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		<title>Nothing Says &#8220;I Love You&#8221; Like Kettle Corn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it And the winner is&#8230; Kate! Congrats, Kate! I&#8217;ll email you to get your mailing address! &#160; Seriously. Ask Lynn. I sent her some last year, and she&#8217;s the kettle corn expert. If Steve gave me a bag of Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn for Valentine&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;d be the happiest girl in Tucson. Really. Especially [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2012/01/23/nothing-says-i-love-you-like-kettle-corn/">Nothing Says &#8220;I Love You&#8221; Like Kettle Corn</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">And the winner is&#8230; Kate! Congrats, Kate! I&#8217;ll email you to get your mailing address!</p>
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<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>Ask <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/05/16/4822/" target="_blank">Lynn</a>. I sent her some last year, and she&#8217;s the kettle corn expert.</p>
<p>If Steve gave me a bag of <a href="http://www.angieskettlecorn.com/" target="_blank">Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn</a> for Valentine&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;d be the happiest girl in Tucson.</p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p>Especially since cutting gluten out, I&#8217;m Angie&#8217;s biggest fan.</p>
<p>And guess what they just came out with?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VALENTINES-Snack-Pack-w_bag.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5943" title="AngiesKettleCornVALENTINES" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VALENTINES-Snack-Pack-w_bag-1024x512.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="307" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Valentine&#8217;s packs.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">You know, so you don&#8217;t have to be another one sending your kid to school with candy on Valentine&#8217;s day.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">You can send your child to school with a gluten free, clean (only 4 ingredients!) snack.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Last week, Jack had a bag of Angie&#8217;s kettle corn on our way to soccer practice. I told him how this year we were going to give them out at school instead of valentines, because they came with cute name tag stickers. He said, &#8220;or we could keep them and eat them all..&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Great minds think alike, huh?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Michael even loves it:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Angies.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5944" title="Angies" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Angies-768x1024.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="614" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8230;though I was instructed to not &#8220;fill out the stickers. Or even put the stickers on&#8221; his bags.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">He won&#8217;t even let me put notes in his lunchbox anymore. :(</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Anyway, I have a fun giveaway!! Angie&#8217;s is giving a Valentine&#8217;s pack away to one of you!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To enter&#8230;. (this is the fun part&#8230;)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I, for once, am making it all about the facebook &#8211; since most of you are on it.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">1. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/angieskettlecorn" target="_blank">&#8220;Like&#8221; Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn</a>. You&#8217;ll get fun updates from Angie, and you&#8217;ll be able to see the random fun photos I post on their wall :)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">2.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurCrazyBoys" target="_blank"> &#8220;Like&#8221; Our Crazy Boys.</a> Where else can you get snippets about the boys, links to posts, updates about my <a href="http://www.momtourage.com/profile/bludlum" target="_blank">Momtourage</a> and <a href="http://www.dinnertool.com/healthy-fast-food-there-such-thing" target="_blank">DinnerTool </a>articles, and random questions now and then?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t have a facebook account? Well, ok. I won&#8217;t judge you. Leave me up to two comments and tell me something that you like to do for Valentine&#8217;s Day. I promise I won&#8217;t email you and try to get you to open a facebook account.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Leave a separate comment for each &#8220;like&#8221; because trust me, giveaways are much easier when everyone leaves separate comments.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Ready? Set? Goooooo!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Small-ish print: I was provided with a Valentine pack of Angie&#8217;s kettle corn. Then we ate it and I had to go buy more for Jack&#8217;s class. Even if I wasn&#8217;t provided with kettle corn, I would have posted a giveaway because I want you to all love Angie&#8217;s as much as I do. I will choose a winner via random.org on 1/30 and will notify via email. Good luck!  </em></p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s that time of year again&#8230; {a @Shutterfly giveaway!}</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin itUpdate: Congrats to Jenn, Francine, and Molly!! I&#8217;ll be in touch to send you your code for 25 free Shutterfly photo cards! The Christmas portrait time of year! I will admit that I&#8217;m a little stumped this year. We have done the cactus: and the big smiles: We have done the Christmas carol reference [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/11/08/its-that-time-of-year-again-a-shutterfly-giveaway/">It&#8217;s that time of year again&#8230; {a @Shutterfly giveaway!}</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p>The Christmas portrait time of year!</p>
<p>I will admit that I&#8217;m a little stumped this year.</p>
<p>We have done the cactus:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cactus.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5660" title="CactusChristmasCard" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cactus.jpeg" alt="" width="495" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>and the big smiles:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BG.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5661" title="CuteChristmasCard" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BG.jpeg" alt="" width="273" height="410" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We have done the Christmas carol reference (with the boys faking sleep):</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.19.33-AM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5662" title="TheChildrenWereNestled..." src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.19.33-AM.png" alt="" width="490" height="245" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">and the elves (there&#8217;s no way I&#8217;ll be able to do that again with a middle-schooler):</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.22-AM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5663" title="ElfChristmasPicture" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.22-AM.png" alt="" width="486" height="237" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Last year, we almost used this card:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.38-AM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5666" title="BeachChristmasCard" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.38-AM.png" alt="" width="489" height="346" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">but after winning<a href="http://parentingbydummies.com/2010/12/invisalign-teen-smile-contest-winners.html" target="_blank"> Amanda&#8217;s photo contest</a>, we decided to use some of the winning pictures instead:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.51-AM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5667" title="ChristmasCardShutterfly" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-Shot-2011-11-07-at-8.20.51-AM.png" alt="" width="536" height="385" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This year, I&#8217;m stuck.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Moody 6th grader meets hyperactive 1st grader?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Should I look to <a href="http://www.wimpykid.com/" target="_blank">Diary of a Wimpy Kid</a> for some ideas? The Heffley family is quite similar to ours lately.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">One thing that has stayed consistent is that every year, we have ordered our Christmas cards through <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards" target="_blank">Shutterfly</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There are several designs that I have fallen in love with this year, but I&#8217;ll wait to share :)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Not only do we use Shutterfly for our holiday cards, but we also use them for <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts" target="_blank">photo gifts</a>, such as our famous (in the family) cookbook. I *might* be getting a second volume together for this year. Funny, because our eating habits have changed a whole lot since the first edition!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5672" title="ShutterflyCookbook" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-shot-2011-11-08-at-8.25.59-PM.png" alt="" width="441" height="408" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">After the pool fiasco of 2008 (oh, that&#8217;s another post all together) we heavily relied on friends to help us finish our pool. When it was complete, we wanted to thank everyone. Shutterfly&#8217;s <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/greetings/index.jsp" target="_blank">photo cards</a> were the best way for us to share the news (and photos!) with everyone who helped us.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/greetings/index.jsp"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5674" title="Shutterfly_greeting_cards" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Screen-shot-2011-11-08-at-8.25.03-PM.png" alt="" width="607" height="285" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Fun fact: These photos were taken in December over three days. One day the pool wasn&#8217;t heated! </em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Dying to order your holiday cards yet? I am giving away <strong>three</strong> sets of <strong>25 personalized photo cards</strong> from Shutterfly.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To enter, leave me a comment and tell me your favorite holiday card story. Mine would have to be when we took photos near the cacti (I hate saying that &#8211; cactus as a plural sounds so much better, I think). Michael almost strangled Jack while trying to keep him sitting, and Jack was only concentrating on the fruit snacks that Michael was holding in his hand &#8211; which was closed tightly to avoid being in the picture. And <em>what</em> mother takes her 5 and 1 year old to a national park filled with sharp cacti?! Not my best Mom moment.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Go up and look at the photo now. I&#8217;ll wait a sec.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Moving on&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Three sets of 25 cards! I&#8217;ll choose three random winners next Friday evening, November 18th. You know the deal&#8230; whenever I pull the kids apart, get them safely tucked in their beds, and pull the ear plugs out of my ears. 8ish?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Good luck, friends!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I was provided with holiday photo cards in exchange for my post. If you&#8217;re a blogger and want in on this great deal, go visit Shutterfly and register here<span style="color: #000000;">:</span><span style="color: #000000;"> <a href="http://goo.gl/DDw7Q" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">http://goo.gl/DDw7Q</span></a> </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #000000;">As always, all opinions are my own. I&#8217;ve been shopping at Shutterfly since the boys were little for a reason ;)</span></em></p>
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		<title>In The Family {Wordless Wednesday &amp; Contest!}</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin itHere are the boys&#8217; adorable twin cousins, which of course make them my adorable niece and nephew. I thought a caption contest would be fun. The prize? Hmmm&#8230; How about a Twist &#38; Pout. I just ordered a few and I&#8217;ll share!! Contest will close next Wednesday, 10/26. Make me laugh! &#8212; This post [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/10/18/in-the-family-wordless-wednesday-contest/">In The Family {Wordless Wednesday &#038; Contest!}</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div class="pin-it-button-wrapper"><a href="javascript:exec_pinmarklet();" id="PinItButton" title="Pin it on Pinterest">Pin it</a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Here are the boys&#8217; adorable twin cousins, which of course make them my adorable niece and nephew.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Twins.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5534" title="Twins" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Twins.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="512" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I thought a caption contest would be fun. The prize? Hmmm&#8230; How about a Twist &amp; Pout. I just ordered a few and I&#8217;ll share!!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Contest will close next Wednesday, 10/26. Make me laugh!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8212;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This post is linked with my Wordless Wednesday friends <a href="http://liveandloveoutloud.com/" target="_blank">Kristi</a>, <a href="http://parentingbydummies.com/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>, and <a href="http://sevenclowncircus.com/" target="_blank">Angie</a>. Go say hi!</p>
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		<title>Disney On Ice {A Giveaway!}</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it Congratulation, Kendra!! The toys are coming to Tucson! One of our favorite movies, Toy Story, is coming to town next month with Disney On Ice. Inspired by the #1 animated movie of all time, Toy Story 3, and memorable moments from Toy Story and Toy Story 2, everyone’s favorite characters are hitting the [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/09/26/disney-on-ice-a-giveaway/">Disney On Ice {A Giveaway!}</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The toys are coming to Tucson!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">One of our favorite movies, Toy Story, is coming to town next month with <a href="http://www.disneyonice.com">Disney On Ice</a>.</p>
<p><em>Inspired by the #1 animated movie of all time, Toy Story 3, and memorable moments from Toy Story and Toy Story 2, everyone’s favorite characters are hitting the ice in this sensational live production coming to Tucson! Catch all the heroic action when Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the Toy Story gang escape from the rambunctious tots of Sunnyside Daycare and race for home, in their most daring adventure ever. Plus a few new faces join the fun, including Barbie’s groovy bachelor Ken (my two favorite characters!) and Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear.  It’s the biggest Toy Story experience ever on ice, jam-packed with fast-paced adventure such as Buzz’s galactic battle with Emperor Zurg and a hoe-down on the set of  “Woody’s Roundup.”  Relive the humor, friendship and charm of Toy Story when Disney On Ice presents Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3 takes family fun to infinity and beyond!</em></p>
<p>The show is at the Tucson Convention Center from October 13 – 16, 2011. Tickets are on sale now and prices range from $15-50. Opening night tickets start at $10. The discount code <strong>MOM11 </strong>will save you $5 off each ticket bought through <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/">Ticket Master</a>! (Valid for all shows, though not on Front Row or VIP seating)</p>
<p><strong>I get to give away 4 tickets for the opening night! (Thursday October 13 at 7pm!)</strong></p>
<p>To enter, leave me a comment telling me who your favorite Toy Story character is. For a 2nd entry, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DisneyOnIce" target="_blank">&#8220;like&#8221; Disney on Ice&#8217;s facebook page</a>. Please come back here and leave a separate comment for each entry. (I can&#8217;t count 2 entries left in one comment)</p>
<p>You can increase your chances for winning by visiting some other Tucson blogs who are also hosting Disney On Ice giveaways:</p>
<p>Karen at <a href="http://chicaramblings.com/?p=270" target="_blank">Chica Ramblings</a></p>
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<p>Kelly at <a href="http://eclecticmomsense.blogspot.com/2011/09/disney-on-ice-toy-story-3-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Eclectic Momsense</a></p>
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<p>Nicole at <a href="http://www.thepixelboutique.com/2011/09/disneypixar-on-ice-toy-story-3-giveaway/" target="_blank">The Pixel Boutique</a></p>
<p><em>Giveaway is valued at $60 and tickets are for the opening night performance. Entrants must be 18 years or older. I am a Feld Family Ambassador, and in exchange for my time and efforts in attending shows and reporting my opinion within this blog, as well as keeping you advised of the latest discount offers, Feld Entertainment has provided me with complimentary tickets to Feld shows and opportunities to attend private Feld pre-show events. Though I receive these benefits, I always give an opinion that is 100% mine. Giveaway will end on October 4th on or around 8 p.m. or whenever I wrangle my little cowboys into bed. </em></p>
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		<title>hello there! house conference pass giveaway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it*Updated: Congratulations, Alysa!! You won the hello there! house conference pass!* &#160; If you live in or around Phoenix, there&#8217;s an awesome event coming up that&#8217;s all things home and garden. I actually won a ticket, but have a wedding the same weekend. I can&#8217;t tell you how bummed I am that I have [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/09/24/hello-there-house-conference-pass-giveaway/">hello there! house conference pass giveaway!</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-10-01-at-12.00.58-PM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5454" title="Screen Shot 2011-10-01 at 12.00.58 PM" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-10-01-at-12.00.58-PM.png" alt="" width="182" height="197" /></a></p>
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<p>If you live in or around Phoenix, there&#8217;s an awesome event coming up that&#8217;s all things home and garden. I actually won a ticket, but have a wedding the same weekend. I can&#8217;t tell you how bummed I am that I have to miss hello there! house, but it&#8217;s your lucky day because I get to give away my ticket!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellotherehouse.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5375" title="hello there! house conference" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-24-at-9.49.30-AM.png" alt="" width="447" height="158" /></a></p>
<p><em>hello there! house is a two-day, home &amp; garden event unlike anything in the &#8220;conference&#8221; market. With beautiful Arizona setting the stage for the inaugural event, one will notice an array of differences from the typical demographic and education of most home &amp; garden events. hello there! house has been designed to offer attendees a hands-on experience with everything from garden-to-table harvesting to finishing wood furniture to creating chic child spaces. Our venue host is The Center, located on Mill Avenue in bustling downtown Tempe; whose philosophy and lower-level bistro premise are based entirely on the same goals of the event: self-sustainability. The other key to fully capturing the spirit and knowledge of these types of conferences is class size. Limited to a mere 60 attendees, this event will offer the opportunity to build relationships with our experts &amp; sponsors; as well as provide each with more accessible one-on-one attention with our teachers. Won&#8217;t you join us in revolutionizing the world of home and garden?</em></p>
<p><em></em>Some (just some!) of the hands-on classes being offered are:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellotherehouse.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5376" title="FancyHouseRoad" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-24-at-10.00.31-AM.png" alt="" width="522" height="527" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Be Bold Not Beige with the ladies of Fancy House Road</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellotherehouse.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5377" title="Reachel-Bagley" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-24-at-10.01.33-AM.png" alt="" width="617" height="392" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellotherehouse.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5378" title="JessiSanflippo" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-24-at-10.03.30-AM.png" alt="" width="689" height="469" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellotherehouse.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5379" title="BethImbornoni" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-24-at-10.06.39-AM.png" alt="" width="692" height="429" /></a></p>
<p>Seriously. Fun!!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m super sad writing this post because I&#8217;m reminded of all the things I am missing!</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t just a Home and Garden show&#8230; It&#8217;s a two day hands on conference!</p>
<p>There will be a boutique market, make and takes, some awesome speakers and presenters, and a big goodbye bash (with a DJ!) to close out the conference!</p>
<p>I am giving away one full event pass to anyone who will be around the Phoenix area on October 7-8. Whether you live within driving distance or plan to be vacationing there, enter by leaving me a comment and telling me why you would like to attend hello there! house. You can get an extra entry for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/hello-there-house/120454148036128?sk=wall" target="_blank">&#8220;liking&#8221; the hello there! house facebook page</a>. Please leave me a separate comment for each entry. I can&#8217;t count one comment twice.</p>
<p>Also, hello there! house is having a last minute sale on their tickets &#8211; $100 for the entire conference &#8211; just go to the hello <a href="http://hellotherehouseconference.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">there! house eventbrite page</a> to buy yours now.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll choose a winner this coming Friday, September 30th and they will be notified via email. Because the event is coming up quickly, I need to hear from the winner within 24 hours!</p>
<p>Ready? Set? GO!</p>
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		<title>Eversave Giveaway (and roll call, by city)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it&#160; &#160; Congratulations, Chris!! I&#8217;ll be emailing you tonight about claiming your prize!!  &#160; &#160; It&#8217;s safe to say that everyone loves a deal, right? I was contacted by Eversave recently, and I thought it would be a great giveaway for you guys &#8211; Eversave is all around the US! Straight from Eversave: Eversave works [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/09/05/eversave-giveaway-and-roll-call-by-city/">Eversave Giveaway (and roll call, by city)</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Congratulations, <a href="http://mamabirdsblog.com">Chris</a>!! I&#8217;ll be emailing you tonight about claiming your prize!! <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-12-at-8.06.10-PM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5338" title="Screen Shot 2011-09-12 at 8.06.10 PM" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-Shot-2011-09-12-at-8.06.10-PM.png" alt="" width="192" height="209" /></a></p>
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<p>It&#8217;s safe to say that everyone loves a deal, right?</p>
<p>I was contacted by <a href="http://eversave.com/go/Nau0" target="_blank">Eversave</a> recently, and I thought it would be a great giveaway for you guys &#8211; Eversave is all around the US!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eversave.com/go/Nau0"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5298" title="Eversave" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Eversave.gif" alt="" width="265" height="139" /></a></p>
<p>Straight from Eversave:</p>
<p><em>Eversave works day and night to negotiate the very best deals for you on all the things you love.  From spas and restaurants to lift tickets and yoga classes – Eversave delivers these local discounts directly to your inbox, in the form of a Save.</em></p>
<p><em>In addition to their daily local deals, they also offer spectacular Saves from online merchants which allows their customers nationwide to get in on the fun!</em></p>
<p><em>So what are you waiting for? Sign up for Eversave to start receiving daily e-mails with details of the Saves happening in your neighborhood. Eversave will even give you $2 to use towards your next purchase just for creating an account!</em></p>
<p><em>And don’t forget to spread the word.  Eversave makes it easy and rewarding to share Saves with family and friends. Whether you tell them about a deal you love via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter, when someone you’ve referred to the site makes his or her first purchase, we’ll add $10 in Save Rewards to your account.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Daily deals offering out-of-this-world savings – it’s that simple. Visit <a title="blocked::http://www.eversave.com/" href="http://www.eversave.com/">Eversave</a> today &amp; learn more</em></p>
<p>I happen to know that some of you are in Eversave cities &#8211; and if you&#8217;re not (Grandma Teetsie), that&#8217;s ok. Didn&#8217;t you see their information up there? They have lots of online deals!</p>
<p>Here are some of the cities Eversave is in (oh, and I&#8217;m calling you out if you live there!):</p>
<p>Baltimore (Carolyn)</p>
<p>Buffalo (Andrea, Aunt Kate)</p>
<p>Boston (Jen)</p>
<p>Denver (Chris)</p>
<p>Ft. Meyers/Orlando (Nicole)</p>
<p>Grand Rapids (Denise)</p>
<p>Harrisburg (Kerry Ann&#8217;s family)</p>
<p>Hartford (Aunt Carol)</p>
<p>Indianapolis (Jen)</p>
<p>Minneapolis (Amy, Kellyn)</p>
<p>Phoenix (too many friends to name there!)</p>
<p>San Diego (Ludlum fam)</p>
<p>Washington DC (Lynn)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>I expect all of you to enter!</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am giving away a $40 credit to <a href="http://eversave.com/go/Nau0" target="_blank">Eversave</a> this week! It can be spent on any of their great deals. Today the deal was a two year subscription to Parents magazine for $5!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Eversave also has a <a href="https://www.eversave.com/travel" target="_blank">travel</a> site. The deal that caught my eye last week was a $100 Travelocity hotel gift card for $50.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To enter:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">1. Leave me a comment and tell me if you have used a daily deal site before, and what one of your best deals was (mine was a a $90 go-kart racing session for $25!).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">2. For an additional entry, you can either <a href="http://eversave.com/go/gau0" target="_blank">&#8220;like&#8221; Eversave on facebook</a> or <a href="http://eversave.com/go/qau0" target="_blank">tweet about the giveaway on Twitter</a> ( I want to win free money from @EversavePHX &amp; @beccascrazyboys! ). Please leave me a comment if you choose to gain an additional entry.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The winner will be chosen on Sunday, September 11 at 8 p.m.-ish, or whenever I can sit down long enough to close the giveaway without hearing <em>Moooooooommmmmm&#8230;. can you bring me a drink?</em> If you win, you have to be an Eversave member to redeem the credits.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Ready? Set? GO!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I was provided with $40 in Eversave credit to give away to my readers. </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>All opinions in this giveaway post are my own. </em></p>
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		<title>Let Me Tell You About My Bed&#8230; {a giveaway}</title>
		<link>http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/08/29/let-me-tell-you-about-my-bed-a-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it*update- Lola Springer was the winner of the giveaway! Congrats, Lola!* I&#8217;m going to tell you a funny story. It has just recently become funny &#8211; you know how that goes, right? 14 years ago, this boy and girl were married. It was a very, very small (8 people, including the Justice of the [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/08/29/let-me-tell-you-about-my-bed-a-giveaway/">Let Me Tell You About My Bed&#8230; {a giveaway}</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p>I&#8217;m going to tell you a funny story.</p>
<p>It has just recently become funny &#8211; you know how that goes, right?</p>
<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/photo-23.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="Steve-Becca" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/photo-23-764x1024.jpg" alt="" width="366" height="491" /></a></p>
<p>14 years ago, this boy and girl were married. It was a very, very small (8 people, including the Justice of the Peace and us) ceremony.</p>
<p>We went home to our tiny apartment and slept on a used mattress, which was just fine with us since before we acquired the mattress, we were sleeping on a twin bed in the dorm on base.</p>
<p>Fast forward a few months. My Grandparents sent us money to buy a new mattress and bed frame.</p>
<p>A new mattress. A queen sized one.</p>
<p>I remember eating meals on that mattress, just because we were so excited.</p>
<p>After about two years, <del>Steve</del> we decided that the mattress wasn&#8217;t as comfortable as it used to be. I wasn&#8217;t too fond of buying another new mattress, so we decided on a mattress pad. $100 and it felt better.</p>
<p>Fast forward a few years {read: 5}.</p>
<p>Steve had a new job, and he traveled a lot.</p>
<p>He stayed at Hilton.</p>
<p>And they had &#8220;the nicest mattresses EVER.&#8221;</p>
<p>And we <em>had</em> to get one. A king sized one this time, because he liked sleeping on a big bed in the hotel.</p>
<p>The mattress.</p>
<p><strong>And</strong> the pillows.</p>
<p><strong>And</strong> the mattress pad.</p>
<p>All from Hilton.</p>
<p>He even wanted the bedding, but they didn&#8217;t sell it.</p>
<p>I may have huffed a little as I called Hilton and ordered <del>him</del> us a new mattress set.  A king. Even though our mattress was only 5 years old.</p>
<p>Aren&#8217;t they supposed to last longer?</p>
<p>We have had this mattress, the Hilton one, for nine years now.</p>
<p>Do you have any idea about the conversations going on in our house?</p>
<p>Conversations about size (should we go Cal King next time?), firmness (he wants one where he can bounce a bowling ball on his side while I have a glass of wine rest uninterrupted on mine), and fluffiness (I want less, he wants more).</p>
<p>We have bought mattress pads about every year or two, and were coming due on our new mattress/new mattress pad conversation recently when I received an email from Sleep Number.</p>
<p>Which is funny because their mattresses amaze me (I can sleep on the same mattress as my hubby, but have a firmer mattress?!).</p>
<p>Would I like to review a <a href="http://www.sleepnumber.com/eng/products/sleep-numberpillows-bedding/mattress-pads-comfort-layers/organic/sleep_number_in_balance_layer?inbalancetp" target="_blank">Sleep Number In Balance™ layer </a>and pillow protector?</p>
<p>A mattress pad and set of pillowcases that are cool on top and pull heat towards the bottom, reducing the temperature of the bed?</p>
<p><em>Did I mention I live in Arizona?</em></p>
<p><em>And that the mattress pad comes with a ten-year warranty?</em></p>
<p>Hmmm&#8230; I can test out a new mattress pad that will make it unnecessary to wake up every hour and turn the A/C down?</p>
<p><strong>And</strong> it&#8217;ll last for 10 years?</p>
<p>Sold.</p>
<p>And Steve was too.</p>
<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/AAAADDgHnqgAAAAAAGpIWA.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="In-Balance-Mattress-Protector" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/AAAADDgHnqgAAAAAAGpIWA.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="206" /></a></p>
<p>The mattress pad came about two weeks ago and since it didn&#8217;t come with an air compressor (you know, to act as an A/C unit and reduce the temperature of the bed), I wasn&#8217;t expecting much.</p>
<p>But I was pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>I spent the first night lying in bed really still for 5 minutes, then moving my legs for a few seconds, then moving them back.</p>
<p>You know, to see if I made the mattress warm.</p>
<p>It made total sense to me, but you can giggle if you want to.</p>
<p>The mattress stayed cool. Not 100% as cool as it was where my legs weren&#8217;t, but the difference was significant. Like 80% significant.</p>
<p>This was actually a bad thing at first.</p>
<p>Steve must not have felt the heat from my side of the bed, so he was constantly moving to the middle of the bed, and pushing me off of my side.</p>
<p>Thankfully, that stopped after a few <del>kicks</del> sweet taps on the shoulder.</p>
<p>And the pillow? It doesn&#8217;t need to be flipped throughout the night. You know what I&#8217;m talking about, right? You wake up, try to fall back to sleep but it&#8217;s too warm. So you flip your pillow to the cooler side. You don&#8217;t need to do that with the In Balance pillowcases.</p>
<p>The fun part? I get to give one of you a mattress pad and set of pillowcases!</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.shoutlet.com/server/widget/40647" target="_blank">To enter, click HERE and fill out the entry form!</a></h1>
<p><strong>Good luck!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Sleep Number ® provided me with an In Balance Layer and pillow protector to review, and one to give away. My opinions are my own, and my review is honest. </em></p>
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		<title>The SCOD Can Leave Now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it You know what this is, right? It&#8217;s the Spinning Circle Of Doom. If you&#8217;re on a first name basis, you can call it SCOD. I do. I  unknowingly welcomed it when I downloaded Lion on my pretty little computer last week, and I don&#8217;t want it here anymore. I think Apple should warn [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/08/24/the-scod-can-leave-now/">The SCOD Can Leave Now.</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p>You know what this is, right?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the Spinning Circle Of Doom.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re on a first name basis, you can call it SCOD.</p>
<p>I do.</p>
<p>I  unknowingly welcomed it when I downloaded <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/" target="_blank">Lion</a> on my pretty little computer last week, and I don&#8217;t want it here anymore.</p>
<p>I think Apple should warn <del>those who need to be protected from themselves</del> people like me when they attempt to install a really, really big operating system onto a computer without a lot of memory. But since they didn&#8217;t, it seems that I have single-handedly rendered my computer almost inoperable.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t upload photos.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t access a web page in less than 1 minute.</p>
<p>Per page.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t play with <a href="http://www.picnik.com" target="_blank">Picnik</a>. That makes me sad.</p>
<p>So be patient with me, while my beloved UPS man brings more RAM to my house.</p>
<p>While we wait for the Man In Brown, I&#8217;d love for you to go visit the blogs I am reading right now :)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8212;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I have been feeling pretty awful for the past few months and as an experiment, I stopped eating gluten to see what would happen. Within a few days I felt almost 100% better, and I&#8217;m not planning on changing my eating habits back any time soon. Here are some helpful blogs I have found:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://glutenfreedietblog.com/" target="_blank">The Gluten Free Diet</a> has been a great resource for all things gluten.</p>
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<p>I found <a href="http://momofftrack.com/" target="_blank">Mom Off Track</a> because of her awesome gluten free post yesterday, and have been having fun poking around her blog.</p>
<p>I have made <a href="http://happygoluckyvegan.blogspot.com/2011/08/stuff-your-face-with-veggie-stuffed.html" target="_blank">Jesse&#8217;s Stuffed Zucchini</a> twice in the past week, and plan on making it again soon. Her blog, <a href="http://happygoluckyvegan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Happy Go Lucky Vegan</a> is full of great recipes. And even if you&#8217;re not vegan, go check it out. I add chicken to a lot of her recipes.</p>
<p><a href="http://udisglutenfree.com/" target="_blank">Udi&#8217;s Gluten Free</a> foods is a great resource. They&#8217;re active on social networking sites and love to interact with their customers. My friend Jo-Lynne of <a href="http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/" target="_blank">Musings Of A Housewife</a>, who has been a great resource to me, is also working with Udi&#8217;s to help people learn more about <a href="http://udisglutenfree.com/community/gluten-free-toolkit/" target="_blank">going Gluten-Free</a>.</p>
<p>Life hasn&#8217;t been all about food here, though&#8230;</p>
<p>My friend Karen has started a new blog (in addition to her &#8220;old&#8221; blog, <a href="http://desertdealsdiva.com" target="_blank">Desert Deals Diva</a>) &#8211; it&#8217;s fun and lighthearted &#8211; take a look at <a href="http://chicaramblings.com/" target="_blank">Chica Ramblings</a>.</p>
<p>My friend Val has been a blogger (at heart) for a while&#8230; she just didn&#8217;t have her blog started yet. Now she does! Go welcome her at <a href="http://momgonemad.com/" target="_blank">Mom Gone Mad</a>, please!</p>
<p>You have two days left to enter <a href="http://vicariouschelsea.com/2011/08/the-new-ice-com-giveaway/" target="_blank">Vicarious Chelsea</a>&#8216;s Ice.com giveaway&#8230; Today is her birthday, too &#8211; so wish her a happy day when you enter.</p>
<p>I have been reading Jen&#8217;s blog, <a href="http://ourdailybigtop.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Our Daily Big Top</a>, for almost as long as I have been blogging. Her oldest boy is Michael&#8217;s age, and we became instant blog friends. Though she lives right where the earthquake hit yesterday, her and her cuties didn&#8217;t feel a thing. You should go read about <a href="http://ourdailybigtop.blogspot.com/2011/08/moving-and-shaking.html" target="_blank">what they were doing when the earthquake hit.</a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s what I have for now. I promise to be much more talkative after the UPS man comes to visit me.</p>
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		<title>I Love&#8230; {A Giveaway}</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 04:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin it&#8230;that when it&#8217;s spring for other parts of the country, it&#8217;s summer here. 81 degrees in the pool, 89 degrees next to the pool. We spend a lot of time in the pool :) I love that when the weather hits a certain temperature, you&#8217;ll open my fridge and find this: Cut and/or washed fruit [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/05/02/i-love-a-giveaway/">I Love&#8230; {A Giveaway}</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><div class="pin-it-button-wrapper"><a href="javascript:exec_pinmarklet();" id="PinItButton" title="Pin it on Pinterest">Pin it</a></div><p>&#8230;that when it&#8217;s spring for other parts of the country, it&#8217;s summer here. 81 degrees in the pool, 89 degrees next to the pool. We spend a lot of time in the pool :)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2568.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-4771 aligncenter" title="Pool_Temperature" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_2568-1024x764.jpg" alt="" width="491" height="366" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I love that when the weather hits a certain temperature, you&#8217;ll open my fridge and find this:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/photo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4770" title="Cut_fruit" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/photo.jpg" alt="" width="382" height="512" /></a></p>
<p>Cut and/or washed fruit just waiting to be grabbed. Because after 10 minutes in the pool one of the boys is bound to ask, &#8220;Can we have some fruit?&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1568.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4774" title="Fruit_By_The_Pool" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1568-1024x681.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s perfect. They get snacks, take a breath or two, and I get to reapply sunscreen :)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I love&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1514.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-4772 aligncenter" title="IMG_1514" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1514-1024x681.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8230;that the boys don&#8217;t {usually} fight in the pool. They invent new games and find new uses for old toys:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1524.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4773" title="MakingAWaterGunOutOfANoodle" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1524-1024x919.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="551" /></a><em>When Mom refuses to buy more water guns, use a noodle.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I love&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1574.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4778" title="Jack" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1574-681x1024.jpg" alt="" width="409" height="614" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8230;smiling silly faces after ice cream,</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1525.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4779" title="Michael" src="http://ourcrazyboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1525-1024x681.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="409" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">and giggling during water fights.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What do you love?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">A season?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">A place?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I want to know what you love <strong>right now</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;ll pick a winner (or two!) from the comments to receive one of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;ref_=nb_sb_noss&amp;y=0&amp;field-keywords=twist%20and%20pout&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps">Twist &amp; Pout&#8217;s</a> lip balms from the <a href="http://www.twist-and-pout.com/products/twist-pout-collections/beachy-keen/">Beachy Keen collection</a>&#8230; my favorite one.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Last weekend, as we were sitting by the pool I remembered just how much I love Twist &amp; Pout because of the added sunscreen.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I have Layla already, but am eyeing <a href="http://www.twist-and-pout.com/products/twist-pout-collections/beachy-keen/">Bella</a> and <a href="http://www.twist-and-pout.com/products/twist-pout-collections/beachy-keen/">Roxie</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So tell me what you love :)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I should disclose that Twist &amp; Pout is my sponsor for BlogHer &#8217;11. They are sponsoring this giveaway. That means that they might be sending <span style="text-decoration: underline;">you</span> a prize. Go <a href="https://www.facebook.com/twistandpout">show them some love</a>! I&#8217;ll choose a winner next Tuesday, May 10th :)</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pin itUpdate: Congratulations, Jo-Lynne! You won the box o&#8217; Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn. If you lived closer, I would invite myself over to share :) &#160; I have been asked this a few times in the past couple of months, and I thought it would be fun to have it down &#8220;on paper&#8221; somewhere. I wish [...]<p><a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com/2011/04/24/what-do-you-eat/">What Do You Eat?</a> is property of: <a href="http://ourcrazyboys.com">Our Crazy Boys</a></p>
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<p>I have been asked this a few times in the past couple of months, and I thought it would be fun to have it down &#8220;on paper&#8221; somewhere. I wish I had a post like this to read from my &#8220;three years ago self.&#8221;</p>
<p>My family doesn&#8217;t eat as healthy as they could. I often compare myself to <a href="http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/">Jo-Lynne</a>, <a href="http://blog.suchthespot.com/">Darcie</a>, and <a href="http://inspiredrd.com/">Alysa</a>. I shouldn&#8217;t, but I do.</p>
<p>Jo-Lynne doesn&#8217;t feed her family boxed cereals. She buys local raw milk. She bought half a cow from a local farmer rather than rely on the grocery store. Instead of buying bread and granola, she makes her own. You can read a short post about her <a href="http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/whole-foods">transition to whole foods</a> on her blog<a href="http://www.musingsofahousewife.com"></a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.suchthespot.com">Darcie</a> doesn&#8217;t write as much about her whole food journey. But throughout the two years that I have known her and been a guest in her house, she has taught me just as much as Jo-Lynne. Darcie spends every Sunday in her kitchen making granola bars, bread, and chicken stock for her family. She limits the amount of (organic) milk and (100% orange) juice her kids drink, and sends warm lunches to school with them.</p>
<p><a href="http://inspiredrd.com/">Alysa</a> is my go-to gal for recipes and food tips. She single-handedly got my boys &#8211; all three of them &#8211; to eat <a href="http://inspiredrd.com/2010/11/easiest-chicken-tortilla-soup.html">soup</a>, something I have been trying to accomplish for the past 5 years. She is also the one who gave me the recipe that made my family <del>like</del> love <a href="http://inspiredrd.com/2010/12/think-you-hate-brussels-sprouts-try.html">brussel sprouts</a>. And every Saturday, I can count on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/inspiredrd">Alysa&#8217;s facebook page</a> to explain whatever crazy fruit or vegetable we found on our <a href="http://bountifulbaskets.org">Bountiful Basket</a> (more on that later).</p>
<p>These three ladies have inspired me.</p>
<p>In the past two years, I have&#8230;</p>
<p>-stopped buying fruit snacks, hot dogs, fruit juice (with the exception of <a href="http://www.simplyorangejuice.com/">orange juice</a>), processed lunch meats, and frozen snacks (think pizza rolls) for my kids.</p>
<p>-stopped buying anything &#8220;light.&#8221; No reduced fat, sugar free (that means they just add artificial sweeteners instead of real sugar), or low calorie anything.</p>
<p>-weaned myself off of soda. I have never been one to drink diet sodas, but about one year ago you could find me drinking a minimum of 2 Cokes a day. I&#8217;m down to about 1/2 can a week. I have started drinking homemade sweet tea or iced tea, about 12 ounces a day.</p>
<p>-reduced the amount of boxes, metal cans, and &#8220;pop cans&#8221; that I buy. I still buy brown rice in a box, and canned tomato sauce. I&#8217;m dying to cut that out, but can&#8217;t justify the hour long drive to Whole Foods to buy one thing. The &#8220;pop cans?&#8221; That&#8217;s my fancy word for the Pillsbury rolls. About once a month, I&#8217;ll make a recipe that calls for the crescent rolls or biscuits for the boys (all three of them) and make something different for myself, because I just don&#8217;t care for them. I also buy Goldfish, Cheese-Its, and crackers for the boys to bring to school.</p>
<p>-started reading labels. If it has Monosodium Glutamate or High Fructose Corn Syrup in it, it doesn&#8217;t come into my house.</p>
<p>-admitted that my family does not need meat, veggies, <strong>and</strong> starch every night for dinner. Our usual dinner is grilled chicken, 2-3 veggies, and a fruit.</p>
<p>-started cooking and eating &#8220;clean&#8221; whenever I can. Clean eating = fewer ingredients. I challenge myself to buy foods with no more than 3-5 ingredients. When I cook, I try to stick to no more than 10 ingredients total. I usually only hit that number when cooking something big, like lasagna or lettuce wraps.</p>
<p>-started buying fruits and vegetables from <a href="http://bountifulbaskets.org">Bountiful Baskets</a>, a food co-op. For $16.50, we get a basket of fruit and a basket of vegetables each week. The contents of the baskets are always a surprise, and we have at least doubled our fruit and vegetable consumption because of them.</p>
<p>These?</p>
<p>They&#8217;re my &#8220;loose food rules.&#8221;</p>
<p>If the boys come home with a package of fruit snacks from school, or we go to Costco around lunchtime and they ask for a hot dog, I&#8217;m ok with that. It only happens once every six months or so. I&#8217;m not looking to ban foods, just to reduce them. I ate all of this when I was little, and I turned out <del><span style="color: #000000;">relatively</span></del><span style="color: #000000;"> </span> ok.</p>
<p>Snacks are apples or carrots and peanut butter. Bananas. Pretzels. Treats are ice cream,  chocolate, and natural chips and popcorn (as opposed to ice pops, sour  patch kids, and Doritos).</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m the first one to admit that&#8230;</p>
<p>-my kids are allowed to drink a soda when we go out to eat.</p>
<p>-they would easily use an entire bottle of maple syrup with their pancakes in the morning if I didn&#8217;t physically remove it from their hands.</p>
<p>-they get (a reasonable sized) dessert after dinner about 4 nights a week &#8211; if they eat a decent meal.</p>
<p>-though I cringe at the thought, they drink Gatorade after being outside all day or during wrestling practice.</p>
<p>-we still eat frozen pizza (no delivery in our neck of the woods) about once a week.</p>
<p>See? It&#8217;s a balance. It has taken a little over two years to get where we are.</p>
<p>Right around the time I started thinking about writing this post, I was approached by <a href="http://www.angieskettlecorn.com/">Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn</a>. They asked if they could send me a few bags of their product -no strings attached &#8211; and I agreed (kettle corn? me? It wasn&#8217;t a hard sell).</p>
<p>Every weekend at our local Safeway, a local man sets up shop and sells fresh kettle corn. If Jack and I are anywhere in the vicinity of the store, we go grab a small bag. It&#8217;s just one of those things you can&#8217;t pass up. To be honest, I didn&#8217;t expect much of the bagged kettle corn&#8230; we have fresh here, why would we buy it in a bag?</p>
<p>Jack and I were the only ones home when the box of kettle corn came, and we *may have* told Michael that only five bags were sent instead of six. Jack and I ate an entire bag throughout the afternoon. It was <em>that</em> good. My thighs thanked me for sharing the rest of the kettle corn with some friends (and keeping one bag for Michael). I easily could have eaten it all. After posting that on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/angieskettlecorn">facebook page</a>, they quickly replied that it happens often, and it&#8217;s not abnormal. :)</p>
<p>I asked the company if they would be willing to spread the kettle corn love with my readers, and they agreed. I thought it fit nicely into this post, as Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn is made with only four ingredients: corn, oil, sugar, and salt. I can pronounce them all, and that makes me happy. I have since purchased some more of the kettle corn (caramel flavored) for Michael because he loved it that much. The boys were so excited to take some into school for a snack.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m giving away one box (filled with a variety of bags) of Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn to one reader. I would love for you to leave me a comment telling me what your family likes to snack on. Healthy or not, I want your answers :)</p>
<p>Giveaway will close next Sunday, May 1 at 8 p.m.<em>-ish</em>.</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t wait that long to try it, <a href="http://www.angieskettlecorn.com/wp-content/themes/angies/map.html">find a store near you</a> that sells Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I was not compensated for this giveaway and review. Angie&#8217;s Kettle Corn sent me some snacks to try and I asked to share the love with you :)</em></p>
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