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All Kinds of Summer Olympics Themed Games for Kids

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FreeToBe #CollectiveBias Do you guys know what is coming up? The summer Olympics are about a month away! Yay! We are huge Olympic fans at our house. I planned fun games for the summer Olympics 4 years ago and […]

Sweet Cream S’mores Ice Cream Recipe

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This post was sponsored by Hello Happy. Hello Hershey’s as part of an Ambassador Activation for Influence Central. Summer is officially here! Yay! Not only was last week our last week of school, but today is Summer Solstice…so it is summer for sure now. I’m just going to ignore the mosquitos, humidity and thunderstorms and […]

Simple, Bright and Fun Summer Decorative Pillows

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Oh my goodness, you guys! I have discovered that I have a total ‘thing’ for decorative pillows…OK, well I’ve known I had a thing for decorative pillows, but I hate how much they cost. The great thing is that not only do I save money by making my own pillows, but they are super fun […]

Pesto and Sausage Pasta Salad Recipe

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Who’s ready for a quick and light summer dinner recipe? Today, I’ve got a new pasta recipe for you and oh my goodness…it is so yummy! It also is really good leftover which makes for some easy lunches. That is always a super great bonus in my book! I know I eat differently in the summer […]

Stitch Fix #27 ~ A Stitch Fix Review

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Hey, guess what? I got another Stitch Fix box recently. Woot, woot! I’ve got the full Stitch Fix Review for you today. I was excited to get another Fix as it had been a little bit. I don’t need nearly as many summer clothes as I do winter clothes, so I slowed down how often […]

Vanilla Chocolatey Chip Frappe

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This post was sponsored by Hello Happy. Hello, Hershey’s. as a part of an Ambassador Activation for Influence Central.  I’ve got the most delicious recipe for you today! It is for a Vanilla Chocolatey Chip Frappe. I came up with the recipe with my daughters’ and they helped me photograph this post as well as part […]

Real Organized Road Trip Planner

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Today I’ve got something amazing for you! I’ve got the new Real Organized Road Trip Planner and you are going to LOVE ♥ it! If you are a follower of my blog then you know I love being creative, being organized and spending time with my girls. I combined all of those for our two […]

Stitch Fix #26 ~ A Stitch Fix Review

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Who is ready to see what was in the box? The Stitch Fix box. I got my latest box last week and I’ve got a Stitch Fix Review for you today along with some silliness and some photo bombing….of course! I’m headed to a blog conference this week! Yay! I need a break from Mommyland and […]

Our 2015 Family Road Trip – The Final Week!

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If you have tuned in for all the other posts about our summer 2015 family road trip, then you may be sad to see that this is the last post in this series. While I’m sad to finally be writing about the last of our journey, I don’t think the three of us were sad to […]



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