Dinner in the Clubhouse

It was been amazingly beautiful lately outside so me and the kiddies have been eating almost every meal out there. Tonight they wanted to dine in the 'clubhouse' and of course I was fine with that, as long as they eat I don't care where it happens! Even Payton climbed up there and joined in the dining activities....

Sweet, little Miranda

Miss Miranda is so independent, she bathes herself, dresses herself, brushes her own teeth, gets her own drinks and snack's, she can pretty much do it all already...Well tonight she decided that she was going to make a bed on Andy's floor to watch a movie and she decided she need 3, yes3 pillows.


Unfortunately Andy only has 3 pillows, which is more than enough to share, but since Sister needed them all she set him up with a blanket/fish combo...hhhmmmm...Andy was less than pleased. Little people have the funniest thought processes!

Bowling Night!!!!!

Since we got the 'kids' the Wii our family has been addicted to bowling...so sice we are all SOOO good at bowling on the Wii we thought we would take it to the alley...(We are NOT as good as we thought :):)

Jess, Kristy and the boys joined us...and the kids had a great time on their own lane with bumpers..they rocked it out!


The little boys hung out in their strollers like good little boys should :) Kristy took about 50 pics of them and this was the best of the lot...kids never seem to look were they are supposed to!

Russ and his 'professional' bowl...Jess still kicked his butt!

Girl and her 'professional' bowl...hehe

Andy thought she did such a great job he had to run out to her and lay a BIG one on her!

She thought she did a good job too!

Buddies :):)

The Grape Bandit

So all summer I have been waiting for my grapes to be the perfect size...I checked on them last week and they were perfect, juicy, sweet...yumminess. We had guests over so I figured I would harvest all my grapes after they left. We, naturally I was busy all week and didn't get to them till today and this is what I found on our entire vine...all my grapes were eaten off...hmmmmm. My kids know better than to do it...Raccoons? I guess I will never really know!

Another Crucit project

I am so excited about my Cricut and trying to find a million things to do with it (without going out and buying a bunch of new stuff to make) So I covered our color can (which was a formula can at one time)...cuteness!

Lovin' the Deals this WEEK!

I tell everyone Walgreen's is the best when it comes to snagging great random deals! I totally scored 6 jars of Ragu, 4 Jello. 2 Best Foods Mayo, 4 boxes of Pop Tarts, hair dye (for all my GREYS!!!!), shampoo, and 2 boxes of Rice Crispies for.....$7.92...I had lots and LOTS of coupons and I got a ton of Register Rewards that I used in 2 transactions....


The Walgreen's deals this week were so good I went back and got more dye (because it was .99 and more shampoo and a conditioner (which I can't find...weird) But anyhow this was $2.28 out of pocket but I got $8 back...so yes, I made $$$$$$

And again at Walgreen's this week (it was HOT, I'm telling ya) I got all this:4 Crest toothpastes, 2 boxes of cereal, 2 boxes of Pop Tars, and 4 (we ate one in the car:)) Rice Krispies all for.....$10.88 but I got $14 back....oh yes I MADE MORE $$$$ just by planning my shopping and stocking up...so now I don't have to buy toothpaste for awhile...:)

Yes, I know this may LOOK crazy but Andy has a birthday party and we will be giving fruit snacks in the goodie bags (and rice Krispin's:)) OK the deal was buy $30 get $15 back, the cereal was free, I had an Albertson's coupon for cereal for .99 the a manufacture coupon for $1 off...so all of these goodies were $15...:)

Cricut baby!!!!!

Ever since I saw the info-mercial for the Cricut way back when I thought it would be cool to have...well when we had Christmas in July craft night T Amy's house I fell in love and HAD to get one...which I got! Woo-Oho!!!!!! I made some cute cards already (but I sealed the envelope before I took a pic..oops!) and my 1st project was labeling my storage in the garage...CUTE

I can't wait to use this at home and IN THE CLASSROOM...every teacher needs one of these babies!!!!!!

My Birthday Celebration (#5)

This year is seemed like I have been celebrating my birthday for weeks (not that I am complaining!) We went to dinner @ WoodRanch grill in Yorba Linda with all Russell's family and it was really a great time...The kids were even all good and we didn't finish eating till 10pm...wow.

Of course Andy passed out....

Bonus Family Day #2

Daddy was off yet again, so we made the most of your 2nd bonus family day and took the kids to the Air Party Zone (a preview for before the b-day party!) It was great fun, as always...but it wiped those kids out.


Payton didn't want to go in any of the bouncers but he had a blast picking up all the 5 million balls and playing with those...

Drew coming down the slide...

Next was lunch, but Andy was too busy watching Cars....

Hello sugar high...:)

Bass Pro Shops

Dad was off work today and we ventured out to Ontario to one of his favorite places...Bass Pro Shops....naturally I forgot my camera but they kids still had a great time checking out the fish and deers and what-nots Not to mention we rode in the glass elevator that starts under water a (very literal) ten times! We only spent $4 on Green Apple Licorace so it was quite the frugal family outing!

Too much action...

Poor sister played too hard today...we went to church, played in the backyard for hours with the cousins, and finally when it came time to eat dinner she couldn't even keep her eyes open!


After the flash from the first pic I was caught...she was not pleased with me!

Sunday-Funday

Today we went to church with my sister-in-law and her family and we had a great time. After church we came home and had pizza and play-time...Miranda loved Brookie's fan!


Sweet Cory having a juice...

Miranda and Brooke resting after running like crazies in the sprinkles...

Not really thinking about hose placement I put it in a dry spot to water the grass while the kids played, well it also watered the slide and the kids would literally fly down the slide...it was great fun to watch!

Craft Time

I saw this cute idea on a Blog I am now stalking...it was really fun (and age appropriate). We cut pictures out of the ads from this week and made our menus for our own little restaurant. Cute!

Little people hard at work!

Girl happy to be crafty...

Andy getting his menu all laid out....

The finished product!

Andy's final outcome...cute!