This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #InsideOutEmotions #CollectiveBias Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear are not just emotions that we feel, but are also the main characters of the new Disney Pixar film Inside Out…who happen to be emotions. My family has been so […]
Family Outings Arizona Style- Pt. 3 Pogo Passes
March 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Wrapping up my Spring Break in Arizona series today. I had planned to do a post on The Cookie Doughjo and share some of the fun we have had there, but sadly got word that the Doughjo is closing this week. It was such a fun business and will be missed. My children and I […]
Big Hero 6 Movie Party
March 3, 2015 by 6 Comments
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BigHero6MovieNight #CollectiveBias Have you had a chance to see Big Hero 6 yet? My family was mesmerized by the story of the sweet health-care-companion robot turned super-hero and his friends. It was so fun to plan a big […]
Family Fun Outings – Arizona Style- part 2–As You Wish Pottery Painting Giveaway!
February 24, 2015 by 12 Comments
Continuing with our Spring Break series today and a GIVEAWAY! Spring Break is a great time to get out and play around town. I’m sharing some of our favorite family outings each day this week. Check back each day for more Arizona fun! Disclosure: I received free admittance to many of these places as a […]
National Vacation Rental Month with Wyndham
July 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Wyndham Vacation Rentals. Some of us are enjoying the final days of summer vacation before school starts. Others have another month or more to party and vacation before reality sets in. For either scenario, I’ve found a great excuse to get away for a […]
Patriotic Picnic with Fresh & Easy
June 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
Have you finalized your 4th of July plans, yet? How about taking a picnic to the park to watch your community fireworks display? I’m not quite sure why my community decided to have our 4th of July celebration a couple of weeks early, but they did, and this is what we did to enjoy the […]
We’re Going to Disneyland – How to break the news to the kids
March 18, 2013 by 2 Comments
It’s Disney week on the blog, and I thought we would start at the beginning of the fun: Telling the kids that they were about to take a trip to Disneyland! It wasn’t hard to keep the trip a secret, since we didn’t know for sure that we were going to be able to swing […]
Book of Mormon Baptism Dinner
October 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
After making my son’s special baptism invitation, I wanted to carry the theme through to our dinner celebration after the baptism. At first I wanted to do a Book of Mormon mystery menu, like my sister had done before. BSB vetoed it on the grounds that it would be a lot of work to serve, […]
April Fools Cafe
April 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
A year ago, I wrote about the fun family tradition my family had of having mystery dinners for special occasions, or to make regular occasions special. I had created an April Fools version which has become pretty popular on Pinterest leading up to April Fools Day. We had so much fun last year, that we […]
Word of the Year 2012: Balance
January 9, 2012 by 11 Comments
I’ve been promising a post about my word of the year for a while now, I think I was just hoping to have it all better defined before writing it, but this word encompasses so many smaller goals that it has all been swimming around in my head and I hardly know where to begin. […]
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