Fresh Haircut

I took the girls to Cookie Cutters for a fresh new spring cut. It was the cutest place, they loved it. They got to sit in a pink cadillac, watch elmo, go down a slide and got a sucker and balloon. I love their clean, short new do.

Funny Adalie

At 20 months I we already know that Addie Jo will be the family comedian. She is also a drama queen. She cracks us up and knows she is cute, funny and dramatic. I love how you can see someone's personality at such a young little age. She is so silly. When she wants to make us laugh, she goes cross eyed. She will do it if you ask her to also. It is quite funny. And quite adorable. Here are a couple pictures of her being silly.

Did anyone else cry while watching this?
It is so sad to see little babies and children living the way they do.
It made me want to help.
It also reminded me just how rich and blessed I am.

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Quote

When my mom had three teenage girls she found a Reebok ad with a quote that she hung up on our bathroom mirror that we saw everyday as we got ready. It read:

I believe . . .
when you look in the mirror and see what is right instead of what is wrong, that is the true mark of a healthy individual.

I thought that was a great thing to do for teenage girls.

Thanks mom!

Now, If I ever look like this and think I look like that,
please give me a new quote to hang on my mirror

(Thanks for the picture Laura, I like the email)

Want it

My friend Alisha has the cutest house! She recently redecorated her girls rooms and added these vinyl flowers. I think they are so cute. I am getting tired of the same old vinyl you see in every house you go into. But this stuff, it is different and so cute. Her sister-in-law makes them along with some very cute organizing labels. Check them out at her etsy store here. Excuse me now while I go make plans to redecorate Julia's room again.

(Thanks Alisha for the pictures, I hope you don't mind me sharing them)

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning

But anyone can start today and make a new ending

-Maria Robinson

What's for dinner

We LOVE Hawaiian Haystcks at our house, we could eat them once a week and be very happy. They taste so fresh and healthy. Click here for our favorite recipe. We had them last night and - - yummy!

What a deal day tip:

Prescriptions

Almost every time I get a prescription, new or refill I get a $10 to $30 gift card for the store I fill it at. Here is how: Pharmacies have coupons good for new and/or transferred prescriptions, they will give you a gift card just for filling yourprescription with them. Several pharmacies accept competitor coupons. So, next time you have to fill a prescription, print our a coupon (click here for a Rite Aid one) and take it with you.

Also, most pharmacies will match competitor prices. Aaron got a new job so we were without insurance for three months until the new one started. I had a prescription to fill and called Costco, it was $7.00 for the month. I wanted to fill my prescription at Smiths or Albertsons since they were closer but when I called they were $69 and $76 dollars for the same one! I ended up going to Smiths, told them that Costco was only $7.00, they verified it, matched it for $7.00 AND I gave them a Rite Aid coupon (which was $30.00 at the time) and got a gift card for groceries. KMart and Smith's will both take competitor coupons and match other pharmacies, ask your pharmacy their policy on this.

If you are without insurance or your insurance doesn't cover a certain drug, make sure you call around, I couldn't believe there was an almost $70.00 difference between Albertson's and Costco.

I have been doing this for a couple of years now and often times end up getting paid to take my precriptions. If your doctor gives you a new prescription and the coupon is only good for transferred, not new, drop the prescription off at a pharmacy, leave, call another pharmacy that takes competitor coupons, have it transferred there. Works like a charm!

Keep your eyes out for pharmacy coupons, Rite aid often has them in their circular and occasionally Target will have them.

This is my friend Lisa with her hubby Russ, I got to host a baby shower for her a couple of weeks ago. They are our next door neighbors and aren't we lucky!

I have been wanting a chocolate fountain and found this the perfect excuse to treat myself to one. My favorite things to dip were the pound cake, cheesecake bites, rice krispiy treats and, of course, cinnamon bears. Everything was pink and brown to match her oh-so adorable nursery. I hope she will put photos on her blog of the finished product for all to see. Here are a few of the pretty guests:

A day on the farm preschool fieldtrip

(having fun with my camera thanks to these beautiful children)

Something I thought was cool

It reminds me of those delicious five cent scoops of ice cream from Thrify I loved getting with my family. Whatever happened to Thrifty ice cream? I wish I could take my kids there for family night.

Click here for more info on it.

What a deal day

If you know me, you know I love to bargain shop. I love to get smokin' deals and I often use coupons at the grocery store. In fact, I subscribe to four Sunday papers so I have extra coupons. I think everyone should do this. Who doesn't want extra cash in their pocket? I often have people ask me how I do it so I decided when there is a deal I don't want anyone to miss, I wll post it here for you all to see as What a deal day.

This week I will show you how to get 7 boxes of kellogs cereal for $4.00 WITHOUT needing any manufacturer's coupons.

Store: Albertsons (this deal is in Utah, I don't know if it applies to

other states, you will have to check with your store)

Buy 7 boxes of Kellogs Froot Loops 15 oz., Corn Pops 15 oz., Apple Jacks 15 oz., Frosted Flakes 14 oz., Rice Krispies 12 oz. and/or Cocoa Krispies 17.5 oz and your total will be $14.00. You will recieve a coupon with your receipt for $10.00 off your next purchase. You can then use that ten dollar coupon for another transaction of 7 cereals and your total will be $4.00 PLUS, you get another $10.00 coupon for your next purchase. Use the next ten dollars on more cereal or whatever you please.

Now, everyone go stock up on Kellogs while it is cheap until the next sale comes along. Let me know if you do it! I am going tomorrow to stock our family up. I will let you know about the next great deal soon!

Happy Easter

Happy Birthday

Happy Day !Aaron got home today after a two week visit to Manilla, Phillipines. Boy are we glad to have him back! Here are the kids waiting for him at the airport and running to greet him.

They were so excited and happy to see their daddy.

We had the pleasure of having my 12 and 14 year old neices come to visit us during their spring break. I was in heaven, it was like having live in nannies, maids and cooks. They babysat, cooked, cleaned, bathed my kids, changed diapers, entertained babies, took my kids to the park for hours and hours and so much more. They are so nice to have around and CONSTANTLY asked me what they could do to help. They are so cute and we hope they will accept our invitation to come back for their summer vacation. (Janae, next time we are going to buy the frosting instead of make it =), she added 1 1/2 CUPS of vanilla into our frosting instead of 1 1/2 TEASPOONS (sorry Janae, I couldn't resist telling, please forgive me.) We love you girls, see you soon!

Happy Birthday Dawn!

I hope you had a most wonderful day.

Thanks for taking my garbage cans in. I have great neighbors AND

a great sister-in-law.

Thank you to the kind person that took my garbage cans in and lined them up so perfectly for me while Aaron is on the other side of the world, it made me happy. Also, I almost stepped on a dead mouse with the head half eaten in front of my house while walking James to the bus stop and it is totally grossing me out. Feel free to dispose of that too. Yuck. I am so glad that I have such thoughtful neighbors. I sure do love where I live!

Seriously, thank you to whoever you are, I noticed and I was kidding about the mouse, I will get really brave and do it, gagging and squirming all the while.

Public service announcement

WARNING:

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE !

I saw this last night with a couple of girlfriends and I regret every second of it.

I can't believe we didn't get up and walk out. Horrible, horrible !

Oh, and don't see this one for either for that matter

Look who is 4 today!

My favorite girl "in the whole wide world"

Happy 70th Birthday Grandpa Lee!

To celebrate we hosted a surprise party at our house,

it was fun to see friends and family

My beautiful neices and handsome nephew at the party who, by the way, are invited to come for spring break! Are you guys reading this? We would LOVE to have you, it would be a ton of fun!