This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #TrainYourDragonAtWalmart http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Are you as excited as I am about How to Train Your Dragon 3? The series is one of our family’s all time favorites in… [continue reading]
Crazy Restaurant Stories
We’ve all got them right? Those crazy restaurant stories! At least I’d like to think I’m not alone in this, but it’s so much more fun to laugh over them than fret. Right? Come on over and laugh with us! Eating out with boys! After a wonderful day at Busch Gardens, we began our journey… [continue reading]
Happy 10th Birthday, Little Jason!
For his ten year celebration Little Jason wanted nothing other than a hotdog and s’mores party with the immediate family. I usually try to put together some extra food and sides for a party, but after much questioning I could only get him to include pickles, Pringles, and a cheese ball. It’s only now as… [continue reading]
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Course
Screen time taking over at your house? Try this easy driveway Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Course for endless outside play! Thanks so much to Hot Wheels for sponsoring this post and providing me with Hot Wheels Monster Trucks from Walmart. All opinions are my own. Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Wow! I wish you could have… [continue reading]
Happy Birthday Little Jason is 9!
Happy Birthday to my fourth born child and first boy Little Jason. This kid has grown up on my blog. When I began this website way back in 2010 he was just a baby. Sniff! I’m late getting this celebration out on my blog, but I do want the record of it here even though… [continue reading]
Irish Day Fun
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! Our Irish parties have changed and varied through the years. It’s just not like Christmas or Easter when “everyone” takes off and spends time with families. Oh no, people just go on their merry way scheduling life with no regard to Irish Day! 😉 When we aren’t making memories at home… [continue reading]
Birthday Boys
In the last year all my kids have turned a year older and life was so crazy with our move that I never did document the occasions. There has been so much that I’ve gotten behind on last year, but slowly and consistently, as much as I am able, I am remedying that! Since I… [continue reading]
Back in the Hospital
After what seemed like a freak hospital stay with my eight-year old son, I thought we’d come through the toughest part of our journey. I was wrong. We were living in limbo from day to day all seven of us crashing in my parents house. My husband was frantically trying to figure out a new… [continue reading]
An unexpected hospital stay
One day early this year I noticed a tiny white dot on my eight year old son’s face as I gave him Tylenol for a fever. His face caught my attention, but I didn’t think all that much about it. The next day the dot was a little bigger. It looked like an ant bite…. [continue reading]
National Candy Collecting Day 2015
Dress up and go door to door to get free candy every year? We’re in! Every year we go to our costume closet and reuse and recycle costumes. The kids can choose from something we have or make their own. You know what they never mind. I mean, let’s be real. It’s all about the… [continue reading]