I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Lions Gate.  I received a book, products, and a promotional item to thank me for participating. Do you hold a monthly book club meeting?  If so, you would ...

Have you ever heard of Simply Fun?  The first time I was introduced to Simply Fun was when I was living in Seattle, Washington.  I was invited to a party one of my neighbor’s was hosting.  I honestly thought we were going to play g...

In our family, we love to go camping!  In fact, we just bought a RV – woo hoo!  We have a favorite campsite in Santa Barbara that we visit on a regular basis and the kids love it because they get to swim, make ice cream sundaes, enjoy s’mor...

I love this time of year! Celebrating the holidays and birthdays are a big to-do in our family, but what happens when someone catches that dreadful cold? It kind of puts a damper on things, right? Did you know that school age kids get around eight to t...

  Each month, a group of us girls get together and go out for a Girl’s Night Out!  It is so much fun!  Originally our group was formed to play Bunco, but with everyone’s busy schedules, it became really difficult to do.  ...

    Who loves Date Night?  I do, I do!!!  Frank and I recently enjoyed a Date Night at Outback Steakhouse and it was great!  Now, don’t this excludes those not currently in relationships because they can enjoy D...

One of my favorite stores to shop in is Best Buy!  Most recently, I discovered a part of Best Buy I had never seen before.  The Best Buy store we visited had a section with hands-on products we could play with by Intel.  It was pretty aw...

I remember how excited I was to celebrate each of my baby‘s first Christmas holidays!  I bought them the cute outfits and cute Santa hats and took lots of pictures of each of them!  Are you celebrating your baby‘s first Christmas or do you ...

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for BAND-AID® Brand. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Those who serve in our military have a sof...

I love the holidays…and guess what?  They are finally here – woo hoo!  It’s time for us to start shopping for our six kids, each other and our family and friends.  I know we’ll find great deals at Best Buy this ho...

This year, Halloween fell on a Friday night.  What that meant for most of our friends who are parents, was that it would be tougher to enjoy a Halloween party on that actual night.  So we decided to have our “grownup” Halloween Party the ni...

Growing up, I was surrounded by smoke. One set of my parents smoked on a regular basis around me. They smoked in the car and in the backyard, but not in the house. However, I was constantly in the midst of smoke.  I did not like it at all, but as a kid...

Last month my friend Melanie, our kids, and I participated in a local 5K…A Zombie Run! Zombie Invasion SLO was such a fun experience; I love themed runs! This 5K was a fundraiser for the Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center – a local charity. Zombies a...

With 6 kids in our family, it’s often hard to find a recipe that everyone enjoys.  Usually there is someone who doesn’t like something.  So, I have decided to create a series of blog posts giving you tested and true recipes we use...

I love to eat peanut butter!  Whether it’s on a spoon, on a sandwich, on pancakes or just on the spoon – it’s yummy!  One of my favorite brands is Jif and they have broken out of their shell to create  Jif Hazelnut Spre...

When my kids were little, they loved to dress up!  Now that they are older, they don’t dress up as much, but they definitely got good use out of their costumes from Party City during Halloween week!  They wore their Halloween costumes w...

We were recently invited to participate in the Panasonic Movember Challenge and knew that Frank would love it!  He loves his grooming tools, especially when they come from Panasonic!  While I love his beard, I also love it when he keeps it ma...

Halloween is here and I am excited to announce my second year as a member of the Netflix Stream Team!  In our home, we don’t have cable, but we do have Roku and watch Netflix on a regular basis.  The kids have their own station and then...

My kids love building things – especially cars, planes, boats and more!  We recently received the Mega Bloks SpongeBob Squarepants™ Invisible Boatmobile Rescue and we had a blast putting it together (and then playing with it afterw...

  One of the places we enjoy going together as a family to is Chuck E. Cheese’s.  Their pizza is good, their games are fun and the kids walk away with prizes in hand.  During the entire month of October, it’s Chucktober at Ch...