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A few weeks ago you might recall a post I made about the homebuilding event taking place here in Kansas City as part of the Libby's Get Back to the Table initiative. As excited as I was for that day to come where I'd get to meet up with some of my blogging buddies and…
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I love how he: Quitely utters "shthththth" when trying to imitate the swooshing sound of a basketball net every. single. time. he sees one! Says "tey" when I ask "OK?", as if he fully understands me. Maybe he does. Eats everything. Even burgers loaded with mustard and pickles (mommy style) AND slathered with ketchup, mustard,…
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I was recently invited to a Pampered Chef party by a friend of mine as part of a fundraiser she was taking part in. I ended up buying a few things I felt my kitchen was lacking at the time. This new rectangular bar pan (a.k.a., jelly roll pan) was not one of them. Boy…
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Our summer days are filled with regular trips to the library. Most of the time we're able to fill our canvas and reusable book bags to the brim with colorful reads, exciting chapter books, autobiographies about baseball stars and football stars, and even a few fun DVDs for the occasional movie day at home. This…
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If ever there were a movie our family has been anticipating seeing, it's the Cars 2 flick! I mean, how could it not be?? So hard not to love the crusin' characters that began charming us years ago. We even love them so much we decorated our two oldest sons' bedroom in the original Cars…
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I won't lie. Ever since our insurance company offered to replace our old grill, along with our roof, as part of hail damage claim, I was giddy! I mean, I loved our old grill but it was just that – old. It was a wedding gift from my awesome dad and probably the most-used wedding…
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Two of my favorite kitchen staple items are bananas and cream cheese, so naturally I am very excited about trying this banana cake with cream cheese frosting next time I get the baking urge! {@ The Menu Mom} I could spend all afternoon printing out these fun summer activity worksheets for my boys. So many…
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We were eating cake! Happy Anniversary to my husband! We're pretty proud of a LOT of things, one of which being that a decade later, we are still featured on the Grand Wailea weddings photo gallery here. Yes, that's us pictured on our wedding day with the gorgeous Maui sunset in the background!
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Hmmm. Who's that woman, you ask? Ah, well that would be the mom of a (probably 2nd grader) Cardinals little leaguer who just struck out. Can I just say the expression "hold your tongue" doesn't even begin to describe what I had to do so that I didn't go off on this woman. Here's the…
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So it's officially the first day of summer. I'm in HEAVEN!! Let's be honest, summer is waaaaay too short! Not only do I love having my kids home for summer break, but I adore all of the fun 'to-dos' we have made an annual tradition of. Last year the kids and I came up with…