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Easy Vinyl Plank Flooring Without Removing the Baseboards

Easy Vinyl Plank Flooring Without Removing the Baseboards

This past week was called “new flooring week” at our house. Unfortunately it’s not for me to enjoy… but it is in our house! We have a suite in our home, which is in dire need or a refresh. AKA, a bathroom reno, kitchen face…

100 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Husband – Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gift Idea!

100 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Husband – Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gift Idea!

How great does it feel to be appreciated?!?! Having someone tell you they are grateful for the things you do, is pretty rad, and gives your day a special little spark. I know it sure makes me happy. It makes the small things is life…

Easy Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with Easy DIY Heart Cupcake Toppers!

Easy Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with Easy DIY Heart Cupcake Toppers!

The kiddos are always scheming up reasons to make, buy, eat, sniff, treats… Are your kids the same?? They say… “If I eat all my dinner?”, ” If I clean my room?”, “If I’m good in the car?”, If I’m good during shopping?”, “If I…

Kids Valentine’s Day Gift Idea – Personalized Beaded Bracelets!

Kids Valentine’s Day Gift Idea – Personalized Beaded Bracelets!

It’s Corbin’s first year in preschool on Valentine’s Day… That means he is so excited to be giving each of his classmates this cute Valentine! Also right away he knew that he wanted to get his classmates… Jewelry… of course my son wants to give…

Free Printable Class Valentines – You Add So Much Colour To My Life!

Free Printable Class Valentines – You Add So Much Colour To My Life!

It’s almost Valentines day… Time for the kiddos to make valentines for everyone in their class!! Feeling the last minute rush?!?! Me too… Procrastination is life… Well here is a sweet Sugar Free Valentine option, that Corbin will be gifting this year, to all of…

Rug Hooking Heart Wreath Tutorial

Rug Hooking Heart Wreath Tutorial

Who loves rug hooking?? I sure do!! I think rug hooking is like painting with wool, or yarn. Time consuming, addicting, hand spasming, masterpieces! And they make the cutest personalized pillows, or in this case awesome Valentines Day Heart Wreath!! If you care about how…

Easy DIY Kids Teepee Tutorial! – Big Enough for Adults Too!

Easy DIY Kids Teepee Tutorial! – Big Enough for Adults Too!

Teepee Play tents are very popular these days. They make a super cute addition to any child’s bedroom or playroom, or even in the corner of the living room to give the kids a cool place to relax and use their imagination. My family has…

List of Outdoor Family Adventures for Homebodies.

List of Outdoor Family Adventures for Homebodies.

I have been thinking a lot… about how I want to live, the person I want to be, the mother I want to be for my kids. And I came to one major theme… I want to be more ADVENTUROUS with the kiddos!! I used…

Top 10 Blog Posts Viewed by You in 2018!

Top 10 Blog Posts Viewed by You in 2018!

Another year that has flown by in an instant. This year has been full of super fun firsts for our family; first time camping with the kiddos, Corbin’s first day of Preschool, he also started Tea Kwon Do, and Ivy started gymnastics, they are both…

Leftover Turkey Carcass Soup Recipe! – 2 Different Ways!

Leftover Turkey Carcass Soup Recipe! – 2 Different Ways!

Stick a turkey carcass in a pot of water and BAM!! You get delicious Turkey Soup! Well, add a few more steps in there, but DAMB… Boiling up those bones makes an awesome tasting soup! So next time you have left over turkey bones from…

Kids Christmas Handprint & Footprint Ornaments!

Kids Christmas Handprint & Footprint Ornaments!

Christmas Traditions!! What are your favorite? One that my kiddos love doing is making Handprint and Footprint Ornaments… I love them… but at what age do we stop doing this tradition?!?! I don’t really want a tree full of hand prints. Lol… They love pressing…

Easy Christmas DIY Wreath: Cute For the Kids Bedroom Door!

Easy Christmas DIY Wreath: Cute For the Kids Bedroom Door!

When I was a kid, I remember how much I loved the day we got to decorate the house for Christmas!! We were never over the top… A Christmas tree and a couple of decorations for the fireplace mantel, I remember so wanting to have…

Ivy’s Oompa Loompa, Pink Sheep, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Play Dough, 3rd Birthday Party!!

Ivy’s Oompa Loompa, Pink Sheep, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Play Dough, 3rd Birthday Party!!

Yup!! That’s what Ivy requested for her birthday party theme this year… A Oompa Loompa, Pink Sheep, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Play Dough Party, well not the play dough part, but that’s her current obsession, so I threw it into the mix too! Why…

DIY Halloween Decorations: Spooky Tray of Eyeballs!

DIY Halloween Decorations: Spooky Tray of Eyeballs!

Fancy a spooky tray of Eyeballs? A collection of petrified eyeballs, is a must have decor item for any Halloween party, or haunted house, and you could have your very own collection too! Lol… I thought this would be a fun DIY Halloween Decoration to…

Mint Chocolate Treat Pops!

Mint Chocolate Treat Pops!

Have a craving for mint chocolate, but you don’t have any premade mint chocolate, however, you do have chocolate chips and peppermint extract?? Lol… Make yourself some yummy mint chocolate pops, in any shape mold that you have around the house. We just happen to…

List of Our Favorite Fall Traditions: Including This Years McMillan Farms Pumpkin Patch Adventure!

List of Our Favorite Fall Traditions: Including This Years McMillan Farms Pumpkin Patch Adventure!

It’s my favorite time of the year… FALL!! The weather is not too hot, and not too cold… Bring out the leggings and boots, chunky sweaters and comfy fall scarves… It’s time to get COZY!! The leaves are falling, and the streets are lined with…