Yoplait Splitz Review & Giveaway

We’re a big yogurt family around here, not so much my husband but the kids and I love it! The brand we buy most often is Yoplait. My toddlers love Yoplait kids and will eat them for every meal if we let them. My favor the sweeter flavors such as peach cobbler, but the kids love any flavor and will devour the fruit flavored ones within minutes, scratch that, within seconds!


So when I was asked to review the new Yoplait Splitz I knew it would probably be a big hit. For me it’s the fact that there are no artificial flavors, sweeteners or high fructose corn syrup, and the biggie, it’s only around 90 calories. Since it’s summertime Yoplait suggests, for an even “cooler” experience, just can pop a Yoplait Splitz in the freezer and in a few hours you can enjoy a cool, creamy cup of authentic frozen yogurt. It comes available in three delicious flavor combinations including Strawberry Sundae, Strawberry Banana Split, and Rainbow Sherbet. I don’t know about you but it sounds yummy and trust me it tastes just as good!!


In addition to my samples of Yoplait Splitz I was provided with a wonderful picnic bundle including a roll up fleece blanket and heavy duty insulated tote. I can't wait for it to cool down a little so we can take our frozen Splitz to the park and enjoy a lovely family outing!! I was also given a unique link to offer my readers a printable coupon* for $0.75 off one package of Yoplait Splitz, simply click here. Yoplait Splitz can be purchased nationwide in a variety of grocery stores and fine retailers. I bought mine at Vons!

*This coupon offer for Yoplait Splitz yogurt is not valid in some states, including California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota and Tennessee.

Yoplait Splitz and My Blog Spark would like to offer one Family Treasures reader the same Picnic Prize Package I received!
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Safeway Back-to-School Event Giveaway

I am always on the lookout for Box Tops when I go shopping! My children are not school aged yet but I still like helping my local schools. Each Box Top is worth 10-cents and can be found on brands such as Cheerios®, Betty Crocker®, Juicy Juice®, Ziploc®, Kleenex®, Hefty®, Welch's® and many more!

Right now, the Safeway family of stores (which includes Dominick's, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, and Genuardi's) is making it simple to give back with "2 Ways 2 Earn" cash for your schools with Box Tops for Education and the "10% Goes Back to Schools" program. That’s pretty awesome! We don’t have a Safeway chain store in our area and I want to pass along this great deal to you!

Box Tops for Education has already given away over $320 million to help the more than 69 thousand schools participating. And if that wasn't enough, earning Box Tops is even easier this year with four new brands participating in the program: Progresso Soup, Totino´s Pizza, Betty Crocker Cake Mixes and Gold Medal Flour.

To help your local schools even further just look for the "10% Goes Back to Schools" yellow school bus tags on over 2,000 of your favorite items throughout Safeway from August 11th - September 14th. When you purchase participating products with your Club Card, Safeway will give 10% of the purchase price to the local school of your choice.

Here's how it works:
* Check your receipt from August 11 - September 14. The total will be updated each time you shop.

* Beginning on September 18, a redemption code will be printed at the bottom of your receipt.

* Visit backtoschools.escrip.com before October 13 to choose your favorite participating local school, then simply enter your redemption code to make your donation.

To learn more about Box Tops for Education and Safeway's "10% Goes Back to Schools" program, visit www.2ways2earn.com. And while you´re there, don´t forget to enter the Safeway Bonus Box Tops Sweepstakes for a chance to win 1,000 Bonus Box Tops for the participating school of your choice!
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Disclosure: The Safeway gift card, Bonus Box Tops certificate, information and giveaway were all given to me from Safeway and General Mills through MyBlogSpark. I was allowed to keep the items, but the opinion I am sharing remains my own.

Keep your fork

I love this story! It was recently passed along to me in an e-mail, and now I pass it along to you...

There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things "in order," she contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Everything was in order and the pastor was preparing to leave when the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her. "There's one more thing," she said excitedly.

"What's that?" came the pastor's reply.

"This is very important," the young woman continued. "I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand."

The pastor stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.

"That surprises you, doesn't it?" the young woman asked.

"Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request," said the pastor.

The young woman explained. "My grandmother once told me this story, and from there on out, I have always done so. I have also, always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of encouragement.

'In all my years of attending church socials and potluck dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork'. It was my favorite part because I knew that something better was coming, like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie. Something wonderful, and with substance!' So, I just want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder "What's with the fork?". Then I want you to tell them: "Keep your fork, the best is yet to come."

The pastor's eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye.

He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did.

She had a better grasp of what heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.

She KNEW that something better was coming.

At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the pretty dress she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand. Over and over, the pastor heard the question "What's with the fork?" And over and over he smiled.

During his message, the pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her.

The pastor told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.

He was right.

So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever so gently, that the best is yet to come.

And keep your fork.

Sweets Perfume Review!

Hey guys! So my next review is for Sweets Perfume. Sweets Perfume is this really cool website that has tons and tons of different fragrances of perfumes, if you want it odds are they have it! I received a sample of ten different ones in the mail.

Here are the fragrances I chose:

- Beautiful
- Sweet Pea
- Cherry Blossom
- Divinity
- Flirty
- Green Apple
- Green Tea & Cucumber
- Spiced Apple
- Pink
- Sparkling Mandarin Tangerine

Wow, all of these smelled amazing. From the second I opened the packaging I wanted to wear them all. My favorite has to be the Green Tea and Cucumber. It is easily my new everyday scent!

I love flowery scents but I'm also into fruity smells, as you can probably tell from my list, it's just a nice change of pace. And just for fun I wanted to try Flirty because well with a name like that it had to smell great, and it did.

Also the scents weren't too overwhelming, if that makes sense. They were just enough to smell great but not like you bathed in perfume or Green Tea and Cucumbers for that matter, haha. You know what I’m talking about. I’m sure everyone has passed that one person in the shopping area where you smelt them a mile before you saw them. I hate that! It always makes me sick, really too much perfume makes me ill and that’s no fun.

Besides the sampler set you can purchase your favorite scent in a refillable bottle. I can’t wait to purchase the heart shaped keychain bottle!

All in all, you guys should definitely try Sweets Perfume out. They have almost 50 scents to choose from (49 to be exact) and it might take you a while to pick out one scent because they have such a great selection, but trust me it is so worth it.

Buy It! Head on over to Sweets Perfume's website and browse their awesome selection. Their prices vary from $3.95 to $49.95 depending on how fancy the bottle you want. :)