Color Street Nails, the Only Nail Polish You’ll Ever Need!

Over the past year or so, Color Street Nail photo's have frequented my news feed.  My friends had beautifully designed nails in minutes and I kept on saying "I should try these" but never clicked the link to order a sample. When a representative offered to mail me a set, I knew it was meant...

Moving?! 5 Ways to Keep Your Sanity

Moving is hard. There's no way to avoid all that goes into it. It's tedious, it's emotional and exhausting. Throw some kids into the mix and the process can really stress you out.  We've moved many, many times in our 12 years of marriage and at one point, a move left me with shingles from...

5 Tips to Stay Healthy This Back to School Season

With the kids back in school, the germs are in full force! Getting into the groove of back to school is hard enough without having to deal with sniffles and sneezes.  Be proactive with your families health and try these five tips on staying healthy this back to school season! Start from the inside out!...

Why We Waited to Start Our Summer Birthday Baby in School

It's back to school season and while some schools have already started, I still get two more weeks with my children.  As I scroll through posts about surviving summer with your kids and parents celebrating a "break" from their kids, I find myself trying to hold on to lazy mornings and last minute road trips....

Ready to Blog?! The WOW Summit Will Open The Door to Opportunity

Every year, a magical event takes place-the Wow Summit. It's a weekend filled with immeasurable information. I'm surrounded by like-minded moms that inspire me in an environment that allows me to take some time for myself all while becoming not only a better mom but a better woman. I've written a prior post on how...

Avoid the Stress at “Pay Your Age” Build-A-Bear; 5 Things You Can Do Instead!

My news feed is full of Build-A-Bear Workshop's "Pay Your Age Day" Promotion and at first, I was excited about it. I thought how much fun my kids would have and planned on going, then I looked around the house and saw all of our stuffed animals and thought about the crowds and that plan...

Three Ingredient Banana Ice Cream Recipe

One thing you'll always find in my freezer is a bag of peeled and sliced bananas. Frozen bananas make the perfect base for a thick and creamy smoothie, which are consumed almost daily in my house. The freezer is the perfect place to keep a stash of mother natures treats.  When fruits or veggies are...

When Life Gets Too Real; Waiting on Biopsy Results

There's so many sayings about living in the moment and enjoying your life.  That each day is a gift and to embrace it and make each day your best. We see and hear these motivational phrases and try to live by their meanings but sometimes, we can get so caught up in the day-to-day and...

Beat Summer Boredom With the Gift of Cooking

Summer is here and for many, schedules cease to exist.  You can hear sounds of children saying these two phrases on repeat; "I'm bored" and "can I have something to eat".  Why not kill two birds with one stone and get the kids in the kitchen.  Not only will cooking keep them busy, but it'll...

When Traveling Reminds You of The Ugliness in Our World; Human Trafficking, It Needs to Be Stopped

In the beginning of the month, my husband and I took a trip to Europe without the kids. That in itself is an entire other post but something happened on the way home that reminded me of the crazy, sometimes disturbing world we live in. We started our journey home from the Nice Airport. We...