4th of July

Uncle Perry's Birthday is on July 3rd. We celebrated by making Uncle a festive cake. We spent some time together as a family having fun! Bunches of pictures with little to talk. I will never get caught up if I talk a lot!!




My Grandpa.....90 plus years old. He still drives!!

Pop loves to catch a little shut eye!

Daddy's firework show...

Jenna will not come outside for the show.

Summer fun!

Yes- they are 3! They love to jump off...

...and slide down...

This is rare that we are loving and not fighting. The fighting is just a stage, right?!

Tuckered out!

There is really nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby......except 2 sleeping babies....but they are not even babies anymore....they are now little people!

Early July....

Daddy took the girls up to the school to play on the playground. They always have a big time with Daddy! Just a few sweet pics......



Lindsey is about 6 lbs bigger than Jenna and 2-3 inches taller!

My Clone- Lindsey

My clone- Lindsey

Mike's Clone- Jenna

Big Hugs!

Lindsey is very Tall!

Jenna - the daredevil!



Jenna Rae

The name of the street just happens the be Cardinal Drive. Therefore Mike felt the need to take a picture of it....?!

I will catch up!

I just want to let all know that I do plan to get this blog caught up! I am planning on working on it some today. I hope to have it totally updated by the end of the week!! We have been very crazy for the past 5 months around here. Hope all are doing well and Merry Christmas!!!

This is for you Ang!

OK, so I am getting lots of grief from certain people about updating. So here is a really fast one: The girls are now three, and very busy! We are trying to stay busy this summer to stay out of trouble. We are going swimming at Auntie and Uncle's today as we have a lot already. Here are a few pics.

Showing off......

Jenna Rae

Lindsey fell asleep sitting up. WORN OUT!


Daddy & Daughters day out!

The first cake I ever decorated. (well to this extent)


Blowing out the candles

WOW!

There are killer deals this week at Kroger & Meijer. I got the best deals I guess at Kroger since I went back like 3 times! Check out the Kroger ad to see how this one works or go to Money Saving Mom to see all the details. She does a great job of explaining it all. Here is a picture of what I got on my first trip. I begged Mom to go with me since it was like 10:30 PM before I even left to go. Thanks Mom!


What I got:
2 5lb bags Domino sugar
4 cans Pizza crust
5 cans Cinn rolls
5 cans crescent rolls
3 French's mustard
4 Excedrin
2 BC Brownie Mix
1 BC muffin Mix
2 BC Potato Mix
3 Kraft Shredded cheese
2 Hormel chili
Total before coupons & in store sales: $70.43
Total after sales & coupons: $4.59
Pretty cool huh? To see how click on the link above!

So I ended up going back 2 more times!

2nd trip:
2 packs of Ham lunch meat 16oz bags
2 dozen eggs
1 2liter big red
1 loaf Kroger bread
1 loaf Lewis bread
2 Bob Evans mashed potatoes (I do not mash potatoes anymore because these are so good!)

2 French's Mustard
1 Excedrin
1 4 pack cottonelle tp
2 Hormel turkey chili
1 BC Muffin Mix
3 bags of Goldfish
1 Kraft shredded cheese
1 BC boxed potatoes
1 Frozen calzone
1 yellow rice pack

Total before ads and coupons: $50.42
Total after ads and coupons: $19.88
This trip was more, but I got things that we needed for the week, and they were at a really good price.


3rd trip: (I didn't take a pic)
2 Frozen Calzones
2 Lipton bag rice
3 Excedrin
1 Kraft cheese slices
2 Kraft shredded cheese
2 BC brownie mix
1 BC Muffin mix
3 bags of Goldfish
4 BC boxed potatoes

Total before ads and coupons: $44.74
Total after ads and coupons: $8.18

Great week !

Here is what I am up to!

This is my newest hobby. Saving lots of money on stuff that you have to have, like food and personal items. My cousin, Micah, is the one who got me onto this. She had this link on her blog Money Saving Mom and I tried it out. I am now addicted! This wonderful lady has helped us to save over a thousand dollars already this year just on food and personal items. It is time consuming, but the girls and I really don't go anywhere, so I have the time to work on it. So here are a few of my most recent deals! Oh, and thanks Micah if I haven't already told you!

This was my CVS trip. There were actually quite a few of them, but very much worth it. See this link to see how it works.

Here's what I got:

5 playschool brand wipes 240ct each

1 old spice body wash

3 Johnson's bath buddies soaps

1cvs brand bathroom wipes (to fill in to reach a certain $ amount)

5 Nivea men's shaving gel

1 clear care solution

2 crest kids toothbrushes

1 glide dental floss

Total $20.17

But I got back $23.00 in ECB's (see cvs101) So I actually made money on this and didn't spend any money out of my pocket, because I have transferred I prescriptions and have been given over $100.00 in gift cards to cvs! These items would have cost close to $80.00 before coupons, in store sales, and ecbs! (I will try to do better with this next week to show you what coupons I used.)

This was my Rite Aid trip. Here's what I got:

2 Aquafresh toothpaste
1 Excedrin 100ct
3 dawn dish soaps
2 Loreal kids shampoo

Total : $30.22 (without tax)
In store sales: $12.58
Coupons used: $12.50
Total out of pocket: $6.20 (this is with tax, for those accountants out there)
(I also paid nothing out of pocket here transferred Rx here too)

Last stop Walmart! This was probably the best deal:

9 Dinobites
3 Honey bunches of oats cereal
1 Suave lotion
1 fresh garlic (I just needed this)
1 Easter bubbles (for the girls)

Total: $17.42
Coupons used $16.00
Grand total out of pocket: $1.42

So see if you will put the time into it, it is well worth it! (and it is kinda fun for some of us!)

Jenna and clothes

I go into the girls room every night before going to bed to check on them. On Saturday night I went in and this was what I found.


A pair of jammies laying on the floor. The ones that Jenna went to bed wearing.....

One more step into the room, another pair of jammies......

and here is the culprit! Jenna had changed her pj's not once, but twice! This little girl is a mess. She does this all the time, but I finally took a picture so that everyone could see the proof! She is a clothes freak! As soon as we get home from somewhere she instantly takes her clothes off and changes. I think on average she changes clothes about 5 times a day, maybe more! She is out of control! I hope that this too shall pass...........(right Mammy?)

Happy Easter........

Hope all had a Happy Easter. The girls had a lot of fun getting to eat candy ALL DAY! That is a nightmare. I think that they had more candy in this one day than they have had their whole lives! I guess that they come by the honest!

It was so cold here that they girls just wore a dress that they had this winter. I didn't make it to get new shoes and they needed them badly! They are growing like weeds. So needless to say Mike and I did not even remember to take a picture of them dressed up. They were no more dressed up than any other Sunday, so it didn't matter! Here are just a few pictures. They are totally out of order (which drives me crazy, but it is 5:00 AM and my mind is not working right just yet!)


This is me with Mike's brother's wife, Stephanie, his brother Brent, and sister Kara. Yes, for those of you who are noticing something different I have to wear glasses now. Not to mention that the new haircut is terrible! I look about 10 years older. (mike already told me!)

Jenna found this one all by herself.

Lindsey smiles for the camera

Now Lindsey shows off for the camera

This was first thing in the morning when the candy eating began.....

Not a morning person (not really, they both are more like me in that aspect. I am much more of a morning person than Mike is! )

These were the new panties that Jenna requested.

This was the very first pic I got. They were pretty excited.

This was on Saturday night. We stayed home (as normal) and colored Easter eggs.

The girls did it all by themselves this year.