BrickFair in Chantilly, VA

By Lucy
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Looking for something fun to do this weekend and are a huge fan of bricks or LEGOs?  Check out BrickFair at the Dulles Expo in Chantilly, VA on August 1st and 2nd.  We

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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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