Our family gets together a ton in the summer, and this Memorial Day Weekend was the start of the fun. I love hosting parties and wanted to make this weekend at the cabin extra fun. I had been thinking about how much fun we always had going on picnics when we were younger, so I decided to go with a picnic theme.
When the World is Your Classroom, Cleaning Up Can Wait
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PurellWipes #CollectiveBias We have definitely been enjoying our early spring here in Minnesota. I’m pretty sure it was May before it was this nice out last year. I had promised the kids a trip to the park with…
Top Winter Babywearing Gear
Having a baby in the fall means you will have a little baby through the winter. Duh, right? If this is your first baby and you have the option to just stay inside, that works great for your little one, but if it’s not your first one, you are probably going to have to go…
Winter Fun at the Ice Castles
Last winter, I started writing a blog post with 100 things to do in the snow and ice. By the time I remembered I wanted to publish it, it wasn’t winter anymore. I am really glad that I didn’t, because now I have 101 things on the list. A few weeks ago, I received an…
Summer Fun at Noah’s Ark Waterpark #NoahsArkDells
*Disclosure: We received complimentary tickets to Noah’s Ark Waterpark. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.* We finally got to go on our first actual family vacation. We have talked about a vacation plenty, but couldn’t quite decide where we wanted to go. Noah’s Ark popped up on my radar and I realized…
The #UltimatePlaydate with Juicy Juice and Crayola
If we have friends over, you can bet there will be snacks and drinks and something fun for them to do when just playing isn’t going so well. I like to try and find something a little different and exciting for them all, whether it is what we have for snack or what fun craft we do.

Break up this long winter with some indoor fun
*Disclosure: I received complimentary product for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.* To say this has been a long, very cold winter would be putting it mildly. With more -20 or colder days than I remember having my entire life, my poor kids needed something to help them burn…
My someday yard
*Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me and all thoughts and opinions are mine.* We have lived here for 3 1/2 years now and I have a confession: We have done virtually nothing with our yard. Over 4 1/2 acres and we haven’t done anything more than mow. It’s ridiculous. I…