08
May

Jello cookies & jello playdough!

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*Don't forget to enter the Silhouette CAMEO giveaway $340 value* As the weather gets hotter in AZ we have to come up with more and more activities to do inside. I saw these jello cookies and knew they would be perfect for me and my son to make. Carson had SO much fun helping me with these. It was one of our favorite activities together. He keeps begging to make the "jeylo playdough and cookies!" Make jello cookies and jello playdough with … [Read more...]

02
May

Make a sandbox with a tire!

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Hey friends! Today I'm excited to welcome guest blogger, Emily from Raise a Boy! She's going to share with us how to make a sandbox with a tire! This is perfect for summer! With summer approaching, we wanted to improve our backyard with something fun for our boys.  We decided to build a sandbox but after looking into it we thought it would be a little more costly than we wanted. I didn't want this to deter me so I went about this project being … [Read more...]

09
Aug

Fruit Pizza

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We LOVE fruit pizza around here! This recipe (from my mom) is seriously so good! Fruit Pizza is the perfect dessert for summer days. It’s SO yummy!! You can use a home made recipe for the dough, but I’ve found the pre-made dough taste the best for this pizza. And it makes the recipe super easy! My kind of recipe! ;) Ingredients: 1 package of pre-made Pillsbury sugar cookie dough 8 oz softened cool whip 4 oz softened cream … [Read more...]

28
Jul

Dirty Little Secret…

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Last week we enjoyed a wonderful week at the beach. It was SO much fun!! More pictures to come.. I just have to go through the thousand pictures I took. Yes, I get a little camera happy on vacations. That or my kids are just to darn cute! While at the beach I learned a dirty little secret from my Aunt. My sand babies had a blast playing, digging, eating.. practically swimming in the sand! At the end of the day the sand was EVERYWHERE! If … [Read more...]

21
Jul

Ovaltine Frozen Hot Chocolate & BBQ

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Summer is in full session and there’s nothing my family loves more than a good swim party with friends.. and good food of course! Recently Ovaltine sponsored a wholesome backyard BBQ where we got to try out their new *yummy* recipe. To be honest I had never tried Ovaltine before the party, but I thought it was really good. I made their frozen hot chocolate and it was delish!! It was the perfect summer treat! Not only did Ovaltine send samples … [Read more...]

19
Jul

Ice Cream Cake

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SO my hubs birthday is in July… and July in AZ is HOT! There’s nothing better than ice cream cakes for those summer birthdays! If you remember last year I made him the oreo ice cream cake which is just as yummy.. and pretty much the same recipe. I remember the first time I tried this cake at my cousins house and I was in heaven. I love these cakes because they are super easy… NO bake.. and you can pretty much use any candy bar you like. My … [Read more...]

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