Did you miss us?!

Hello again!! My mom called me a few days ago and asked if i had posted any new blogs lately or "if it was just her computer." I figured that was my hint-hint from her, so i will get some updates done while Warren is cooking dinner! (Yes, you heard me right, Warren is on dinner-duty tonight!) Where to start.... Well, there's too much to play catch up on, so i'll just post a little about the last couple weeks and some cute pics.....





Daddy flipping Landen...


Then of course Kaylee had to have a turn!


Kaylee's new dress i found for $5 at shopko! Sooo adorable!


Watching a movie before bed time in Landen's bed.


Kaylee has FINALLY upgraded to a big girl car seat and boy does she LOVE it! Everytime we pull out of the drive way she says, "WWWWEEEEEEE!"


Playing in the snow!


They are so funny!

Landen started "playschool" 2 weeks ago and he has been really enjoying it! He gets to make 2 crafts a day and he loves coming home to show me. He always makes sure there's one craft for mommy and one for daddy! He's so sweet! He talks about his day for a good 30 minutes after he gets home! He is so helpful and such a good big brother! It's a lot of fun watching him learn and the things he picks up on! Landen is still in the 75% for his height and weight and perfectly proportioned at 50%. He is all Warren!

Kaylee has REALLY grown up the last few weeks, there is no more baby left in her! She is so sweet and small and LOUD! She is LOVING be able to rough house with Landen and chasing him everywhere. She is such a goof and enjoys being the center of attention and making everyone laugh! Although she is still our itty bitty shes finally starting to fit in her 12 month clothing! They are ginormous on her but wearable. She is in the 5% for height and weight but perfectly proportioned at 50% and she is ALL mommy! (funny how that works!) She will start nursery in 2 weeks and it is a bitter-sweet feeling for us but we are excited!

Warren he is still THOROUGHLY enjoying his job! It's always fun to listen to his stories about all the "bad guys" he got during the day. Some people are so stupid! He has been getting a lot of stops lately and has been at the top of region's APAs. Warren recently did the Penguin Plunge at work to help raise money for the Special Olympics. He jumped at midnight and it was absolutely FREEEEEEZING outside, even in my coat, gloves and hat! I DID NOT pitty him that night! But Warren stripped down to just swim trunks and jumped in the ice cold dirty city water!








As for me, nothing much new has been going on. I was released from 2 callings in our ward and now am just on the Relief Society board which i have enjoyed! I have only been having 1 extra daycare kid so that has been nice to have a couple days of free time during the week! I have been having a BLAST with my couponing lately and really enjoying seeing just how far i can stretch my $! (pictures to come!) I've also been making hair bows and having fun with that. (pictures also to come soon!)

This one is a fun one for me!

Ok, so most of you know that i have been crazy ADDICTED to my couponing! I love it. I feel like its a game and a rush to stretch every penny that i can to help our food, personal items and everything else storage get a little bigger! And seeing how many items i can get for FREE or better, have the store PAY ME to buy the items! My favorite has to be buying a gillette fusion razor for $.99 and getting a FREE $6-$8 body wash... did that 3 times and i'm waiting to get my Olay rebate of $15 for "buying" 3 body washes! What a STEAL! The joy of coming home with hundreds of dollars worth of stuff for the change i found in the couch that morning is FANTASTIC!

I've been taking pictures and going through receipts after some shopping trips and i thought it would be fun to post a few of my favorites! As i was going through some of them and adding (okay mostly SUBTRACKING) totals, i was pretty amazed with myself, once again! I know Warren is sick of hearing all my crazy deals but i think he secretly likes it ;-)
I estimate that we have enough razors, deoderant, body wash and shampoos/conditioners to last Warren and i probably 2-3 years! Probably 4 years worth of all my free body washes!


This was my latest Albertsons deal. Not all the fruit treats are in the picture because i went later that evening to buy about 20 more. LOL. For about 55 boxes of fruit snacks, 11 lbs of chicken, 8 juices, 2 bagel bites, frozen mashed potatoes and 3 gums i spent a total of $23.35 saving $149.62!


Total spent: $3.27
Total saved: $56.29



Total spent: $4.57,
Total saved: $30.57


Total spent: $4.82
Total saved: $22.88


Total spent: $1.92
Total saved: $47.86


Total spent: $5.25
Toal saved: $36.52 + i got 2 free movie tickets!


Total spent: $39.20
Total saved: $134.84

Because of couponing we have gotten some SERIOUS stock piles! Here's a look at just a few area of our storage throughout the house!




Yes, the fruit snacks go all the way back to the wall! Remember, there are over 50 boxes!! LOL! For all the honey nut cheeries i paid roughly $20 for 12 boxes but i got 6 FREE MOVIE TICKETS! Now if only we had time to go see a movie! :-)




Soon we are going to have to move to a bigger house with a 3rd car garage so we can have one garage room JUST for storage items!! YAY! That would be FUN! :-)

Happy Bday to MMMuah

Grandpa Rich came out to visit us for a week for my birthday (i think my birthday was just an excuse to come see the kids though) :-)
We had a lot of fun with him and really enjoyed having the time off to spend with each other. Here's a few pictures from his visit.
(as i was uploading pictures from his visit, i realized we hardly took any pictures. So i am looking forward to seeing the pictures that he took, all 900 of them i'm sure!)

We spent one afternoon at Monkey Bizness which is ALWAYS a blast!



And another day at Chuck E Cheese.




We spent my birthday at Wahooz which was a blast! It was nice enough outside we were even able to take Landen on the go-carts for the first time. He LOVED them! No surprise! Kaylee giggled everytime Daddy and Landen turned around the corner on the go-cart!





Then we went out and did some shopping and Texas Roadhouse. YUM! Came home and enjoyed some cake and ice cream with family. It was a great day!

bows, bows, bows

After never finding the perfect bow for each outfit of Kaylee's i taught myself how to make them. It took quite a bit of convincing though because i never thought cost wise, it would be better that way. But i have learned how it is much cheaper and now i'm able to make a bow for every single outfit (AND THEN SOME!) It's wonderful to be able to put a new outfit on Kaylee as we are getting ready to leave and realize, crap, i don't have a matching bow. So i can make one really fast before we leave! It's a new hobby of mine and i'm really enjoying it! Susan and i have been making lots of home made things to hopefully be able to sell at a craft fair for our Christmas money this year so i'm excited to see how that will turn out!
Here's just a few of some bows i have made....

Think she has enough?? Sadly, this is only one hair bow hanger full of bows! :-)