Keep Good Going - Making Lemonade Out of Lemons

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  This post brought to you by New York Life. All opinions are 100% mine. Keep Good Going What does it mean to Keep Good Going? It means exactly what it sounds like – it’s about paying it forward, about passing on the good things that positively affect you and your family and positively shaping […]

2014 Easter Egg Hunt #WW

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  7 kids. Hundreds of eggs. Enough chocolate and jelly beans to feed the entire city. Tons and tons of cousin fun! We love our annual cousin Easter egg hunt! Do you do an Easter Egg hunt with your kids? How many eggs do you end up filling? An InLinkz Link-up

The Greatest Show on Earth #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot

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  I’m exhausted. But it’s a good exhausted. I literally just walked in the door from the greatest show on earth…I mean Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. My family was invited to come to the circus and we had a blast (yes, our tickets were free…but all opinions and enthusiasm are my own). […]

A Sister Heads Home #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot

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  This Sunday we had a couple of very special sisters over for some crock pot Cuban shredded pork burritos. One of them has become a close friend over the last few months and we were sad to be saying good-bye. On Wednesday she finished her mission and headed back home. I know she’s enjoying […]

Slow Cooker Sunday Recipe Collection

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  I like to take the day off on Sundays, but since the whole family is home, it’s nice to have a home-cooked meal together. The crock pot is the perfect solution to enjoying a relaxing day and still having a satisfying meal to share at the end! Enjoy this sponsored collection of Slow Cooker […]

Spring Cleaning Checklist for a #HealthierHome

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  This Spring Cleaning Checklist is sponsored by Filtrete Filters by 3M. All thoughts and opinions included in this post are my own, as always! It may not look like Spring outside my window today, but the calendar says that it’s officially Spring. After such a long, cold, snowy Winter and far too many days […]

The Importance of Family Meal Time #NewTraDish

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  This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Ragú® Official New Tra-Dish. The opinions and text are all mine. When I was growing up, my mom had a home-cooked meal on the table for us every single night. Taco salad. Pork chops on rice. Spaghetti and meat balls. It didn’t really […]

How to Embed Video from Your YesVideo Library

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  I have a long-standing friendship with YesVideo. I was a happy YesVideo customer before I was asked to be an ambassador, and I have maintained a friendly relationship with them even after my ambassadorship ended. While this post is sponsored by YesVideo, I want to stress that I am a loyal customer first. And […]

11 on the 11th #WordlessWednesday

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  My little girl, Reese, turned 11 today - 11 on the 11th of March! Between present-opening, a special mom and daughter lunch, dinner out with the family, and cake and ice cream before bed, it was a busy day. I think she enjoyed it, though. I still can’t get over how much she has […]

Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle #MrCleanMorePower

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This post is sponsored by Mr. Clean through SheSpeaks but all thoughts and embarrassing messes are my own. As I was uploading the *before* pictures, my oldest daughter came into my room and peeked at my computer. “You should tell them that we staged these messes. We did that on purpose,” she suggested. Oh yes. […]