About a month ago, I finally redid our bedroom. I honestly had no idea how much of a non-peaceful haven it was until I finished up with the bedroom makeover. The end result is just so much better that I wonder what made me wait so long to finish it! Before I show you the…
This coconut chicken curry recipe is made with Greek yogurt I’m not a huge fan of cooking, you all know that. That’s why I am so lucky to have my husband. Not only does he absolutely love to cook amazing dinners, he also loves to experiment and come up with new and exciting recipes! This…
My husband and I took the girls to see Inside Out as soon as it was out in the theatres. My youngest actually saw it twice in one day because she was invited to go with a friend, and we went a couple hours afterward on a whim. Because she had already seen it, my…
A perfectly moist banana bread recipe made with vanilla yogurt. Egg-free and can easily be made gluten-free. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite banana bread recipes of all time. I especially love to have it on hand for easy summer snacks, but banana bread is great any time of year! There are a few…
This month’s Visiting Teaching Message is The Divine Attributes of Jesus Christ: Forgiving and Merciful. I love this month’s message. I will admit that forgiveness is something that has always come fairly easily to me throughout my life. Though there have been one or two instances where it took me a while to get that…
This free nature scavenger hunt printable is a fun way to get your kids off their screens and outdoors this summer! All you need is a camera and the nature scavenger hunt printable (download at the end of this post). The worst part of summer is the desire my children have to sit in front…
If you’re looking for some fun water balloon games for outdoor parties or simple backyard play on a hot day, water balloon baseball will always be a hit! Thanks to Banana Boat® and Tapinfluence for making this post possible! You guys. We are two weeks into summer vacation and it’s already started. You know what I’m talking…
Start summer vacation off right! Give your kids a summer kickoff party that includes goal setting and summer planning. Every year we do a little summer kick-off party. (See last year’s summer kickoff here.) We usually do it on the day after the last day of school and we make a big breakfast and do…
My living room has always been difficult for me. I’ve lived in this house for six years now, and I have never been happy with the way my living room was working. It was always just clunky and nobody ever really wanted to spend time in there. Guests would come over and the living room…
I am the mother of three daughters. One of them just finished her freshman year of high school. Another just finished her first year of middle school. The youngest still has a ways to go before I start worrying about teenager stuff, but if it happens as fast as it did for her sisters, she’ll…
Help your kids learn to set goals for themselves this summer with this printable goal workbook. It includes printable checklists to help them stay on track with things like exercise, reading, music practice, and chores. Print out these summer checklists to keep your kids’ eyes on their goals during summer break! This summer, I wanted…
While we always get a new game at Christmas time, too many of those games have never been played past the holidays and just gathered dust in the game cupboard. In fact, I ended up getting rid of many of those dusty games during a big decluttering project in October. Since then, the quest has…