Mother’s Day 2021 with Little Bites + A Fun Giveaway Too!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms and Motherly examples in the world.  I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed day.  I woke up this morning and the kids surprised me with a sweet card and pedicure gift card.  I’ll definitely be looking forward to that 🙂  These two give my life so much joy and love – along with crazy days and sleepless nights– it’s all worth it!

I’m excited to partner with Entenmann’s Little Bites® today to share our love of their new limited edition Vanilla muffins.  My kids eat these ALL.THE.TIME.  Little Bites are the perfect grab and go snack for Moms all around.  The tweenager can eat a whole box if I don’t stop him lol!  Heidi loves them too and if she finds me or anyone else digging into them she starts to beg….they are that good!

We love all flavors of Little Bites, but are super excited to see that Entenmann’s Little Bites® Vanilla muffins are back!  This classic flavor is not only delicious, but contains no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors, and 0g trans-fat, making them a snack kids will love and a choice parents can feel good about.

CONTEST DETAILS:  From May 1 through May 31, fans can visit www.littlebitesmothersmay.com to enter to win daily prizes including:

  • Coupons for a free box of Little Bites Vanilla muffins
  • A year’s supply of Little Bites
  • DoorDash gift card
  • SpaFinder gift card
  • Hotels.com gift card
  • Fans can enter the Mother’s May Giveaway daily for that day’s corresponding prize by filling out the simple entry form that asks for their name, email and phone number
  • Winners will be selected daily
  • Limit one daily prize per person
  • One Grand Prize winner will be selected via random drawing at the end of the sweepstakes to win $1,000

I’ve entered!!!  I hope you do too…because my philosophy is somebody’s got to win why not me???

Entenmann’s Little Bites® is allowing me to do a fun giftaway with all of you too!

ENTER TO WIN A $25 VISA GIFT CARD + 3 COUPONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ENTENMANN’S LITTLE BITES

(This giveaway is sponsored byEntenmann’s Little Bites® Snacks and they are only providing the $25 virtual Visa gift card and three (3) coupons for up to $5.00 off the purchase of Entenmann’s Little Bites® products)

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The coupons for product redemption, information, and gift card have been provided by Entenmann’s Little Bites® so that I could try the product and share my thoughts and information about Entenmann’s Little Bites®. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Entenmann’s Little Bites®.” 

Dainty Details: Layering Gold Necklaces

This post is sponsored by Responsival.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

These days I’m all about dainty gold jewelry. I’ve always loved to layer my jewelry and add to some of my statement pieces as well.  AU-Rate has some of the most beautiful, sparkly pieces I’ve seen to date.  All the goods, like dainty gold necklaces, rings, and earrings.  I recently purchased this emerald birthstone necklace and have been wearing it every day since.  It’s so beautiful, and most of the time I don’t even realize it’s on.  I can wear it with my other statement necklaces easily because it’s a great layering piece.  

With my 40th birthday coming up (**cough**)  I love this piece as a remembrance of the month when my twin sis and I were born.  I’d love to add a couple more with maybe the kid’s birthstones and my hubby’s.   This would also make a great gift for a May birthday gal or a graduate this season too!

The necklace was packaged beautifully with a travel pouch if you are going somewhere and want to take it with you.

Mother’s Day gift idea alert!!!  With Mother’s Day right around the corner these gold birthstone rings are beautiful to layer with your wedding band.

I love wearing jewelry.  It just makes me put together.  As a Mom that works full-time outside the home…y’all know it’s sometimes hard to look “put together”.  That’s the thing about jewelry, even the simplest of pieces shine and can make you feel like a million bucks Mamas!  Now that I have a little girl in my life I’m hoping I can pass on some of these beautiful jewels to my daughter someday.  I want her to enjoy them just as much as I do!  Speaking of having a daughter…where’s my wedding dress from 20 years ago???  I know she’d totally want to wear that again! Ha ha!  Oh how time flies!

Doesn’t everyone have a dream ring?  As you get older your style changes and I’m obsessed with art deco rings and old world cut stones.  I’ve been to several jewelry shows here in Dallas with my friend Ellen, so I’ve seen a lot of different styles.  It would be so cool to design fine jewelry- I love old world stones because something about them is other worldly.  They look like they’ve been through a lot and still shine incredibly brilliant.

These adorable heart hoops from one of my favorite designers Kendra Scott are also a classic piece.  Has anyone seen her as a judge on Shark Tank this season?  My Mom was telling me about her being on the show and I’ve yet to see her!  Love her story.

No matter who you are buying for…or even if you are gifting yourself because #YOLO.  These dainty gold and classic pieces are always a great choice.  What kind of jewelry are you all into these days?  I know styles and trends certainly change over the years.  If you would have asked me 15 years ago I would have said I’m a silver girl all the way, but lately I’m loving the comeback of yellow gold.

Don’t forget to accessorize ladies! Muah!

xo Becky

ShopPlayWin at Albertson’s with Monopoly!

This post is sponsored by Sivan Social. All comments and opinions are my own.

Grocery shopping-It’s either something you love or loathe.  If you are a Mom of small children you know how grocery shopping can be better some days that others.  Our local Albertson’s right down the street is one of our favorite places to shop, not to mention it has a Starbucks too!  Making grocery shopping FUN for all the Moms while getting things checked of that list!

Another thing we love about our Albertson’s is the Monopoly game.  We’ve been playing for years and this time it’s a bit different because you no longer need a paper board or all the paper pieces of the puzzle.  I actually end up losing half my pieces because I can’t keep up with them anyway.  So I’m super excited about the new ShopPlayWin App.  The App keeps track of all your game pieces, prizes, and coupons all in one spot!

So far I have won several coupons, free bread, and tickets to enter some amazing prizes.  The Monopoly game is going on March 3rd – May 4th, 2021.  You can get your game pieces at ACME, Albertsons, Albertsons Market, Carrs, Jewel Osco, Market Street, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Shaws, Star Market, Tom Thumb and Vons.

You will still be handed your tickets at check out – based on your grocery purchase.

Download the App from your phone’s App store and scan each ticket in.  Easy as that!  You can throw it away because it’s already been scanned and accounted for.

These are some of the things I’ve won so far:

Enter your tokens to win some BIG prizes too!  

There are signs all over the store telling you which items are eligible for a “Monopoly Ticket”.  There are over $230,000,000 in prizes!

Heidi helped me pick out a balloon and some Fortnite V-Bucks for her big brother’s birthday 🙂

If you get a Valpak in your mailbox -open to see if you’re an instant winner of a $100 gift card and to get more details on how to win groceries for life!

You also have the chance to win Savings.com’s #GoShopPlayWin gift card giveaway HERE!!!

—–>RSVP to join the #GoShopPlayWin Twitter party at 10AM PT/1PM ET on Thursday, March 25th, to talk about the game and for even more chances to win a $100 gift card.

With so many chances to win you will never walk away empty handed and I can’t wait to join in on all the fun parties and keep playing the Monopoly game at our favorite Albertson’s.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Game tickets end 5/4/21. Must be resident of an eligible U.S. state listed in rules; 18+. Visit www.shopplaywin.com for full rules, incl. how to enter without purchase. Series MON-14. MONOPOLY™ & © 1935, 2021 Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI 02861-1059 USA. All Rights Reserved. TM & ® denote U.S. Trademarks. Hasbro is not a sponsor of this promotion.

Christmas 2020

Christmas is always a busy season for us.  A lot of things were especially limited this year, but we still had an amazing time at some of our favorite places around DFW.

This is one of my favorite photos from the Bingham House in McKinney, Tx.  We all enjoyed a lovely breakfast with Santa. Pictures with Santa were a bit different this year with Santa behind plexi glass.

Some pretty pictures of my Heidi Bug 🙂

And my almost 11 year old Connor. Oh my goodness!

This is one of my favorite pictures from Luminova in Arlington, TX this year.  The lights were so pretty!

2020 Christmas tree

Some fun pictures from the Gaylord Texan.  We sure did enjoy this walk through experience of our favorite movies.  Like Elf, A Christmas Story, The Polar Express, and Christmas Vacation.

Our Christmas card photo

More photos of breakfast and storytime at the Binham House with Santa.

Pictures from the lovely lights at Luminova!

The beautiful Gaylord Texan.

We hope you all had a lovely holiday season…and as always you can follow me daily on the GRAM! xoxo Becky

Girls Trip: 2021 Toyota Avalon

My bestie Ellen and I recently went on a girls trip to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday and we both also turn 40 in a couple of months…*cough* *cough*

Anyway, we will talk about that dreaded milestone later.  On our road trip I got the chance to drive the brand new 2021 Avalon up to Hot Springs, AR.  It’s so beautiful and scenic up there.  We must have seen at least 100 deer and despite the rain all weekend we had a great time visiting, eating, and watching movies.  We also took a trip to Ulta to check out makeup and hair goodies.  Ya know all the stuff girls do 🙂I owned an Avalon for 11 years and it is still my VERY favorite car that I’ve ever owned.  I miss it…and each time I drive the newer versions it just reiterates why I love the Avalon so much.

I shall point out a few of my favorite features for y’all in case you want to check them out:

Heads up display.  Know your speed- day and night.  It’s right in front of your eyeballs. 

This midnight blue color is gorgeous!  I’m rolling up picking Ellen up for our trip.

Navigation is key, especially on those city highways to country roads.

Booty warmers and Booty air conditioners make my life complete.  This will DEFINITELY be in my next car.  We sure did have a good time jamming to XM Radio and 90’s on 9 too.  All the songs we grew up with.  We always stop at Burger King…that’s our place to go.  Their Impossible Whopper is LEGIT y’all!

Drivers side view.  This tan/brown leather is the perfect color.  It’s super soft and rich and the perfect go-between a dark and light shade.

Oh!  I also got to visit with my twin sister Bonnie who drove up to Hot Springs to visit too! Yay!

Backup and overhead cameras

The back seat area is as spacious as an SUV, and even has more room than some SUV’s on the market.  It’s definitely a luxury ride.

Front dash display and cupholders for all the different sized cups.

These are the adorable cottages we stayed at in Hot Springs.  They were so nice and clean on the inside.  Each one even has a garage- but they were in the middle of a reno so we parked outside.  They are doing a great job at updating all the cottages though.

Check out the 2021 Toyota Avalon HERE or you can also go to my Instagram HERE and watch my “CARS” stories to see the entire video.

Thanks for reading…and looking forward to a healthier & happier 2021 and some fun TRAVEL!!!

Fall 2020 Recap : Part 1

I’m a bad blogger these days.  I started back to work full-time during a pandemic and I LOVE my new job….but gosh it sure doesn’t leave much time for writing my thoughts down these days.  Regardless I’m thankful to be gainfully employed at a job I love and hope that now that Heidi is a bit older I can carve in some more time at the computer.  I know Instagram is the place you’ll find me most days, but there is also something to be said about the art of writing it all down too.

Here is Connor and Heidi on Halloween 2020.  A vampire and his little batty sister.  I can’t believe Connor is over half way finished with 5th grade and next year we’ll have a middle schooler on our hands.  He’s a great big bro and they love and annoy each other just as I imagined 🙂

Heidi at 15-16 months old.

Pumpkin patch pics 2020.  We love our home and the fact that we live right across from a pumpkin patch every year is just as fun!

We had a great fall despite all that is going on in the world right now.  Praying this next year is full of happiness, health, and a much brighter outlook.  Incredibly blessed by my family and friends and forever grateful for each one.  God is so GOOD!

Next up….All the Christmas recaps of 2020!!!

The Summer of 2020….Blah!

I have been the worst blogger in the history of bloggers.  So much has happened that I can hardly keep up with everything, let alone sit down and write it all out.  But….alas….here I am writing for the sake of writing and the memories we made.  I remember the days I used to blog every single day, but a lot’s change in 10 years, so these days you’ll mostly find me over on Instagram.

So, for the sake of memories here I am with a crap load of saved photos from this crazy long summer (aka the longest spring break ever).

We spent a lot of time in the pool and barbequing burgers.  Heidi took her first official dips in the pool this summer too and she loved the water.  

We got out to eat at an actual restaurant on the 4th of July and even burned a few sparklers 🙂

Connor and I had the best time at the Gaylord Hotel over the summer for their Summerfest.  It’s definitely something we’ll plan to do again.  Everything was so nice and the rooms were super clean.  The hotel took every precaution to remain clean and sanitary and we felt very safe while staying there.  It’s been awhile since I’ve spent some one on one time with Connor since Heidi was born, so he spent the night with Mama and we ordered room service.  He was so excited to order room service and felt incredibly important and “fancy” in doing so.  It’s the little things in life y’all.

Heidi came for the day to swim in the water park.  We had the best time and love that the Gaylord Hotel is right in our own city.  The Christmas ICE festivities will be a bit different this year, but you can read more about that on their website too!

The most ginormous cookies EVER!!!

Thank you Gaylord Texas for the BEST STAY EVER!!!  The memories we made are priceless.

Next recap is our trip to Arkansas to see family.  We were blessed to drive this 2020 Toyota Highlander for our trip and it was a dream.  Did I mention we actually got a new car too???  Terence got a 2020 RAV 4 Hybrid, and so far is loving it!

With two kids now the more room the merrier.  I love the cream interior and the third row seating option as well.
Heads up display

A backup camera that is waaaay more than just a back up cam.  It’s like a drone hovering over your car.  Super cool!

REAR AIR.  Need I say more…this is summer in Texas.  This is my absolute dream to have one day!

Pull down sun shades for the kiddos.  I love this car, maybe someday I can upgrade to this because the Highlander is exactly the kind of SUV I’d want.

When we reached Arkansas we had a great time visiting family.  The boys favorite thing was visiting the creek and going swimming.  I grew up swimming in the creeks every summer, so it was awesome to be able to take my kids and let them experience that too.

Connor and Jarrett jumping off the rocks

Beautiful waterfall The boys eating their smore’s on the farm.

We had a birthday cake for Heidi too in Arkansas and it was so delicious!

Lunch at our favorite place YaYa’s in Little Rock.

Farm tomatoes the BEST ever….

Heading back home to Texas

I also recently left my job of 5 1/2 years to go back into banking.  It was a bittersweet day, but I will always have the best memories from Oliver Dental.  They are like family and mean the world to me!  I love my new job and it’s nice to be back to work full time and I’ve met so many wonderful people in the process.  God is always watching over me and I’m excited for what the future holds.

Of course it’s hard to leave my kiddos every day and I’m not as involved at Connor’s school, but hey it’s 2020…so who is 100% these days?  I’m just thankful for God’s provision and and a great new opportunity.

 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11Well, that is our summer in a big old nutshell.  I’m sure I’m missing a bunch of stuff…but I’ll try to be more diligent with this whole blogging thing.

xo, Becky