A Sweet Spring Garden

Tweet Inspired by Marie’s lollipop flowers, I decided to make each of our closest neighbors a special mini Spring cake with flowers of our own. The kids and I mixed up two different cake mixes and poured them into five mini loaf pans and our Wilton UltraGold square pan. While our cakes were baking, we [...]

San Diego Zoo’s Elephant Odyssey Proves to be Sticky

Tweet No trip to San Diego is complete without taking the kids and heading into Balboa Park to visit the world famous San Diego Zoo. The many exotic plants, birds, winding tree covered trails and unique animal enclosures always provide a great family atmosphere.  And it’s a great place to eat.  My favorite is lunch [...]

10 Ways to Get Rid of Stuff

Tweet Spring is in the air and if you’re like us, spring cleaning is on your mind. But does the thought of a garage sale (and all the tagging items and lugging things to the sidewalk) make you want to give up even before you go through your clutter? If so, try these 10 novel [...]

Plans

Tweet “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Even Late Night Pregnancy Cravings Must Be Satisfied

Tweet #Justsayin A huge thanks to Wilton for the yummy sprinkles! I’m pretty sure I was craving the sprinkles as much as the cupcake itself!!

How to Train Your Dragon Fights to the Finish

Tweet We had a chance to screen “How to Train Your Dragon” at the IMAX Theater in downtown Sacramento, thanks to Walmart and DreamWorks, and I was pleasantly pleased because it held everyone’s attention, including mine and my 2-year-old’s. Noah and I usually have similar attention spans when it comes to animated films, but less [...]

Child Hunger Ends Here

Tweet THEN My parents raised five children, of whom I was the oldest, on very little. Dad worked very hard and Mom sacrificed much for us, knowing that God would provide through their hard work and faith. We didn’t have many of the extras growing up, and we ate a whole lot of refried beans [...]

Ben Loves His Dino

Tweet I checked on my babies the other night and found Ben holding his dinosaur’s hand. He really does love his mechanical friend, Monty! Visit more Wordless Wednesday participants at 5 Minutes for Mom and Extraordinary Mothers. Visit Wordful Wednesday participants at Angie’s Circus

Motherhood

Tweet Have you seen the movie Motherhood, with Uma Thurman? I’ve not actually seen the movie, but from what I’ve heard it sounds like a fun one! I can totally relate to Eliza Welsh (Thurman), who’s a mommy blogger, and I’m sure that some of you can, too. Eliza realizes that being a mom is never easy. [...]

A Conversation with Craig Robinson

Tweet Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Oregon State and Brother of Michelle Obama Last Thursday morning, as March Madness was getting underway and he was promoting Pizza Hut’s $10 for any size, any topping, I had the chance to speak with Craig Robinson, head coach for the Oregon State Beavers men’s basketball team. We chatted [...]

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