October, or until all of the apples are gone. This has been a great...

Navigating my way through markers and fire trucks and easels and gummy snacks, it could have been any sort of playdate. Yet, as we sat for awhile at her kitchen table surrounded by proud crayon masterpieces and dueling highlighted...

Dear Vanessa, Kids are expensive, dating is expensive, and babysitters are expensive. My husband and I need time to reconnect. Can you give some practical ideas on how to spend time together as spouses that don't cost an arm and...