Finding The Good
We’ve been needing to reconnect with our teenagers lately. I’ve got a houseful of teens and tweens so sometimes the face wash, the drama, and the text messages in our home are just maxed out. I’ve been trying to remember why I enjoy them so much like when I wrote this post. We needed some time to just enjoy our… Read More
I get it. It’s hard to find Mom a gift . . . whether it’s her birthday or Mother’s Day, I think finding the mother in our lives the perfect gift is HARD. There’s even a whole TV episode about it on my favorite show The Middle on ABC (Mother’s Day Season 1, episode 22) where the whole family forgets… Read More
Have you been to the new SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium yet? I’ve talked about it a few times HERE and HERE. It’s a totally new museum at the Layton Hills Mall in Utah. The fun part about it, is that you can touch the animals and be immersed in the experience of live birds, reptiles, and sea life. I want to… Read More
Friends, it’s been awhile since I’ve held a giveaway! So when Hard Candy Makeup approached me about giving away some goodies to my readers, I was all in! So let’s have a makeup giveaway just for fun. Hard Candy Cosmetics has a new limited edition line of color correcting primers and concealers. It’s actually pretty cool to see how the… Read More
I’ve been feeling lately that I really want to focus on the important things of Christmas and the holidays this year. I don’t want to look back on these years and have my holiday memories be mostly about the hubbub of the season. I want our holidays to be about caring. I want them to be about love. So we… Read More
It’s that time of year when we all start thinking (or maybe stressing) about sending Christmas cards. I personally enjoy getting Christmas cards. It truly brightens up my bill-filled mailbox and adds some sparkle to my day. But at the same time I am not always perfect at sending my own Christmas cards and along the way (and with some… Read More
I know firsthand that finding a gift for a 13 year old boy can be difficult if you are trying to find something that is NOT video-game or cell phone related. Sure, it would be easy to just give my son an iTunes gift card and call it good (because yes, 13 year olds do want those) but sometimes I… Read More
We live in a digital world; one where kids reach for their parent’s smartphone or tablet to play games rather than going outside to play. So what can you as a parent do to help better shape the digital habits of your children? How can you turn iPad time from 30 minutes of racing penguins or launching Angry Birds to… Read More
What is your story? If you were to pass away today, what would be the story that you leave behind? Would your family know your story? What information would you want to give them . . . that information that only you can give? I’m here to tell you about a place that can help you discover your story and… Read More
*This giveaway is courtesy of minted.com. I was given products to try and show my readers. This post may contain affiliate links. There is no cost to enter the giveaway or click on affiliate links. Enjoy! Wahoo! I am just jumping out of my socks to tell you about this wonderful giveaway just for my readers from Minted!! Oh my… Read More
*This post is sponsored by Z is for Zion. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Imagine with me for a moment that you are in church with your little ones by your side. Your darling sons and daughters are all spiffed up in their Sunday best and they are going to sit reverently through all of church . …. Read More
I am feeling run down today. With school starting again, a whole new list of problems and stresses just got added to my mental “to-do” basket. With each of my 3 children in different schools (and a new school for each of them) I’m feeling torn with trying to be so many places at once. Gone are the days where… Read More