All Posts Tagged With: "MY LIFE"
Local: The Des Moines Blank Park Zoo, A Family Activity
Zoo’s are always fun family activities. Now that we are permanent residents of Des Moines, Colton and I decided to take a trip down to the Blank Park Zoo with Grandma, something I haven’t done since childhood. Admission is only $5.95 for children, so this is a relatively cheap family activity. Check with your local zoo for special [...]
8Aug2010 | Emily | 0 comments | Continued
Beat the Heat- Swim In A Bucket!
My cousin is actually the same age as my son. Now that we’ve moved back to Iowa, they have numerous play dates throughout the week. Dory is a “princess”- the ultimate girly girl. My son is all boy. Trucks, wrestling, and sports are his thing. Combine the two of them- and you have an unpredictable show! [...]
17Jun2010 | Emily | 5 comments | Continued
Is That You Justin Bieber?
You’d think after almost three years being surrounded by big and tough college baseball players (Hubby is in his last year of D1 college baseball)and four uncles whose lives are centered around sports, that Colton would be like some sports-obsessed little boy. It may have been the two-hour trips (filled with singing to pass time) to the doctors [...]
20May2010 | Emily | 0 comments | Continued
After Weeks of Technical Mayhem, We Are Back!
You may have noticed for the past two weeks we have been having some technical difficulties. Along with thousands of other GoDaddy hosted blogs, we were hacked twice within two weeks, in which malicious code was installed into our files. If you have ever dealt with these kind of security issues, than you know it [...]
4May2010 | Emily | 5 comments | Continued
Look Out Masters, Here Comes a Golf Prodigy
One thing that some people take for granted is their backyard. Growing up, I didn’t even think twice about how great it is to have that space. Since we now live in an apartment, we usually have to drive 10 minutes to the park. That may not seem like a big deal (and it isn’t) [...]
29Apr2010 | Emily | 6 comments | Continued
Bloggers on Bourbon
I am excited to say that I will be attending Bloggers on Bourbon on July 23rd – 25th! This is a “social media meet up” hosted by Trisha of MomDot and Leah of Bookie Boo in New Orleans. This is a social gathering (not a conference) where we will get to meet and hang out [...]
17Apr2010 | Emily | 3 comments | Continued
Teen Summer Volunteer Programs
Volunteering has always been a huge part of my life. I remember going to the homeless shelter my aunt worked at to serve dinner to homeless families and tagging along with my Grandpa when we had days off of school to put together boxes of food at the Food Pantry. In high school I participated in Spring Break [...]
16Apr2010 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
Potty Training Troubles
I have actually been fortunate enough to have an exceptional experience with potty training. I know this is very rare as I’ve heard the trials and tribulations of the dreaded task, but Colton was basically trained in one weekend. Yes…… one weekend. So it went like this: when he was almost two and a half we casually [...]
27Mar2010 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
The Last Few Days Of Our Anna Maria Vacation
Our last days on Anna Maria Island were mostly lounging around and going to the beach- just what vacation should be. The last half of the trip, the weather wasn’t as hot as I would have liked it to be and just our luck, it is supposed to get hot the days after we leave. [...]
19Mar2010 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
