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Celebrate Easter With Hershey’s: Favorite Easter Traditions

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Easter is one of my favorite holidays. There is just something about springtime, birds chirping, fresh flowers, and pastel colors that puts me in a good mood. In February, I attended Blissdom and got to spend some time at the Hershey’s booth. {yes, this was my favorite booth – and being almost 8 months pregnant…

Whats In The Bible

Whats In The Bible is a new DVD series from VeggieTales® creator Phil Vischer designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. DVDs 1-7 (Genesis – Esther) along with Buck Denver Asks…Why Do We Call It Christmas? are available now, with more releasing soon! <a href=”http://whatsinthebible.zferral.com/l/65/23218″ title=””><img src=”http://whatsinthebible.zferral.com/m/65″ alt=”” title=”” style=”border: none” /></a> I love the…

Oreck AirInstinct 200 Air Purifier {review & giveaway}

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I love working with Nashville based companies and Oreck is one of them! Oreck has a brand new product that I’m so excited to share with you {and yes, when I say share, that means Oreck will be generously giving one away to one of my amazing readers!} The Oreck AirInstinct 200 Air Purifier is…

Collage Friday: Blissdom Roundup {iphoneography}

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been a week since Blissdom was in full action. Now, I’m sad that it’s over until 2013. I made some amazing connections, friendships, and learned a lot {all thanks to Apologia for sponsoring me!} Can you tell I had an awesome time? Here are some shots from my iPhone…

Organizing Your Kids Artwork {or schoolwork}

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Ya’ll know I’m a huge fan of organization. It puts me in a happy place. Everything must have a home. This includes my kids papers, artwork, and schoolwork. Today, I took the time to re-organize the boys artwork. I previously had them in this milk crate but it wasn’t doing its job in keeping it…

Cheap Date Nights

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I recently was reading Thriving Family magazine {a favorite magazine} and came across an article about how to have cheap date nights. My husband and I do take advantage of date nights regularly, but we always schedule a babysitter {which at $6-$10 an hour can get expensive}, go somewhere pretty nice to eat {which again,…

Loaded Baked Potato Dip

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This is the easiest and yummiest dip for any occasion! Serve with Fritos or Potato Chips and you have a great finger food to take to parties. *INGREDIENTS* {2} 24 ounce containers of sour cream 2-3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese {1} 3 ounce container of Bacon Bits {NOT Bacos} {1} Package of Green Onions…

Homemade Vegetable Soup {recipe}

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*Ingredients* V8 – low sodium juice 2 cans diced tomatoes 2 cups chicken broth bag {or two} of frozen vegetable mix 1.5 lbs ground beef {optional} 1 bag frozen broccoli 1 sweet onion sautéed in EVOO .5 – 1 cup of water Garlic Pepper {to taste} Chili Seasoning {to taste} Sea Salt {to taste} Season…

Wordless Wednesday: He’s Three

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Nesting At It’s Finest {baby nursery update}

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Being 7 months pregnant {almost}, I’m nesting like crazy. This week I’ve been working on the baby room. We are getting so excited to have little Emerson join us, the projects have begun in his room. What have I accomplished in his room this week already? Arranging the furniture Washing baby clothes {in my favorite,…