I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. #ChooseSmart Here on the California Central Coast, Smart & Final is grow...

Margarita Adventures hosted our family so that we could experience and share about the Zipline Tour. Each weekend we have all the kids together, we try to plan something fun. Whether it’s camping, going to an amusement park, heading to the movies...

Today, on Redhead Mom Blog, we’re sharing about how to Up Your Game at Mealtime with Foster Farms Bold Bites as part of a partnered post. In our home, my husband and I are always looking for new ways to up our game at mealtime. While our kids lov...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #InspireYourBold #CollectiveBias In our marriage, spending time with my husband and building our bonds together is necessary to a successful relati...

I love living on the Central Coast! Not only is it gorgeous with the beaches and the ocean on the coast or the great weather, but also because I have access to freshly grown California Strawberries just minutes from us. I’ve always loved strawber...

This is a partnered post with Eczema Honey. Do you have someone in your family who suffers from Eczema? The itchy and dry skin (and more) caused by Eczema can prove to be torture when suffering from it on a regular basis.  I’m here to tell you th...

For years, I’ve been getting acrylic nails painted with gel polish. I loved the wide variety of colors, as well as how quickly they dried when I used the gel polish. Whenever I tried to grow my nails naturally (that is without the acrylic or gel ...

This post was sponsored by Boys and Girls Club as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Have you heard of the Boys and Girls Club of America? It’s an awesome organization with the...

In our home, we have both an XBOX ONE and a PS4 and our kids love to play video games with these consoles. I had no idea our kids would be as excited about playing DESTINY 2 as they were when I showed them the package. In fact, apparently they had been...

Last summer, we went camping at Lake Lopez in Arroyo Grande, California and discovered Mustang Waterpark. We actually rode our bikes from our RV camping site to Mustang Waterpark and even bought season passes for our entire family! We went a few times ...

Recycling, carpooling, community cleanup, saving water – these are all ways we strive to help the environment and our community, but do we really think about how we can help by saving energy? I remember growing up in California and being encourag...

I remember heading to Girl Scout camp when I was a kid. I have great memories of summer camp, including those of nature, making new friends and enjoying new experiences. This past year, my parents found a great elementary age summer camp to send Brian,...

This is a sponsored post written for Neutrogena. I was compensated and provided complimentary products for this post. All opinions are my own. Winter is in full swing and here on the Central Coast, it’s usually not too harsh compared to other pla...

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s that time of year again! Time for shopping and baking and family and friends! I love the holidays, especially because it gives me a reason to create all kinds of yummy recipes to share with family and friends. In fac...

We love our Seadoo Jet Boat and have done a few things to upgrade it so it’s more comfortable and fun for our family. Upgrading your Seadoo Jet Boat can add up pretty quickly, so be sure to space out the upgrades like marine engine mounts or boat...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The a2 Milk Company™. All opinions are 100% mine. I used to love drinking milk and I drank it all the time! I’d drink it in the morning in breakfast shakes or during the day with cookies or cake...

This summer, we took our kids to both the Santa Barbara County Fair (located in Santa Maria, California) and the California Mid-State Fair (located in Paso Robles, California). This blog post is going to be all about the Santa Barbara County Fair! Whil...

Riddle me this… Who can run like a Goddess while still here on Earth, drink the nectar of the gods in a place that looks like heaven? Answer:  YOU!!! Wait, what?!?  Now I’ve had the pleasure of participating in a lot of “fun runs,” mud runs, ...

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for OshKosh B’gosh. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.   When my boys were little, I loved to...

  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.  ...