Today is a very special day for me. It is International FireFighters Day. My dad is a retired fire fighter and I am so honored to call him dad. Firefighters are unsung heroes. I have always looked up to them. Tell a firefighter thank you for their courage and for their service. Please remember those [...]

The Muppets (Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Pepe) here with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta, celebrate the announcement of the Muppets as New York City’s Family Ambassadors  Photo credit:  Julienne Schaer   The Muppets were today named New York City Family Ambassadors by NYC & Company, New York [...]

This Sunday my family and I are headed to watch The Houston Aeros! I love that they Aeros provide a safe, fun, family environment for a great night out! I also love how involved they are with the community and fantastic organizations! This Sunday they are helping spread the word about Breast Cancer Awareness and they would love for [...]

  As a blogger, you get asked several questions very often. One question is “How did you get started blogging?” For me it was simple. To document our life so family who lived far away could always know what was going on. As time progressed I learned that there were many women out there just [...]

Do you have Christmas Traditions? Last Christmas I shared a few of our traditions with you guys. The beautiful thing about traditions is that you can add to them and pass them onto your kids. This year we added a few new traditions that I know we will continue throughout the years. This year we [...]

Finding a good family movie can be tough sometimes, especially when there are only a few channels on TV that show these sorts of movies. This is why a lot of parents are checking out http://www.cabletelevision.net, which offers you ways of accessing all kinds of additional TV programming and movie streaming services from Netflix to [...]

I want to let my readers know that posts will be low this week.  Any post that go up were scheduled ahead of time but there are not many. I want to spend this week with my family as much as I can. I have a great giveaway that will be going up next week [...]

I have tears streaming down my face as I write this post so please bear with me. By now you all have heard of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of OSU Women’s basketball coach and assistant coach.  I had the great honor of knowing these people. I met Coach Budke years ago [...]

  Some of the sweetest memories are created by sharing family meals through the generations. Whatever your dream family get-together may be, a treasured recipe could help make it a reality in the fourth annual Spreading Smucker’s® Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest. From September 14 to November 16, 2011, Smucker’s invites consumers to visit www.smuckers.com [...]

  It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. Due to circumstances beyond my control I will NOT be running the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in San Antonio November 13th. I do not wish to go into details on why I made this decision but do know it was a very [...]

Halloween is just around the corner and that means dressing up! My kids this year went a little strange on me. What they picked for costumes would not of been what I guessed they would want to be.   M wanted to be Daphne from Scooby Doo. NOT what I would of picked her to [...]

This Monday, September 26th is Create a Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer for St. Jude at all Chili’s Restaurants. On Monday, September 26th all Chili’s will donate 100% of their proceeds to St. Jude Children Hospital If you can not make it to Chili’s this night you can go online at Create A Pepper to [...]

        Click the poster to see The Spoof Trailer! The Muppets are due in theaters November 23rd!

  Do you have a cleaning schedule? A routine that keeps you on top of your daily duties and makes your house run smoother? My house right now is in chaos! We are in the process of converting our playroom into my office, we have tubs of Halloween/Fall decor in the house and we also [...]

I did a post a while back on a Command Center I had set up in the home. While that one worked great I decided it was time for a update. I thought of a few better ways to get us organized and cool new products.   Here is our new command center. I found [...]

This is part of a Back to School series.    I am all about routines and nice neat areas. I do not like clutter. Clutter seriously gives me panic attacks. With school underway I KNEW I had to create a area for the kids to put their shoes, backpacks, lunches and jackets so they did [...]

I am a day late writing this prompt. Sorry guys! We were so busy yesterday trying to get M’s room all done plus trying to get the house back in order for back to school. Anyways, I thought this one would be difficult but really it was a no brainer. These people had a HUGE [...]