Bear Lake June 2010

In June we went up to Bear Lake for Grandma Taylor's Birthday weekend and stayed at The Inn at the Lake. One of the activities was a photo scavenger hunt which was just a tricky way to get pictures of everyone. Clever. Very clever. Here are just a few...

Trading hats...

Love...

Longest hair and shortest hair...Ha, ha.

$2 FOR ALL THIS

Okay, I need to create a separate blog for my deals....will add it to my list of things to do someday. But this one I had to post! At Smiths I got the Sobes FREE and at Target I got the other stuff for just $2!!! LOVE IT!!!

Waiting to go Camping

She waited all day to go camping in our backyard. She built this campfire ring when I told her Rory would be bringing home a square of metal to have a campfire on.

Art Work

Mostly I've just found the only way Jette Lynn will let me take a picture of her. Ha, ha. Whatever works.

3 YEARS OLD!!!

Zane turned 3 a couple weeks ago and is such a big boy...so he tells everyone. And that he's handsome. He's our exasperating, cute, little man. Happy Birthday Zane!!!

Apricots

Thanks Grandma LOL for teaching me how to can...again.
This picture's for you!!!

Hiding Places

I heard some giggles and found these two hiding in here.

This is just a little nook hidden inside Zane's closet. Never was sure what to do with it. Apparently you can fit more than just a few books in here. Who'd have thought?

Summer Days

And yes there's Zane almost to the top. Without me. He was just about to go down when I grabbed him. This kid has no fear. Amazingly Jette Lynn goes down it all by herself as long as I catch her at the bottom. But still brave for her. It's a fast curving ride!

Happy Mothers Day

Even though she made it for me I guess it's HERS. Along with the flowers she picked out for me. And the card and flower pen she made at church. Sigh. Today, though, she said we could share. Ha, ha.

Belated Easter

Spring is HERE!!!

Cousins

We miss our Logan and Kamryn cuzzis. Here is the last time we saw them for Sunday dinner up in Heber City.

Pool Party

During the snowy days we still like to party it up over here.

Mama's Boy

Got the cast off on Monday. Love how Zane's still smiling even though he had a cold AND a cast on. He's still crawling because he says his foot hurts. Still. Hmmm...Anyway, here we are in the waiting room keeping busy by drawing on it and saying good-bye.

Favorite Deals

Last week at K-Mart if you bought The Princess and the Frog DVD and the doll you got $10 off. So the doll ended up being $1. Plus I had a $10 off the movie coupon and a $10 off K-Mart coupon. I did this 2 times for a grand total of $5 for 2 movies and 2 dolls!!!! Wish I would've done this deal a few more times but they were out of dolls. I did get 3 rain checks, but the K-Mart coupon expired. Still will be a great deal with $5 rebates.


Without coupons at Smiths the Powerades were 25 cents each and Apple Juice was buy 8 for 99 cents each. Total was $10.25!


At Smiths I got all the brown boxed pasta for 25 cents each. The purple boxes and tuna pouches were free. Buying the beef got me the sauces free. So $7.26 for the meat and $6 for the pasta and sauce. Normally I spend $1 on a box of noodles so this was great! 30 pastas and 6 sauces for the price of 6 pasta.


Last week this is what I got in the mail. FREEBIES ROCK! Mail is a little more exciting now! Some items to note: I ordered some Victoria Secrets sanitizing hand wipes for $2.15 total. With it came a $10 or more gift card. When I use it next month it will have at least ten dollars on it, but maybe $25, $50, or $500. Either way, $2 for $12 worth of product is GREAT! Also, my All You magazine had a coupon for a FREE Rimmel make-up up to $5. Also, Check out my HUGE freebie bottle of Pantene. Nice!


At Target the cereal cost 50 cents each. Everything else was free with coupons. I just paid tax. Of course I did spend a few dollars on ebay buying some coupons, but still a great deal for stuff we need.

Girl Just Wanna Have FUN!

Deals, Deals, Deals

FREE ice-cream, yogurt, shampoo and conditioner, liners, fish food, and Herbal Essences styling cream at Wal-Mart. Just paid tax.


Walgreens trip. Diapers were $2.29 each. Puffs and Purex were FREE. Tilex and Nyquil was $1 each. Vicks cough drops were 25 cents each.


All this was FREE at Smiths and Walmart. The lip stuff cost $1.

From Start To Finish

It's always exciting to hear the doorbell ring, but it's the best when there's a package along with it. Nevermind that the kids have taken to running around without any clothes on these days...life goes on. Thank you Garrett and Kaylee for the citrus from Texas.

Deals Of The Week

Okay so I am addicted to couponing. It has been fun to try new products and create a stockpile at a fraction of the cost for about a year now. I am hooked.

At Target this cost me around $4. With the $5 rebate for the Glade candles I make $1.

All this was free with coupons.

At Walgreens this cost me $2.70 TOTAL.

Last week at Smith I got all this as part of the buy 10 and save three dollars. With coupons and a $5 rebate, I spent $3.

Like Father Like Son

Oddly enough Zane broke his foot in the exact spot that Rory broke his a little over a year ago. Stranger things have happened.

Rory crushed his foot at work and almost lost his toes. Zane took a tumble down the stairs. Zane was actually so happy to go to the doctor so he could ride in Rory's truck and have all the attention. He's been great. He sleeps through the night (thanks to Childrens Motrin) and crawls everywhere. The only trouble is keeping the cast clean. I have to give him sponge baths and wrap it in a plastic bag when he crawls around in the backyard.
Here's his little blue cast. It's the length of my hand. He has to wear it for 3 weeks. And so the countdown begins.

Valentines 2010

I tried my hand at pink heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. Luckily the kids don't know I'm no gourmet cook. They were so excited, especially to eat heart candies for breakfast. Love those little bed head kids!
Thanks to Grandma Pam and Grandpa Tom for watching the kids for us on Saturday so we could go out for a nice Valentines lunch at Rodizio Grill. Then on Sunday Rory grilled lobster tails and bacon wrapped fillet minon with asparagus and mango on the side. Forget flowers and chocolates. I'm all about the food! Ha, ha.
(And those who know me best know I'm all about getting the deals! We have to be. We've been living the student life until only recently) We only spent $25 for the WHOLE weekend! Thanks Grandma LOL for the plates, napkins, and doilies.

Mermaids!!!

Who cares that it's freezing outside! Jette Lynn and her friend Ashlyn randomly had matching Little Mermaid costumes! Jette Lynn lives in hers, along with other Princess costumes. Fun stuff to be four years old.

Favorite Deals From Last Week

45 bags of cookies for $7.10 total at Target.


FREE + a $14 moneymaker


Buy 3 Venus Razors $6.99 each = $20.97
Buy 1 Fusion Razor $6.99
Buy 3 Olay Total Effects Body Wash $5.49 each = $16.47
Total = $44.43
Use 3 of the $2/1 Venus Coupons from the 2/7 PG
Use 1 of the $4/1 Fusion Coupons from the 2/7 PG
Use 3 of the Buy a Venus Razor, Get a Body Wash FREE Coupons from the 2/7 PG
Pay $17.96
Get back two $5 gift cards for the Razors and one $5 gift card for 3 Body Wash
Your cost now is just $0.96
AND then you’ll be able to submit for the $15 Olay Rebate
Final cost all of the above FREE + a $14 moneymaker!