Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are enjoying empty nest without kids - Insider

Kelly Ripa said that she and her husband Mark Consuelos are indulging in more adventurous activities as empty nesters.

"We took our first vacation in June without our children that we've ever had," Ripa told Insider while discussing her collection of personal essays, "Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories," released on Tuesday.

Until recently, Ripa said that the couple hadn't been on a vacation without their kids since their five-day honeymoon.

"Mark always jokes that a vacation with your kids is a trip," she said.

"It was luxurious and adventurous," Ripa told Insider of their recent vacation

"We're definitely taking up more adventurous things that we've always wanted to try, but maybe we've done other things because the kids wanted to," she said