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7 Summer Party Prep Tips + My Experience with Lawnly

By: Dana Michele

Planning a party this summer? Today I’m sharing some tips to help you throw a successful party. Besides hosting an awesome party, I have two goals: Keep preparations simple so you’re not exhausted before the guests even arrive. Design the party to minimize your time is needed during party prepping, cooking and running activities, so you […]

11 Delicious Watermelon Recipes for National Watermelon Day

By: Dana Michele

watermelon recipes

Watermelon means summer. Juicy, sweet, crisp, yum. Is it even summer until you’ve had your first water of the season? Watermelon is tasty as is. But have you ever used it in a recipe? salads, appetizers, drinks? National Watermelon Day is August 3rd, so pick out a recipe and celebrate! Do you know how to […]

LEGOLAND California – Ticket Giveaway

By: Dana Michele

Living in Arizona, one of our favorite weekend road trip destinations is San Diego. Ocean breezes, cooler temps and awesome attractions including LEGOLAND California. Have you heard about their new promotion? Such an awesome deal Hurry and get your pass today Pay for a Day Play All Year What does this mean? Buy a LEGOLAND […]

San Diego Zoo Celebrates 100 Years with Centennial Nighttime Zoo

By: Dana Michele

San Diego Zoo 100 years

(photo courtesy of the San Diego Zoo) The San Diego Zoo is celebrating 100 years Centennial Celebration all year long Centennial Nighttime Zoo all summer   Our favorite road trip destination is San Diego. From Phoenix, it’s about a 5-hour drive – easy enough for a weekend trip. Perfect when the temperatures are hitting over […]

June Ipsy Glam Bag Review

By: Dana Michele

Ipsy June Glam Bag Unboxing and Review

Ipsy Glam Bag – this will be my 3rd-month unboxing and reviewing my monthly shipment. LOVE my June Rebel Rebel Glam Bag Ipsy Glam Bags are a monthly subscription. For $10 (what a bargain) you receive a makeup bag filled with 5 samples or full sized beauty products. A great way to find new products and […]

Shark Week Cake Inspiration: Shark Cake and Cupcakes

By: Dana Michele

Shark themed birthday cake

It’s Shark Week! Discovery Channel’s Shark Week has become so popular and its fun to see all the fun and creative things people come up with to participate in the event. Planning a party inspired by Shark Week? Then a Shark Week inspired cake is the perfect centerpiece. This was a fun 2nd birthday cake […]

Never Have a Boring Summer – Summer Bucket List 2016

By: Dana Michele

Summer Bucket List Gift Basket

Never have a boring summer! This will be out 4th year creating Summer Bucket Lists. We love it. I think it helps us to fill up our summer with fun things and not just get into a routine hanging out at home in front of the TV. We don’t always check off everything on the […]

Bacon Barbacoa Nachos

By: Dana Michele

bacon barbacoa beef nachos

Nachos are the perfect food to eat in front of the time – family movie night or entertaining a few friends to watch the game. Easy to prep ahead of time and toss together when everyone is hungry. You can make everyone their own individual serving or make a huge plate of nachos and let […]

Cake Design Ideas for Men

By: Dana Michele

cake design ideas for men

Coming up with a cake design idea for a cake for the men in your life can be a challenge whether it’s for their birthday, Father’s Day or just because. Over the years at Simply Sweets, a few themes were always popular for cakes for men: sports, music, beach, cars and video games. One of […]

Arizona Museum of Natural History

By: Dana Michele

We love museums – great family activity and an educational experience too. A great indoor activity too when you’re looking to escape the heat of Arizona’s summers. This past Sunday my son and I met some friends and explored the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, AZ. The kids had a blast and it […]

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