Feeling Crafty

I've wanted to make Kamry some sort of name-craft for quite a while now and I finally felt crafty last week and went for it. I was partly inclined to do it last week because Nate was at my parent's house for the week and wasn't home to be in the middle of my mess. Thanks Mom and Dad for playing with him all week-he loved it. And he keeps begging to go back! So, while Nate was busy doing this....I was busy making this in my spare moments that Kamry was sleeping or playing. I was happy how it turned out, I thought it was cute. The letters have black glitter on them, but it's hard to tell in the pictures. They really are alot cuter in person. Now, my next project is a flower-rag quilt in the same color scheme to match for when she has a twin bed. It may take me a while, but I already have the pattern and I'm excited!

First Surgery

Our sweet little Kamry had her first surgery last week. She's had 5 ear infections in the last couple months, so we opted to have tubes placed in her ears to help them drain better. The surgery was so fast, it only took about 15 minutes. The doctor said she had quite a bit of mucus behind her ear drums that he was able to get out. Good thing we had it done! He said it should help her hear even better too. Kamry was a little cranky the rest of the day after the surgery, but has been as pleasant and as happy as can be since then. Here she is at the hospital in her little gown. Once she had it on, everyone kept calling her a boy, even after they knew her name. They would say "This is Kamry? Tell me his birthday". It was pretty funny.

A nurse gave her this little bear, and I snapped this picture right before she threw it on the floor. She hasn't been much of a stuffed animal girl. She prefers Nate's superheroes!She loved playing on the bed and shaking it too. We are so grateful everything went well and that she is feeling better! We love you Kamry!!

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....