Easy Baby Back Ribs Recipe

Easy & Delicious Dinner Ideas For Busy Families on a Budget

Do you have a family cook-out planned for this afternoon? Still clueless on what to serve up?

I've found a couple yummy recipes at emeals to help out with your 4th of July plans, I hope your not hungry right now.... these recipes are sure to make your tummy talk!

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The Fourth of July menu includes:

• Easy Baby Back Ribs
• Potato Salad with Bacon
• Marinated Slaw
• Crunchy-Topped Squash Casserole
• Watermelon Salad
• Berry-Topped Thunder Cake

Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients

• 51/2 lb baby back pork ribs (3 slabs)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 11/2 teaspoons pepper
• 18 oz bottle favorite barbecue sauce

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Remove thin membrane from back of ribs by slicing into ribs with a knife and pulling membrane off with paper towels.
• Combine salt, garlic powder and pepper; rub all over meaty side of ribs. Cut racks in half, if desired. Arrange ribs in a large roasting pan. - Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake 3 hours or until very tender.
• Uncover and cool 15 minutes.
• Drain.
• Preheat grill to medium-high. Place ribs, meaty side up, on grill rack rubbed with oil.
• Baste generously with barbecue sauce.
• Grill, covered with grill lid, 10 minutes.
• Baste and grill 5 to 10 minutes longer or until sauce clings to ribs.

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DIY Pirate Valentines for Kids

The count down to Valentine's Day has started in my house. My little girls are ready to bring Valentine's to all their little school friends. 5 More Days! On February 14, my youngest daughter, Jade, has to dress fancy and wear her best dress for 'Ladies and Gents Day'. The teachers are going to teach the kids manners. My oldest, Loran, did 'Ladies and Gents Day' last year when she was in Kindergarten and I think it's simply adorable :-)

I have another Valentine Card Craft for your kiddo's! This one is for the Pirate Lovers!!

Arggggggggg!

While searching the web a few weeks ago I ran across a blog that had a printable template for these Pirate Valentines but my printer is out of ink so I couldn't print anything out.

Here's the original post and the photo below 

Mer Mag's Pirate Valentine's

So I tried my luck at free-hand drawing the little pirates! Mine didn't turn out just like the original, I left some stuff out and did things my way but I love the way they cam out!

Here is what I came up with and How I did it

What you will need

Card-stock or Old Valentines

Glue

Markers

Pencil

Scissors

Small Heart Sticker or Small Fabric Heart

White Paper optional

Cut out a square or rectangle out of cardstock in the size and shape you want your valentine.

I used old Valentine's from last year traced them on plain white paper. If your using cardstock you don't need to trace onto more paper. (I traced them twice because my paper was thin and I didn't want to see the design on the card through the paper)

Since I used thin paper, I glued one layer of paper to my valentine, you may skip that step.

Draw a 1/2 circle like the photo below

Add Hair, I did pigtails like the original

Finish the top of the circle for the Bandana

Draw on the bandana (or Pirate hat if your making a boy). Add a face and decorate.

I used markers to color in a little bit on the pirates and wrote a pirate saying at the bottom.

You can either cut out a heart out of fabric or use a heart sticker that is bigger than the eye you drew. Stick or glue the heart over one eye and use a colored pen to draw the strings.

Here are my Pirate Kid Valentines! Aren't they cute?!

I'm very happy with hoy they came out and so are my girls!!

Have fun making your own Pirate Valentine's!

Win a Pair of Zips Shoes in this AWESOME Giveaway

You know that feeling you get when you know you need new shoes because you are either tired of the ones you have or they don't match anything anymore? Zipz Shoes can Handle that problem for you. When you get tired of the color or pattern on your shoes.. Just Zip another one on! Read below to learn more.

This review and giveaway is hosted by The Momma And Boys!

Just like the box says, Change your shoes, change yourself, change your world.  I have never seen any shoes like them. Zipz are awesome! I have a feeling that this is going to be the next fashion trend.  You can change out the covers of your shoes whenever and wherever you please.

Not only can you change out your shoes, they are comfortable too! If you are tired of the way your shoes look, then just unzip them and put on a new cover.  Or say your shoes do not match your outfit that day, no worries, you can unzip them and zip on a new pair.  No need to buy tons of shoes anymore of each of your outfits because you can just unzip them to match the outfit. 

If the covers get dirty you can easily unzip them and throw them into the wash to clean.  In the meantime while you are waiting zip on a new cover and wear your Zipz Shoes still! 

There are so many different styles you could choose from.  They have Adult Hi-Tops, Adult Lo-Tops, Adult Zip-Ons,Youth Hi-Tops, Youth Lo-Tops,  and Youth Zip-Ons. 

  

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Make Your Own Parachute Man

Make your own Parachute Man or Girl

What you need is :

Plastic Baggie

Paper Clip

Small Toy Person (as light as possible)

String or Light weight Ribbon

Hole Punch (Optional)

Cut the baggie into a square and punch or poke hole in each corner.

Cut the string in 4 even strands and tie one end to each corner of the baggie square.

Tie the other ends of the strings to the paper clip and attach the paper clip to the small toy person by wrapping one end around the small toy.

Throw your little toy in the air and let it fly!

Our Princess was too heavy, make sure your toy is light. An Army Man works GREAT!

Puzzle Piece Creature Magnets - Fun Craft for the Kids

STOP! Don't throw out all those old puzzles that are missing a few pieces, or the ones that your kids have grown out of due to the big size of the pieces. Why throw them out when you can make really cool creature magnets out of them! It don't matter what age your child is, this activity can be ALOT of fun! With the little ones, you may need to help with the glue and painting but the older kids can do it all on their own with just 3 small steps of instructions.

Step 1 ~ Paint a puzzle piece with any color of paint. (acrylic works best, watercolors don't like to stick to the glossy surface of the puzzle)

Step 2 ~ Once the paint dries, Decorate it with googlie eyes, pipe-cleaners, feather, pom-pom balls, etc.

Step 3 ~ Glue a Magnet to the back of the Puzzle piece

Your finished! Just let it dry and hang up your art work on your fridge!

*Fun Tip*

If you don't have any extra puzzle pieces, trace some onto a piece of thin cardboard and cut out the shape.

(I couldn't find my extra puzzles so we made our own!)

DIY Carry-Along Toy Road in a Pocket

This is a simple toy that can be taken along on vacation/trips, to friends house's, appointments, etc. It's also very easy to make. Little Boys will love it and Girls will like it also!!

1. Cut out road patterns to use on the fabric. (I made the roads about 2 1/2 inches wide but you can go smaller or larger. It's the perfect size for 2 cars side by side.)

2. Cut off 1 leg of a pair of jeans. (I got 6 road pieces out of one leg)

3. Lay out the patterns on the fabric, try and cut the pieces as close together as you can so you can get more out of the space.

4. Trace the patterns onto the fabric, I use a regular pencil but you can use a fabric pencil if you have one.

5. Lay out our pieces to see if you have a cool road (This step is not necessary, but you know you want to!) (I did this to see if I needed any extra road pieces)

6. Paint on the Lines down the middle of the roads (I used Yellow Acrylic Paint)

7. While the paint is drying, Cut a pocket out of the same jeans. (This is going to be for storing the road when it's not being played with, It's also what makes it so great for travel!)

8. If you like, You can paint the yellow lines on the pocket to match it to the roads.

9. IT'S DONE!!!!!

10. After the paint dries, you can fold up the road pieces and fit them inside the pocket!

Just add a few cars then you and your kiddos are ready for a day with no boredom!The road pieces can be put in all different road formations! Your kids will have fun making different roads, you can also make buildings with left over jeans if you like (I didn't this time, but I may in the near future.)

I got this idea from a picture on Pinterest this past summer and had to make one for my friends little boy! (My daughters had so much fun playing with this road before I gave it to Kaden!)

I hope you enjoyed the walk through steps. Enjoy!!!!

Post by Autumn with Thru My Eyes Creations and Thru My Eyes Photography

Valentine Bling Rings with a Kiss of Chocolate

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**DIY Valentine Bling Rings**

While scanning the web looking for Valentine's Day ideas, I ran across this really cute ring on the blog Mom On Time Out that would be super simple to make for any age! The only supplies you'll need is pipe cleaners (red and silver were used but you can use any color you like) and Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses! If anyone else makes these cute little valentine rings, please post pictures, I would love to see how these come out. My Step By Step picture instructions are below.

Items Needed:
(per ring)
2 pipe cleaners
1 Hershey Kiss

Twist the pipe cleaners in to an X

Place the Kiss in the middle of the X



Bend up the ends on the pipe cleaners around the kiss and twist them together.
 Split and bend the 4 ends in half with 2 on each side

 
Make a circle ring shape with the ends.
You can either twist the ends around the ring shape or twist around the top right below the kiss.
(We twisted it around the ring)

YOUR DONE!!!!!
My girls fell asleep before I could get a picture of them with the orange ring so I made their daddy be my hand model for the night! :-) He did so well for a first timer haha

  

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