Albertsons sale

Today I went to Albies to do the buy $25 dollars and get $10 for meat and I also wanted to combine it with the Unilever rebate that was in Sunday's paper (buy $40 and get $20 rebate on a ham) So here is how it went...

(This cute little guy was not part of the purchase, but wanted to be in the picture)

So I got all that stuff---the albies total before savings was $115.58

I used coupons on almost everything

got the eggs free by buying lysol wipes (which were on clearance)

got 2 of the $10 dollar back deals since I hit $50 dollars in groceries and bought meat (chicken)

and used one $5 dollar catalina from the cereal sale last week

My grand total paid was...$22.41!

Plus I can mail in my reciept and get up to $20 dollars off a Ham (which we bought from our favorite butcher)

Not bad for a rookie.

My average price per item works out to be .68 cents and that includes tax.

Cam really wanted everyone to see his pickle loaf lunch meat that he slipped into that cart-----not part of the sale but he likes that stuff. YUCK!

Happy Birthday Austin

Happy Birthday Austin! His is 5 now, and I can't believe it. I know it sounds old, but they grow up so dang fast.


We surprised Austin when he woke up with his gift, a new bike. The one he had, his knees were almost hitting the handle bars. He tried to ride through the house all morning while getting ready for school.

Yea! Opening a gift from Marnie and Pops. Birthdays are fun!

The beloved birthday cake. We were having a pirate party so, a treasure chest cake was in order.

Austin had over a few pirate friends for his party. We had a good time. Josie, Austin's cousin, was the only girl, but she hung in there just fine with all the other pirates.

This isn't really a birthday picture but it happened that morning. We were trying to get out the door to preschool, and the boys were running down the driveway. I think James tripped then Austin landed on him. Anywho---it ended in some serious roadrash on James face and a big goose egg on his forehead. When I was getting him changed into pajamas last night, I noticed he also has roadrash on his elbows and knees (he had on long pants and a jacket). Poor kid, hit the pavement pretty hard.

Cute pics of the babe!

yea, It's a baby!!! These are the cute ultraSound pics. The bAby has its hands up by its face. Maybe it is sucking its thumB. We are sO excited. now just the long wait until julY!

House for sale

I'm putting this link up for a friend. They have a gorgeous house, an amazing lot and an awesome neighborhood. Believe me, if I had the money, I would buy it. So here is a link to their sale blog. Check it out or pass it on to someone that might be looking to buy.

http://stealthishome.blogspot.com/

Spring is coming

Spring is pinwheels!! Austin and James had fun all afternoon with them. Who cares if it is still cold outside---pinwheels mean spring is coming!!

Cheese, anyone?

Ok, funny story. I got behind one morning and had to take a shower after my kids were awake. So, I put on a cartoon and jumped in the shower. Shouldn't be a problem, my kids are zombie like in front of the TV. I get out, about 10 minutes had passed. Here comes Austin running into my room "Emergency! Emergency!"
So I follow him to the family room and there is James. Reclined back in the recliner, gnawing on a brick of cheese! He wanted a snack and decided to help himself. He pretty much chewed on every edge of the cheese.

Guess next time it could be worse, maybe I'll try harder to shower before the boys are awake!

a saturday

I asked Cam for my birthday, if he would get and install some cabinets in our little laundry room. So he agreed and a few Saturdays ago, we had some time. So, Cam said he would do the cabinets.

Here he is hanging some of them. The whole process took a little longer than planned because we had to remove the ghetto shelves that were in there. In the process of removing them, discovered that whoever put them in used a TON of drywall screws. Which means to get those out you leave a 1/4 to 1/2 inch hole in the drywall. So then we had to fill the holes. Then decided that if I was ever going to paint in there, I should do it before the cabinets were up. So I painted. Then we finally got to the hanging of the cabinets as seen below.





This is the after pic---doesn't it look great. You would really appreciate it if you had seen a before but I forgot to take one.

Now, while hanging the cabinets, we needed the boys to kinda stay out of the way, so James was playing with some Styrofoam blocks from the packaging of the cabinets.

I was ok with it, it was keeping him busy.

Then Austin decided he wanted to play too. He thought it would be fun to break pieces off and pretend it was snow. Ok, nothing a quick vacuuming can't take care of, right??

HA! They really got into it. There wasn't a piece of Styrofoam left that was bigger than 2 inches. Ok, we had to vacuum for quite a while to get it cleaned up. But hey, sometimes the mess is worth the peace while finishing a project.

Albertsons is at it again

Alberston's is doing their part to stimulate the economy--so I am also doing my part :)
After a little shopping trip today, I spent 29.34 and came home with $137.26 in food. I also have a $10 coupon to use my next time at Albertson's.
I got:
10 fruit snacks/fruit rollups
3 Betty Crocker Muffin mixes
7 boxes of GM cereal
11 cans of Progresso soup
4 Betty Crocker cake mixes
2 Betty Crocker brownie mixes
2 Pillsbury refrig. biscuits
1 Nature Valley Granola bar


Not bad for a beginner. At least we have some "psychological" comfort food to add to our food storage.


This is James, my shopping helper. (I'll use the term "helper" loosely).
He wanted some of my protein shake--he is totally sporting the "Got milk" mustache.
He says he looks like Santa!

Cute hooded towels

There is a great giveaway on one of my favorite boutique blogs. They are giving away a cute hooded towel and a gift card to Olive Garden. Go enter--why not. Who doesn't need a free dinner to Olive Garden. And while you are there, check out some of the super cute bows and bracelets. (I would have some but, they boys just don't like wearing them :)
Maybe if the next baby comes in pink, then I will be into the bows!
http://simplyluluboutique.blogspot.com

Good Luck!

Instantly Older

So in a society obsessed with always looking younger, there is one thing that will make you age---instantly.
Cam experienced it last night. Being called to serve in the bishopric of an LDS ward, makes you older...fast.
We had some major revisions of ward boundaries in Kuna---it ended up effecting something like 7 out of 10 wards and they created 2 brand new wards. Little Kuna, now has 13 wards. Our boundaries were changed so we are part of a different ward now. AND... Cam has been called to be the 2nd counselor in that ward.
So he is old at 29! and I am a bishopric widow.
Crazy life.
Guess I should have known something was up when the first question we got from the Counselor in the stake presidency was "Is your life pretty comfortable right now?" WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?
I think we are in for some growth and learning---but for the better of all of us. I'm excited and nervous to get to know another ward. We do have about a third of our old ward coming with us, so that will help. Now it's kinda like we moved, again---but I don't have to unpack any boxes. Hey, that's not so bad after all :)