Growing up I looked forward to Black Friday shopping almost as much as Thanksgiving Dinner. Each year the women in my family would join the masses and shop at crazy hours of the night to get some awesome deals. Shopping at 4 or 5 am with my mom, sister and other family members are […]
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For many of us, Christmas has become a big production with numerous gifts and significant amounts of money spent on things that don’t really matter and we don’t really need. When we read the Christmas Story in the bible we read about 3 gifts that were brought to the Baby Jesus. The three gifts consisted of
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Melissa & Doug toys are some of my favorite. Right now the puzzles are my little man’s favorite, but he also loves the other toys. We have a wish list about a mile long of Melissa & Doug toys. The Melissa & Doug toys I have had experience with are built to last and encourage
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If you ever see the sign for an Earl of Sandwich and you haven’t tried it Stop! Order the holiday turkey! You will be in love. My first experience eating at the Earl of Sandwich was at the Disney Springs location in Orlando, FL. This post may contain affiliate links When we entered the restaurant,
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First, No I am not pregnant! Happy National Pumpkin Day! I had a cute pregnancy announcement picture pop up on my Facebook a couple of days ago, that I thought it would be fun to share. 3 years ago, we announced that we were pregnant with our first little pumpkin. We waited until I had
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A couple weeks ago I took the kids apple picking at Larriland Farms in Woodbine, Maryland. We were originally planning to visit Gardenhour Orchards, but they ended apple picking early this year. We got to Larriland Farms about 11 AM and the parking lot by the barn was empty. I wasn’t sure if we had
Most of the time the little man is playing with his cars or trains, reading about cars and trains or watching a show with cars and a train or two. Can you tell we love cars and trains? Yes, the little man loves cars and trains, but so do I. I love that both cars
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin! It’s almost fall so I can finally start to enjoy all things pumpkin again. (Ok to be honest I have been enjoying pumpkin cookies and things all year!) Why we just have a couple months that pumpkin is so popular, I have no idea. Call me crazy but I had pumpkin cake at
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A couple of weekends ago we decided to take the kids on a hike to Cunningham Falls. Cunningham Falls State Park is located in Frederick County, Maryland. The state park has 9 hiking trails totaling over 30 miles of trail, as well as a lake. When I was looking for information about going to the
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Cars 3 hit the theaters earlier this year (2017) and we are so excited for it to come out on DVD. Watching it brings back memories of the original Cars movie that came out in 2006. The original Cars movie brought us to love racing legend Lighting McQueen and all of his friends. If
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The Tillamook Cheese Factory visitor center is closed until 2018, but don’t worry. If you have trip planned before the new visitor center opens, there is a temporary visitor center in the big red barn on the property. This post may contain affiliate links On our weekend trip to Oregon we went to the Cheese
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While on our trip to Rockaway Beach we spent a morning biking around Seaside. Seaside has a typical beach town feel, with a lot of tourists. With 12 people, we rented a 9-seater bike and a 3-seater bike. There was no way we were all fitting on one bike even if 4 of the people
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