Birthday Bash

We've had a busy July so far, but a super fun one for sure! This last weekend was Nate's cousin Will's birthday bash. We stayed the night at their house and went swimming for his birthday. They went horse riding too, but the pictures are on Larry's phone, bummer. Maybe I can post those later. Needless to say, but we all had a great time!

July 4th Weekend

On the fourth we took a family camping trip to Grassy Lake. It was a blast and Nate couldn't get enough of all the fun things about camping. Throwing sticks in the fire, playing in the raft, fishing, eating watermelon, playing with his cousin Will, etc, etc, etc.

Our sweet boys, above, went on a nature walk with Grandma and Grandpa and picked us some wild flowers. They hid them behind their backs when they gave them to us...it was so cute!

Nate and Kamry had their first taste of garden fresh peas and LOVED them!

When it was time to go, we really didn't want the fun to end, so we stayed in Manti for the night.

Nate loved being able to jump on the motel bed...here he is in action!

We even got to watch fireworks on the 4th, although we hadn't planned to. And even better, they were right by the Manti temple. We sat on a blanket a block away from the temple to watch the fireworks. It was so neat to have the temple on the right all lit up and the fireworks on the left-awesome!
What a fun weekend!

What Are Sisters Good For?

Nate thinks sisters are good for drawing on! He got such a kick out of drawing on Kamry with tub crayons the other day that I couldn't help but laugh and then take some pictures! Now I know they come off the tub and skin easily!

Just looking at it this picture still makes me laugh!

Fun Trip

I know, I know, another blog about coupons...but today was a fun trip to Albertsons! This is what I came away with: 2 Boxes Frosted Mini Wheats (the big boxes!)

2 Boxes Apple Jacks (the big boxes!)

1 Box Raisin Bran (the big box!)

1 Box Raisin Bran Extra

1 Sara Lee Whole Wheat Bread

2 Marie Callendar Pasta Al Dente Entrees

3 Healthy Choice All Natural Entrees

4 Jimmy Dean Sausage

4 Packages Ball Park Beef Franks

2 David Sunflower Seeds

1 Wesson Canola Oil

1 Reddi Whip

2 Cans Manwich for sloppy joes

4 Cans Chef Boyardee Pasta

1 Dreyers Ice Cream

1 Dibs Ice Cream

1 Dreyers Fruit Bars

1 Skinny Cow Chocolate Truffle Bars

1 Snack Pack Pudding

1 Sara Lee Cherry Cheesecake

Plus two coupons: $1/1 Ball Park lite Franks, and $1/2 Ball Park Franks!

Now....guess how much I spent? $39.82!! And I saved $115.05 which is a whopping 74% savings!! My favorite deals (after coupons of course) were the sunflower seeds which were $.10 a piece, the Reddi Whip which was $.20 and the Chef Boyardee Pasta which was $.35 a can!! SWEET!!!

Fishin' Buddies

A little over a week ago (I know, I'm a blog slacker lately) Larry finished his second year of Pharmacy school-yay! He wanted a relaxing break from school stress before he started his rotations so he took Nate camping and fishing with Grandpa. Nate had so much fun sleeping in a tent, even though it was in the backyard, and fishing too. It was all he could talk about for days after they got back! He still asks to sleep in a tent all the time too! Here are some highlights in pictures....

Becoming Coupon Savvy

Here is my latest sweet shopping trip....guess how much I spent? My brother said he thought I spent about $35. I actually saved $33.17 and spent only $11.69!! I love this coupon stuff. I am actually starting to feel like I get the hang of it more, but I still have lots to learn! (I know I bought a lot of chocolate cereal, but it's Larry's favorite and that's all that was left at Albertsons when I could make it to the store, plus it doesn't expire until next year!)

I want to learn how to get diapers cheaper. I swear we go through them like mad! I got a pretty good deal on them at Walgreens last week though. I spent $9.61 and got two packages of diapers and toothpaste. Not bad, but I'm hoping I can do better!

New Spring Pictures

My sister at CheapShots took some awesome spring pictures of my kids for me. Look how cute they turned out...I LOVE THEM!!! You can see more of her work by clicking here too. She does such a great job!! Thanks Christy!!

Oh, she does a FREE PHOTO SHOOT on her blog every month too and anyone can enter to win! What could be better than free photos of your cute little families?