Lindsay Lutes

A great place to visit is Williams, Arizona! Bearizona is a great drive and walk through zoo! The Grand Canyon Deer Farm is nearby and is a fun place to pet and interact with animals! The Grand Canyon Railroad is a great way to get to the Grand Canyon, and the Polar Express during winter is a lot of fun!

About 27 years! I was born in Mesa and lived in Arizona for the next 20 years! I spent a few years away from Phoenix (1.5 years in Wyoming and 1 year in Australia), but then moved back and have lived in Phoenix since!

My husband’s name is Chris and he works from home and does a lot to manage the house and kids! We have been married for 6 years. My son’s name is Alex and he is 5 and my daughter’s name is Emily and she is 2. We don’t have a lot of family close by, so we spend a lot of our family time enjoying each other!

We love to explore local attractions. We are huge fans of AZ Staycations and love the offerings of the Phoenix-area family-friendly resorts. I consider California our second home, so we try to go to Disneyland, Legoland, and the beach cities often! We love movies, family-friendly restaurants, and just spending time playing and hanging out together.

Both of my kids adore the Children’s Museum of Phoenix! They can play, do art, take classes, and just have fun being a kid! I highly recommend this museum to anyone visiting or local!

I love Phoenix because there is so much to do! You can live every day like you are on vacation. There are great restaurants, things to do with kids, beautiful sights to see, and so much more. Even after living here 20 years, there are still places I have not been!

The suburbs in Phoenix are amazing! Looks for neighborhoods with splash pads, pools, parks, and kid recreation activities! Most neighborhoods have social media sites to connect families, so look into those to find new family friends!

An auto-start on my car!!! I got one installed in my new car last summer and it has been a game changer. I start my car about 10 minutes early and it is nice and cool for the kids when we get in! There are also a lot of great activities in the summer. There are splash pads, water parks, and city pools (many with lots of fun add-ons such as slides, lazy rivers, etc). We try to take an annual staycation to the Summer at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess event. There are many other great kid-friendly resorts as well!. It is also well worth it to sneak away for a kid-free night at any of those or the more adult-oriented resorts in the Phoenix area. If we can’t be in the pool, we explore the many different museums, play centers or go to the movies.

We love the Phoenix Zoo, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, and anywhere where you can experience the Sonoran Desert! We personally like the Desert Botanical Garden! It is so hard to narrow down my top three places! There are so many!