WHAT’S UP WEDNESDAY – Bonus Freebie!!

Remember how excited I was for a Bonus day this weekend?  Well, I am starting to change my mind on how great Monday holidays are!  My house is still a mess, my kids are all wacked up on bad sleeping schedules, and I think I am literally about to loose my mind, and it’s only 7:00 am!  Can I just start this week over?  I call for a re-do!

Well, as crazy as my house is this week…today is a good day for our readers!  We are offering a BONUS FREEBIE RECIPE PACK with any purchase!!!  This is 2 whole weeks of recipes that we don’t even currently sell!  Doesn’t get much better than that!  This offer is good until next Wednesday, June 9, 2010.  So…spread the word and enter “JuneFreebie” in the instructions box at checkout.  Happy shopping!

-Emily

TASTY TUESDAY – The Best Summer Drink

I love summer, don’t you?!  There’s something about hot days that really just do it for me.  Of course in about a month I will be wishing for fall…but for now I will enjoy the lazy hot summer days and be sippin the best summer drink ever.  Orange Julius.  Mmmm.  It’s perfect for summer, seriously!  We had a BBQ with a bunch of friends this weekend and my girlfriend made this for us, and I was in love!  So, I thought I’d share the recipe for Tasty Tuesday!  I found this version of the recipe on Paul Mayne’s blog.  Enjoy!

Orange Julius

6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
8-9 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in blender.  Blend for about 1-2 minutes, adding ice cubes one at a time.

-Emily

MANIC MONDAY – Happy Memorial Day

I love Monday holidays!  It’s like a bonus day added to the weekend!  That being said, this post is going to be quick!  The hubby is off work (YAY!!) and we are going to spend the day at the pool with our friends!  At least until it rains, like it’s supposed to here!  That’s Missouri for ya, sun one minute, rain the next!  Hope you all have a great bonus weekend day! 

-Emily

FREEBIE FRIDAY – June Calendar

Time for JUNE!  Get your calendar printed and start filling in those fun summer days!  I know my June is filling up fast! Click on picture to download!

  

- Cammie

TEACH ME THURSDAY – Superhero Cape Tutorial

Remember how I was telling you all I have a list of projects I want to make this new baby of mine?  Well one of the things I want to make him is a superhero cape.  My older boys Jer and Briggs have Batman capes my mom bought them several years ago and they STILL play with them.  So I know this little boy would LOVE this reversible Superman/Batman Cape.  I know he won’t use it until he’s at least walking but with 4 kids, I’ve got to get some of my projects done or it might never happen…seriously!!!  This tutorial from Puking Pastilles is a GREAT tutorial.  I used part of it 2 years ago for Halloween.  Jer needed a Superman cape so I quickly made one, and Briggs needed the Batman logo for the front of his shirt.  Here are a few pictures of my boys in their Halloween costumes I made using this tutorial.  Now I just need to make the reversible one for my 3rd little guy!

 

- Cammie

WHAT’S UP WEDNESDAY – Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace

Have any of you heard of Dave Ramsey?  This guy knows what he is talking about when it comes to money!!  My husband and I are taking his 13 week class called Financial Peace, I might add that Emily and her husband are also taking the class and they LOVE it too!  We are on week 9 and I am telling you it has already changed our lives!  Ben and I are on the same page with money, our goals with our money are exactly the same, we have already built up a good little savings account, and just yesterday during class we learned about what investments are smart investments and how and when to invest!  We get excited after every class! 

Dave teaches how to save up, get out of debt, how to teach your kids about money, and how to make your money work for you!  It has been such a blessing to attend this class and I look forward to learning even more.  There is a website where you can look to see if there is a class being taught near you.  Our bishop is the one who set up the class for us and we watch Dave on DVD’s.   Go to Dave Ramsey’s website where you can put in your zip code and it’ll tell you if there is a class going on.  It is SO affordable AND once you’ve paid and taken the class you can attend any of the classes FREE for life.  We have a couple that comes to our class that took it 15 or so years ago, they say it is so nice to hear these lessons again.  Oh and I might add that Dave is NOT boring at all…he is quite funny and VERY entertaining!  So that is what’s up Wednesday, look into this class, you won’t regret it!!!

- Cammie

TASTY TUESDAY – Ben’s Ribs

Father’s day is coming up…June 20th to be exact, and I am thinking I might attempt to make my husbands favorite ribs.  I’ve never made them because it’s his thing AND he’s a good cook, so I’m a bit afraid I might mess them up.  BUT I want to be a sweet wife, so just maybe I’ll be making these for him!  They are really, really yummy!

- Cammie