Kick off the Holiday Season with Cedar Rapids’ 4th Annual Fire and Ice Festival

The Cedar Rapids Downtown District and Freedom Festival are presenting this year’s Fire & Ice Festival on Saturday December 6.
Things to note for this year include a new parade route, free carriage rides, children’s train rides, huge balloons in the parade, and much more!

Apple Picking and Pumpkin Patches

Recently I had the opportunity to take my Girl Scout Troop to a local apple orchard, Honey Creek Acres.  I have lived in Cedar Rapids for 8 years now, and was unaware that this great opportunity was less than 5 minutes from my home on the SW side.  
Honey Creek Acres has just recently re-opened.  The [...]

We Found Fun at The Lost Island

An overcast day in the low 70s doesn’t exactly scream water activity weather, but none-the-less three carfuls of my girlfriends and our kids made our way the The Lost Island water park in Waterloo today.  Of course, when we planned the excursion last month, we expected a Friday in late July to be hot and humid.  [...]

Free Summer Movies For the Family

Starting tomorrow, The Wehrenberg Galaxy 16 cinema is offering FREE family movies this summer.  Every Wednesday and Thursday through August 14th at 10am and again at 12 noon.
Here’s the schedule:

July 23 & 24 Bee Movie (PG)
July 30 & 31 Spiderwick Chronicles (PG)
Aug 6 & 7 Shrek the Third (PG)
Aug 13 & 14 Horton Hears a [...]