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Classic Vanilla Smoothie Recipe + A Challenge With Almond Breeze #CoolerwithAlmondBreeze

Classic Vanilla Smoothie Recipe + A Challenge With Almond Breeze #CoolerwithAlmondBreeze

The other day my daughter brought home an assignment she completed with her class. It was a brainstorm chart of the ‘needs’ they need to live. She read through them all to me and I was quick to notice, although they wrote under the ‘needs’ section 

A Baby’s First for Everything Documented in a Scrapbook: #PampersFirsts

A Baby’s First for Everything Documented in a Scrapbook: #PampersFirsts

When we first found out we were going to be parents it was the summer of 2005. I remember waiting to see those double lines on my Clear Blue pregnancy test for so many months. The day it first happened was a day I will 

Canadian Backyard Ice Rink Party: Nikon MOM Captures Memories #NikonMOMents

Canadian Backyard Ice Rink Party: Nikon MOM Captures Memories #NikonMOMents

Over the course of the next 6 months follow hashtag #NikonMOMents for social shares from the Nikon MOMents team. Each of us will be posting five personal events where we will capture our memories at the heart of the image! This is my third NikonMOMents event from my five part series. Read my 

Game Day Food Pre Party This Tuesday On Twitter #GameDayFood!

Game Day Food Pre Party This Tuesday On Twitter #GameDayFood!

When I think of the Super Bowl I think “the game I still don’t understand the rules of, even after being explained them each year.” We aren’t the biggest Football fans but anything that pairs, adrenalin, fun and food has my attention. Hot and spicy, 

Savoring the Memories of 2015 #12PrintsProject with Posterjack!

Savoring the Memories of 2015 #12PrintsProject with Posterjack!

No way my kids will grow. It wasn’t until my kids became toddlers that I started to realize the wise words of many mothers to me “Enjoy every moment of them today, time goes quick.” No way did I every think our four kids would 

Sugar Free Black Bean Brownies – Our Families Favorite

Sugar Free Black Bean Brownies – Our Families Favorite

Since we took on this new lifestyle the thing I struggled with most was having quick and satisfying snacks on hand. I will admit there has been lots of homemade baked goods I have thrown out because they were horrible. When your baking gluten, sugar and dairy-free 

Teaching The Kids Gratitude & To Be Mindful in 2015 #ONatural

Teaching The Kids Gratitude & To Be Mindful in 2015 #ONatural

Studies say you will have the best results by starting a resolution when you’re mentally ready and starting January 1st may set you up for failure because it is a trend rather than a personal quest. Since we started our ‘resolution’ in October I tend to 

Successful New Year Resolution That Happened Eleven Years Ago – 45 lbs gone

Successful New Year Resolution That Happened Eleven Years Ago – 45 lbs gone

As soon as January hit’s it’s feels like a new door opens and you can give a fresh new start at anything you please. To date my most successful New Year resolution was in 2004. I have always been careful about what goals I put on 

Filling Our New Yellow Office With Dual Monitors & Pens From Staples Canada

Filling Our New Yellow Office With Dual Monitors & Pens From Staples Canada

This fall hubby and I decided that instead of spoiling each other with stuff this Christmas we would renovate an extra room in our main floor into an office space. This space still looked like it was from the 1980’s when our house was built 

Our Big Family Detox: A Resolution That Happened in October – Introduction

Our Big Family Detox: A Resolution That Happened in October – Introduction

This post is not about a New Year’s resolution but a resolution that took place in October and something I have been dying to share with you. Resolution is a firm decision to do or not to do something. Resolution is the action of solving