For the past few Father’s Days I have made my husband a shirt with the kids’ handprints on them. It’s a fun way to see how our family has grown, in size and numbers. Here are a few that I have done in the past and next week I’ll show the new one for this…
Archives for May 2013
Treasure Map {Summer Activity}
This summer I am going to try to do more and more crafts with my kids. I love creating and I want them to love it too! Luckily there are so many great ideas out there that I really don’t have an excuse for not doing it. Jo-Ann’s has a spring catalog that has 72…
J A Campbell
Can you believe that June is just around the corner? Seriously, where did May go? It just flew by! It’s that time of year when everywhere you look there is another wedding going on. Do you know someone that is getting married this summer? What will you be getting them? J A Campbell is an…
Mud Room Makeover
Our house has a bunch of different entrances. We use the front door and then the door that is down in the basement, into what we call the mud room. There are actually two more but we really don’t use those. During the school year, the kids would come home and just dump everything on…
Freezer Pop Holders
It’s getting nice and warm and that means it’s time for Popsicles! I love Popsicles. Like, love love them! I could live off of them. Since we live so far away from a store, the only ones that we will be able to enjoy is the freezer pops. My kids always complain about it being…
BLT Chicken Wrap with Special Sauce {Quick Chicken Dinner}
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. Summer time is here! May is always a crazy month, with all of the end of school year programs and activities. I always get excited…
Motivate Me Monday #175
Hello everyone!! I’m so glad that you are here today! How was your weekend? Are you having a wonderful Memorial Day? I love being able to have a three day weekend to spend with family! We went out of town for the weekend to do some much needed shopping. Yup, our vacations are pretty much…
Handmade Baby Annoucements
I love handmade cards. I have never bought a card from the store, I have always made them. For all of my kids I have made the baby announcements, I know that digital announcements would have been easier but handmade are cuter. 🙂 Before I had little Koy, I did a lot of the prep…
Fresh and Easy Chicken Pasta Salad
Fresh and Easy Chicken Pasta Salad It’s getting warmer and the days are getting longer, yay! It’s time to start getting more healthy, working out and eating lighter foods. I don’t about you, but when it’s super warm outside, I don’t want to have to do a lot of cooking. I don’t want to spend…
CTR towel
My oldest son turned 8 this year and in our church, that is when they get baptized to become a member of the church. I wanted to make him something special with his name on it but I didn’t want it to be something that he wouldn’t use. So I decided that it would be…
Best 4 Flooring
Back when I live in Kansas a couple years ago, we bought our first house. I was super excited about owning a house and had a lot of FUN making it into our own house. One of my favorite things that we did was changing the flooring a couple rooms. It made a world of…
Springtime Fun with Tyson Nuggets
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. Dinner time can be a big hassle at our house. Whenever I cook a new meal, I know that it’s going to be a hassle…
Family Room Makeover
Do you a dark room or a neglected room in your house? Mine was our family room. It’s in the basement, no one ever sees it really, so I put it off and didn’t do anything with it. Then one day I decided that it was time to spruce it up and make it look…
Relaxing in the Back Yard with TIKI Torch
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TIKI Brand® for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Now that it is getting warmer, we are spending more and more time outside. We are loving having a big back yard to let the kids go and play. I enjoy having a nice place…
Motivate Me Monday #174
Hello everyone!! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. We had rain the whole weekend, which is great because we in a major drought. This was the first week that we have been on our own, my parents left last week. It’s been a long week trying to get adjusted and used to having 5…
Guest Post: Keep Moving Forward With Me
Hello! My name is Tara and I am the writer, mama, and adventurer behind Keep Moving Forward With Me. As the mama of Lily (5), Cortland (3), and Kyler (1), I wear many different shoes. There are my laced-up tennies for cleaning, cooking, and all super-mom tasks, slippers for relaxing and enjoying my favorite BBC…
Guest Post: Brassy Apple
Hey it’s Megan from Brassy Apple here! Besides my love for fashion and REfashion I have a passion for Family! Each Friday I share a kids activity or family idea. Summer is a favorite time for memory making but it’s not always easy for us as the MOM to remember all the details! That’s why…
Teacher gifts {free printable}
Today is the last day of school for my boys. It hit me on Monday that I hadn’t done anything for their teachers. I felt like I needed to do something, so I went on my facebook page and asked what everyone was doing. A couple of people gave me these ideas and I loved…
Guest Post: Girl Loves Glam
I am McKenzie from Girl Loves Glam and I am excited to be hanging out with you today! My husband is a 6th grade teacher. It is always interesting to see what gifts he receives from students for the various holidays throughout the year. I have asked him several times what his favorite types of…
Guest Post: The Crafty Woman
Hello folks! I’m Christine of The Crafty Woman. I’m excited to be here and sharing a fun activity you can do at home over and over this summer. GLITTER TATTOOS. These tattoos last 3-5 days and are waterproof! Not to mention, dry instantly! Oh, and did I mention they sparkle???? So….This is sort of a…