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10 Months Old!

It's hard to believe Kai is 10 months old. Seriously? Where has the time gone? This month has held a lot for Kai as well as our family...

Here is Kai helping mommy "coupon."





New 10 month highlights:

Kai is CRAWLING!! He began crawling at about 9 1/2 months. Needless to say he has many scrapes on his face due to his new found mobility.

Kai has 4 teeth...two on the bottom and two on the top.

He sleeps through the night from 8-6:30, eats, then sleeps until 7:45.

He says "ba ba" and waves for bye. He says "ba" for ball. He says "dada" and "nana" but not so much "mama" (insert jealousy here).

And big brother Kadyn helping daddy "yawn mow"


And I just have to post this because it still truly blows me away that I've wasted so much money NOT couponing. Below is a picture of everything I bought today from Safeway and Fred Meyers with my coupons of course. It cost me $9.45 out of pocket. But I received a $10 off my next purchase. That means I pretty much got PAID .55 for all that stuff. :)

Been too long

I can't believe how long it's been since my last post. I'm too tired for anything creative to say tonight but did want to get some recent photos up of the boys :) I should mention that the pics of the boys together was a request from Kadyn. He desperately wanted to hold his baby brother...or as he calls him "Baby."

Too cute!

Mini Reunion

Hard to believe a week has gone by since our Grandpa was in town and we all went to Sunriver for a mini family reunion. It was a whirlwind weekend of family, food, and fun. With 6 kids under 6 and a 9 year old it was bound to be lots of energy. Needless to say, despite some throw up, bad habits learned, and way too late of bed times, we are very excited at the possibility of making it a yearly tradition.

Helping prepare dinner.

My first experience with a video game. By the look on my 2nd cousin's face I think I was creaming him :)

Lots of willing and eager hands to hold my baby brother.


Right before daddy was further ambushed (you can see the windup before the swing of the pillow).

And mommy had to tack on the picture below...it's $32.46 worth of groceries.

6 (2 packs) Dove Bar Soap
5 Dove Sensitive Skin Bodywash (what the Dr recommended I use)
3 Dove Shampoo
2 Dove Conditioner
2 Kix
2 Salad Dressing
2 (boxes of 4) yoplait yogurt
3 lbs ground turkey
4 bananas
1 gallon Organic milk
4 lbs strawberries
1 Lipton tea
1 Vaseline lotion
1 mayo
2 natural peanut butter (for daddy)
2 Cake Mixes
3 Frostings
(an 83% savings)

Those in doubt of couponing...

Here's what I purchased tonight:

5 bananas
2 limes
1 lemon
1 red pepper
1 pkg strawberries
1 pkg raspberries
5 mushrooms
4 pkgs (of 10) bic pens (these were free!)
2 pkgs (of 6) klondike bars
1 gallon ORGANIC milk
1 children's benedryl
2 boxes brownies
1 box confetti cake
2 frostings (why didn't they have this deal when I was doing all the baby showers?)
1 coffee creamer
2 boxes of fruit snacks
1 pkg (of 2) sippy cups
2 boxes (of 4) yoplait yoplus yogurts
6 jars of spaghetti sauce
10 boxes of q-tips
2 rice sides

GRAND TOTAL: $30.03
Without pairing coupons with promotions: $143.47--79% savings!

Anyone want a package of q-tips? :)

Heaven and Hell

This past Wednesday I had a lesson on Heaven and Hell. Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Pops and Uncle Anders brought me to a magical place that I'm sure has to be what Heaven is like. I got to fly an airplane, drive a car, fly a plane, ride in a canoe, ride on a camel, and ride on a dragon. Kai even tasted mana (aka French Fries).












Unfortunately, we also had to have a lesson in Hell. Needless to say, Hell and I are not friends and I INSISTED that Satan (aka the man operating the roller coaster) STOP and let me off.