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DIY Monogram Water Bottles- End of School Year Teacher Gift Idea

05/23/17 | Fathers Day, Featured Post, Gift Ideas, Gifts, Holidays, Kids, Kids Crafts and Coloring, Printables, Projects, Teaching

DIY Monogram Water Bottle Teacher Gift Idea

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. This post contains affiliate links. I absolutely love my children's teachers. And they really deserve a special gift at the end of the school year for putting up with my kids the whole year. If I were rich, I'd but them a huge gift card to their favorite store, but since I'm on a tight ...

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5 Steps to Living a “No Excuses” Life with Your Family

03/23/17 | Family, Family Activities, Health, Parenting

5 Steps to living a no excuses life with your family

Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. All opinions are mine alone. #StopPainNow #CollectiveBias Being a parent is hard. Really hard. Sometimes things don't turn out how we want them to. Do you ever catch yourself making excuses when things don't turn out the way you wanted them to? Do you ever use weight gain, chronic pain, or busyness as an excuse to not live ...

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23 Valentines Day Picture Books for Kids

01/11/17 | Gift Ideas, Gifts, Holidays, Kids, Valentines Day

23 Valentines Day Picture Books for Kids

"This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more information." Valentines Day is such a fun holiday to celebrate with kids. Especially when there are so many fun books to read about love with them. I've created a list of the best Valentines Day picture books for kids for you to choose from. Happy Valentines Day, Mouse! "If You Give…" series, this title ...

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How to Make Shredded Chicken in Your Instant Pot

12/26/16 | Chicken, Dinner, Instant Pot, Main Dishes, Recipes

Instant Pot Shredded Chicken

Chicken is something that I use several times per week in recipes for dinner. And because I know a lot of you found an Instant Pot under your tree. Now tell me, did you buy it for yourself on Cyber Monday, or did someone else buy it for you? Ha Ha! I bought mine for myself on Cyber Monday and told my husband that he could put a bow on it and stick it under the tree if he wanted. But, he said, ...

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North Pole at Seven Peaks- A Review

12/21/16 | Family, Family Activities, Holidays, Reviews, traditions, Winter

"We received product in exchange for this post. All opinions in this post are mine." We love living in Utah because it's such a family oriented state. There are many things going on all around us. Sometimes it's really hard to pick and choose what I want to take the family to during the holiday season, because we just don't have enough time to get them all in! That's why I'm sharing with ...

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Dash Coding Robot- A Review

12/21/16 | Christmas, Reviews

I have an 11 year old son that is impossible to buy things for. So these past few weeks have not been fun, trying to force him to find something that Santa can bring him. I'm so glad that he feels like he has everything he needs, but come on, there has to be something! It's not like I'm going to buy him nothing and have him sit there and watch all the other kids open their gifts, right? All he ...

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