My Future's So Bright.....

So while shopping for essentials like dish soap I came across something I just couldn't resist. And doesn't Lucas just look adorable in my impulse purchase!

Saving $$$$

So this year I have decieded to try to save as much money as we can. I have looked into alot of things online and in books and am trying several things to see what works best for us. For the next few months I am going to try to get and use coupons for alot of what we buy according to some websites and morning shows you can cut you grocery bill in half. I am going to see. Yesterday and today I used coupons and save some $ . I saved $5 on Zoe's movie and found the cheapest place was Walmart so she got HSM3 extended version for less then $20. I went to Walgreens cause all the online coupon places rave about CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid. I did buy some things that we should get for free if the rebate thing works I am going on line now to enter the info and you get 10% more if you get it on a card I will do that for the first few months and just use it to get more free stuff and see how far this goes people online have closets full of stocked up free stuff. We have a very small house so this won't work for us if that is how you save money but I'll try it and see. Here is a pic of all the stuff I got if I get back what I should I will have only spent $10 and it was on gifts. It's not a ton but it's a start.

Photo Contest

I want to enter my boys in a photo contest at wal-mart but what picture do I choose! Help please!

My Crazy Kids this morning

Lucas with all his smiles lately will melt any heart. He is also becoming a big talker and loves to have constant interaction now. He doesn't care if it is Mom, Dad, Zoe or Zach he just wants someone talking to him always.

Zoe is getting so big and doing really well in school she loves to read just like her mom and her teacher says she excells in anything she tries to do. We are so proud of her. Now if only she would remember to do ALL of her homework the night before.

Zachary is getting so big! I love watching him grow and gain new skills overnight. Just a few months ago he couldn't/wouldn't use a spoon. Now he barley spills a drop of his new favorite food "Ogurt". Maybe it has to do with how big he opens his mouth now :)

Poor Kermit

So I have been neglecting Zoe's poor frog Kermit. He is supposed to be her responsibiliy but all she can do is feed him. So I am supposed to clean his tank once a week. I think it has been three! Eww!

Little Zachary

So tonight Jerry changed Zach's diaper and I was shocked to see he was wearing one of Lucas' size 2 diapers. And it fit! They wear the same size cloth diapers but I figured that was cause of the bulk of cloth but no it's just him. He has such a tiny waist and no butt! What a skiny guy.

Zoe's Room

Well today we spent 4 hours cleaning and going through everything in Zoe's room so we could get rid of alot of stuff. We threw out 3 bags of trash and have 10 bags ready to get rid of. We even cleaned out the closet and made the beds. Our goal is for it to stay that way. We will see.

Annie

Well it doesn't look like Zoe got a part in Annie. She auditioned on Thursday and was so excited and I'm sure did great. She sang Zippity Do Da and had practiced by singing at Jazzy Java the night before at open mic night and they loved her. But they were barely casting in 1st grade and she is really tiny so no luck. But there is always next time we told her. She says she still wants to be a star. Silly goose guess we should have stayed near Hollywood :)

Identy theft fraud sucks!

So today just before I was going to leave for playgroup I got a call from Paypal. They asked me if I had made a purchase yesterday I said no why and I was alerted to the fact that someone purchased something from a home office store for $999.10 and that it went through my account also they changed my address and ordered a new credit card. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I freaked what could we do about it! Luckly paypal has a great fraud team and they said they could reverse everything and cancel the card but they wanted me to change all my passwords associated with this account and alert the bank. So now I am spending my afternoon changing everything and being on the phone with the bank. Yuck!

Twilight

So I am right on target for my first goal of the year to read at least one book a month. I finish Twilight this morning and now am ready to start the second book. I didn't want to see the movie until I had read the book and now I can't wait until it comes on video. I am such an addict to all things vampire and witchy. Hopefully the movie is as good as the book.

Laughing Lucas

Yesterday Lucas learned how to laugh it is so cute and he was so smiley yesterday I got tons of pictures. So here they are!

And then he needed a change and as I was changing his clothes and diaper I wanted to capture all of his Cubbyness. Isn't it adorable? He is such a contrast to what Zach was!

Zachary woke up from his nap so I tried to take a few pics of him this is what I got.

Zoe's Birthday

Wow I can't believe she is turning 7 in just a few days I remember when she was tiny .

4 year old birthday
3 1/2

3 year old birthday

Almost 2

14 months old

So this year Zoe decieded to have a music party. Mostly because she couldn't chose which theme she wanted and since they all were music whala a theme was born I made her cards and they turned out cute.

This is the front of the card

The inside has the info and her pic of her headshot in color.

pictures

So I took Lucas to Sears to get some pics done of him in a sweater that his Nana made for Zach and he out grew before getting pics. They turned out cute and I spent more that just the coupon cause she even got a cute one of Zach with him. So here they are I edited them and added cute stuff and stole their idea of a sketch with a pic.

Ahhh! Paypal sucks now

Okay I am soooo bugged I sold some stuff on ebay and the only payment I accept is paypal and it's been that way for years because it is/was the best, fastest and easiest way to pay and recieve payment well now they hold funds for 21 days including shipping! What the heck now sellers are expected to front the costs of shipping then get payment that stinks. I was on the phone with customer service for almost 10 mins before I got through and they said that is the new policy and it will stay that way unless you are a power seller with a positive rating over 100. Well I guess that means I need to sell and buy more on ebay quick to get my funds faster. :(

Zoe's Headshot

I fixed all the things commented on what do you think now?

Zoe is going to audition for Annie at Tuacan and needed a headshot. What do you think?

Lucas the Duck

Lucas has a few really cute outfits with hats and this is one. He fell asleep and I couldn't resist taking his picture.

Spaghetti!

Here is proof that we do feed Zach. The other night we had spaghetti and he got it all over his face and I had to snap a few pictures but that stinker actually started to put his hands up and said "No pictures please!". Silly boy is such a parot when it comes to stuff his Dad says.

Chucky Cheese

When we went to Orem to visit family between Christmas and New Years we went to Chucky Cheese. The kids loved it! Zoe had been when we lived in California but this was Zach's first time.


They loved this truck that went up and down and side to side on hydrolic lifts.

Zach riding the clock ride he freaked out at first then realized it was fun.

Smily Lucas

Lucas learned to smile and it is so cute!

Big Smiles at Christmas!

Christmas

Zachary fell asleep under the tree after opening all of his presents.

Zoe holding up her HSM quilt I made and Zach is riding his big wheel from Santa

Snow fun in Enterprise!

We had a great christmas this year. We spent a few days before and after Christmas in Enterprise and then the kids and I went to Orem to visit other family and then Grandpa Vern stayed for a few days through New Years.