My son and I had the opportunity to see Cars 2!  Boy, did we have fun!  Not only did we get to have time together, just the two of us... but we thoroughly enjoyed this movie!  We saw it in 3D which just enhanced the whole experience!









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My family and I love Kung Fu Panda!  We saw the movie, bought the DVD and still watch it all the time!  So imagine our excitement to hear that Kung Fu Panda 2 is here!  Are we going to see the movie?  Oh, yea!  I've even been practicing my Kung Fu moves (which is the reason I'm currently limping!  Forty-somethings probably shouldn't be quite so vigorous without stretching first!)

We received this amazingly fun package from General Mills and Dreamworks through My BlogSpark!  Want to win one for yourself?  I thought so!  Well, here's how....


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We love potatoes!  All potatoes!  It's one of our go-to foods!  So when Simply Potatoes offered us the opportunity to try some of their products, we were pretty excited!

We picked the Diced Potatoes with Onion and the Southwest Style Hash Browns to try!  The day that they arrived, my daughter ripped into the Diced Potatoes with Onion and immediately started cooking them.

She sliced in some ham and some bell peppers (we love bell peppers) and we had a quick, delicious meal.  Is there a picture of it?  No, because the darn kids ate it all while I ran to the store to grab some ice cream!  I guess I can't complain... my daughter made the meal all herself.  But I can complain, because they didn't save me any!  All I can tell you, is the house smelled amazing!



I still held out hope that I could try the Southwest Style Hash Browns... (you see where this is going right?)

Saturday morning I ran out to a very early morning meeting and when I came home the house again smelled delicious!  I hungrily went over to the stove and saw that my husband had made a skillet breakfast with the Southwest Style Hash Browns.  Well, what I actually saw was two spoonfuls left for me to try.  To their credit, they had tried to save me some, until my son, not knowing their plan, got up and finished it almost all off.  There were two bites left, because they caught him before those went in his mouth too!  I know.... do you feel sorry for me yet?

Hubby threw in the Simply Potatoes Hashbrowns with eggs, cheese, and some sausage we had left over from our homemade pizza night.  Sounds mouth-wateringly good doesn't it... sadly, I can't confirm it!

So, this review is from my hubby and kids.  They gave Simply Pototoes a huge thumbs up!  I did too, because it inspired my daughter and my husband to cook!  That's a huge bonus!

Simply Potatoes comes in lots of taste-tempting varieties.  Check them out here!  An added bonus, if  you visit the Simply Potatoes website, you can enter a contest to win a free year of Simply Potatoes!  Enter the contest here!

You lucky readers also have an opportunity to win a coupon for your own Simply Pototoes! Just be around when they get cooked!

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Quick, go check out CVS Photo!  I love them and was completely satisfied with the whole process, from designing, to ordering, to picking up, to the amazing finished product!  (Picture coming soon... no peeking, honey!


 

I am always on the look out for something both healthy and easy!  Not always an easy combination to find.  Enter Go Picnic!

Go Picnic meals are quick and healthy!  You can grab and go!  We had the opportunity to try the Steak Nuggets and Cheese and the  Peanut Butter and Crackers.  I had to giggle, each of my kids grabbed a package and declared "this is my favorite!"  How did they know my kids so well!
 I tasted a little of everything, and it was all delicious!  Though, I'm glad I was quick or my fingers may have been bitten!  My kids really enjoyed these!


Not only were they tasty but they were really healthy.  I loved that the Steak and Cheese was Gluten free.  That means a lot healthier for my daughter!
Here are the different Go Picnic Meals:

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You know I'm a big fan of Veggie Tales.... I mean, my kids are big fans of Veggie Tales!  Actually, we both love Veggie Tales!  So we were so excited to review Veggie Tales Live - Sing Yourself Silly!
We had so much fun singing along to our favorite Veggie Tales songs!  Plus there is a wonderful message in the DVD (isn't there always with Veggie Tales!)

Some of the songs included are:

• “VeggieTales Theme Song”
• "The Water Buffalo Song”
• "Big Things Too"
• "Gourds Just Wanna Have Fun"
• "Song of the Cebu"
• "Dance of the Cucumber"
• "God is Bigger"
• "His Cheeseburger"
• "Love My Lips!"
• "The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything"
• "Do the Moo, Shoo"
• "Rumor Weed"
• "Endangered Love" (Barbara Manatee)
• "Bellybutton"
• "Footloose"
• "The Hairbrush Song"
• "I Can Be Your Friend"
• "VeggieTales Theme Song (Reprise)

My personal favorite is "Song of the Cebu"!

Here's a fun look at the Trailer for Veggie Tales Live - Sing Yourself Silly!
I know you're singing along to the songs!  I do it too, I can't help myself!

My kids have watched this over and over and still absolutely love it!  It is available where DVDs are sold!  Go out and get one, you won't be sorry!  Well, guess what!  If you can't wait, you have the opportunity to win your own Veggie Tales Live - Sing Yourself Silly!  How cool is that?

Tell me your favorite Veggie Tales song.  Come on, I know you have one!  Please leave your email in the comment if it's not visible on your profile.  (jane smith at yahoo dot com)
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I love chips, almost all kinds of chips!  But I had never tried Kettle Style Chips.  Enter Hawaiian Kettle Style Chips!
 The family and I had an opportunity to try several flavors of Hawaiian Style Kettle Chips.  Yum!  We started with the Original Flavor.  I loved the crunch and the taste, just the right amount of salty!  These are my new go-to chips!

Next we tried the Wasabi.  One chip sent my son and I running to the kitchen for water!  These babies are spicy!  These were my husband's favorite chips.  He loves these things.  A little too hot for me, but he now looks for these all the time in the store.  My daughter liked them alot too.  I guess my son and I are Wasabi wimps!




After my taste buds settled down we went for the Luau BBQ next.  I really like these, though they have a bit of kick to them also.  They are just the right amount of sweet and spicy!  These were my daughter's favorites.  I really enjoyed them, but I kept water handy! 
These were my second favorite, almost a tie for first!  I loved the onion flavor!  It was just right, not too overpowering!  These are great chips!  My son absolutely loved these!  I had to keep looking for the bag, because he kept sneaking them into his room. 

Hawaiian Kettle Style Chips are made with real potatoes that are sliced and then slow cooked in a select blend of oils!  These really are good chips!  I highly recommend them, though you may have to buy several different flavors to please everyone in your family!

You can purchase them online at www.hawaiianbrandsnacks.com.  They really are delicious!  Try them and find out for yourself!  But be warned... that Wasabi is hot!!

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