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10 Mistakes for Newlyweds to Avoid

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Hospital Bag Checklist - What You Really Need for Both Mom AND Baby

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We've Been Keeping a Secret!

24 Ways to Overcome Mommy Burnout - How to avoid mommy burnout when you're at home with the kids all day.  Keep up when you feel burnt out! Avoid stress, make life easier, and actually enjoy time with family with these tips to overcome mommy burnout.

How to Overcome Mommy Burnout

Want to let your kids do sports, music, or art but are tight on money? Find out how to afford kids' sports and activities on a budget with these 11 simple ways to save on kids' activities and sports! These are great ideas for frugal families!

11 Ways to Save on Kids' Sports and Activities

Although you might swear by YouTube makeup tutorials that use only the latest, there are so many vintage makeup gems out there that can deliver the same results – if not better! With their glowing skin, tumbling curls and perfect pouts, vintage beauties like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn are still the envy of women today!  Here are 8 vintage beauty tips that still work today!

8 Vintage Beauty Tips that Still Work

Fun Family Christmas Traditions and Christmas Eve Traditions. Don't get lost in your schedules and to-do lists. Remember to make magical Christmas memories with your family with these Fun Family Christmas Traditions ideas.

Fun Family Christmas Traditions

8 Ways to Transform Chicken Nuggets into Dinner in 5 Ingredients or Less - Use these 8 Ways to Transform Chicken Nuggets into Dinner in 5 Ingredients or Less with 8 different easy recipes to change up a favorite into a quick and easy family dinner. 

8 Ways to Transform Chicken Nuggets into Dinner in 5 Ingredients or Less

5 Ingredient Bento Box Lunches for Kids for a Week - If you're looking for some easy, creative, and healthy school lunch ideas for kids, check out these super simple 5 ingredient bento box lunches for kids for a WHOLE WEEK!

5 Ingredient Bento Box Lunches for Kids for a Week

11 Frugal Fall Date Ideas for couples - Enjoy the Fall season with your special someone while still on a budget with these 11 Frugal Fall Date Ideas that you'll both love. These are great date night ideas! So fun!

11 Frugal Fall Date Ideas

Arlo Baby Monitor Review - Arlo Baby is the smart baby monitor that lets you be productive  while knowing your child is safe. Gain more peace of mind, freeing your brain up for other important tasks, like solo bathroom trips (okay, yeah. That might be pushing it a little too far). But here are my top 12 favorite features for the Arlo Baby Monitor and why it's on my baby must have list! (Perfect baby shower gift idea!!)

Arlo Baby Monitor is a Baby Must-Have | Review

23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids - Check out these 23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids of you're looking for some inexpensive, family-friendly fun this Fall for the whole crew. Parenting Tips. I want to do all of these this year!

23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth - Make sure your school mornings are quick, easy, and stress-free, with these 8 simple tips for how to make school mornings run smooth! Parenting Tips 

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth

How to Rekindle your Relationship - Don't let the spark in your marriage die out! Keep the fire alive and exciting with these 10 Ways to Rekindle Your Relationship for a happy, lasting marriage.  Love and marriage tips

10 Ways to Rekindle Your Relationship

34 Vacation Safety Tips for Kids - Safety is important, even on vacation.  Use these 34 tips for keeping your kids safe on vacation, including tips for before you leave, on the way, at your hotel, in a crowd, and medicine and vitamin storage and safety.  These tips will help you have a fun and safe vacation with the family. 

33 Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe on Vacation

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons - Being polite, thoughtful, and kind is an important part of making friends and life in general. Use these 6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons to help turn your sons into respectful and respectable men. Parenting tips

6 Tips for Teaching Manners to Your Sons

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night - Spend some quality time with your family having fun, playing games, and being silly with these 7 tips for hosting a rocking family game night.  Parenting tips

7 Tips for Hosting a Rocking Family Game Night

6 Reasons to Teach Your Sons about Housework - Housework is an important skill for everyone to learn, including boys.  Put your boys to work and check out these 6 reasons to teach your sons about housework. Parenting Tips

6 Reasons You Need to Teach Your Sons About Housework

23 Best Games for Family Game Night - Make your family game night the best ever with these 23 Best Games for Family Game Night. The whole family will these fun games, and a chance to spend time together! Parenting Tips

23 Best Games for Family Game Night

14 Dirt and Mud Activities - There are so many health benefits to kids going outside and playing in the mud, and there's no need to worry when you can clean up gently after with Ivory Soap.  Encourage your kids to have fun and get muddy with these 14 mud activities for kids, then wash up with the best soap!

14 Dirt and Mud Activities for Kids (And the Best Bath Soap to Wash Up!)

7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing - Whether you love fishing or not, it can be a great activity for your family to get outside, bond, and have some fun this year. Here are 7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing even if you don't like the worms! Parenting Tips

7 Reasons to Take Your Family Fishing

10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy Families - Baseball season can make busy schedules a little crazier.  Use these 10 Ball Park Hacks for busy families to make it a little easier and less stressful for everyone! Parenting Tips

10 Ball Park Hacks for Busy Families

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste - Save money and resources by wasting less food.  Stop wasting and start being resourceful now with these 6 easy ways to reduce your family's food waste!  Frugal living - budget

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste

50 Tips for Traveling with Children for a fun and relaxing family vacation - Have more fun and make traveling with kids a breeze with these 50 easy but brilliant tips for traveling with children. Have your best vacation yet!

50 Tips for Traveling with Children

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Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Fully loaded buffalo chicken salad with a swirl of ranch on top

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Snickers Caramel Apple Salad drizzled with caramel sauce in a large bowl next to a wrapped Snickers bar and Granny Smith Apple on a rustic wood backdrop

Snickers Caramel Apple Salad

Spicy blueberry burger with blueberry sauce running down with fresh arugula and blueberries behind it

Spicy Blueberry Burgers

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Jicama Slaw

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Pizza Pasta Salad

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