Movie Night

Tweet Noah and Ben set up their friends… But, they didn’t make it through the movie… Neither did their brothers… But, Julia and Emma? Wide. Awake.

Giving Back with a Walmart Christmas Toy Haul

Tweet Walmart armed us with a $50 gift card and sent us out to purchase some toys. These toys were not for my kiddos, mind you, but to give to kids in need within our community. Since Ray and I are teaching our children the value of giving, this challenge was more than welcome. So, [...]

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas… Finally!

Tweet . Did you publish your favorite picture/s this week? I’d love to see YOUR Wordless Wednesday posts! Link up here:: For more inspiring photos, check out 5 Minutes for Mom, The Bonafide Life, Better in Bulk, Shanamama, Not Your Momblog,The Divine Miss Mommy, Colorado Moms, Rajean Blomquist, High Impact Mom,BrainFoggles, Rachel Ferrucci and Zensible Mama. Be sure to link your own photo stories, too.

Holiday Entertaining With Giada

Tweet We all love to be in the kitchen. Julia and I like to bake yummy treats, while Ray and the boys like to create savory dishes. Ray would actually like to spend more time cooking, and I certainly won’t complain. I always look forward to noshing on his dishes. Ray was most excited about [...]

Tips to Help Your Child “Get Back to Happy” on Sick Days

Tweet With a family our size, this time of year can be plagued with head colds, flu bugs, and nasty coughs. Late night wakings, cranky mornings, and nap-less afternoons are just par for the course. Sometimes I wish we could all just be sick at the same time and get it over with, but that’s never the [...]

Great Gifts From The California Wine Club

Tweet Do you like to sample new and interesting wines from around California? Or, perhaps you know someone who has everything, but enjoys good wine… What a great gift a shipment (or even an entire club membership) from The California Wine Club would be! We hadn’t ever heard of the Tulip Hill Winery until The California [...]

Teaching the Value of Giving

Tweet ‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? Well, the malls are crowded, it’s impossible to find a parking spot at Costco, and our bank accounts are slowly being depleted. Why? Because we let the importance of stuff overshadow what is really important. I am just as guilty as the next person. It’s easy to [...]

Deliciously Elegant

Tweet One of the best parts about this time of year for me is all of the goodies that we get to enjoy. Gingerbread lattes, warm cookies, sweet and salty bites of goodness, and baskets full of yummy treats. Usually the kiddos and I are the ones baking, assembling and delivering said baskets full of [...]

Incredibly Easy to Make Rolo Turtles

Tweet I haven’t made much time for baking lately. Creating pies, fun cakes, cookies and other sweet deliciousness has taken a backseat to, well… just about everything else. Well, some baking time was long overdue and I was ready to get my hands in some dough. I invited a few friends to join me in [...]

*UPDATE* Working hard…

Tweet Or, hardly working. You pick. Here’s what’s up… The peeps from Fox40 are here shooting a piece on mom bloggers, so right this very minute do I have to look like I’m working hard at my ‘puter doing what I do best. heehee Lesley Miller from the Social Media Club and Keilah from Sacramento [...]

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