Would your home go crazy if you were to tell them it’s pizza and wings for dessert? Anthony did and also had no clue what I was talking about until I showed him the treats that came from Chocolate Pizza Company. I thought this was a fun dessert combo, but they don’t only offer this chocolate pizza and peanut butter ‘wings’ combo.
Chocolate Pizza Company has chocolate pizzas for all seasons and gifting occasions. We have the Snowflake Chocolate Pizza and PB Wigs that come in a combo. There are so many combinations of toppings and even chocolate pizzas you can have message written on them.
Imagine the office when you walk into a meeting with chocolate pizza saying “Thank you” or winning the Boss gift on his/her birthday at work. The kids would love it at parties too!
With the Holidays coming, keep Chocolate Pizza Company in mind for seasonal ‘pizzas’.
Featured in Forbes Magazine, People Magazine and other national media, Ryan Novak’s inspirational story is at the heart of his business. He started with the company as a dishwasher at the age of 15 and by 21 years-old, Ryan was the owner of Chocolate Pizza Company. His vision was to transform a small-town chocolate shop into an emerging national brand. Today, as America’s premier maker of this unique gourmet chocolate specialty, Chocolate Pizza Company products can be found at thousands of retail locations across the country where they are gifts-of-choice for business and personal occasions.
The Chocolate Pizza Company PB Wings are a sweet and salty indulgence. potato chips covered in creamy peanut butter and drenched in rich milk or dark chocolate (dark chocolate available after Jan 3).
If you cannot locate a retailer near you that carries the Chocolate Pizza Company line, then head over to their websiteand order one today!
I was given VIP access to Maris Farms in Buckley, Wa
If you live in Pierce County Washington then Maris Farms is a fall name turned tradition for many families. I know friends and family all over the state who are aware of Maris Farms and we had our first visit this weekend and I have 1 word: IMPRESSIVE!
We moved to this county last year (moved back actually), yet we have never made a visit to Maris Farms before. Usually there is a neighborhood farm near our home that we will visit because it is close and local. Had I experienced Maris Farms earlier it would have been a tradition for all of the boys, not just the youngest now. Anthony brought a friend because a farm visit is better with a buddy!
I want you to experience Maris Farms with me! So, I have created this post full of photos that still doesn’t do the well-organized farm any justice. These pictures are only half of the experience you get.
See the map that Anthony is holding above? Below is a list of all of the events and stations around the farm to experience. That’s a lot! Now the green are everyday events and the ones in orange are weekend only events so the weekend is a great way to experience it all especially coming later so you are here for the evening Haunted Woods, but the weekdays are quieter and still offer plenty!
No surprise money due once inside except for 5 of the weekend events that have a $ sign after it. Let’s take a little tour….
Barnyard Ball Zone. There are 2 of these around the farm! How great would this be in your own backyard!
First! Look at the top of the Rat Rollers photo…that’s the Farm up there with a lot of the events. This is another area below near the pumpkin patch. There are plenty of wheelbarrows to go around so you aren’t lugging your pumpkins that far at all.
The wait for a Bounce House jump is always the longest wait!
That’s a mechanical bull! No kidding! This is weekends only.
This is one of 3 large walls showing the history of their corn maze designs!
Dad joins in on the Rubber Duck Races!
I leaned over the sheep barn wall to snap this. At night this turns into the entrance for the Haunted Woods walk. This is weekends only starting at 7pm and extra $.
How old were you when you ate a hot dog on a farm watching a pig race happen? Anthony was 10! Races are weekends only.
This is called the Jump Pillow and I want one! There is the other Barnyard Ball Zone in the background I told you about!
This is the Paintball Gallery or as the boys call it, the Zombie Paintball! Weekends Only and extra $.
The Trout Catch and Release Fishing was a blast. None of us caught a fish, but several around us did. Weekends only.
Check this out…a Goat Walk! Bring quarters because you can vend food and hoist it up to them in little buckets on a rope.
Everyhere you turn they have fit little activities on the walk like this Color Change maze. Why not?
What is a Mineshaft Slide we wondered as we came up to this area?
That’s a Mineshaft slide!
Ever ride a Monster Truck by a pumpkin field. You can at Maris Farms. This one costs an extra $10 and weeknds only.
Sheep! Pigs! Pheasants! and….kittens! Yes, we watched kittens play in the Animal Barn
Have you taken a Speleo Kave challenge? No worries, I still have no idea what this is. The boys, however came out hollering that was the most fun so far! Something about climbing in and maneuvering between narrow paths and coming out the ground.
The 10 year olds declined the Cow Train, but how adorable!
How did they think of these spots of fun? Seriously! The Black Mamba
Another blast, literally! Anthony is cannon shooting the Apple Blaster. This is a weekend only event and extra $.
Now these boys are Human Foos-Ball players!
If you haven’t ended a day on a farm in the fall on a Bee Line Zip Line, you have not lived in boy glory!
Maris Farms events not pictured or mentioned
2018 Corn Maze (I know…we had to go to a dinner). We had no idea we should have given ourselves so much time.
Hayride
Slide Tower
Tire Mountain
Spider Web
Corn Hole
Corn Room (the toddlers were living it up in here)
Sunken Tractor
Tetherball (in more than one area of the farm)
Baby Ball Zone
Pedal Trikes Course
Tube Sliders
Live Honey Bees
Cow Roping (not real ones, silly!)
Tug O War
Digger Dell (weekends)
Live Duck Races (weekend)
Pumpkin Princess Story Time (weekend)
Face Painting (weekend)
Hot Seat Escape (like a mini escape room-weekends)
All Styles Movie with Du-Shuant “Fik-Shun” Stegall
ARRIVED ON iTUNES, DIGITAL, AND DVD SEPTEMBER 25
FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
The Movie Synopsis
Struggling In his freshman year of college, Brandon tries to focus intently on his studies but keeps coming to the same conclusion: dance is his passion. His geeky roommate Nate proposes they start a dance crew, but their search for other freestyle dancers proves fruitless. So they expand their search across town, finding a break-dancer, a performance artist, a Bhangra dancer, an animator, a ballerina, and a ballroom dance mom willing to join the new crew. A national dance battle headlined by Brandon’s previous crew, Levelz, provides the first opportunity for Brandon to prove to himself and his family that he and his crew have what it takes to make it as dancers.
There is so much energy in this family movie! Full of dance, music and even a little bit of romance. This movie truly focuses on passion of following your dreams and heart. Dancing was his passion, but he needs to get up and make things happen for himself so that he can truly turn his passion into action.
On September 18, 2018 the DVD, Digital and On Demand feature, Saving Faith debuted! The first thing you will notice is that this movie is loaded with starts you know. The guest stars are Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. Are your feet tapping now? The cast is great too and some familiars such as Donny Richmond, Jenn Gotzon, Jim Chandler and Henry Cho to name a few.
Faith (Jenn Gotzon) owns a struggling theater in a small town. She is feeling hopeless about its future until her Uncle makes a few calls to some well-known friends. His thoughts are that a successful concert of stars may be what the theater needs to survive. The wrench? A local developer decides to sabotage the concert and he has a good fight. The concert needs to be enough or she will lose her business!
The movie is surely predictable when you read the synopsis. But, like Lionsgate does with all of its movies, there is enough emotion and great casts members who really keep you engaged and hopeful as you watch and live the story with the actors. It’s why we love these feel-good movies. All of the goods and family-friendly scripting makes it a great family movie night with a bunch of inspiration and hope to spare for everyone in the family.
Want to win a copy? Until October 5, 2018 I am giving a copy away — ENTER HERE—!
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