As I’ve mentioned before my one word focus for this year is “Enjoy”.

Knowing that it is much easier to enjoy life when I am healthy and have energy to enjoy it, I recently began looking at taking a daily vitamin along with exercising and eating healthier.

One of the most overwhelming aspects of deciding to take a daily vitamin was actually deciding which vitamin I should take.

Have you visited the vitamin/nutrition isle lately?

It can be terrible overwhelming and intimidating, especially if you’re there with a gaggle of children and don’t have tons of time to take it all in!

The makers of Centrum know just how confusing and intimidating navigating this isle can be.

They created NutritionPossible.com to make nutrition information easy to access and understand.

After taking an assessment on NutritionPossible, I discovered that I would benefit from an energy specific  multivitamin. I also learned that I should improve my intake of fruits & vegetables and physical activity.

Not only did they let me know these things, but they also provided some specific and “do-able” ways to do them.

AND they provided a downloadable high-value ($10) coupon for the vitamin and supplements they recommended!

Centrum would like to make all of this (and more) available to you as well.

$25 AMEX Gift Card Giveaway

If you would like help in finding the right vitamin and/or supplement for you, receive a $10 coupon and have the chance to win a $25 AMEX gift card all you have to do is…

1. Take the assessment on NutritionPossible.com (just click on the “get started” button). You don’t have to register unless you want your information saved for later reference. You’ll be able to download your coupon for vitamins/supplements as soon as you complete the assessment.

2. Leave a comment on this post and share something you didn’t know that you were lacking to enter the gift card giveaway.

Comments for this giveaway will close at midnight EST on Sunday, February 12. On Monday, a winner will be chosen using random.org, emailed for confirmation and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. You can view the official One2One rules for the giveaway here.

Disclaimer: I am participating in a sponsored campaign hosted by One2One Network. I received incentives and am eligible for prizing. While all opinions stated are my own, I make no claims about NutritionPossible.com as a product or its effectiveness.

I also wanted to let you know that your participation in this by commenting can help me to pay for my trip to Blissdom in just a few weeks! I already have plans to go, but Centrum is offering the blogger with the most entries a Blissdom ‘12 prize package including $200 for the conference pass and $300 towards travel expenses…so please, {I’m begging you} take that assessment and comment to win the $25 gift card!

Good luck!!!

Post linked to: Works for Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family

As I was putting together this week’s layout I realized that we haven’t had any “big” events so far this year. Everything that I have documented so far this year has been just everyday life…and I really like that!

My reason for doing project life was to capture more of our everyday lives…the small moments that make up the big picture of our life.

Each week I give a photo and brief description of each day and then I share the Project Life layout I completed for that week.

Sharing this project is a highlight of my week! And I also enjoy seeing other layouts…they’re all so inspirational. When you comment, please let me know if you’re participating in project life as well so I can be sure to visit you and your layout!

Sunday – On Sunday afternoons I sit down at the dining room table and write out lesson plans for our homeschool for the upcoming week. Everyone decided to join in and the kids worked on crafts while I worked on lesson plans this week!

Monday – We’ve been reading stories from the Jesus Storybook Bible after dinner each night. I love that each and every story points to Jesus. Every night as the story is ending, Mary Catherine says, “I know…it’s Jesus!!” I love that!

Tuesday – Jenny is truly a daddy’s girl! She is always so anxious for him to come home at night. On Tuesday afternoon as I was preparing dinner I heard her saying “daddy” and as I turned around to tell her that he wasn’t home yet, I saw her walking around with a framed picture of him and kissing it over and over…what a love!

Wednesday – Will rediscovered a Cubbie coloring book he received for his birthday last year. He spent quite a while (for him, at least) coloring in it while I did school with his sisters. He really loves going to Cubbies at church on Wednesdays…it has been so good for him!

Thursday – Mary Catherine was needing some one-on-one time, so Keith promised to play chess with her after dinner. He’s been working on teaching her how to play and she so enjoys the time that she gets to spend with him.

Friday – My new PINK netbook arrived…yay!!!

Saturday – EA & MC requested some glitter when I got groceries on Saturday. I came back with glitter glue pens and they were satisfied. They had a blast crafting all afternoon.

This weeks’ layouts…

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Thank you for joining me here for Project Life!!

How are you capturing your family’s memories this year?

It’s been a crazy morning in my house!

At one point my husband came downstairs laughing at the madness…our son was screaming his head off and at the same time his little sister, standing right by him,  was kissing her baby doll over and over again!

This was a morning in which my husband wished me luck as he gave me a good-bye kiss on his way out the door.

I believe I’ll need more than luck to survive this one!

I’ll need a good dose of God’s grace and His spirit dwelling within me and guiding me through each moment.

After my husband left, I sent the kids upstairs and had a few minutes of quiet to reflect on the day ahead.

This quiet time is a treasured gift amongst the chaos that will no doubt continue to fill my day.

It’s a gift I’m counting among many this week!

505. spending time reading with my daughter and hearing her say it was her favorite part of the day

506. a lunch double date with friends

507. Snickerdoodle coffee loaded with goodies!

508. a babysitter who loves on my littles

509. father and daughter playing chess

510. hearing “It’s Jesus!” at the end of every story I read in the Jesus Storybook Bible

511. sweet baby kissing her daddy’s picture

512. ice cream after dinner

513. pink little netbook

514. crafting with glitter pens

515. finding freedom to be creative

516. our “red neck” date night…TV dinners, pork rinds, and “Oh, Brother Where Art Thou”

517. big Sunday dinner together complete with dessert

518. chocolate smeared all over her face

519. worship and laughter

520. her journal being filled with words

521. a moment hidden in this morning to sit and reflect

What treasured gifts are you counting this week?

Sunday – Pot Roast with carrots & potatoes, oven baked Macaroni & Cheese, rice & gravy and rolls

Monday – leftovers from our big Sunday dinner

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Tuesday – Crock Pot Chicken Tacos, Mexican Rice, Tortilla Chips

Wednesday – Tortilla Soup with leftover chicken

Thursday – Chicken Planks, steamed corn, mashed potatoes

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Friday – Pork Fried Rice with egg rolls

Saturday – Date night for Valentine’s

What’s on your menu this week?

Visit Menu Plan Monday at OrgJunkie for lots of menu planning ideas!

I got a netbook this week that came with a built-in web cam, so I thought it would be fun to do some vlogging from time to time.

This was my first try at it, so go easy on me, okay??

I did want to share the story of some important lessons that my girls taught me today.

Oh, and I’m not sure where the buzzing sound in the background was coming from…so I hope it doesn’t bother you too much.

Post linked to: Women Living Well Wednesday

These two words are tucked away in some instructions Paul is giving to the church at Thessalonica as he closes his first letter to them.

Along with these, he instructs them to pray without ceasing and give thanks in all circumstances. Then he says, “for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

It is God’s will for us to rejoice, to have fun and to enjoy this wonderful life he has given us.

Not only that, he wants to rejoice “always”. It would make much more sense for Him to desire us to rejoice when life is good and going our way.

It seems utterly impossible to rejoice always.

I have found that it is impossible to always rejoice without Christ.

But with him…the impossible becomes possible.

With Christ we can rejoice, even when life doesn’t make sense and isn’t going our way.

When everything seems to be falling apart all around us, we can rejoice.

Rejoice with me today!

Linked to: Fresh Brewed Sunday at My Freshly Brewed Life