A Bargain!

Okay, so I have been tring to be more "coupon and sale conscious" lately; especially after seeing Kelly's blog and what great deals she's been getting. So a few weeks ago I tried going to Publix and using some coupons- to my disappointment I spent $20 more than I normally do without coupons! I've since been clipping coupons, but think I have finally figured out how to use them. Today I went to Publix after carefully shopping their weekly flyer and figuring out what I needed from there. SO I went and only bought the items they had on sale AND that I had coupons for. (not everything on my grocery list like I did a few weeks ago) So after the store sales and my coupons I saved $26 and I got all this for only $28! :) The great thing about Publix is that they take almost any coupon and they double them!



The best part was, these four items alone were only $3.10!!! Here's how: they were running a GMills and Nature Valley 4 for $10 deal, plus I had a $4 off coupon and I had an additional $2.90 in manufacturer's coupons, giving me my total!!! What a DEAL!

UTAH!

I went out to see Adeline (and Anna and Stratton) this past weekend! We had lots of fun and Adeline is too cute! Here are some pictures from the trip! Anna had mentioned that Addie needed some warmer clothes for the winter, and since they're in UT it's already getting pretty cold there. So out shopping we went! We got her some super cute stuff, this little snow hat came with mittens and right now it's way too big but I think she'll grow into it soon.


She needed a jacket, and this was the smallest one we could find, luckily it has cute little ears! She was so cute in it, she looked like a little polar bear!(so we got the pants to match too!)

We found this little Christmas/holiday dress at Baby Gap, it's too big too but by the time the holidays get here it will fit perfect! (Since we found all these cute outfits for her, I insisted we make her do a little fashion show, just incase you didn't catch on!)

How cute!!!

We also carved pumpkins while I was there...anna and I went to the Farmer's market Saturday morning and got some pumpkins and she, Stratton, and I all carved!

In the process

Stenciling...

oh, we also made some chocolate dipped chips and had some snacks as we worked!

our winning pumpkins!

Me & Anna right before I had to leave :(
Addie in her new bouncy/vibrating seat...in her cute new onesie!

Momma and baby

I think I caught a smile!!!

We found her this little bouncy/vibrating seat at Target, Maddox had one when he was little and LOVED it, so I talked her into one too. I think Addie loved hers too! Every time we put her in it she either slept or sat quietly just looking around! Look how comfy she looks!

Annual Pumpkin Carving

Happy Halloween!!!

Every year we carve pumpkins with my aunt and her family (I think this was the 4th year). She has a bit of a pumkin carving obsession! Since I will be out of town next weekend, we did it a week early this year. So yesterday we headed down to her house with some lunch and after we all ate, we got started! I did the happy halloween one (the cooloest one), adam did the house, and dyan did the witch!

Maddox's masterpiece (the boys colored theirs with paint markers)

getting ready to gut...

Jackson getting some help

Cupcakes and Camp-outs!

I bought Halloween cupcakes for the boys this weekend, so this morning we made them! These pictures are completely out of order and I am too lazy to go back and fix it.- Sorry!


Here are the completed cupcakes!

Jackson's approval

Maddox's taste test

Icing the cakes

Chef Jackson decorating with sprinkles

waiting for them to cool

watching them bake...

"Funfetti" cake- Halloween style!

Last week this massive tent was set up in our living room for a few days- we bought a couple new movies (Snow White and Wall-E) so I decided to let the boys "camp" while they watched their new movies. This is actually a beach tent that I bought last month for our vacation but it also works well for our living room apparently!