The Toy Story movies have always been some of our favorites. My boys went through the Buzz Lightyear phase. Caleb did especially. He wanted to be the "real" BuzzLightyear when he grew up. I have countless pictures of him drawing Buzz, and they are some of my favorite pieces of his work. I think we have had a total of four Buzz Lightyear birthday parties between the two boys. Sadly, they have moved on. Although they will happily still watch the movies, their new obsession is with Continue Reading
Out of the Box Art Studio {+ a chance to win Summer Art Camp}
I love using my kids' art to decorate our home. I think it is such a special way to celebrate and applaud their creativity while capturing and appreciating this special season of them being little. I know I have shown you my art wall in a lot of posts. There are only two pieces on my art on that I did. I'm sure you can't tell which two they are ;). Most of the art on this wall my boys created at my favorite local art studio, Out of the Box Art Studio. Have you heard of Continue Reading
The Whole Lotta Family Love Giveaway
Today, I have a HUGE giveaway for one of you!! I have teamed up with three other bloggers to bring you this bundle of awesomeness! Money Trail Carpool-Ninja DIY on the Cheap We are joining together to bring you a giveaway for your whole family to enjoy. We have all gone in to offer up a $40 amazon giftcard. I might be slightly jealous of that awesomeness, but we have then each donated another item of our craft. My good friend, Courtney (carpool-ninja), that I introduced to you Continue Reading
Networking {and links to a special giveaway!}
What do you think of when you hear the word networking? Do you view it with a positive or negative connotation? I think a year ago I would have thought through the term networking as a manipulation or way to get your needs or desires met. To me, it was a way you put yourself out there to get what you want, whether the remarks and communication were genuine or not did not matter. I guess I would have said networking had a distasteful tone to me. That has changed. The transition from Continue Reading
An Organizational Giveaway
I am so thankful for each one of you and the love and encouragement you are sending my way by "liking" and "following" me in all the ways out there. Thank you. As a bigger way of saying "thank you," I have joined up with 14 other awesome bloggers. (Some I know and some I am excited to get to know.) We are giving one of our awesome readers a chance to with a $150 gift card to The Container Store. I am so sorry but this giveaway is only available to residents in the United States and Canada Continue Reading