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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #159

January 19, 2016 by Jaimi Erickson 4 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

This blog hop is so much fun! If you haven't already, do scroll through the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop entries and see what catches your eye. The assortment of amazing recipes, kids activities and DIY ideas is really quite breathtaking.   So, which posts caught your eye last week at Wonderful Wednesday?  I will give you a hint: one involves saving money at Jo-Ann fabrics! … [Read more...]

Party Food Recipes & Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #158

January 12, 2016 by Jaimi Erickson 4 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop

Welcome to our party!  Is it me or is it very TELLING that all of the most visited posts at last week's party are FOOD! LOL   So let's take a look at these most popular posts-and then let's get on to our party! Most Viewed … [Read more...]

Holiday Recipes and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #153

December 8, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 1 Comment

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

Welcome to our party! Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - hosted on 14 popular blogs - overflows with exceptional crafts, yummy recipes and fabulous ideas that will bless you and your family. Creativity abounds! We are so glad you have come by to share your best creations and appreciate each other's work!   Last week's blog hop was highly attended and - this is a first in … [Read more...]

Free Printable Gift Tags and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #152

December 1, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 3 Comments

Well, it is officially "the holidays," and after taking a week off from the blog hop, we are back for another week of Wonderful Wednesday! I love this season! I'm looking forward to seeing all of your family friendly posts right here but I am especially excited to see all of those incredible holiday ideas here in the Wonderful Wednesday blog hop! Our last blog hop … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving Pie Scavenger Hunt & Wonderful Wednesday Link Up #151

November 17, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 4 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

Welcome to our party.  We are so glad you're here! A special "thank you" to our amazing co-hosts for making this party such a success!   NOTE: Please come by next week for a special roundup with features from our co-hosts. The regular link up party will resume Tuesday December 3rd at 7pm ET  with more party FUN and features, too! ♥ ♥ ♥ The posts you … [Read more...]

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #150

November 10, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 5 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

The second week of November already! Where does the time go? We had another great week here at our link up party and you picked some real winners to view! ♥ ♥ ♥  Here are the ones you viewed most ... … [Read more...]

Wonderful Wednesday #148

November 3, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 11 Comments

"Whoo Hoo!" 701 posts shared last week!!! "Bravo!" "Kudos!" Much applause.  We appreciate you so much!  ♥ ♥ ♥You are the BEST! ♥ ♥ ♥ Keep in mind that our party is here to showcase everyone's marvelous work. So, let's demonstrate our appreciation for each other. This week let's agree to visit at least 2 other posts. More? Awesome! But at least 2.  Most Viewed Are You … [Read more...]

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #147

October 27, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 4 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

Last week's link up party was fabulous. So many great crafts, recipes, DIY's, printables and on and on. Let's see what posts you liked the most! This week there was a 3-way tie for first place. … [Read more...]

Blogging, Recipes and Chickens…Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #146

October 20, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 1 Comment

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

Hi readers and bloggers! We are so glad you are here at our blog link up party! ♥ ♥ ♥ Let your friends know that the party has started and is open till Saturday night! OK? ♥ ♥ ♥ Here are the posts that you loved last week. Can hardly wait to see what you have for us THIS week!   Most Viewed   24 Things by Inside The Fox … [Read more...]

Fall Recipes and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #145

October 13, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 7 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

You guys are the BEST! ♥ ♥ ♥ Last week we broke the 700 barrier! Yes, there were a total of 701 spectacular posts shared at our link up party. Wow! Be sure to view a couple posts for every one you share with us, and, leave me a comment with your link up number so I can pin your post! Here is the one you viewed the most ... … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Activity, Dessert Recipes and Wonderful Wednesday #143

September 29, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 2 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

What a very successful link party we had last week! Lots of views ♥ Lots of clicks ♥ Lots of shares♥ We hope you will remember to visit at least a few others' posts and show your appreciation. HELPFUL HINTS: Food bloggers LOVE to get their recipes Yummed♥ EVERY BLOGGER LOVES a pin, tweet, like, share, stumble...and kind comments♥ Thank you to those of you who … [Read more...]

Save Money on Produce and the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #142

September 22, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 3 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop and Link up party.

Welcome to our blog link up party! We had so much fun viewing and sharing your posts last week. Melissa, one of the Mom Motivation Mondays contributing writers is featured this week!  Take a look at her post and what was viewed most! Let's show 'em all a little extra luv ♥ Then link up your posts from the past week! Most Viewed … [Read more...]

Star Wars Treats, Praline Bars and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #141

September 15, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 2 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop Co-Hosts

Thank you so much for coming to our link up party! We are glad you're here. Whether you are a blogger or not, there are always great recipes, DIY ideas, and kids activities shared at Wonderful Wednesday! Stop on by and explore our favorites from last week. We had so many amazing shares. This week we have selected three Editor's Pick Features from the later entries that … [Read more...]

Smoothie Recipes, Cardboard Tube Crafts, & Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up

September 8, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson Leave a Comment

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop Co-Hosts

Labor Day is behind us and school is fully underway. Time for us to get into swing with our fall schedules with great new recipes, craft ideas, money saving tips and more!  Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop & Link Up.  Take a moment to enjoy our most popular posts, featured below, and then it's time to see what was featured from last week and link up your blog … [Read more...]

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Link Up #139

September 1, 2015 by Jaimi Erickson 6 Comments

Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop Co-Hosts

Welcome to our first blog link up of the fall 2015!  Momentum last week was great. Over 600 posts shared and our most viewed was VERY MOST viewed! Before I tell you which post that might be, please welcome our two new co-hosts: Alli of Tornadough Alli and Emma of Adventures of Adam. Please take some time to follow them on social media and visit their blogs (links … [Read more...]

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They were posing nicely, but I said make some funn They were posing nicely, but I said make some funny faces. They did. 🤣🤣

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I pray each of you seek the ultimate truth and know God is working through you. You are significant, loved and appreciated. 🤗 

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I pictured myself as a mom of boys before having m I pictured myself as a mom of boys before having my babies. I have learned so much from all my children but having my girls is a blessing I never knew I needed. 

Want to eliminate mean girls? Raise daughters to do the opposite.

Want to teach women to better communicate with each other? Raise daughters to listen and articulate.

They are my own little girl group and I am grateful for it. They love me on my bad days and give me compliments I do not even deserve. 

I do love being the mom of girls (and boys). They both teach me so much. 

What are the top lessons you wish girls would learn before becoming adults? 

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Will you be spending time with family for Easter? Will you be spending time with family for Easter? 

My husband’s parents have arrived - adding one more big dog to our house and lots of crafts and fun. We have not seen them since June. Everyone is excited to spend time together.

Both of my big kids have birthdays and we will all get to spend time at the beach this month. Our school work will morph into field trips so we soak up every day we can being present with family. 

I am looking forward to making memories, soaking in time together and celebrating two milestone birthdays - one happening tomorrow. 💛 

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🌟The faces we make when a Costco run with all t 🌟The faces we make when a Costco run with all the kids actually goes well!!! 🌟 

Ice cream after helped of course. 😂

All prepped for my in-laws coming to visit us after not seeing them since our move last summer. Looking forward to some fun events ahead that will make my kids think they are on spring break but they will technically be field trip days. Check, check. 

Are you guys on spring break this week? What do you have planned?

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Some days you put on the 10 year old comfy jeans, Some days you put on the 10 year old comfy jeans, fill your mind with encouragement and just keep moving forward. 

Recovery days are not just for working out. They are for the mental state we walk around with too. Yesterday felt heavy. My God is a power lifter and takes the burden away. 

Today will be better.

Today we will rest and refocus.

Hooray for comfy jeans, motivational graphics and the Word to focus on through it all. 

(Faith fashion: @choseninchrist use code Jaimi to save.)

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🌟That Face!!🌟 That little boy is soon to t 🌟That Face!!🌟 

That little boy is soon to turn 13, guys! I mean in a few weeks. 😅

This is a throwback but brings back so many fun memories. 

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I love creating activities and crafts on the fly. Always have even before my kids were here.

I noticed that my son did not have a lot of little toy people to play with while he was pretending one day. We have a few cylinder blocks in a set. We never used them when we built. I thought we could turn them into little DIY toy people. 

They were so cute and easy to make. It was a preschool art project for him. We made them together.

If you don’t have wooden cylindrical blocks at home, you can use pieces of wood dowel or even a few square blocks glued together. You can even make DIY toy people out of toilet paper tubes. 

🌟Full details through Blog link in bio 🌟

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I am so excited and yet in complete shock by how fast these little lives grow. I have never missed moments and I am so so grateful especially as we approach the teen years in my house. 💛 Soak up even the hard days of being a mom. TOTALLY worth it. 

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👌 There are a lot of parenting opinions out the 👌 There are a lot of parenting opinions out there. I try to ignore a lot of them. 😂 

My kids stay up later than most recommend, but so did I when I was a kid. 

She loves to read. She loves to write. Abby writes plays, journal entries, songs and on a bad day she will write her feelings about it all, in depth, no holds barred. 

This night she was trying to finish up a play - setting, character details, order of lines - for a play she made for her younger sister. 

I am so thankful that we can count her love of writing in her free time as school work. I am so thankful that how we do school allows this passion and talent to thrive. She has stacks of drawings, plays and writing blurbs. They are all precious to her.

There are days I question whether this choice or that choice is right or “approved,” but it does not matter when I see my children dive deep into the things they love. 

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Give me my people any day. Family time this Sund Give me my people any day. 

Family time this Sunday was a 5k fundraiser race. We helped raise 💵 for the spouses’ club scholarship fund. Scholarships will be awarded for post secondary education to military kids and spouses. 

If you can choose any action in life, choose to help others. Side bonus when it involves fun family time together.

Best day yet. 💛💛💛

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💛 Friday Introductions💛 It has been a while 💛 Friday Introductions💛

It has been a while since I did a good run-down here to give ya the cliffs notes (are those still a thing) version of me. 👋 

💛 Detroit-born a few blocks from where Eminem lived. The city is still my hometown despite moving away as a kid.

💛 I am a big believer in traditional values, but with a modern woman twist. My husband drives his career and I drive this household.

💛 We live in eastern NC 30 mins from the beach. I want to stay here forever, truly, but military life will come to an end some day...still don’t know specifically when that will be.

💛Born and raised to be a planner, Type A personality, having 4 kids beat that out of me 🤣 and I am very “day at a time” now. 

💛I was a teacher turned stay at home mom turned blogger turned entrepreneur that had to set it all on the back burner a bit to focus on homeschooling my kids. I can only have so much on my plate and complete it successfully. (When we listen, God guides and is loud and clear with His direction. 💛)

💛I believe I can be humble and confident; I can be fully present with my kids and make space to rest and rejuvenate; I believe the biggest successes I will achieve in life will not have a paycheck as its valuation. 

💛I believe that true peace, value and love all come from Jesus. 

You will find me sharing the ups AND the downs of motherhood, wife life, homeschooling and being a Christian woman with the modern day pull to fight what that can mean. (There is def a force trying to convince us to push those values aside, my friends.)

👌What is the cliffs notes version of you? What do you want people to know/realize most of all?

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🌟Teaching Kids to Make Friends🌟 Often our c 🌟Teaching Kids to Make Friends🌟

Often our children learn hard lessons when they have to move to a new state or school. 

My kids have become all too familiar with this through military life. Every three years they have to make new friends.

It is not always simple.

As a child, my family moved a lot. We were not military, but in junior high I moved to a new state and had to make all new friends.

This was a challenging and even to some extent a traumatic time of life.

Being the new kid, is a humbling experience. Suddenly you are hoping that your peers will want to get to know you and like you. It creates some self-consciousness.

Reading is such a beneficial way to teach children about life lessons. It teaches much more than that. It teaches self esteem through the cuddle time. It teaches language skills, and it teaches children to use their minds to be creative.

As they have grown and navigated more friendships, books are a resource for us to discuss tough challenges. I have found a great series of books that present friendship challenges and help children learn to navigate them.

It just so happens that the author is my neighbor too! How cool is that?! Moms are amazing.

These books will be treasured by your family for their quality values. The @stingrayjelly series teach children how to make friends and navigate friendships to love others well and support them through shared similarities and recognized differences.

Author, Lauren Giannella is a military wife and my neighbor! Anna Perdue is the illustrator and also a military child. 

Read my blog post for details on each book and links to purchase through @barnesandnoble 

We love our military community and all they do to give back.

What are your favorite children’s books that teach children how to make friends or help them maneuver through tough life challenges?

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