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First Day of School 2010

September 2, 2010

Yesterday was the first day of school! My kids were not that excited to go back. My high school daughter found that here schedule was completely wrong, my 2nd grader got “yelled” at, but my middle daughter LOVED here first day of middle school. She has some of the same teachers that my older daughter [...]

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Five Favorite Family Time Ideas

September 1, 2010

Once every week, we have a family night. We try to come up with different ideas to keep everyone interested. Since I have three children that range in age from 16 to 7, that is sometimes difficult to do. Here are my five favorite family time ideas: Play a board game. We love board games [...]

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Savor the Sweetness of Life

September 1, 2010

This summer, our family took a long three week vacation. With three kids, this can lead to fighting, teasing and tears. Fortunately, this happened rarely. Instead I was amazed how my kids helped each other and loved each other on this trip. When I saw this picture, it made me contemplate how sweet life can [...]

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Never Shout Never – New Album 50% Off

August 27, 2010

If you have a teen, you may have heard of a new alternative retro-pop band that is becoming quite popular – Never Shout Never. I have heard their single What is Love and I really liked it. Their debut album, Harmony, was just released last week and fans are super excited because you can get [...]

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Beat The Heat with Gatorade

August 23, 2010

My daughter had her first day of soccer tryouts today. Fortunately, the weather is cool and it even rained a little. The rest of the week, though, will be hot and muggy. I make sure that my daughter has enough water and Gatorade to keep her hydrated at tryouts and practices. Gatorade is promoting its [...]

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Outer Banks, North Carolina

August 21, 2010

To me, vacationing is all about family. Each year we try and get together with some of our extended family and spend time together. Since all of my family lives across the country, this can be difficult. When my sister told me that she and her family would be willing to travel out east to [...]

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Yosemite

August 17, 2010

One of the places we visited on our three week vacation was Yosemite. We love going here. When I was little, this is one of the places that we would frequent on our vacations so it brings back a lot of memories. Living in New Jersey, I had forgotten how dark it gets at night [...]

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Should I Get A Smart Phone?

August 17, 2010

I have been debating about getting a smart phone. I just hate to pay the data charges every month, but they are so convenient. I know I don’t want to get an iPhone, since I want my carrier to remain with Verizon. But other than that, I don’t know which one would be better. Do [...]

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Darth Vader!

August 14, 2010

If you have a young son or daughter who love Star Wars, you MUST attend the Jedi Training Academy at Disneyland or Disney World. I wish that I had read up on some camcorder reviews before my trip and bought a new camcorder. While my camera is good at taking pictures, sometimes the video is [...]

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Back From My Long Vacation!

August 14, 2010

If you hadn’t noticed (I tried to do some blogging in the middle), I was absent for three weeks on an amazing vacation! I flew into Las Vegas with two of the kids (my older daughter was already in Salt Lake City) and drove to SLC. We met my sister there and visited family for [...]