Welcome!

Welcome to the Siouxland Families Blog! 

Hi! I'm Lindsay, and I write the Siouxland Families Blog to connect you to fun in Sioux City, Siouxland, and beyond. I do the research so you can skip to the good part of making memories with your loved ones. I believe Siouxland is a great place to live and raise kids and I'm so excited to share that with you all. For more info on me personally, check out my "about me" page but for more info on this website and what to expect here, keep reading. Thanks for stopping by!

On this site you will find:

• Events happening in Sioux City, like parades, festivals, storytimes, crafts, and concerts
• Local attractions like nature centers, museums, playgrounds, and parks
• Local food including restaurant reviews, plus recipes for local foods and my own personal favorite foods
• Great destinations for Midwesty day trips, weekend trips, and other road trips from Siouxland

If you hear about a family friendly event or activity in Sioux City, Iowa; South Sioux City, Nebraska; North Sioux City, South Dakota, or surrounding communities in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, or Northwestern Nebraska, please let me know!

You can reach me by leaving a comment on this page, by sending me an e-mail, or by leaving a comment in the Siouxland Family Friendly Events Facebook Group.

You can also connect with me:

• on Facebook as the Siouxland Families Blog
• on Twitter as @SiouxlandFamily
• on Instagram as HiLindsayHi
• on YouTube as Siouxland Families
• on Threads as @SiouxlandFamilies

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Sponsored Content Policy

Occasionally I receive free admission, free food, review copies of books, or free tickets, or am otherwise compensated for posting. I will always make it very clear when that is the case! Feel free to ask anytime if you do have a question and I am happy to be very transparent on this.

Photo Policy

• Whenever possible, I try to use photos that I have personally taken. 
• When this is not practical, I use a few different sources. The main one is photos that are provided to me by friends, businesses, destinations, and/or tourism boards and credited appropriately according to their requests. 
• I occasionally also use open-source images, used according to terms of service of websites or apps including the "Over" iOS app, Canva, or Flickr Creative Commons. 
• I do my best to not share photos with other people in them without their express permission (or their parents' permission in the case of children.)
• While I strive to always follow all these guidelines, if a photo you have taken or you are in has been used and you'd like it removed for any reason, please let me know and I will remove it immediately.
• No photos or text from this blog may be used without permission, but I love working with other bloggers, media outlets, tourism boards, and more. Please e-mail me to discuss using anything from this blog. 

AI Policy 

I think AI can be a fun tool to help writers organize their thoughts and research, but at the end of the day, authenticity and honesty and creativity can't be replicated or replaced by AI and I want to provide you with those things. 

I have not and will not use AI to write my posts for this reason, and I encourage you to be skeptical and cautious when reading pieces from other sources that do. I have seen writers, brands, businesses, professional organizations, destinations, and tourism boards that I know and respect use AI in their materials and in many of those cases, that has resulted in confusing, weird, and outright false information being shared. I hope to see the industry shift back towards more authentically created written materials in the future. 

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I do not collect or store any personal information from our visitors unless they provide it to us voluntarily, such as in a comment. If you do provide personal information, we may use it to communicate with you or to improve our services. I do not store any of this information.  

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