good deal

Ever since Nathan and I were married, Arlyn (my father-in-law) and I have proudly shared our good deals that we have found in the supermarkets we frequent. SO, this blog is written especially for my father-in-law (and anyone else who appreciates a little bit of frugalness).

Today, I was able to purchase 12 boxes of brand name cereal (that's right, TWELVE!) for just $16.00. Our favorite cereals were on sale, and I have been clipping and saving coupons just waiting for our favorites to be on sale so I can stock up. BUT, not only did the cereal cost us $16.00, the sale also included a free gallon of milk on your next shopping trip for every 3 boxes of cereal you buy. SO, I got 12 boxes of cereal for $16.00 and 4 free gallons of milk!

Needless to say, I won't be needing to buy cereal for a while!

kfc

While I was pregnant with Letty, I had a HUGE craving for Kentucky Fried Chicken, but because Nathan gets some inside observations in very unique ways, we were never allowed to get it. Tonight, something came over him that he allowed us to get Kentucky Fried Chicken! Wow! What a treat! And, to top it all off, we had a rare visit from two of our local adopted grandparents, Papa Roger and Nana, for dinner!

Can you believe that I didn't take a single picture either??? What is wrong with me?!?!

By the way, today is Gramma Z.'s birthday. Happy Birthday, Gramma Z.!

no more binky

We have been wanting to help eliminate Owen's dependence on a binky at naptime and bedtime for some time now. This morning, Owen wasn't listening when I told him to get the binky out of his mouth, so I decided that today was the day to get rid of the binky resulting in Owen throwing his binky in the garbage.

Later that day, Daddy, Ivy and Owen went to the dump to throw our garbage away. (We live in a town where you have to take your own garbage to the dump.) As Daddy was gathering the bags to throw into the dump building, he overheard Ivy rubbing unsympathetic salt into Owen's wound remarking to Owen, "Hey, Owen, you wanna say goodbye to your binky one last time!"

Do we love each other here or what?

There's no turning back with breaking the binky habit now...I hope all goes well!

letty @ three months old

loon

Today, we visited Loon Mountain for the very first time!

We rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain.

Ivy and Owen walked over and played on the playground at the top...

Then, Nathan, Ivy, and Owen twisted and ducked and contorted their bodies (well, at least Nathan did anyways) to explore the rock caves at the top...





...while Letty and I hung out together to watch and take pictures.

We found the gold mine...

...collected our gold and then rode the gondola back down to the bottom.

We got out the keys...
and met up with Pastor Ray and his wife Laurel and one of their daughters Rachel at a pizza place in town for supper.

I can't wait until Letty is old enough for us all to enjoy going there again. What a fun and unique place!