Friday, July 10, 2009

Backyard Picnic


Sometimes the best days are the days spend at home! Today we enjoyed our backyard, the sprinklers, and BBQed hot dogs on the grass, followed by Popsicles. It was fun and relaxing!


Payton didn't have a towel like the big kids so he found a plastic saucer and made it his seat...he's so funny!

Then my little man was making a huge mess with his Popsicle so I gave him a bath and he insisted the Popsicle come with us...whatever huh?

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Super Money Saving Mama!!!!


That's right super money saving mama is here!!!!! (Miranda is my representation) After a nice week off from reality I was back to my money saving adventures. In fact on our vacation I had to go to Wal-Mart and I felt like I was being ripped off buying things full price...I only had one sad little coupon for our Pringles....well this week more than made up for all that! I don't think I will need any bathroom supplies for a good year!


I paid $1 for all this at Rite aide!!!

The hair spray was $3.00 each and I had 2 $1 coupons. I also got $4 in rebates for those. The BeCool patches (a neat contraption for when your kid has a fever) was on sale for $1 with a $1 rebate. Not bad for a buck!!!!



I paid $0.00 out of pocket for this.....
Last night after my class I headed to CVS for a little shopping in peace (since Andy is out of school for the summer I have to shop with all three....yikes) Well I totally made out, The Dove shampoo and conditioner was buy one get one free for $4.99 and I had 2 $1 off coupons (making that a total of $3...and as for the make up...well if you know me you know I have had a love affair with MAC makeup...which is less than a frugal product, and sadly each year I have had to cut back on my splurges and now I am just plain old trying to be "frugal" and only buy the necessities at the lowest price possible. Well I scored the Revlon lippies and nail polish for a total of $6.99 (another buy one get one free scenario) and the foundation and powder for a total of $10.00...you can't buy anything for under $20 bucks at the MAC store!!!! Plus I have become really fond of the cheap stuff (it works the same as the expensive stuff..IMAGINE THAT!) So my total was $21 and I had exactly $21 in CVS bucks...so I paid....$0.00.....oh yeah! But I did have to snap back to reality and buy 2 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread...so I paid $5.50 out of pocket...still it was a great deal!!!!



This morning we all ran to my favorite place in the world...Target and I was able to get these yummy breakfast items for $2.50...hhmmm could that be breakfast for 5 for a week for under $3?


This was Target on Tuesday...(out of shopping order, but whatever) Anyhow I got all this for a whopping $3.43...love Target bc you can have a Target coupon for something and I manufactures....:))

Ok I haven't gone to K-Mart in a good 20 years, quite literally but they offer double coupons once a month so I have all my $2 coupons that will double to $4 off! I scored all this for $15.37 which is really a smoking deal because the Aveeno faces washes and Jergens tanning lotion alone would have been $21.97...I love my coupons!!!!
So to sum that up I paid $22.57 for all that loot...I spent more that that this morning on my lovies little suprises...a hula hoop for girl, a Thomas the Train set for An, and a shake and roll car for my sweet boy Pay-zee...




Monday, July 6, 2009

Mail time Monday


After our long vacation I got home and had a mail box full of free little goodies...a degree deodorant for Russ, some seasoning packets and coupons, Roto eye drops, and Goodnite sample and coupon...It's always fun to get freebies!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Vacation: Day 6


I LOVE any holiday, really, but the 4th is a super fun one, and this year was no exception. We had a fun day doing the usual, pool, beach, BBQ and back to the beach. Above is my bro, Ryan and his ladies. He is our soldier and we are so proud of him and LOVE him so much! Below is our crew watching the fireworks. Russ took some pics of them but they didn't come out (I think it is time for a camera upgrade!) Andy was awake and he really enjoyed the show. We could see the ones off the San Clemente pier and Dana Point. It was amazing. Miranda was so excited because she was never seen fireworks, she was impressed, but thought they were a tad loud.... love those guys!!!!



Friday, July 3, 2009

Vacation: Day 5


After nine years...we still love each other ;)




Today was TIDE POOL DAY!!!!! The tide pools were my favorite as a kid so I couldn't wait to take my kids there. We saw so many things, crabs, sea snells, anenmomies, shells, a lobster head (?) It was great (and free :):)




Daddy and Andy...boy they look so much alike!


My girl...making a pile of all our finds. Again, she is not a fan of the ocean so she hung back and took care of the organizing and baby watching.



The lowest tide is at 2:00am, needless to say that is not a practical time to venture out to the ocean with babies (or anyone really) so we didn't get to see as much as you could, but we still found alot...see the shells? Crabs and snells were in both!





This was the final outcome of all Miranda's hard work...beautiful. The big shell had a crab and the little one had a snell. I was brave enough to get those!






Working hard....





Dried up coral....really cool.







Mimi and Pay...checkin' it all out.









Always a smile from my girl....






Another shot of my and my people....one of these days we will all be looking in the same direction...:)









Thursday, July 2, 2009

Vacation: Day 4



Day 4 was a little of everything day. My aunt TT and 2 cousins Brittney and Sarah came out to visit us. We swam in the pool, played at the park, took Andy to the beach while the little ones napped, and had dinner. It was a relaxing day!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Vacation: Day 3


So here is another 50 million pics of my fam at the beach....I heart the Beach....Today was our first official day playing in the sand. Andy is a natural born beach baby...in fact him and I sunk away to the beach everyday while girl and Payton napped. (Thanks Mimi for staying with the little guys :) It was fun to have special time with my little guy one on one!


Andy getting ready to make a sand castle.



Payton getting down to business too...poor guy ended up eating more sand than anything!


Wardrobe malfunction!!!!!




Girl, not too fond of the sand. She says it gets in her eyes and the waves knock her down...blah.





Mimi and Andy working on their masterpiece.




The finished product...sea "flair" and all.






After a long day at the beach it was time to head back, eat a yummy lunch, and play on the porch with some play-doh.







Payton is my handsome little guy...he was so good the whole vacation!