Swagathlon Sweet Treat Team Challenge #Swagbucks

On your marks, get set, EARN! Swagbucks is holding a fun team challenge called the "Swagathlon" to help you earn free gift cards! For those of you who don't know what Swagbucks is, it's a website where you can earn cash back on everyday tasks you do online like shopping, answering surveys, discovering deals, and watching videos. You can even earn for searching the web! 

If you've never tried Swagbucks before because you didn't know where to begin, their Team Challenges are a great way to learn the ropes! The challenge, begins Monday, July 17th at 8am PT, but you can pre-register starting on Friday, July 14th!
Here's how you can join the challenge and the site:  

1. Click here to join the challenge and be assigned to a team.

2. Starting June 17th at 8am PDT, in addition to earning SB you'll contribute points to your teams total as you complete different activities on Swagbucks.

3. Check back on the page often to see the scores and what you've contribute so far.   

All members who participate and contribute at least 600 points to their team’s total will receive a SB bonus in the form of a SB Swag Up Rebate on their next gift card! 

Not only that, but if you sign up under me this month and earn 300 SB before August 1st, you'll get a 300 SB bonus!

Members of the 1st place team will receive a 100 SB Swag Up Rebate, members of the 2nd place team will receive a 50 SB Swag Up Rebate, and members of the 3rd place team will receive a 30 SB Swag Up Rebate. Your SB Swag Up Rebate will be made available on Friday, July 21st at 2pm PT and will expire on Friday, August 4th at 11:59pm PT.

Walmart's Scorching Summer Savings

Walmart is running huge deals all week long on everything from clothing and jewelry to home electronics, grills, and toys, and Swagbucks is offering 6% cash back (in the form of SB Points) for every dollar you spend through Sunday. Whatever you need this summer, now's the time to buy it and get rewarded for doing it.

Just click here to take advantage of these deals.

If you haven't signed up for Swagbucks yet, you can also do that at this page and start earning points towards your first free gift card. As a bonus, if you sign up through me a spend at least $25 shopping online through Swagbucks before the first of the month and you'll get a 200 SB bonus - that's $2 in addition to the points you get for each dollar you spend.

I talk about Swagbucks a lot here on The Kerrie Show because I love it. I'm always buying things on ebay and I go through Swagbucks first and get cash back for doing so. Also I'm on WalMart.com quite often, and don't get me started talking about holiday shopping ... I do a lot of online shopping then and WalMart has great shipping deals ... free 2-day shipping if you purchase $50, which is easy to do when you're buying gifts, printer ink, etc.

Top 10 Attractions for Kids This Summer Vacation in Chicago

If you recently moved to Chicago and are spending your first summer here, you want your summer vacation to be enjoyable and considerably stress-free, and you need to go to places that will not only entertain but keep your children engaged. Fortunately, there are tons of kid-friendly things to do in Chicago that will fully satisfy your children’s curiosity and their need for excitement.

Additionally, if you're just vacationing in the area but are looking for a family-friendly area to relocate to, Chicago should be high on your list.  Here is a list of available homes for sale in Chicago to consider for your family.

Here are 10 attractions that you may want to explore with your kids in the area:

1.      Chicago Children’s Museum

The Chicago Children’s Museum is undoubtedly one of the top museums in the United States and it has something enjoyable to offer for children of all ages – from babies to much older kids. Your children can experience digging for dinosaur bones at the Dinosaur Expedition, go on an adventure at the Treehouse Trails, or even exhaust their creative side by creating something in the Tinkering Lab.

July 11th is 7-11 #FreeSlurpeeDay

It's finally here! The annual event my family waits for! It's 7-11 day! FREE SMALL SLURPEES ALL DAY LONG! Go back as many times as you want for free Slurpees in many different flavors! It's insane but it's worth it, especially if you are Slurpee-ing a slew of kids!

Comment here with your Slurpee fun for the day and please share this post with your friends on your Facebook page!

Here are some photos of friends and family who made it last year!

The Law Family!

The Hethcoat Family!

Happy 16th Birthday to Joel!

I'm only a year late in posting this, but I wanted to lay down some photos of Joel's 16th birthday party since my blog is kind of an online scrapbook for our family. I hit the party store HARD for this milestone birthday. Joel was pretty much gone the entire month of June (his birth month) working at camp, so we put his party off until July. He invited a ton of friends and the party went past dark.

The spread: fruit, veggies, pizza, cupcakes, Goldfish crackers in buckets, fun Polynesian theme

A simple cake made at home works just fine!

My baby is 16!

Singing time!

Joel and his brother Michael :-)

Joel is so blessed to have so many friends ... it was a great party!