Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 Top 5!

Wow, can you believe that we are already at the end of 2014?!  Seems impossible!  I want to take a minute to just thank you so very much for all of your support, likes, shares, comments, etc through out the past year!  I truly appreciate each and every one of you taking time to visit my little space on the internet.  Your presence here means the world to me.

I thought to wrap up the end of the year I would share the top 5 posts from 2014.  If you missed one of these be sure to check them out just by clicking on the pictures!  Here they are in order, starting with your most favorite:






So there you have it!  I am looking forward to the new year and sharing some fun new things with you!  Hope you will join me in 2015!!

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Monday, December 22, 2014

Inspire Me Mondays


Wow!! You guys were so awesome last week!  We had a fantastic Christmas Edition of our party!  Thanks so much for being a part of it! Things are going to be a little different this week.  We will be posting the favorites from all of the hosts as well as the top 2 most viewed posts.  We will not be having another party this week, as us hosts take a little time off to spend with our families over the holidays.  We will be back in January and can not wait to see everything you have for us then!! 

Here are the features for this week:

I will be back with more posts for you soon, but we will have a few weeks off from our party.  If you would like a reminder of when the party starts back up, just enter your email address in the box on the right side of the blog.  Also, if you are interested in being a co-host for our party just send me an email at simplelifeofafirewife@gmail.com  Thanks so much!  Have a great week!


Thursday, December 18, 2014

Elf on the Shelf: Minion Banana

Minions are a daily part of conversations around here.  My youngest son especially has an unhealthy obsession great love of minions!  So we knew that our kiddos would really get a kick out of this next trick by our elf, Zinkle!



There were lots of laughs at this little guy this morning!  If you want to check out some of the other tricks our elf has been up to just click on the pictures below!



Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Elf on the Shelf: Grocery List

Well, our silly elf, Zinkle, was a little calmer last night...we he must have been tired from all of his other tricks this week!  Last night he did change into a schnazzy Christmas sweater though and made his own grocery list for us.  The kids sure wanted me to take that list to the store when I was going grocery shopping!




To see some of the other silly things this guy has done, just click on the pictures below!


Monday, December 15, 2014

Inspire Me Mondays: Christmas Edition!


Happy Monday!  Welcome to our first Christmas Edition of Inspire Me Mondays!!  We are so excited that you are joining us!  Any Christmas posts are welcome-old or new!  No limit on how many you can link up so go crazy!  Non-Christmas posts are also welcome, we are just trying to get as many holiday ideas in one place as we can!  

If you missed it this past week, here is what has been happening around here.  Just click on the picture to see the full post. 
Some new additions to our firefighter Christmas Tree

Elf on the shelf hiding in the fridge!

Elf on the shelf left a little surprise for my kiddos!

A little bit of news, Micha from Cookin' With Mimi, is not able to do our party with us right now.  We hope she will join us again soon!  So, when you post here today, you are posting on 4 different blogs!  If you have never checked out these sweet ladies, make sure you stop by and check them out!  Each week we will be featuring the post that had the most views, as well as each co-host will be featuring their two favorite posts.  So be sure to stop by each site each week and see if you were featured!!

The post with the most views last week was:


A couple of my favorites were:
Christmas Silver Plate Door Wreath from Judy's Handmade Creations

Chocolate Crinkles from 2 Kids and Tired Cooks

I can't wait to check out all of your Christmas ideas!!

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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Elf on the Shelf: In the Fridge!

Happy Saturday!  I thought I would share the latest trick our elf, Zinkle, has done!  The kids searched and searched for him this morning and could not find him anywhere.  They even started saying that they were worried that he had not come back last night.  Finally, my oldest son ran to the refrigerator and threw the doors open.  He almost didn't see him, but as he was closing the doors he saw him there in the door, wrapped in a dish towel.

They laughed so hard at their funny little friend!  They loved reading his sign and couldn't get over the fact that he even had the lid off of the whipped cream!  Ha!  The little things kids pick up on :) 

This may be my new favorite trick that Zinkle has come up with!  




If you missed when Zinkle hid candy canes in our house a few days ago, you can read all about it here!

I can't wait to see what this funny little guy comes up with tonight!


Thursday, December 11, 2014

New Firefighter Ornaments

Can you believe that we are only 2 weeks away from Christmas?!  That doesn't seem possible!  We are officially done with shopping so now I need to switch my focus to wrapping...not my favorite activity of the season ;)

Last year I shared our little firefighter Christmas tree (you can see that post here) so I thought I would show you a few new ornaments I found for it this year!  Some years I find a lot and others I hardly find any.  So when I do see them I grab one of each kind!  My 12 year old daughter was completely embarrassed when we walked up to the checkout at Hobby Lobby with so many a few weeks ago...!

These are a few that I found there:





I fell in love with this hydrant from Target!

Hallmark had these great little nutcrackers!

And a lady at our high school's craft fair had this sweet one. 

So excited for these new additions to our tree this year! Although, I'm starting to think that we may have to get a bigger tree next year...! (If you look at the post from last year you will see that I said we needed a bigger tree for this year, but now it's really becoming a necessity!)


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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Elf on The Shelf: Hiding Candy Canes

Are your kids as into the Elf on the Shelf as mine are?!  They are so excited to come downstairs every morning and see what our silly elf, Zinkle, has been up to the night before!  I will share a few more naughty things that he has done over the next couple of weeks, but here is a fun one that is new for us this year!


Our kids had a whole big conversation at dinner tonight about candy canes.  Zinkle was by the table from the night before so one of my boys even looked over at him and said, "Zinkle, you need to bring us some candy canes because we don't have any on our tree!" I actually had already planned on doing this with him this year so I had candy canes hidden away in a cabinet, so the timing seemed perfect for tonight!  I can't wait for them to rush down the stairs in the morning and see that Zinkle really was listening to them :)  



While we make sure that our main focus at Christmas is on celebrating Jesus' birth, we also love these special traditions and memories while our kiddos are little.  Can't wait to share more of our adventures with Zinkle with you over the next couple of weeks!  And if you've got any great elf ideas I would love to hear them!!  Especially quick and easy ones for those nights that we may or may not forget to move him and have to rush first thing in the morning before the kids get out of bed....!


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http://saving4six.com/
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http://organized31.com/
http://craftdictator.com/
http://www.nancherrow.com/

Monday, December 8, 2014

Inspire Me Mondays


Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!  We have been dealing with illnesses around here lately, but I think we are finally on the mend!

Next week is our CHRISTMAS EDITION of Inspire Me Mondays!!  Old and new Christmas posts will be welcome!!  Non-Christmas posts will of course be allowed as well, just wanted to put a focus on all of your great ideas for the season! I can't wait to see what great things you have for us!!

Now on to this week.  Don't forget that you are posting on FIVE blogs when you link up today!  Each week we will be featuring the post that had the most views, as well as each co-host will be featuring their two favorite posts.  So be sure to stop by each site each week and see if you were featured!!


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The post with the most views last week was:
It's Beginning To Cook A Lot Like Christmas: Peppermint Brownies In A Jar. 12 Frugal Days of Chistmas Gifts
Peppermint Brownies in a Jar from Tastefully Frugal 

A couple of my favorites were:
Terra Cotta Snowmen from The (mis)Adventures of a Born Again Farm Girl

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S'mores Popcorn from Lou Lou Girls 

Please help our party continue to grow so you gain more exposure by sharing our linkup on social media!  We want to make sure we share your blogs with as many people as we can!!  You guys are awesome and we don't want to keep it to ourselves!  


Monday, December 1, 2014

Inspire Me Mondays!


I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!!  Thanks so much to all of you who linked up last week despite all of the craziness of getting ready for Thanksgiving!!

Don't forget that you are posting on FIVE blogs when you link up today!  Each week we will be featuring the post that had the most views, as well as each co-host will be featuring their two favorite posts.  So be sure to stop by each site each week and see if you were featured!!


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Rachael at Diamonds in the Rough
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Kori at Just Another Mom
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The post with the most views last week was:
30 Days of Thanks and Giving from While I'm Waiting

A couple of my favorites were:
Utensil Holder Napkin Tutorial at sewlicioushomedecor.com  Holiday Utensil Holder Napkin Tutorial
Holiday Utensil Holder Napkin from Sew Licious Home Decor

Rudolph
Burlap Rudolph Wreath from Emily Francheschini

How fun are both of those ideas for this holiday season?! Love them! 

Don't forget to be getting those Christmas posts ready for our special Christmas Edition of Inspire Me Mondays coming up soon!!