I don’t know about you, but we love to grill outdoors during the summer! It’s hard to believe that summer is coming to an end. Boo! With Labor Day coming up, and being the last official grilling holiday of the summer, LongHorn Steakhouse...

At the beginning of the year, Shannon and I went to CES 2016. It was Shannon’s first time and there were a lot of awesome brands and products we were introduced to for the first time. One of those brands was Remocam, Inc. Remocam is the developer...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #The7thMinion #CollectiveBias   Do you remember being a kid and seeing your mom or dad come home with that new box of cereal? Well, what’...

I know the last time (many, many years ago) when I heard dad and belt in the same sentence, it never turned out very well for me. Fortunately, we’re not talking about the ways we were disciplined when we were kids here. Shannon, my beautiful...

I remember going to Disneyland one year with our kids. Like many dads (and bloggers) out there, I was taking tons of pictures, which caused my phone to rapidly run out of battery. I had a cable and power adapter with me, but had a really difficult...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #MobileMemories #CollectiveBias I don’t know about you, but I use my phone for a lot of stuff! I use my to keep my schedule, to send e...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #LetsMakeSmores #CollectiveBias #sponsored We love to make S’mores in our family! We try to make them each time we take the kids ca...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FrozenMustBuy #CollectiveBias Buy 6 Frozen Meals & the Price Drops to $1.49 Each Are you a Kroger Plus member and always looking for great dea...

Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Eggs In our family, we have a tradition every year to have an Easter Egg Hunt for our six kids! We fill lots and lots of plastic Easter eggs with candy, money and other goodies and hide them in the backyard. However, this year w...

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for MedImmune. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. What do you know about RSV?  When I hear th...

As a family, we love to camp!  Ok, so I’m not talking about sleeping on the ground under the stars or in a tent camping.  I’m talking about enjoy the beauty around you with a kitchen and a bathroom available at all times without having to w...

As a child, I remember how excited I would be when the Christmas catalog would arrive from Toys“R”Us!  I had all the best toy possibilities available at my fingertips, making it super easy to add items to my wish list for Santa!  Now that w...

The weekend before Halloween, Shannon and I decided to take our 6 kids to Pumpkins on the Pier in Pismo Beach.  This was the first time we all had been to this city activity.  We got all 6 of our kids dressed in their Halloween costumes and h...

Do you have fans of Nickelodeon shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Yo Gabba Gabba! or Go, Diego, Go!??  If so, you’ll want to check out these frightening favorites available on DVD!!  Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and...

I am a loyal Smucker’s fan through and through.  There are so many different products we use and love in our family on a regular basis.  How about you?  If you’re Smucker’s fan, you’re gonna love their new photo s...

The past few years, I have loved selling (and shopping) at Moo La La Consignment on the Central Coast.  It was so easy listing the items for sale and then printing out the tags and dropping off the items.  This year, unfortunately we were una...

Our kids love to read!  As a mom, I love to read with them and the books – Little Critter from Kohl’s Cares – are the perfect ones to do that with.  Get a jumpstart on back-to-school with the beloved Mercer Mayer storybooks,...

Our kids love to watch the animated television show, Phineas and Ferb.  For the first time, a landmark animated adventure where two worlds collide, Phineas and Ferb team up with Marvel Super Heroes (Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk).  You ...

The Great Pumpkin is arriving early this year! Yes, it’s almost Halloween, and you can enter to win this fantastic Peanuts Halloween prize package, which includes: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown DVD and Blu-Ray pack, so that you can enjoy the be...