Menu Plan by Brittany Confession: I have never spent any amount of time preparing a freezer meal. Gasp. I know. I just can't handle the thought of spending hours in the kitchen with ingredients strewn all over the place. I'm as good with long hours in the kitchen as I am with large amounts of laundry. Enter the humble soup. What do I love about soup? I can make at least two meals out of each recipe. Soup freezes better than any other meal, in my opinion. Every time I make soup I get a meal now and a meal later. Problem solved. While we are giving soup a high five, I'd like to add that it is so much easier to get your kids to eat large amounts of Keep Reading
What’s for dinner? This week’s soup menu plan (12/9)
White Elephant Gift Idea: Bacon lip balm with bacon mints
White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Bacon Lip Balm – Add in some bacon flavored mints. This is so gross but so perfect at the same time. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
White Elephant Gift Idea: Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer
White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer -- Package with a bunch of bananas and make sure you read the reviews before you buy. This with a bunch of bananas would blow the competition out of the water. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
White Elephant Gift Idea: Royal Wedding Tea Caddy
White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Royal Wedding Tea Caddy – Anything with the Royal wedding is awesome. I'm sure a poster, book or other Royal Wedding souvenir would work well too. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
White Elephant Gift Idea: Instant Underpants — Just add water!
White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Instant underpants -- I bought these last year. Best. Gift. Ever. We laughed for hours over this one. I think I won big points for creativity. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
New Pampers Gifts to Grown 15 point code
Pampers Gifts to Grow Points Code -- December Sign into your Pampers Gifts to Grow account and enter the code TWITFRI45998213 get 15 FREE points. (code expired) The Pampers Gifts to Grow program is open to everyone, not just moms. Grandmas and Grandpas you can help your kids out by adding up points too. Just enter points you find on the web or by purchasing Pampers products and trade in your points for FREE prizes such as coupons, toys, and more. Keep Reading
Ten for Teens Giving Project update: Give a gift card to a local teen in foster care!
Ten for Teens Giving Project Update It's about time for a Ten for Teens Giving Project update! What is Ten for Teens? One thing that caseworkers consistently report is that teens are the most neglected groups when it comes to community holiday giving. Ten for Teens is a project that aims to give every teen in foster care in the Portland Metro area a $10 gift card this Christmas season. There are approximately 1230 teens in the Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion, and Clark County foster care system. Our desire is to make sure every single teen receives not only a gift, but a message of hope and love. In order to meet this goal, we Keep Reading