Ballet: Step by Step – a Review and Give Away from Dance Teacher Press

How many little ballerinas do you have in your life?  :)  With four daughters and two granddaughters, it seems like I’ve always had someone in the house who was passionate about being a princess AND becoming a ballerina.  At a certain age, each of the girls lived in pink or purple and had to wear [...]

Give Love and Hope: Change a Life with One Unique Gift – a World Vision Give Away

Hand-Carved Salad Servers? A goat and 2 chickens?  A dairy cow?  A flock of chickens?  Do the emotions of love and hope spring up in you, when you think of them? Maybe not yet, but I hope by the end of this post your view of farm animals and hand-crafted gifts will be a little [...]

Chocolate Strawberry Cloud Cupcakes! Everyday Dessert Made Special with Cool Whip Frosting

Thursday night is Grandkids Night.  No matter what other hubbub and chaos are happening the rest of the week, I know that Thursday night is just going to be smiles, hugs, fun and laughter and I never get tired of it.  I love having this established tradition and feel so blessed to have the grandchildren [...]

Teaching Kids the Power of Sharing: Kleenex’s Softness Worth Sharing Program Can Help

On October 3, 2012, in Family Circus, Matters that Matter, Parenting and Grandparenting, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

We’ve all had the experience of receiving unexpected, and so appreciated, gifts.  Moments of unforeseen acts of thoughtfulness can mean all the difference in making our way through difficult situations or just to perk up an otherwise “going-downhill-fast” kind of day. Our family was recently on the receiving end of such an act.  With my [...]

Inspiring Easter Smiles with “Baskets” from Grandma

Those of you who have been reading this blog for awhile have probably figured out that there is a fairly large age-span between our kids.  They’re 10, 15 (almost 16), 19, 25 and 27.  Is it just me or do they never get to old for Easter baskets?  -lol-  We have added two fabulous son-in-laws [...]

Win a Full-Year Subscription to Discovery Girls Magazine! : Review and Giveaway #momsparkmedia

Discovery Girls Magazine is written to encourage and inspire tween girls (those between 8 and 13).  They share ideas and information on everything from friendship to future careers and all that is in between.  I was delighted to find the advice offered to be wholesome and common sense — in line with what we would [...]

Texas on Tour and a Southwest-Style Giveaway!

On July 13, 2011, in Family Circus, Giveaways, Parenting and Grandparenting, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

Texas on Tour is a fun and unique virtual tour of our biggest state, and there is still time to share it with your own family, since they have stops in four more states, this summer: Bite of Seattle……………….Seattle, WA…………………July 15-17 Ohio State Fair……………..Columbus, OH……………..July 27-31 Iowa State Fair……………..Des Moines, IA…………….August 11-21 Minnesota State Fair……..Minneapolis, [...]

Use Promo Code PX0709 to get Parents Magazine for only $4 for a Full Year!

On July 8, 2011, in Budget-wise, Family Circus, Parenting and Grandparenting, by Glenda Embree

  I just received the opportunity to pass on a great frugal deal for Parents Magazine.  Use promo code PX0709 and receive a full year of Parents Magazine for only $4!!! Thats only 33 cents per issue!  In Parents Magazine you’ll find information, tips and suggestions about children at each age and stage, as well [...]

CAT Tough Tracks Free Wheeling Dump Truck Review

The CAT Tough Tracks Free-Wheeling Dump Truck arrived for me to review, thanks to Team Mom and Toy State Toys.  I waited with great anticipation for my almost two-year-old grandson to arrive and test it out.  He is in love with anything on wheels and finding the fun surprise of the included hard-hat, made the [...]

Wordless Wednesday: How it Looks to be Blessed – Our Easter Sunday

On April 27, 2011, in Family Circus, Matters that Matter, Parenting and Grandparenting, Reflections, by Glenda Embree

This is my first Wordless Wednesday post.   I get the concept, but seriously; did you really think I would be totally wordless? -  lol-   Maybe I’ll start calling it Mostly Wordless Wedneday. I love these people and the only ones missing from this day were our daughter and son-in-law, who were just married [...]

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