Remember when I met The Pioneer Woman earlier this month at her book signing?

Do you remember that I said I bought an extra cookbook & had her sign it for a giveaway?

Well, that giveaway starts now!

But wait.....!!!
Because I love the PW (and all of you) so much and think her new book, Black Heels to Tractor Wheels is *so* cute, I bought one last week to giveaway also! (Sorry, it isn't signed by the PW)

One person will win the signed cookbook & one person will win Black Heels to Tractor Wheels!
Two winners! Ye-haw!

To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post letting me know your favorite Pioneer Woman recipe.
(My favorites are the Chicken Spaghetti and of course, her Cinnamon Rolls)
If you haven't made one of her recipes, then you really, really, really need to & you can just let me know what you *want* to make!
Followers of my blog get an additional entry, so follow along if you aren't already!

Giveaway ends next Sunday, March 6th
{Winners will be picked via random.org}

Happy Friday!

Today I'm linking up with Friday Favorites!

This week has been crazy busy, but that's okay because as of 12pm today I will officially be on SPRING BREAK!!!!!

I have 10 favorites to share with you today!

{ONE}
Did you see this announcement?!?!?
Dreams do come true!
All Pink Starbursts arriving for a limited time in April!
Pink Starburst are my favorite!

{TWO}
My sister got the girls this book a couple months ago.
It's all about how scarce clean water is in Africa & it's one of Claire's favorite books.

{THREE}
One of the women in our town owns a fencing company with her husband and in the past year, she has been creating signs from old fence boards. Recently, she started hosting Mom's nights out for us to make our own signs.

 It was an Easter themed night...here are the signs we made:

It was such a fun night! I can't wait to go again.

{FOUR}
Avocado Toast.
It is my current favorite thing to have for lunch.


{FIVE}
Celebrating Holidays is my FAVORITE!

2 weeks ago was St. Patty's Day
Here is what we did to celebrate..
The girls made a trap the night before. This was all Kate...she made some sort of pulley so that the leprechaun would be trapped and couldn't get out of the box.

The leprechaun came & brought Lucky Charms....
The Leprachaun left a note saying Nice Try on trying to trap him :)


 The kids were so excited about the trail of gold coins (Rolos)
 The leprechaun leaves a map every year letting them know where the treasure is.

 And usually leaves some candy & those frosted Lofthouse cookies they always beg me to buy, but I always say no.

This year he brought Kate m&m's, Claire got Sour Watermleon & Luke got Sour Patch kids.
He also left a mess in the bathroom:

Yay for fun, chessey holidays!

{SIX}
Speaking of favorite holidays.... now it's time to focus on Easter, since it's 2 weeks from Sunday!
Here are some fun activities that you can do with your kids this week to get you in the Easter Spirit! Many of these will help you focus on the true meaning of Easter....that Jesus died on the cross for all of us and rose again 3 days later.  Some of the other activities are just for fun!

Happy Easter to one of my favorite Peeps Printable:


Get the printable {HERE}

You've been Egged Printable:
A couple years ago, I posted a "You've Been Egged" Printable.
We have had so much fun "egging" our friends last year..can't wait to do it again this year!


Download it {HERE}
Bunny Tails Easter Popcorn is my kids favorite Easter Treat:

Recipe {HERE}

{SEVEN}
March Madness.....this is my FAVORITE time of year!!!
I LOVE it. I have done a bracket every year for the past 20+ years.
This year my bracket is officially busted:

 I am in charge of my school staff bracket every year.
This year, I even did a bracket challenge with my students.
They are loving it. The winners will get a donut party :)
We also have our kids fill out brackets.
Parenting tip: Have your kids fill out brackets & make it a friendly family competition.
For the past 5 years we created online family pool & let the kids their own pick brackets.
They love it & this way they don't mind that we have college basketball constantly on the TV during March Madness #parentsoftheyear
The winner gets to chose where we get frozen yogurt/ice cream (all 5 of us have different places we like) and the winner doesn't have to do any chores for a week :)
It looks like Claire is going to win our family pool this year.
Got to start them young in gambling ;)

Are you doing a bracket?
Who do you have winning?

{EIGHT}
 Speaking of March Madness....
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 I’m looking for Four VOLUNTEERS who have never tried a Rodan + Fields regimen to try one at my CONSULTANT PRICE!
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Email me or leave a comment letting me know you want to be a volunteer.
melissa_larson17@yahoo.com
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  Take a picture after 30 days 
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I have 4 spots, so this deal is first come, first served.
Email me or leave a comment:
melissa_larson17@yahoo.com

{NINE}

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You get $20 cash back, 17% off your order and FREE Shipping!

You also get a FREE Sunless Tanner!!

This always sells out in the Spring, get yours now!

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Look at Hayley's incredible results in 2 months:

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Target is my Favorite.

Target was (is?) my happy place.

Then I had kids and going to Target with 3 kids is not so fun.

Know what is fun?

Giving away a $100 Target Gift Card to one of YOU!

What would you buy with a $100 Target Gift Card?
I would use it on a new bathing suit & swimsuit coverup. 

And, some new Spring/Summer clothes!
To enter, use the Rafflecopter below!
Giveaway ends next Friday April 7th

Happy Friday & Happy Spring Break to me!

Friday...you are finally here....I have been waiting for you all week because today is game day for my Colorado Buffs....which leads me to my first favorite.......

College Football is my favorite!! 

Tonight, my Buffs are playing Washington for the Pac 12 Championships.

The game is here in the Bay Area at the 49ers Levi's Stadium, so Kevin and I are going to the game.

This is the 3rd Colorado game I have been to THIS year!!!! 

We flew out to Colorado to see them play Arizona State and then I also went to the game when they were out here playing Stanford.
 This has been such an incredible season for Colorado...our coach has had a slogan all year saying this is the year of CU's Rise. The Rise is Real!

Our coach was named Pac 12 Coach of the year & National Coach of the Year!

He is such a great guy. Awesome coach, strong Christian & such a great leader for our team.

{TWO}
Have you heard of the Lost My Name books?

 They were having a Cyber Monday sale, so I also got Luke this book:
It's an outer space adventure staring your child & their house and they use an actual satellite image of your child's house. You can preview all the books with your customization. Luke is going to love them!
 They have bigger discounts if you order more than 1, so I decided to also get Luke both :)

 They are having some discounts this week for Cyber Week & free shipping with arrival before Christmas. You can order the books HERE

I can't wait for Luke to open both of his on Christmas!

Making Christmas Cookies is my favorite!

Every December my girls and I do a TON of baking. 

We bake cookies for friends, neighbors & teachers.
I have TWO new Christmas cookie/bar recipes I am planning on sharing here in the new couple of weeks, so stay tuned!

In the meantime.......here is a round up of some of my FAVORITE Christmas Cookie Recipes!

Warning......there are a ton that I am posting :)

Candy Cane Kisses {Recipe HERE}

Fudge {Recipe HERE} 

Ultimate Ginger Cookie {Recipe HERE} 

Christmas Monster Cookies {Recipe HERE}

Christmas Tree Brownies {Recipe HERE} 

Cranberry Cookie Bars {Recipe HERE} 

Snickerdoodles {Recipe HERE}

Peanut Butter Blossoms {Recipe HERE}

Here are some other fun Christmas treats we make (that aren't cookies!)

Donut Snowmen {Recipe HERE}

 

Donut Reindeer {Recipe HERE}

 Peppermint Ice Cream Cake {Recipe HERE}

Preztel Hugs {Recipe HERE}

 Ritzies {Recipe HERE} 

Christmas Crafting is also my favorite!

Here are some Christmas craft ideas:

Homemade Snow Globe Gift Card Holder
Instructions {HERE}
Christmas Cookies in a Jar (and free printable) 

Get the instructions & printable {HERE}

Holiday Peeps Smores & free printable {HERE}

We love passing out goodies & gifts to our friends during December :)

My house at Christmas is my favorite....I love how cozy it feels.
 I also love watching Hallmark Christmas by the glow of Christmas lights.
Hallmark Christmas movies are my favorite.
Here is some of my DVR:

 So many Hallmark Christmas movies...I've been recording them since before Thanksgiving...but you know me, I didn't watch them until after Thanksgiving. I have over 15 Hallmark Christmas movies on there right now. Sorry Kevin. I've taken over the DVR. Hahaha!

Anyone else addicted to cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies? They are the best!
My favorite one that I have seen this year is called Christmas List. So cheesy! So cute! 

{SIX}
Lash Boost....you guys....I am obsessed!!! It is my favorite!!! I took before photos, I will be taking progress photos this weekend :)
Our Lash Boost Holiday Special is going on & ends in a month.
Check out a fellow consultant's results:

Send me an email if you want to order....I will be placing a bulk order of lash boost early next week.
melissa_larson17@yahoo.com

Last year,  got Luke some Magnformers for his birthday.
He got THIS set:



He LOVES them! In fact, all 3 of my kids play with Luke's magformers!
They have so many different sets!
These are cute:

Love THIS set:


These are a great Christmas gift for kids.....Luke will sit and play with them for 20-30 minutes straight!

Stitch Fix is my favorite!
My December fix is scheduled to arrive today. I requested Holiday dresses for this fix. We have our a few Christmas parties this year, so I thought it would be fun to wear a new dress for at least one of them. I can't WAIT to see what arrives!
If you haven't done Stitch Fix before, I recommend it. I've been doing it since May 2014...every month it's like Christmas when your box arrives. You don't have to get one every month, you can do every other month, every 3 months, etc.
Did you know you can also give the gift of a Stitch Fix gift card?
Or, you can ASK for a Stitch Fix gift card.
Click the photo below for the gift cards: