• 6 Easy Ways to Predict a Baby’s Gender

    Is this baby a BOY or a GIRL? This idea came from Raising My 4 Sons when she was nearing her due date, here. It sounded like so much fun and so I wanted to play along and do some of the gender predictions for myself as well!!  There…

  • Some Family Pictures!

    So I had won a giveaway back in April as part of the Ultimate Blog Party. The prize was for a photo shoot and prints! I was so excited as the photographer didn’t live locally but said she’d be traveling through Arizona if the winner wanted to meet…

  • Revenge of the Toddler!!!

    So after church yesterday we came home and put a VERY tired–already fell asleep on the drive home–toddler down for a nap. He was very quite and finally came out of his room to which we find this lovely surprise — apparently he didn’t nap.. Yeah.. that’s all…

  • Hiking Day Trip to Sedona!

    So my husband a few Saturday’s ago got us all loaded up in the car and dragged us away from home without telling us where we were heading! Of course, knowing my husband, I was able to guess less than a minute away from home, “Are we going…

  • July Garden Update!

    I can’t believe it was a month ago I last posted about my garden! It was doing awesome until just about a week or two ago and then the heat started to get to it. Our pumpkins went from growing awesome to completely dead two days later! And…

  • Swimming Lessons Continued!

    We had our final swimming lesson class today. It was 2 weeks long 3 classes a week! I forgot my camera today but I have clips from Day 3-5!** PS ** The talking in the background is NOT me and pardon the screaming baby.. she doesn’t like the…

  • Swimming Lessons!

    I enrolled both my boys into Survival type swim lessons where they learn how to get to the edge of the pool and get out. The teacher is great! They are a christian family who does the swim lessons out of their home pool. Day 1 they were…

  • My Personal Experience with Adoption

    As I was writing up a review and giveaway for “Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story” I had all these familiar feelings come rushing back and thought it might be nice to share my story of adoption! Please note this topic is very personal to me so…

  • Baby’s First Hair Cut!!

    So while in California I realized Tyler’s hair is WAY too long! Lol. It’s super thin and fine baby hair. All week it was sticking up in all directions so when we got home I decided it was finally time to cut his hair! He is 18 months…

  • California Vacation: Beach & Pool Day!

    Saturday we were going to go to the Beach but it was a bit cold in the morning so we went down to have a Pool day first for a bit and that was fun and headed to the Beach in the afternoon. The pool was fun! Tyler…

  • California Vacation: DISNEYLAND Day!

    We drove to LA Wednesday Night and got in just after midnight and stayed with my Aunt that night. The next day we had until about 1 until my IL’s would arrive in California so we went to the mall and walked around for a bit and then…

  • Xpad Laptop Cooler Review

    I contacted Xpad to see if they would be interested in a review on my blog. They quickly got back to me letting me know they would love for me to try their product. The Xpad arrived quickly and I was excited to get it and try it…