I received samples from Tiny Love to facilitate this post.  All opinions are my own. I am a bit obsessed with baby gear.  (My husband can attest to this.)  I used to own like ten strollers.  And if you add that to all my other gear and toys, we were being a bit overrun!  But something I should point out with that is that I also used to do daycare.   So I used to care for 13 children every day.  Then we had five of our own after I was done with daycare.  So in my defense, I did have a reason Read more [...]

Thank you to SwimWays for providing me with products to facilitate my blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. Yesterday, was the hottest day of the year, here in Oregon.  By 9:00 am it was already 76°. In the afternoon, the temperature soared to 93°. It was hot and it made for a great day to play in our backyard swimming pool. This is the second year we have had the swimming pool. When we bought the pool, we also purchased a couple of swimming toys. The girls had a lot of fun with them Read more [...]

Thank you to Robert Rose Inc. for sending product for review in exchange for my honest opinion. As many of you know, my full time day job is a nurse - taking care of kids. I also have a 2.5 year old daughter and a baby on the way. Friends and family use me as a resource when it comes to questions they have about their children's health - especially during times when clinics are not open. Even though I'm pretty knowledgeable, I definitely don't claim to know it all (nobody can, right?!). Googling Read more [...]

Thank you to Sunglass Warehouse for providing me with products to facilitate my blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. I have an obsession with sunglasses. I wear them all the time! I like to joke that being an Oregonian has made my eyes sensitive to the sun because we only have it for a few months out of the year. Lol. Anyways, because I wear my sunglasses all the time, I lose them and break them quite often. This really makes it hard for me to justify spending a lot of money on them. Instead, Read more [...]

I received product from GoSports to facilitate this post.  All opinions are my own. Are you enjoying your summer yet?  I know that some schools are just letting out but we've been done home schooling for almost two months now.  (Although we start mid-August so my kids are back to the books while everyone else is relishing in the last few weeks of summer.)  But either way.  Summer and sunshine are here and we are so grateful.  And with the nice weather comes plenty of time outdoors.  Which Read more [...]

This is a sponsored post in partnership with BraVoMark and SafetyPin Technologies. We rely on the internet for a lot these days. My father is in his 70's and has never owned a computer or a smartphone. Our area has this one lake with houses all around it, which does a yearly yard sale weekend. Many homes around the lake have a yard sale on the same day, and people from the community who want to go to yard sales can just park and walk around to lots of sales in a single day. My dad and I have Read more [...]

I received product from Half Price Banners to facilitate this post.  All opinions are my own. Every year, there are so many things to celebrate!  And my family enjoys getting together for parties and gatherings, big or small.  But one thing that I felt was missing was a really bold statement letting guests know where the party was.  So to mark the setting, I was really excited to check out Half Price Banners Feather Flags. Celebrations To Mark With Feather Flags When thinking about all Read more [...]

Thank you to Humarian for providing me with product in exchange for review purposes. All opinions are my own.  As someone who believes in a more natural approach to health I believe prevention is key. Boosting my immune system, eating healthy meals as often as possible, and taking high quality supplements are some of the things I try to implement in my daily regiment. There is quite a bit of research showing that good bacteria is needed for a healthy body and a great way to get that good bacteria Read more [...]

Most of my life I thought I simply had straight hair, that was prone to being frizzy and poofy. I've kept my hair long most of my adult life for the primary purpose of keeping it less poofy. It sounds so silly to me now, but I just thought 'if my hair gets too short, it gets poofy!' and I didn't care for the poofy look, so I kept it long. It never occurred to me that the poof was brushed-out curls. See, people with curly hair don't typically use a brush in their hair, at least not when Read more [...]

Thank you to Medela for providing me with product in exchange for review. All opinions are my own.  With my first two children in order to help encourage myself to stick with nursing I didn't buy any bottles or have any formula in the house. My grandmother did urge that I might get a hand breastpump just in case I needed to express any milk for any reason, so I did. After I had my son I was so glad that I had the pump as I was very engorged in the beginning. Afterwards we were together constantly Read more [...]