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06/07/19

Old Fashioned Donut Muffins Recipe & a $400 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
Old Fashioned Donut Muffins Recipe featured by US lifestyle blogger, By Jen Jurca

Happy Friday! Have you ever tried old fashioned donut muffins? Our family’s love for donuts runs deep so when I found this recipe, I was so excited for a new spin on a donut! Scroll down for the full recipe! I’m thrilled to make old fashioned donut muffins with the kids during the summer so if you are looking breakfast recipe ideas, try these! They’d…

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05/30/19

Fun Outdoor Summer Activities with Kids & a $400 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

Summer is here and I am so thrilled! I feel like I checked out right after Spring Break and it was a struggle to finish strong. I’m really wanting to simplify life this summer with all the kids home, but in the same breath I wonder if life with 4 busy kids ever looks “simple.” I want to have fun without running us ragged. So…

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02/25/19

Easy Healthy Snacks On the Go

This easy healthy snacks on the go post is sponsored by Foster Farms.  As always, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I’m so excited to share this post today! If you are anything like me, sometimes your lunch or your go to snack ends up being leftovers of whatever your kid is eating. I have a few go to, easy, simple, quick, healthy, snack options to share with you! I am always…

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12/10/18

The Best Kohl’s Toys your Children will Love

This post is sponsored by Kohl’s. I was paid for this post and received the included Kohl’s toys as compensation. The kids are busy making their lists and we are determined to be done shopping by December 10th this year. The last few years have seemed extra busy & we end up rushing around to a bunch of different stores, over buying & feeling like…

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11/18/18

Boys Bedroom Makeover

This boys bedroom makeover post is sponsored by Kohl’s. I was paid for this post and received the included home goods as compensation. The time has come that I have been dreading & at the same time looking forward to. Joe is almost 12 and for the past year his used-to-be favorite set of Batman sheets have been in our storage room collecting dust. Since…

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11/16/18

Hosting a Simple White Bridal Shower
Tips to Host the Perfect Simple White Bridal Shower featured by Utah lifestyle blog, By Jen Rose

I love hosting people! It brings me so much joy to be surrounded by people I love. I think it is because we grew up living near family and every week there was some type of “event.” It could be as simple as going to a siblings football game or a family member’s birthday dinner or extravagant as having a bunch of people over from…

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Instagram post 17854909859021075 35 laps around the sun. ☀️ I spent the afternoon searching for bison with my family, taking pictures, & watching a beautiful sunset. It might seem like a funny tradition, but I love it & look forward to it for months. . 34 was a year of what I like to call “mini renovations.” I found a few projects that were asking for attention and have tried to make progress, mentally, emotionally, & physically. What I put into my body and the thoughts that cross my mind have been on the forefront & I’ve realized what a major role they play with my anxiety. I have a feeling it will be a long journey to learn to not let my thoughts control me, thanks to my sweet @organizedlife.coach for coaching me through it. I hope for this year to be even better with more small steps of progress, letting go of perfection & attempting to create helpful habits that will help me on the days where staying in bed sounds like the only option. . Thank you so much for the texts, messages and calls. I savored every moment, reflecting back on some beautiful relationships & am grateful for the gift that are these slow days.
Instagram post 17996211943288234 #ad Steve loves grilling and is finally teaching me the ropes! The first meal we made was a complete success thanks to @mccormickspice 2 ingredient, 2 step recipe! An added bonus was how easy it was to add this to my Walmart online grocery order and use grocery pickup here: https://bit.ly/WalmartGrillMates . I can’t wait for grilling season & eating more dinners outside with our family & hopefully soon, friends! #WalmartGrillMates #AvailableAtWalmart . Grilled Montreal Steak Recipe: 2 lbs boneless beef sirloin or New York strip steaks (We used New York strip steaks) 2 TBSP McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning . Season steaks generously with Steak Seasoning Grill steaks over med high heat for 6-8 minutes per side
Instagram post 17884886674576865 These days of lasts with this “baby” are fleeting. He’s getting taller & heavier & is such a yummy toddler. He has opinions & if he isn’t following Joe around, he’s on the heels of his dad. . We have said goodbye to binkies, bottles, diapers & I feel that naps are soon to follow. . While the baby years are so exhausting & beautiful & frustrating & you lose yourself being a mother, I see you. I’ve been there a few times. Just soak it up & keep hugging them tighter. I will take being their most important person as long as I can. 💙
Instagram post 18141592909006657 Out of all the hats I try to wear, nothing comes close to the role of being a mom. Motherhood is my favorite & it is by far the hardest, most challenging, stretches me in all directions & knocks me flat on my butt most days. They are my world and I feel so lucky to be theirs. And to my own mama who set the bar high for your most cherished role of being our mom by being at all of our games, sitting through every piano lesson, braiding hair, making meals and treats for everyone, & giving the Energizer bunny a run for his money, I love you and appreciate you.
Instagram post 18034492255252353 Yesterday we took a test on Pythagorean theorem & the distance formula, followed by learning how to find the volume of a cylinder. (crazy stuff) After every problem he (we) got right, we’d give each other knuckles with a letttttssssss goooo! 🎉 Then today I had to use my phone a friend to help explain the 4th grade Math to me. 🙈 . You win some, you lose some friends. You take 1 step forward and 3 steps back. Or in this case kill it at 7/8 Math & the next day take yourself back to elementary school. . I’m glad I told my mom I was sure I’d never need this stuff down the road.
Instagram post 18053221981235749 Let love grow. Let patience grow. Let relationships grow. Especially at this time where the worry & anxiety grows, let the good grow more than everything else. . Love that our neighborhood did a Chalk the Block a few days ago and I’m not going to lie, we spent a good amount of our afternoon on Pinterest for inspiration & I’m somehow committed to making dream catchers now. 🙈 It was an absolutely beautiful day. 💙
Instagram post 17938617475356896 I really wanted to laugh when Ty turned on the bidet & it shot me & went over my shoulder far past me into the bathroom, spraying the ceiling, the door, the wall. Bouncing off of my stomach onto every surface. Except I couldn’t laugh, I couldn’t hold a brave face like I’ve been trying to do for weeks. . I called Steve & once I heard his voice I couldn’t get out a cohesive sentence in between sobs. I’m trying to homeschool and do the job that 14 people were doing pretty well. I’m trying to keep a clean house and really missing the house cleaner that came occasionally to deep clean. I’m missing seeing people that fuel my need to connect. I’m attempting to work for a minute each day. I’m missing carpools to sports. I’m trying to teach normal household things to my kids, except nothing is normal right now. I’m missing the ordinary. . I’m just sad. Sad for my kids. Sad for my friends kids. Sad for high school seniors & college kids missing out on a fun season in their lives. I’m sad for people who were planning weddings, birthdays, and businesses planning events. I’m sad for people who have lost their jobs. I’m sad for the managers who are holding on by their teeth trying to keep people employed even when the numbers don’t make sense. I’m sad for the people on the frontline working, exhausted and waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel. . I’m devastated for people we have known through the years that are feeling extreme loss. People that are in hospitals alone, people that have lost parents, siblings, children & babies. . In this mix of feeling every single emotion possible, happening every single day & sometimes in the same minute, I feel gratitude & am leaving space to feel the anxiety. I know that this is the journey of life, I feel that this will get better, but that doesn’t fix the heavy feeling out of it today. It’s heavy for you, for me and for them. Let’s choose to be a little kinder & give credit to what we feel. #createanywaytlp
Instagram post 17908289464432358 That first Easter sequence of Atonement & Resurrection constitutes the most consequential moment, the most generous gift, the most excruciating pain, & the most majestic manifestation of pure love ever to be demonstrated in the history of this world. Jeffrey R Holland . So grateful to spend the day (and many days recently) with the people that mean the most to me celebrating that He is Risen! Because of Him I can be forgiven of the big and small mistakes I often make & be with Him & my family again. Hope you had a Happy Easter! 🌷
Instagram post 17861436958802517 Everybunny needs somebunny & in this time of lots of unknowns & ups and downs, I hope you know somebunny loves you. Happy Easter weekend peeps! 🐇💗🌷
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