Parenting is not always easy. When we're home, we certainly have given in to the "tv babysitter," but when we go out to eat as a family, my wife and I have stayed pretty firm on one rule... No screens. When we go out together, we want to be together. It's so rare to have an opportunity when you're just facing each other with a little bit of down time to connect. But just because we're waiting for our food, does not magically make our kids more patient. So, we created our Game

I have been hosting game nights for over 20 years. Right now, about once a month, our house fills up with a big group of friends and neighbors. There was a moment at a recent game night when the room got loud. Not a bad loud. The best kind of loud. Everyone at the neighboring table erupted in laughter. Really laughing. The kind of laughing where the game had to stop because nobody can pull themselves back together enough to take a turn. The kind of laughter when you can't see

If you've every laughed so hard during a board game that you had to stop playing for a minute... if you've ever watched someone come out of their shell because of something that happened around a table... if you've ever stayed up way too late, but still have the urge for just one more game, then you probably already understand why I'm building The Treasured Realm. Growing up, every New Year' Eve meant we were gathering with family for an all night game of Monopoly or Trivial