Praises of a Wife and Mommy

Have you heard of Peet's Coffee?  I had not either until they contacted me about their "Do you give a cup?" campaign. 
To celebrate this journey, they are launching Give A Cup, the Internet's very first social sampling experiment.
Here’s how it works. Each week, you can go to doyougiveacup.comand vote on a topic. The topics are fun, current and sometimes a bit quirky. Your votes determine where we host our sampling events each week.
Check out Peet's Give a Cup social sampling experiment! Each week, you can vote whether you "give a cup" about a new topic. Your vote helps to determine where Peet's hands out their new Single Cups. So do you #GiveACup?

 I have participated in the questions regarding "Do you Give a cup."  This weeks question was Do you give a cup about hot dog eating contests? So for me I'm sorry but I am not a big fan of watching someone eat and eat and over eat some more as fast as they can.  I did live in Sheboygan Wisc…

One of my favorite Children's Bible is the "Jesus Storybook Bible."  I am really thrilled that they took that entire children's Bible and made DVD sessions from each Biblical story.  These videos are 5-9 minutes long and are helping in our church Sunday School program.  

I was very curious if the stories from the book would be word for word or done differently.  When I watched the first episode it was a delightful experience to watch the video with the bible open and follow along.  Every part of the DVD was word for word from the Bible.  The pictures were nice and vibrant and my heart got excited to share with all the little kids at church. 

You must check out these DVD's for your personal collection.   




I was given a copy of the DVD's to conduct my review.  I was not paid for this review and all opinions are 100% mine.

I know I'm not the only wife with a husband who has t-shirts with those nasty yellow pit stains.  Ladies there is an easy solution!  Check out the before and after pictures above and that is just from using Raise!  WOOT!  No more throwing all the shirts out because of pit stains.  Get rid of the stain with Raise don't throw the shirt away. 

The question of the week...month is when will my daughter lose her two front teeth?  Anyone want to make some guesses?  


The two bottom teeth are getting to come out.  I think my daughter is so excited to lose a tooth she is constantly pushing on her teeth to help the process along.  
So come one and leave a comment with a date you think she will lose one or both.  :)  Play along she really wants to lose them before she turns 6 in September.  She likes to set goals and achieve them... it's a great quality I love about her. 

Yes, those are the two cutest kids you have ever seen.  :) 
We had a smaller pool that was used as a ball pit for the balls but we got another hole and since I have taped up several holes I thought we should try to find a pool that did not need to be blown up. 

We filled the pool up and got the balls in and the kids sure had a blast throwing the balls out of the pool and aiming for the big grey container.   Easy entertainment and easy clean up. 

Another year has come and my love for my husband is still stronger then ever.  We may have had several changes over the last 7 years but my love only grows.  
Our date last night is one that will never be forgotten!  Let me just start at the beginning.  
We left our house a little after three and we had a little drive to arrive at the museum we wanted to go to.  The clouds were rolling in and we had already had a few storms come and go but no big deal.  Once we took our exit I got my phone out to take some pictures of the neat and scary clouds. 

My husband and I noticed right away that these clouds were low and moving very fast.  A few seconds later our phones were sending us this message:

Let me remind you that we were driving!  Within a couple more minutes it started to rain and then down pour.  So we turned into the nearest place, ironically it was a motel, HAHA and took shelter there.  As soon as we were running from the vehicle to the building the wind picked up.  We were soaked head…

The most awaited part of the years- S-U-M-M-E-R has finally come. Aren't you excited to be in the beach, wear shorts, be tanned, be sweaty yet gorgeous and go to music festivals? Well I definitely am! What is summer without a new pair of eyewear? An easy remedy for this is to stop by Firmoo.com and pick up a free pair of glasses so that you won't miss a moment this summer. New arrivals are part of the First-Pair-Free-Program. Now get yours for FREE! + Looking for Retro Style Glasses? A retro glasses frame offering a quirky retro look. This eyewear with bold color and fashionable design will lighten up your summers. The rectangular lenses are surrounded by thin and sleek rims, extending out to metal stems. Spring hinges add extra comfort to wear. Find out your own and unique style.

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Today I celebrate 7 years of marriage with my best friend!  After 7 years we have 2 awesome children, have had 4 dogs, and lived at 4 different places!  It sure is an adventure that we share.  I love you Anthony, we make a great team and I love sharing life with you.  

Admit it, this is the biggest watermelon you have ever seen?  It was heavy and super red and delicious.  I brought it to our church potluck this weekend.  This huge watermelon was found at Aldi's and was only $5.49-Woot!

We finally went out to dinner in our new town and had a nice walk along the Mississippi this evening.  It was nice relaxing and enjoying each other and filling our belly with some local grub.  We went to a restaurant called "Sneaky Pete's" and they are known for cutting ties off you if you wear one in.  I still feel like a tourist in our new town but it's fun that way.  :) 
Seriously look at all the ties!  I also heard President Obama came through and ate here.  Not sure if he has his tie on the wall though.  

We had just gotten back home from getting the mail and then we had a parade of bikers come park in the church parking lot.  (During the week we share the parking lot down town)  It was neat to watch them all park and many were waving to my kids.  
Makes me want to do a Biker Blessing!! :) I counted 47 bikes!!  Wowzers!  Sadly they were not in town too long because a bad storm was coming and they had to get back to another town.   

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Cascade. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.”

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