We went camping with my family last weekend right up the canyon from our house at Dimond Fork! It was LOTS of fun ! The kiddos seemed to have had a blast (thanks to all the fun activites Aunt Emily had planned for them... thanks Em you seriously ROCK!!! :)

We we're only there for few nights and on the last night we were there it rained and I felt so bad for Scott and Fia because they were camping in the back of their truck. They Ended up leaving but it was so nice for that short time having all of the family together. (except Nate and Lena in Russia -sniff sniff wish you guys were there.)

Like I've said before and i'll say it again there seriously isn't anything better than being out in nature away from everything with the ones you love the most!

The Kiddos just doing puzzles and playing games.

Giving the dinosaurs a bath, heaven for bid they get dirty camping! :)

Druw caught a butterfly....

...and gave it kisses!

Druw and Brooklyn getting ready to go on a bike ride.

They are so darn cute!!!

Em, Brooklyn, Sheri, Druw and Grandpa leaving for the trail... I so wish I could've gone but being prego I would've died! I know i'm a wussy!

The kids, Daniel, Tre, Druw and Brooklyn eating away at their corn on the cob YUM YUM!!

He LOVES that Corn!!!

The BEST part of camping...... CHILLIN BY THE CAMPFIRE......

...Telling stories....

...and singing to the guitar!!!

( Daniel was SOOOOOOO dang cute how interested he was in the guitar and singing in his own little world. We all LOVED it!! )


Thanks for a great camp trip.... can't wait til next year!!!

GROCERY SMARTS- MY SUPER SAVINGS!!! (so far :)

So I have got started on Grocery Smarts and it has AWESOME so far.

I've NEVER been one to use coupons I just felt it was too much of a hassle in every way!

But after doing this i'm totally ADDICTED!! I LOOOOOOOOVE it!!!

I'm a new comer on this whole thing so I have only gone to two different sales but this is what i've gotten so far:

August 7th -first sale-

What I got:

2 Suave hairspray

3 Suave hair moose

1 Suave hair gel

7 Jars Mayo

3 Jars Ragu Alfredos

3 Hamburger Helper

4 Italian Salad Dressing

3 Spritzers Ranch Spray

6 Skippy Peanut Butter

3 Boxes Bisquick Mix

2 BC Muffin Mix

3 BC Cookie Mix

8 BC Brownie Deluxe Mix

3boxes 2pk Mini Brownie Delights

2 BC Frosting

3pk Orbit Gum

3 Bags of Bugles

3 Bags Gardetos

3 Bags Chex mix
6 Boxes Fruit Snacks

2 All laundry Detergant

Total Spent: $52.73

Total Saved: $160.39

August 12 -second sale-

What I got:

35 Boxes Kraft Mac-N-Cheese

4 Boxes 6pk Jell-o Puddings

6 Boxes Jell-o Gelatin

2 Colgate Toothbrushes

4 Boxes Grape Nut Cereal

6 Boxes Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal

Total Spent: $7.85

Total Saved: $100.48

The whole point of Grocery Smarts is to slowly build up a food and other storage (like diapers, cleaners,toothbrushes toothpaste ect... etc...... ) so that you will have multiples of what you need and you got them at a CHEAPER price instead of making those quick trips to the store for that 'one thing' you needed and ended up spending WAY too much.

If you have never heard of Grocery Smarts before it's pretty simple. To learn more about it I have the SHE SHOPS SMART blog site on my blog so you can click on it and go to Grocery Smarts in the top left corner. All you really have to do is pay for multiple sunday papers from the Daily Herald (1 per person in the household) and just follow the GS website. There are actual classes that are taught for FREE to teach you the basics on how to get started as well. You WONT regret doing this if you do it. The way the economy is we ALL need to save money in ANY way we can so you might as well on the groceries you're already buying!

Hope this is helpful to those who are interested!!!! :)

Here it is the post you've all been asking for.....

So a few of you have been begging me to post some "belly pictures" and i've decided to give in. This is a big step for me posting these but as i've mentioned before i'm not too good at journaling or keeping up on a scrapbook so my blogging is the way I do it. Since i litterally only have a one or two pictures when I was pregnant with Andruw we decided to take a lot more with this pregnancy so we can see the changes and stuff.

Also the gender (for those who don't know is revealed at the end of the post :)

SO....... Here they are............. month to month (1-5)

MONTH:1

MONTH:2

MONTH:3

MONTH: 4

MONTH:5 I totally feel like on this 5th Month i've just popped out!!!

(More on month 5 just cuz it's at the half way mark and how i looked the day we had our ultra sound!!! :)

We had our ultra sound appointment last Thursday and...... da da da dahhhhh......drum roll please.........

were having a............GIRL!!!!!

We are super excited! It was so funny becasue at the ultrasound she sure was a stubborn little thing.She was breech(which the doc said is pretty normal at this stage in pregnancy) and full on bent in half. She was actually sucking on her toes, it was so cute! The doc doing the ultrasound said, "i've been doing this for 20 plus years and she's got to be right up there with one of the most stubborn ones yet." He was so funny and nice about it.

So since she was being kinda difficult he wasn't able to get very many "cutesy" shots but he was able to get some good ones and we got it all on video so at least we have that.

But she is right on with her mearsurements and everything is there all 10 fingers and all 10 toes and of course all the other good stuff. We're just so happy she seems to be healthy and doing good. I'm feeling great too other than mild heart burn, being tired alot more and I am an emotional mess over EVERYTHING.... just ask Nate he thinks it's funny.

The name that we have chosen is:

McKynlee

It's not too common of a name and I love the way it sounds so that's thats! :)

And there ya have it......

I'll keep ya updated on the latest and the greatest.

Chocolate Chip Cookies.... Yum Yum!!

Today Druw and I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies.

He was such a good helper and loved doing it.

I think we might have our next Betty Crocker ha ha!

He really liked holding the mixer but sometimes he'd say, "here Mommy you do it, it's too loud" and he'd cover his ears.

Pouring in the eggs very carefully....

and the vanilla....

then of course some flour. He did such a good job.

Doing what kids, and us adults haha love to do best.... lick the spoons!!! :)

Making the dough balls... I must say it got kinda messy on this part, but it sure was fun watching him try and make them.

Ready to bake...

Anxiously watching and waiting for them to be done.

The end result. Don't those look so good???

Well..... They were!!!!

Druw LOVED them! He ate 3 in like 3 minutes! :)

And of course with cookies you've gotta have a cold glass of milk.

So that was our fun day today, making some very yummy chocolate chip cookies.

I love making cookies but this time was extra fun and enjoyable making them together with my little buddy Druw!!!!