F is for Fourth of July: Patriotic Snack Mix    This is a sponsored post. Oriental Trading provided me with these products for review. All opinions are 100% my own. This post may also contain affiliate links. Find my full disclosure here. Hello, friends! I hope you have been enjoying the warm, sunny days of early summer Continue reading
F is for Father’s Day: Make Your Own Golf Themed Travel Mug This post may contain affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. Hello, friends! I have been off the grid for a few weeks spending some much needed time with family and friends. After helping my mom get through some unexpected surgery, I have been Continue reading
S is for Summer: Wonderful Watermelon Projects and Ideas This post may contain affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. It is hard to believe that fall is right around the corner already. Saying goodbye to summer is always so difficult for me each year. To keep summer alive for just a little bit longer, I decided Continue reading
P is for Play: Backyard Bug Hunt This post contains affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. As summer starts to wind down, we are doing our best to get as much outside time in as possible. One of our latest activities has been to have backyard bug hunts.  This is truly one of the easiest activities ever Continue reading
C is for Crafts: Watermelon Suncatchers This post contains affiliate links; find my full disclosure here. My kids love a good creative project so I am always thinking about how to reuse and re-purpose things into craft activities.  I also was inspired by all the empty strawberry containers we were accumulating earlier this summer and I could not bear to Continue reading
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