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Five Ways to Spend Less to Feed Your Kids

Kids can be little vacuums sometimes, eating up everything in sight. While it is good for growing bodies to get the calories and nutrition that they need, it isn’t always great for the budget, especially when you want to eat out. A typical family with three kids can spend $25-$30 at a counter service restaurant or $50-$70 at a family-friendly sit down restaurant. There are a number of ways to reduce the cost of food for your kids, that are not extreme and will leave you spending less to feed your kids. Here are five of the best ways to … Continue reading →

Five Signs that You Are Living Beyond Your Means

You could be living beyond your means and not realize it. Why is this a problem? Well, when we live beyond our means, we can quickly run up debt. This debt can snowball until it becomes hard to manage, a real crisis. That is why it is so important to recognize the early warning signs and make the changes that are necessary to get your finances back on track. Sometimes it seems as though you are supporting your lifestyle and don’t have a problem paying for anything. After all, your credit cards aren’t being turned down at the store, and … Continue reading →

A Growing Family

My daughter recently got married, I think I’ve touched on it before. It’s a new world for me, this empty nest thing. Hailey and I have been alone for such a long time, a little family island unto ourselves. Now, I have a son in law and she has a husband. Our family is pretty spread out, we are in Utah and most of our relatives are on the east coast. Holidays are usually spent with friends. Now Hailey’s family has expanded in ways I never even thought about. Today we went to a baby shower for Hailey’s sister in … Continue reading →

The Future is the Present Before You Know It

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I went to the park with my toddler and my baby today, and had a great time. The weather was beautiful and we met some friends there. Usually, my little man loves to be outside, and sit in his stroller and watch the other kids run around. Today, I got a little glimpse into future park play dates. Recently, my baby has gotten to be quite squirmy. He wants to be on the move even though he can’t even crawl yet! He is rolling over though, and I’ve decided really needs his space. He kept fussing in the stroller for … Continue reading →

Five Easy Easter Ham Glazes

A glazed ham is the traditional main dish for many families on Easter. How will you prepare yours? There are many different options for glazed ham, from the simple to the exotic. How do you glaze a ham? Glazing a ham is just the technique of combining ingredient and then brushing the mixture on to your ham. Most ham glaze recipes contain at least one sweet ingredient, such as sugar or honey. You can either glaze your ham throughout the cooking process or just during the last 20-30 minutes using high heat. I prefer to glaze the ham throughout on … Continue reading →

Easy to Grow Vegetables Part 2

Growing a vegetable garden doesn’t have to be arduous, especially if you start out with the easiest vegetables you can possibly grow. Try a couple of different varieties of some of the plants to see which ones wind up being your favorites. Yesterday, I posted the first part of this list. Now, here is part 2 with five additional easy to grow vegetable plants. Beets You can plant your beet seeds directly into the soil from spring through late summer. Neglected beets tend to get thick and woody, so harvest them early before that happens. Onions Onions are fun for … Continue reading →

Easy to Grow Vegetables

If you are new to vegetable gardening or if you want to introduce kids to this wonderful pastime, why not start simple with the vegetable plants that are the easiest to grow? Most vegetables require a lot of sun, about six to eight hours a day, so first identify a sunny spot in your yard where you will do your planting. A raised bed is nice but not necessary. Tomatoes I think tomatoes were the very first vegetable I ever attempted to grow. You can purchase them as seedlings, which makes planting them a snap. Wait until the danger of … Continue reading →

Five Days to an Organized Pantry: Day 4

We are almost finished with our pantry organization! There is only today and tomorrow to go! Isn’t that great? So far, we’ve put some good practices in place. Let us continue now and keep up the good momentum. Day 4: Unwrap the Pack Most of the time when we get home from the grocery store, we take the groceries out of the bag and put them in the pantry right away. I know that if I don’t do it right then, I’m likely to have bags of groceries sitting on the kitchen counter or kitchen until the next day. To … Continue reading →

Before Five in a Row

Product: Before Five in a Row Age Level: 2-4 years old Format: Softcover book Price: $35.00 What is Before Five in a Row? Not to leave out the eager younger children, this volume provides mini Five in a Row- style lessons for youngsters. This book; however, is divided into two parts, the first being similar to the other curriculum guides. Just as in the original series, each unit is built around a simple, classic children’s storybook. This book differs from the older volumes in that it is not structured around a week. The purpose is simply to provide an array … Continue reading →

Gluten-Free Food Review : Lundberg Organic Brown Rice Pasta (Rotini)

Trying a new food is always an interesting experience. It can be a little intimidating to willingly eat a food that isn’t quite the same as what you are used to. Try to look at it as a gluten-free food adventure! Here is my review of Lundberg Organic Brown Rice Pasta Rotini. Before I discovered that I had a gluten-allergy, pasta was definitely a staple food in my home. My husband used to make our own version of macaroni and cheese almost every week. The recipe was simple. Start with some pasta. Sometimes he would use rotini or penne pasta, … Continue reading →