Yesterday I posted a list of all the upcoming festivals happening around West Michigan this Summer.  Today, I’m going to share a few tips with you on how to survive those festivals when you have kids in tow! Survival Tips: Check the schedule before you embark! Time is usually of the essence when traveling with [...]

Welcome to the first week of my 14 Weeks of Summer series.  From now until Labor Day I will be sharing with you weekly tips and ideas on how to beat the I’m bored plague of Summer! First up…Festivals! Everyone loves a good festival!  Food.  Music.  Food.  Parades.  Crafts.  Food. Interesting People.  Did I mention food?

Earlier this week we took Jasper to the Vet for his check-up and to update all his vaccines. (I say we, as in me and ALL three kids.  Yeah, the looks I was getting while there were something else.)  Everything seemed to look good, aside from his apparent weight gain.  I’m not sure if it [...]

Well friends, we have once again entered the camping world! Can you heave the eruption of cheers coming from my husband and children? After 18 months of looking (sheesh!), we finally found a camper option that would seemingly work perfectly for our family and fits all of our criteria:

Last summer we pulled into the local small-town gas station and immediately I noticed the announcement on their outdoor sign — “Find us on Facebook and Twitter”. What? Really? Why on Earth would I be following my gas station on Twitter or Facebook? I laughed and scoffed at how silly it was that business like [...]

I can’t believe that next week is Memorial Day.  The official start to summer!  Is anyone else super excited?  Anyone terrified?  I’m a good mix of both.  I love the summer and look forward to all that it has to offer.  However, that’s a lot of time to fill with my kids! There are fourteen [...]

While I’m learning and networking with some oh-so-fabulous women this weekend at Gleek Retreat, check out some of these great posts…

It’s Friday. My mind is completely fried. My energy is zapped.  And the dog is sitting on the couch next to me snoring so loudly that I can’t even think straight!  So, I’m going to call the weekend as officially started and leave you with this fun “behind the scenes” clip of the much anticipated [...]

This is a fun little twist on the classic No-Bake Cookie, just in time for Spring!

We are officially on Summer break in our house.  Notice how there’s no exclamation point at the end of that sentence? Yeah, that’s because there’s not a whole lot of excitement behind it. Yes, we are excited for Summer, the warmer weather, playing outside, and some trips we have in the works.  But it’s only [...]