An ambitious 2015!!! #crowdtap

This year, I'm following through with my dream of becoming a personal trainer. 3 years ago, I was obese. I worked so hard to change my lifestyle and discovered that I loved fitness! I turned that motivation into teaching others to do the same and became an instructor. I've met so many amazing people in the same situation that I was in, and I've helped them achieve their goals by showing them that working out can be fun! Now, I want to take it a step further by taking the ACE course and becoming a certified personal trainer. I want to work with people one on one... working with the morbidly obese... Giving them the hope that they CAN do it. I live a busy lifestyle as it is, I work SEVERAL small, odd jobs, and own TWO small businesses for daycare reasons with two young kids. I KNOW it's going to be challenging to fit in a whole course on top of it... but just like when I lost my weight, I WANT this. I WILL do this. I'm tired of just talking about it, and ready to put these words into motion!

DOT by Marc Jacobs Cocktail Hour Party - Crowdtap!

Oh.... this is by far, the best smelling party Crowdtap has asked me to do! While I was unable to provide the cocktails/mocktails, I decided to get the biggest audience, I would ambush my Zumba fitness class with this awesome fragrance and the response was fantastic!!

First of all, this fragrance is AMAZING! And the funny thing is, my husband NEVER says anything about my perfumes... but he LOVES this one! He always tells me how great I smell when I wear this one!! It comes in a gorgeous bottle, and it's super fun and sexy! I know for sure it's available at Macy's! Seriously, this stuff is great! If you're looking for a fun, flirty scent that both you (and your husband!) will love, this is the one!!!

My Zumba fitness class that day! (you can see the table set up behind us on the right)

My polka dots! Wore this out with a friend a few nights before when I let her sample as well!

My mom loves it! She purchased a bottle shortly after the party!

Old Navy - Tee Time at Old Navy Sample and Share - Crowdtap

Helloooooooo again! Another Sample and Share for Old Navy and Crowdtap!! Love them!!!

This one was for tees! Oh, an absolute essential! And let me tell you, Old Navy did NOT disappoint! So many color choices... so many style choices! My dear friend Amiee and our kids headed to our nearest Old Navy and had a blast checking out all they had to offer! We were allowed two free tees with our coupons (yay!!)!!!

I LOOOVED the color of this mint colored Women's Best Tee! It's soooo soft and has a little sheer to it.

My son practiced his photography skills with my phone. lol

I ended up going home with this one too! The color was great! It's a very bright coral. It's 3/4 length sleeve and it's incredibly comfortable!

This one was the vintage tee... I'm kicking myself for not grabbing this one too! Loved the color!

My very pregnant friend Amiee loved the polka dots on this Women's Best Tee!

I think she looks fantastic in the stripes! Loved the color combo, and once again, Amiee agreed that these tees are so super comfy... which is essential for everyday wear, even through pregnancy!!

My goofy son who joined us that day!

We had to try on some sunglasses before we left!

While we were there, I ended up getting him a couple shirts as well. This one suits him well!!

Basically, you need to get your butts to Old Navy!! Old Navy is PERFECT for those essentials! They have the best selection of tees! Thanks so much for the opportunity to try these out Old Navy and Crowdtap!!!

Durex Sexplorers Pleasure Party!! #Crowdtap

Well, this party was a nice change-up to our normal, kid-friendly parties! I was chosen by Crowdtap to host a ladies night party sponsored by the awesome Durex brand! This one was so much fun! I had the girls over and we had a blast! Durex offers LOTS of products for every need! They bring fun back into the bedroom! We had a lot of laughs, a lot of stories were shared, and plenty of food, and plenty of Durex products to go around!

Yummy cream cheese, brown sugar, bacon bagels!

Ranch ham pinwheels and carrots and dip!

My famous cheese ball, summer sausage, cheese cubes and crackers!

I went with a Valentine's Day theme. It seemed fitting!

Veggie Pizza!

My food was a big hit... but not as big a hit as the awesome Durex products!

YUM! (excuse my children's toys... I had a dentist appointment that day and didn't have as much time to pick up as I would have liked!)

 I went with a Valentine's Day theme, since my party was hosted on the 12th... it seemed fitting. I know I was really excited about all these new Durex products because my husband works third shift. It's almost impossible to get some alone time... with all these new products it makes what little alone time we have that much better! We decided to forgo the cocktails... some of the girls I had here are pregnant and I didn't want to rub it in their faces! I know it seems a little pointless to invite the pregnant girls, but hey: they are going to need some protection afterwards, right?! Plus Durex offers a lot of other awesome products besides just condoms!

some awesome options for condoms

They were very excited about that one. =)

I was really excited about this one. ;)

hmmm...

Fun Stuff!

this should come in handy...

We had a fun time with the dice! (they glow in the dark by the way!)

I think this was my favorite in the whole deck... ;)

 We really had a blast! It was tough squeezing everyone into my tiny living room, but they sure didn't complain! The girls loved their goody bags. (I told them not to use them up all in one night!) And I know we are definitely going to be checking out more Durex products ourselves... I think maybe they will be too! What a great party opportunity this one was!

Hotel Transylvania Monster Bowl Party!! #Crowdtap

We had another party for the DVD/Blue Ray release of Hotel Transylvania! If you haven't seen the movie, you MUST! It's hilarious! We loved it! We were selected by Crowdtap to host a party in celebration! I loved this one because it was like Halloween in February! With the help of Pinterest, I found some excellent ideas for goodies for the party! Here's the link to my Pinterest page!!

/http://pinterest.com/scamp13/monster-bowl-party-hotel-transylvania-crowdtap/

The little mummy candy bars turned out ADORABLE! The kids loved them! Probably one of my favorite ideas!

We also did Frankenstein pudding cups, and worms in dirt pudding cups! Both Halloween inspired treats, and both delicious!

I made this adorable candelabra with the help of a tutorial on Pinterest. It only took about 20 minutes and I made it out of stuff I already had! It was a great addition to our Halloween themed decor! Although, one of the LED tealights wouldn't stay on. =(

All of our awesome snacks!












We decorated the living room with streamers! Gave it a fun, spooky vibe!

We started off with food, then we did a couple fun activities! We had a monster face drawing contest... I just had the kids draw scary faces on balloons and it was a big hit! They really enjoyed it! Then we grew little skeletons by submerging them in water. (I found those at Dollar Tree!) I wanted to do that activity because one of my favorite parts of the movie was the skeleton mariachi band! lol I also found some cute glow stick, glow in the dark creepy masks that the boys seemed to love! We took a few pics with the Goldrun App, so it looked like Drac was there with us! We finished the night by watching the movie. It was my son's second time seeing it as we had watched it in theaters, but it still kept his full attention as well as his friend's! We had a great time and it's an awesome movie! If you haven't already, get out and buy it! PS: the Scream Cheese dip was amazing!