Have you ever had one of those days were you just didn't feel like cooking? Our summer has been so busy lately that I have barely had time to make it home and cook before having to run right back out! Fortunately, there's an easy solution called Home Chef.

Home Chef delivers perfectly portioned ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes directly to your door, so whether you're an amateur cook, or more seasoned in the kitchen, cooking with Home Chef is easy and enjoyable. Each week, you can use the personalized recipe recommendations they provide you. Or, you can pick from 11 fresh, chef-designed dinners, priced at $9.95 per serving. They change their menu weekly to give you countless new dinner options.


Last week my first Home Chef box showed up on my doorstep; loaded with two nights of meals. My first meal was Steelhead Trout in Shallot-Butter Sauce with Roasted Fingerling Potatoes which was a HUGE hit. It was delicious and just how Mary likes her fish. Her favorite is trout so we ate this in about 10 minutes flat.


The second meal was Chicken Kiev with green beans. This one was pretty good but I did have to improvise on the cooking since I have to watch my salt intake.

Both meals were perfect for quick and easy cooking. They both came with their ingredients all packaged up an a recipe card for each. Neither of them were hard to make and they came out great for busy nights.

If you want to try Home Chef, use the promo code "FAMILY" to try out Home Chef for $30 off!

Everyone's heard of Orlando, but not many have heard of Pigeon Forge. Did you know that Pigeon Forge is like Tennessee's little Orlando? They have a theme park, attractions as far as the eye can see, dinner shows and much more!

Our family is lucky enough to live about two hours away from Pigeon Forge and we love to visit often. If you've never been to Pigeon Forge, I wanted to share a fun family itinerary if you wanted to come for the day.


Morning
Eat breakfast at the Log Cabin Pancake House!
Head over to the Hollywood Wax Museum and pose with the stars.


Afternoon
Eat lunch at Golden Corral where they have an international buffet!
Head down to Gatlinburg to the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
Play a round of mini golf at Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Mini Golf


Evening
Before heading home, make sure to take in a dinner show like Lumberjack Feud!

If you're heading to Pigeon Forge soon, make sure to take advantage of the deal for tickets for the Hollywood Wax Museum above!

Amazon has launched a photo printing service that allows all customers to print their memories. Prime members can upload images to their Prime Photos account, print the product of their choice, and receive free delivery. If you’re not a Prime member, you’ll receive 5 GB of storage free on Prime Photos and be able to print your favorite photos. Prints start as low as $0.09 which is even cheaper than a drugstore!


I really love how convenient Amazon Prints is. Like a few weeks ago when we went to the fair with Mary, all I had to do was go home and upload the photos. Then I could finally get them off my phone and clear up some space.


Saving memories by printing photos has literally never been easier. And you don't just have to print photos either. You can order photo canvases, wall decor, cards and even calendars! It truly makes freeing up a hard drive a lot quicker!


If you have a lot of photos you want to have printed, make sure to enter below for the chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card! That will certainly help print a LOT of photos!

My personal war story as a mom? Oh, I have plenty. That's why I always feel like it's the 1940s war time in my house.

Just to give some examples, I've been everything from a Tantrum Slayer when Mary was younger to a Kid Wrangler as she gets older. But I think my most memorable war story would have to be when I earned my patch for being a Stain Investigator.

Back in 2013, Mary was allowed to eat in her room. To all the other parents out there, heads up, bad idea. I obviously thought she was responsible enough to tell me if something spilled but I was wrong. She ate her snack, the day went on and finally a few days went on. Then I started to notice a strange smell coming from her carpet. Getting down on my hands and knees like all mothers do, I sniffed around to finally find a patch of yuck on her carpet. I had no idea what it was but it smelled awful!

At that point I was more determined to get rid of the horrible odor but first I had to figure out what she had spilled. After thinking back, I remembered that part of her snack was a glass of milk. Bingo - it was spilled milk on my carpet!


I tried everything to get the smell out with every cleaning product I had in the house. Eventually it did come out and the smell was gone but after that day, Mary wasn't allowed to eat in her room anymore.

So after that ordeal, I symbolically earned my Stain Investigator badge.

Even though I have a lot of motherhood war stories I could tell, I still have amazing memories from being a mother too. Although sometimes I feel like I've just been recruited by the war department to defend my country!


This old war poster pretty much sums it up. For your own sake tomorrow!

But really, I do have a lot of precious memories with Mary and a lot of them include pizza. Mary is a huge pizza buff and could easily eat one weekly. When Mary was little we would go out for pizza and even stay in to make our own. One of my favorite things to do for her is just pop one in the oven as a surprise. Her personal favorite is Red Baron, but not just because she is a Peanuts movie buff either! Red Baron has been around for years and their pizza is quality. I know when I get it, it's going to have that perfect taste that she loves.

Her absolute favorite one from Red Baron is the Brick Oven Crust Cheese Trio. It smells so good when you're cooking it, you almost just can't wait!


If you love Red Baron pizza as much as our family does, make sure to follow the Baroness on Twitter and Facebook. Plus make sure to share your parenting "war"stories on social media with #WingMama for a chance to win a free Red Baron pizza coupon!