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Loudoun County, VA Fair
By Lucy
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 This week is the Loudoun County fair. Growing up we would go to county fairs and always had a good time. I'm always wanting Michael to experience all the fun stuff that we
It's been awhile since we've gone over budget - Meal Plans and Grocery Trip for July 24th - 30th
By Lucy
Monday, July 27, 2015 This past weekend we ended up spending some family time and didn't get around to doing the grocery shopping until today, Monday. Here's what I came up with for our dinner meal plan
Animal Kingdom 2014
By Lucy
Sunday, July 26, 2015 image source. Our forth day of our Walt Disney World vacation back in December was spent at Animal Kingdom. If you love animals, than this is the place for you. It's like a
In DIY
Creating your own cork board
By Lucy
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 In creating our kitchen command center, which is almost complete, I never really imagined having a cork board in it. It just so happened that I purchased the wrong size frame and so
Lots of household items needed this week - Meal Plans and Grocery Trip for July 17th - 23rd
By Lucy
Monday, July 20, 2015 Since Michael was at vacation bible school at our church on Saturday morning, Jon and I decided that we would just get our grocery shopping out of the way. We actually did our
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Have you heard of bookroo?
By Lucy
Saturday, July 18, 2015 Product Review and a Special Offer for You! Seems that the new big thing are monthly subscriptions that come to your door in a box. Every time I'm on Facebook, there seems to
Family Fun Mini-Golf
By Lucy
Thursday, July 16, 2015 Back in mid-June, we went to a pretty awesome, one-of-a-kind mini-golf course here in Northern Virginia. You've never played mini-golf until you've gone to Perils of the Lost Jungle at Woody's Golf Range
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Preserving your kid's art work from school
By Lucy
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 If you're like me, you probably have your kid's school art work just piled up laying around your house just trying to figure out what to do with it. You don't want to
Back to some normalcy - Meal Plans and Grocery Trip for July 10th - 16th
By Lucy
Monday, July 13, 2015 We are finally back to some normalcy in our household. That means back to meal planning and grocery/household budget. Here's what I have planned for dinners this week: We are finally back to
In DIY
DIY Octonauts wall art
By Lucy
Wednesday, July 08, 2015 Since it's extremely hard to find wall art for an Octonauts themed bedroom, Jon decided that he would make his own wall art. I originally thought that he would just paint a picture
An Octonauts big boy bedroom
By Lucy
Monday, July 06, 2015 Over the past several months we have been working on getting what used to be the spare bedroom ready for Michael's big boy room. Originally he wanted his room to stay pirates, but
In 4th of July
4th of July vacation at Rehoboth Beach, DE
By Lucy
Friday, July 03, 2015 A few years ago we decided to take our vacation during the 4th of July holiday. My in-laws had purchased a trailer in Rehoboth Beach, DE earlier that year and we took them
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Visiting George Washington's Mount Vernon on the 4th of July
By Lucy
Wednesday, July 01, 2015 The summer before we had Michael, we decided to do something different for 4th of July. It had been many years since my mom and I had gone to Mount Vernon and Jon
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