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Runner Bib Invitations for a Birthday Party

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Lucy

Customizable Racer Bib Invitations for any running themed party. Edit them in your favorite photo editing to meet the needs of your event. Perfect for a color run, or a track or cross country themed birthday or other event. Could even be used to promote a fun run. I originally made these invitations for my oldest son’s birthday. He loves cross country & track and we thought it would be fun to throw him that kind of birthday party. My husband asked if I could make runner bib invitations. I turned to Picmonkey (affiliate link) and was very happy with

Over 50 Winner Chicken Dinner Recipes

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Lucy

Amazing chicken dinner recipes that are sure to be a hit with your family but add variety to your menu or meal plan! Chicken is a staple at our house. It’s my children’s favorite meat and it’s so versatile & easy to cook that we end up eating it a lot. That can lead to a lot of repetition as I tend to cook it the same way over & over again. My kids love Asian BBQ Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs but that doesn’t mean I want to eat it week after week! So I’ve collected these chicken dinner recipes

25 Healthy Lunch Ideas

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Lucy

Looking for some healthy lunch ideas that aren’t just more boring salads? These 25 healthy lunch recipes from top food bloggers are sure to be winners! This is a repost from 2015 but these are still all great lunch choices!! If you’re trying to lose weight or just live healthier, lunch can often be a struggle. If you’re away from home, you have to plan ahead and if you’re home it’s often challenging to find time to make something. So often you just grab whatever and it ends up not being the healthiest choice. So I reached out to some

40 Healthy Dinner Recipes

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Lucy

Looking to start the year off right? Or just looking for better dinners to serve your family? Check out these 40 great healthy dinner recipes. This is a repost from several years ago but we know many of you have started following us since them & missed it the first time around. We hope you enjoy them! Just about a year ago, I posted 25 Healthy Dinners because I was vowing to eat healthier in 2014. And I did… well some of the time! Some of those recipes have become family favorites and great fall back recipes when I need a

Free Printable 2018 Calendar

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Lucy

This beautiful pink printable 2018 calendar is perfect for meal planning, family events, or anything else you need a portable calendar for. If you’re just here for the calendar, scroll all the way to the bottom, right before the signature! Or you can read my thoughts on the New Year & what I wish for you. It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close. It seems like time just flies as my children grow up. I heard someone say that the days are long and the years and short and I have found that to be true

25 Healthy Dinners

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Lucy

Update: We are so glad you like all these wonderful healthy dinners! We’ve added two new roundups to help you eat better: 40 More Healthy Dinner Recipes and 25 Healthy Lunch Ideas. Also we decided to republish these for those that missed them the first time around!! I did not do a good job of eating healthy in 2013. Anyone else? Couple that with not working out nearly as much as the year before and I am not were I want to be right now health and fitness wise. I don’t really do the diet thing, it just doesn’t work

10 Amazing Quick Bread Recipes

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Lucy

10 Amazing quick bread recipes that you will love to bake over & over again. Includes fruit ones, chocolate, coffee, & even a cheesy pepper one. I love baking in the fall. I love that after the hot months of summer, I can use my oven again. And one of the things I love to bake is quick bread! Well that and muffins & cookies! But there is just something about all the amazing flavors, you can get with quick bread recipes without having to work with yeast, that I love! So in honor of baking season, here are some

Mocha Quick Bread

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Lucy

What goes better than a yummy chocolate bread & coffee? For me, pretty much nothing! So I combined both the coffee and the chocolate into this delicious Mocha Quick Bread! I love coffee. It just doesn’t feel like morning without my coffee. I also love chocolate! So of course I love mochas. I don’t drink them that often as I tend to drink most of my coffee at home. But I love using both of these flavors in my baking. The coffee flavor in the bread is not overly strong as both my children and my non-coffee drinking mother still

Why PicMonkey is Awesome & 6 Ways to Use It

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Lucy

If you edit pictures, make social media graphics, or just want an awesome cover picture for your social media profile, you need to check out PicMonkey! Applicable links are affiliate links. This means you pay the same price you normally would, but we earn a small commission for telling you about it! So this is one of those things I’ve been using FOREVER and rave about much just never shared with you guys. First off, I didn’t think it was a secret about how awesome PicMonkey is but I’m finding more and more people that haven’t used it or if

Squirt Gun Cake

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Lucy

Super easy & super fun squirt gun cake that’s perfect for a summer birthday or for any little kid! This cake is so cute but yet so easy!! You don’t have to be a master cake designer to pull it off! I’m not great with cakes. Not at all! So my mom has been making my children’s birthday cakes for awhile now. She made this one as well but I think I could have even pulled this one off! Squirt Gun Cake Directions What you need: Your favorite cake recipe made in either one large round pan or two regular