Happy Birthday Mya!!

11 years ago at 9:44 p.m.  my life changed forever in the best way possible! 

Couponing game...

Had a great day couponing at Publix!

Spent $61.32

Saved $131.23 or 68%

First hair cut!

Meghan's hair is so long and the ends were starting to get dry so I decided that it was time for her first hair cut!  She was so excited!  The lady trimming her hair had to have her stand up so she could trim her hair it was so long! 

She loved every minute of it!!

Brushing out the tangles!

SNIP!!!

Like an idiot, I forgot to take an "after" picture.  Maybe it was my emotional state of my mind because my baby growing up getting in the way!

He has risen! He has risen indeed!

Ok, I know I am a little late getting Easter pictures posted! Easter was amazing as always. It is good to feel the renewing spirit of God that Easter brings! We had a great church service with an amazing message and it was nice to be together as a family.

Mya in her beautiful outfit she picked out!

Meghan in her pretty pink dress!

Me and my sweet hubby!

Irritated & grumpy....

What more can I say?  I feel irritated and grumpy lately, no real reason why either.  I guess it's just my turn.  I am giving myself until tomorrow to snap out of it.  Wish me luck...

What my today looks like contest!

I don't ever do this but today I am!   This blog  is having a contest and I am entering it!  I love the flower buds on this tree!

Oh, my baby...

On Wednesday I signed Meghan up for kindergarten! I did really well. I didn't even shed one tear! I dotted all the “I’s” and crossed all the “T’s” on the mountain of paperwork. I was even able to admit she can be a bit “bossy” on the “about me” sheet! I was very proud of myself; I tend to be a bit emotional.







One day later...much different story…






Meghan’s preschool had its International Concert..the class marched in waving flags from all around the world and I watched my little girl climb up on that big stage and I started to lose it! The tears started before the music! I can’t believe she is going to be 5 in just a few short months! I can say for sure that God has blessed me with two great kids!

Our first broken bone :'(

Wednesday afternoon Mya was doing her usual cartwheels across the entry way of the house  I have warned her many times that she is going to get hurt and she fell not once but twice!  The first time she got up and kept on going.  The second time she stayed down I told her not to cartwheel in the house.  I watched her until Ken got home from work and she was really in a lot of pain so off we went to the Urgent Care did I mention I have told her not to cartwheel in the house? !  They did an xray and said she had a break.  They splinted her and told us we had to see a Pediatric Ortho on Thursday.  So we got the appt and she indeed has a brake and is in a cast for 3 weeks and then he will reevaluate her arm!  Pray for us that this only lasts 3 weeks.......I told her so!

It was bruised all up and down of her forearm...

Getting her cast on...

I don't think she realized how far up her arm it was going to go...

Couponing...

I have been a little obsessed with a few blogs lately that explain how to save hundreds of dollars every month by "couponing".  After a few weeks of wondering if I could do it I finally gave it a shot.  It is not as easy as you think it is.  First, you have to change the way you think about how you buy groceries.  You don't really buy for the week, you buy for what is on sale and cook off of the storage you have built up.  Secondly, you have to spend quite a bit of time organizing and preparing for your trip to the grocery store.  Last night Ken and I stayed up late looking over the Publix add and pulling coupons from the internet and it really paid off in a big way!  Publix offers many "buy one get one"(BOGO) offers and you can use one coupon per item!  For example purchased Ragu pasta sauce BOGO for $3.19 and then used a coupon that saved me $1 off two sauces, so I got both for $2.19! 

This is a picture of all the items.  It really doesn't do it justice since things are stacked and burried on top of each other. 

And the back side....

close up views

I paid $97.00 for all of this and I saved $107.90! 

I am really excited about this and can't wait until the next shopping adventure!!

Snow..

I guess it has been a "bad" winter here in Alabama.  Mya has had more snow days since we moved here than we ever did in Colorado!   To date we are at 3 days out of school, I can only remember a few late starts in Colorado in 4+ years.  Keep in mind the "major" snow storms here produce maybe 1 inch of snow, but it shuts the city down!  Even with the threat of a storm they will let the kids our early.  At first I didn't understand what was the problem, but then after a few news reports I get it.  This is a city with a lot of overpasses and bridges and as the snow melts and the water freezes it turns to black ice!  So needless to say the city shuts down and the grocery stores shelves empty of bread, milk and eggs.  I make sure to keep enought milk and eggs on hand so IF I do get stuck home I can just make my own bread!!

Can't take the guilt...

Ever since my sister updated her blog I have have been riddled with guilt to do the same, so here I go!

Many things have changed since the last post April 24th, 2009! I don't even know where to start so I will just wrap it all up in a nice little nutshell.

My 3 year old in my last blog is now 4 going on 5, my then 9 year old is now 10. My darling husband got a new job that put an end to his weekly travel and over a period of a week we put our house in Colorado on the market, got a contract in two days! Hubby and I made a quick trip to Alabama to house hunt (A big thanks to Toree for flying out to stay with the girls in Colorado!!) looked at 26 houses in one day and found the kitchen of my dreams the next day, put a contract on it and the next day flew back to Colorado! On August 14th we closed on the old house and with tears in my eyes bid adieu to Colorado Springs and all of our friends of the last 4.5 years. We took 3 days to drive to Huntsville stopping to see and do things along the way. Lived in a hotel for over a week, got both girls in school and learned the lay of the land. We closed on our new house on the 25th of August!

So I use the about paragraph as my excuse as to why I have not blogged. Have I had time? Of course I have, but I didn't. I am human.

We are settled into our new house and are enjoying the extra elbow room and we love the area!