The Third Annual Commenting Challenge: Social Networking

Day 3 of the Commenting Challenge is all about social media and our favorite websites. I don't really use social media for my blog, but I do have a personal account through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram (@KatieLQuiroz). If you don't have a Pinterest account, let me know and I can send you an invite!

My husband and I use Amazon a lot, too. We have purchased several items from their site and have always had a good experience. I also use Amazon to download e-books for my Kindle. Amazon offers lots of free ebooks as well. They have a top 100 free e-book list for the Kindle, and you can even search to find more freebies.

I have also recently started using Swagbucks. Swagbucks is a search engine where you can earn points and trade them in for rewards. Read more about it here.

The Third Annual Commenting Challenge: Why I Blog

Today's topic in the Commenting Challenge is to write about why I blog.

First of all, if you are new to my blog, welcome! You can go and read all about me in my post from yesterday here.

I have been blogging for over two years. I started out by reading blogs and eventually mustered up the courage to start my own. It has been a lot of fun so far! I mostly blog about my family and our life. This has been a great way for me to write about big events and even little things that I'd like to remember. I love going back and reading old posts to see what we were doing this time last month or even this time last year. My blog has become my online journal, family scrapbook, and baby books for each of our children.

Occasionally, I'll post recipes from things I have made and liked. You can find those here. I haven't posted any new recipes in a while, but hopefully soon I'll be able to get a few new ones posted.

I am working on some ideas for weekly blog posts about each of our three children. With Sophia being so little right now, and changing everyday, I find myself getting caught up in taking her pictures and blogging mostly about her. I'd like to be better about blogging more about each child. So be on the look out for some new weekly blog posts from me!

What types of things do you like to blog about? Why did you start blogging? I'd love to hear from you in the comments!

The Third Annual Commenting Challenge: About Me!

I am participating in the Jenna's Journey Third Annual Commenting Challenge. I have participated the last two years with great success, so I thought I'd try it again.

Today's writing topic is to write about yourself. If you have been reading my blog for long, you've probably noticed that I don't write about myself very often. I am also usually the one behind the lense of our camera, so I'm not in very many pictures either. I need to try to be better about letting my husband take more pictures so that I can be in some of them too!

If you are new to my blog, welcome! My name is Katie. I live with my husband, Jaime, and our three children, Jenny, Aiden, and Sophia. We live in Georgia, which is where I was born and raised.

I have been a stay at home mom since my son was about 9 months old. I truly enjoy being able to stay home with our children. Out of all of the jobs I have had in the past, this one has been the most rewarding. It is also the busiest, and can be the most difficult.

I met my husband and his daughter, Jenny, in April of 2007. Jenny was just 19 months old at the time. We had our first child, Aiden, in November of 2008. Sophia was born in April of 2012. Now, Jenny is 6 years old, Aiden is 3, and Sophia is almost 3 months. Jenny and Aiden are the best of friends! I'm sure once Sophia is old enough, she will be joining in with them too! It has been such a joy watching them grow up. I consider myself very blessed to be able to stay home with them everyday!