Freschetta Winner!

Congratulations to Carrie who won the Freschetta contest!  You'll be receiving free headphones and a coupon for a free pizza in the mail from the Freschetta company.

Freschetta--PROUD TO SUPPORT PINK and a Giveaway!!!

     

     I recently received a package from the Freschetta company telling me about their campaign this month  called PROUD TO SUPPORT PINK which is promoting Breast Cancer Awareness.  The kit included a coupon to try a free 12 oz or larger pizza, and two pairs of Freschetta Proud To Support Pink earphones.  One to keep and one to give to a friend or family member.  I'll tell you how you can win a kit like this at the end of my post!

Since October is National Breast Cancer awareness month, Freschetta is running a program to help support Breast Cancer research.  From now through October 31st, you can find specially marked boxes at your local grocery story that have codes on the back of the Freschetta pizza and Artisan Pizza crust packages.  For every code entered online, Freschetta will donate 1$ to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to support breast cancer research, up to $50,000.
On the site www.ProudToSupportPink.com, you will find a place to share breast cancer stories and be able to participate in a giveaway.  Freschetta is giving away 50 pink iPod Shuffle players each week in October.  Additionally, 50 pink iPod Shuffle players will be donated each week to four cancer centers around the country to be enjoyed by breast cancer patients during their treatments.

Now, for my blog's giveaway!!!!  Yes, you can win the same gift package that I  received from the Freschetta company.  One person will win:
  1.  A coupon to try a FRESCHETTA pizza 12 oz. or larger
  2.  Two (2) pairs of FRESCHETTA PROUD TO SUPPORT PINK earphones
          *  One pair is for you to keep and enjoy
          *  One pair is for you to share with an in-real-life pal or family
              member as a reminder of proactive health

All you have to do to enter is leave your name and email address.  That's it!  Only one entry per person.  The giveaway will end on October 27, 2011 at midnight and the winner will be notified Friday morning October 28, 2011.


***  Since I am on the FRESCHETTA FRESH CONNECTION Team,  I received this free Breast Cancer awareness package from FRESCHETTA in exchange for a review of their products. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Tyndale House Contest

Tyndale House is giving away:

3 Random people will win a prize pack of Kevin Leman books
5 Random people will win a copy of It’s Your Kid, Not A Gerbil
1 Random person will win an iPod Touch

You have until September 9th to enter. Click here to go to the contest page.

A Week Long Festival

We have a local festival here that celebrates the Coast Guard and it lasts for a week.  The festival began with the Kid's Day parade (Saturday, July 30, 2011) and LOTS of candy!  This year we invited our friends, the Tylers, to come along with us.

B has in her hands the one thing she really wanted....SUCKERS.  Of course, she was pretty specific about what kind of sucker she wanted--blueberry.  And believe it or not, she got one!  B had so much candy that Tom took some out of her bag (without her knowing) and gave some to a couple of kids that came late to the parade.  We still haven't gotten through all of her candy yet.

After the parade, we headed to an area where they had set up LEGO tents downtown.  B made a car and raced it against other kids.  She loved it!

Kid's Day (Tuesday, August 2, 2011) was a lot of fun.  B jumped her little heart out in a couple of bounce houses, had a hot dog for lunch and made some crafts.

We visited some of the big coast guard ships this year with our friends, the Buhrs.

And then went to the Grand Parade and Fireworks on Saturday, August 6, 2011.  The Parade was a little wet this year....okay, more than a little we were soaked! I was glad to get home and get into some dry, warm clothes.  

I had to get a picture of this kid.  Such a great "rain coat"

The fireworks were great as usual.  A casino was the sponsor this year.  We were close enough to see a lot more this year than last year.  We had no idea the extent that people go to to get a good viewing spot for the fireworks.  They lay out blankets on Friday at 12:01am and the blankets stay there until Saturday night when the fireworks are shot off...just crazy if you ask me.  We put our blanket out there Friday night and still got a pretty good spot.  My parents were able to join us this year too!

Overall, quite a successful week of having a lot of family fun!

Exploring Nature Trails and the Beach

Our friends, the Swanks, called us up and let us know they were going to be in our neck of the woods.  We had a great lunch in town and then a wonderful time exploring a local hiking trail that led us over wooded dunes and out to Lake Michigan.  It's always fun to get together with old friends.

The Down Pour

Last Wednesday night, July 27th, we experienced quite a down pour outside.  Tom captured some photos of our flooded road.

Blue Potatoes

Has anyone else every used blue potatoes before? This was our first time since we brought a half share from our local CSA (community supported agriculture) this year instead of doing our own garden.  We ended up making french fries with them.  I think they taste a little sweeter than normal potatoes.

Family Fun Night!

 LOVE living near the beach!  It takes us about 20 minutes to bike to the lake.  We have to pinch ourselves every now and then.  :)

FRESCHETTA by the Slice pizza Giveaway

Anyone want to win some pizza?  Freschetta is hosting an event on August 4, 2011.  They will be giving away thousands of slices of their delicious By The Slice pizza in a special live online event. The FRESCHETTA By The Slice pizza will be given away in 5,000 increments every half hour. There will also be fun, interactive contests where you can win additional coupons.  
On Thursday July 28^th, 2011 the website www.FreeFreschetta.com will be available for people to sign up for a reminder email and view a preview of the events to come with host Mike Rylander. 
On August 4^th the reminder email will be sent to those that signed up, and the event will be live at 11 AM on this day for all to sign up! This event is a great way to try out FRESCHETTA® By The Slice and get to do so for FREE!
So make sure to mark your calendars and join in the fun!!

July 4th

This year we headed over to Tom's parent's house to celebrate the 4th with his family.  His sister and her husband and little girl came all the way from Pennsylvania too!

We also helped with some planting while we were there...yep, they put us to work. :)  

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