• Ice Age: Continental Drift + a prize pack giveaway

    I don't know about you but my kids absolutely LOVE the Ice Age movies.  There's something about that scraggly squirrel that just makes them giddy and insane!  Recently they've been asking about seeing the upcoming Ice Age: Continental Drift movie which comes out in theaters on July 13, 2012.  I…

  • It’s almost time: football season + NCAA 2013

    There are very few things I love about the Fall season.  Anyone who knows me well, knows that I don't tolerate mild or cold weather at all!  I'd take 100+ degree temps and humidity any day over a crisp, cool breeze.  But since I live in the midwest {for now}…

  • Parenting: Am I failing miserably or right up to par?

    I recently came across this fun little list of 12 Commandments for Being at Your Parenting Best over on the Modern Parents, Messy Kids blog and I decided to evaluate myself.  I have to admit, once I started reading the "Rules for Survival", I found myself thinking that I'd go…

  • 2012 Team USA Olympic Swimming + SwimToday.org

    In just a few short days – beginning on June 25, 2012 – the USA Olympic Swim Team will begin broadcasting their Olympic swim team trials nationwide on NBC.  The trials will run through July 2, 2012.  Growing up a Texas gal, swimming has always been a huge hit with…

  • {Wordless Wednesday}: Cookbook craziness

      My mom's kitchen counter with "just a few" cookbooks she pulled from her storage. The woman does not need ANY cookbooks because all of her scrumptious recipes are in her head. She won't use half of these because she needs no assistance in the culinary department. I, on the…

  • Ways to keep your kids reading this summer.

    Summer solstice happens this week and this always makes me feel like it’s just downhill from here on out.  A new school year will soon be upon us and I’ll be back to the daily grind of fixing lunches and signing field trip forms.  But, when school time does roll…