Raising Blessings

My girls are growing up so quickly. Sariah turned 3 years old yesterday and Rebekah turned 20 months. Sariah is officially not a baby anymore. After almost a year of being potty trained I recently decided to stop fighting her over wearing a diaper to bed. She has never woken up with a dry diaper [...]

Today it is Sariah’s 3rd birthday and I tried to make it special for her. I thought JJ was going to be taking the car today because he is working late all this week but he helped a friend move today so his friend gave him a ride home. This was good for us because [...]

My husband used to laugh at the fact that his Grandmother would say that burnt meat causes cancer. Well he is now a Bio-Chemistry grad student focusing on cancer research and has learned that burnt meat can in fact cause cancer. It seems that the big thing Cancer researchers are studying is inflammation causing cancer. [...]

As most children do Sariah and Rebekah love animals so I have been wanting to take them to the zoo for awhile. Well we did take Sariah to the Boise, Idaho zoo when she was 2 months old but that doesn’t count I have been to enough zoos to know that some zoos are really [...]

Today’s Redbox Promo Code: (March 9th 2009) 2GR4N8 Expires at midnight. Use at any Redbox Location for a free one night DVD Rental. Find the closest Redbox location to you. Last week we used our free rental code to rent: Space Chimps This is our 3rd week in a row using our free promo code [...]

I have a fairly new blog where I write reviews of products and services I have received and list freebies and contests I learn about. I found a great website – quickcandles.com today with beautiful candles that are very inexpensive. Since it is not a freebie I thought I would share it on this blog. [...]

One of my biggest ‘road pet peeves’ is people talking on their cell phones or texting while driving. You have enough to concentrate on while driving without the added distraction of a phone! I have almost been hit while driving or walking across the street from people driving while on cell phones. This really gets [...]

Last night JJ’s youngest brother, Ryan flew into Salt Lake from Chattanooga because he had decided to serve a two year mission for the LDS church. Since we only live about 10 minutes away from the Missionary Training Center he was able to stay with us over night and we took him to the MTC [...]