Friday, July 26, 2013

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Summer Fun with Target and Justice League! #SummerUp

Check out our summer loot, we have been digging into it finding lots of great activities to do!


It is no secret how much my family and I love Target, in fact my 3 year old's favorite store is Target, even above the toys store! There are so many great things to shop for at Target and they did not disappoint for their summer items. Target has a line of summer gear of Justice League with a ton of things to help keep the kiddos busy while the lazy days of summer continue.
Enjoying the summer days with nice cold drinks in our pitcher and cups along with tasty treats :)

Ashley at the beach with our picnic blanket, perfect for keeping the sand under us, not on us.


The boy making their own Justice League masks!

Ashley (and the Chewie the dog) love to throw these light weight frisbees back and forth, again from the summer Justice League.

Game day? Add superhero plates, cups and more to make family time even more fun.

The summer is in full swing over here in Washington, we have been to the beach, the park, and any outdoor activity we can. The summer days can also drag and feel like they will never end that is why I love getting new ideas for activities and outings. In need some summer fun inspiration? Target has just that and more check it out here!

* This is not a paid post, I was provided these items on behalf of Target. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

A very vintage weekend...




This weekend consists of taking pictures of my beautiful, vintage inspired, little sister Megan, some thrifting in hopes of some vintage finds and taking in a movie in a local old theater with my wonderful husband. Here to the weekend, hope you enjoy yourself and find joy in the little things.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Day at the Lake with Save Mart Cantaloupe #FreshFinds #Shop #cbias



*I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. #FreshFinds #shop #cbias All opinions expressed in this post are my own.

This summer has been filled with fun times. We swim at the pool, have BBQ dinners, attended festivals and even met some new friends. This year we decided we wanted to take our son for his first lake trip. He has swam in pools and dipped his toes in the river but we have not made it to the lake. When I saw the great deals at Save Mart for the food I would need to plan a picnic I knew we had to go. I have been wanting to try a new recipe for Cantaloupe Berry Fruit Salad that has a lemon yogurt and cinnamon dressing.


We made a list for our day at the lake using the Save Mart ad and divided it in half. My husband and I planned to divide and conquer in the store. We had a busy day planned and knew this would be fast. My son went with me since I had the "cool" racing cart. We ended up with 44 items all together and saved $36.86. Great shopping trip! You can read about our shopping trip in my Google+ story.



I found many fresh finds at Save Mart. Everything I need for my Cantaloupe Berry Salad, honey mangoes to snack on while I cook, watermelon to slice into wedges for the kids to eat and red bell peppers to add to the pasta salad. Thankfully my son loves fresh fruit and ate almost half the containers of strawberries and blueberries while I was preparing the fruit salad. I had to hide them or he would have eaten them all!



The sweet scent of fresh fruit filled the kitchen as I was preparing the salad. I always look forward to California summers that are filled with local fresh fruits and veggies. I often just set our a big bowl of cut fruit to guest to snack on. I wanted to fancy up our fruit for the day at the lake so I made a cinnamon lemon yogurt dressing.

Cantaloupe Berry Fruit Salad Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup low fat lemon yogurt

2 tsp. lemon juice

2 tsp. sugar

1/8 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups sliced cantaloupe 

2 cups sliced strawberries

2 cups blueberries

Preparation:

In small bowl, mix yogurt, juice, sugar, and cinnamon and blend well with whisk. Combine remaining ingredients in salad bowl and drizzle with salad dressing. Cover and chill until serving.


We packed up the fruit salad, pasta salad, watermelon slices, fresh corn that we planned to grilled in the husk, the meat to BBQ and all drove to Folsom. The kids were super excited to be going to the lake. For a few of our friends this would be their first time at the lake, just like my son.

The food was delicious. The fruit salad was a big hit, some of the kids even asked for seconds! We ate so much I wanted to make sure the kids waited for a bit before heading back to the water. I did not want to sound like a cliche so I did not want to say "You have to wait 30 minutes before swimming" so I had them talking and playing with balloons I brought. We played balloons and had fun for about, 30 minutes lol. If its true or not about waiting to swim I still like to have them settle their tummies before swimming.



One of the benefits of serving fruit for a day at the lake dinner is we were all hydrated and full of antioxidants while we enjoyed the summer sun. Some people like to make things like S'mores but for us on a hot summer day fresh fruit is what we love. We all headed to the water to swim and build sand castles. We had a perfect summer day!


My son loved swimming in Folsom Lake. He wanted to stay as long as we could, the only way I could get him to leave is by promising he could have more fruit and swim at the pool when we got home.



You can find great recipes and see what items are on sale to plan your next summer adventure on the Save Mart website, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.
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Regal Summer Movie Express for only $1

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Looking to beat the heat this summer for only $1 per person? Regal Theaters hosts a "Summer Movie Express" every summer. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays they play older movies like Ice Age, Rio, Yogi Bear, Happy Feet 2 and more for only $1!! I plan on taking my boys this week, it will be my now 3 year old Liam's first movie going experience, but I figure if we fall apart or have to leave the theater it was only a dollar. You can't go wrong for that price, check out the states, cities and times here.

* I was not paid for this post, I just wanted to share a fun and frugal summer event with our readers :)
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