I was invited to participate in a promotional tour of Branson through US Family Guides Blogger Network. All opinions are my own, all experiences are my own, and OMG I’M EXCITED about this trip! Also, be sure to check out the Branson coupons for local attractions and lodging at the bottom of this post. True story: …

I don’t often call myself an expert at anything, but one thing I am 100%, without a doubt an expert at? Horse books. Seriously. I’ve read them alllll. Well…at least all of the classics and pretty much everything written (classic or not) before 1992! True story: I read every horse book in my library in …

You know what my babies loved most about board books? Eating them. Seriously. That was especially the case with Jack – I thought he might have something “wrong” with him when, at six-months-old, he’d cry when I tried to read him. If he wasn’t able to hold and eat the book, he wasn’t interested. He …

I love to give books as gifts at baby showers. And I loved receiving them at my own (in fact, at one of my baby showers my friends made centerpieces at all of the tables out of children’s books – how clever is that?!). Books have a warm place in my heart and I hope …

I have one particular smoothie that I make several times a week. I’d make it every day, if I wasn’t always running out of spinach or pineapple. I like it because it’s a dairy-free, juice-free green smoothie – and it still tastes delicious. This is made from whole foods (fruits and spinach!), and is even …

About a month ago, we did a bunch of Spring cleaning. For about three days, we had a sparkling clean house. And then, life resumed as usual and the house returned to its normal state (right before I sat down to write this, I cleaned apple juice off of a wall, which is about par …

I was compensated for this post by Global Influence. I also received candy from Hershey’s to facilitate this post – and even better, one lucky reader gets to win a Hershey’s Chocolate prize pack! Easter will be here before you know it (April 20th, in case you’re wondering…thank goodness for Google). Easter means a lot …

Remember back in January when I talked about how I wasn’t making resolutions…I was making plans? Well, one of those plans was to lose weight and get in shape. And to be honest, I’ve tried about six diets in as many weeks and failed every. single. time. So, last week I got serious and joined …

If you read my post from last week about making plans, you know I’m on a mission to get my finances in order. And as I learned last year, blogging is expensive. One of my blogging priorities this year was to create a blog budget (and just as importantly, stick to it). Coming up with …

I kind of feel like I just ran a marathon (I mean, if I were to ever have actually run a marathon to compare this to). I wrapped up all 12 days of 12 Days of Christmas Printables…and I even finished them in 12 days. Woohoo, go me, etc., etc. I’m going to list them …