*** & Then Their Were Three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I never blog, but with how excited I am with this news I thought I would blog about it!!! CJ and I are super ecstatic to announce that we are having a baby!!!!!!! You might have heard through the grapevine, but I have not officially told everyone, so now we are! We had the opportunity to see the baby and hear the ultrasound, and it was the best thing I could have ever imagined. Here is a picture!

I wish I could explain how grateful I am, but I can not even begin to. Having a miscarriage before made me really hesitant if this could really be true, but hearing the heart beat was the most amazing thing ever! I also have to thank my wonderful husband CJ because he has been the best husband I could ever ask for. He has been super patient as I have been sick, and he has cleaned, made dinner, and done more than I could ever ask for. We are super excited, and of course I am saying it is a girl, and CJ is saying it is a boy. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. Thanks!

Coupons!

Ok, so many people will make fun of my coupons, or really ask me if it is worth the time that I spend in couponing. I want to show my purchases that I made today to hopefully convince some people that you definately save money with coupons.

Ok my purchase that I am most proud of today is Ridleys! Here is a picture of what I purchased. I would like you to guess what the total came to! In the picture their is 10 boxes of rice krispies, 5 bags of marshmellows, and 4 sicssors.

Ok the amount I paid was $1.65!! I was actually suppose to pay .65 cents, but the cashier forgot to do one of my coupons, but I figured it was not worth going back in they could have my dollar. My savings in coupons, and promotions was $54.61!

Ok my next stop today was Walgreens. Walgreens is one of my favorite stores to get hygine type items because they allow you to stack coupons on the same item. Today I did not get to many items, but I did get one 33 loads of purex laundry detergent, I bottle of Keri lotion, 3 packages of index cards, 1 package of printer paper, 2 baby bibs, baby binkes (No I am not pregnate but when I see a deal I have to get it, 2 carmex lip balms, and 5 tab dividers. Ok here is a picture and I want to see if you can guess what I spent here?

Ok I spent $5.03. Now some people might think that is not that great but when I saved $31.00 dollars in coupons and store promotions that is definately a deal.

Ok my next stop today was Walmart. Today at Walmart I bought 2 packages of Spitz sunflower seeds, 2 bottes of shaving cream, 2 Quattro razors, 2 travel sizes of secret deoderodernt, 1 travel size of tide detergent, 1 package of sticky notes, and 1 bottle of LA looks gel. Ok once again guess the total!

Ok I spent $3.61. I also saved eight dollars in coupons.

Ok my last stop today was target! I bought 2 five star notebooks, 3 packages of trident gum, 3 packages of bic razors, 2 packages of sharpie pens, and 2 packages of paper mate pens.

The total spent at target was $4.44 with saving $16.52.

*** The grand total of what I spent today was $14.92! My savings today is $110.21!!!!!!!

Ok now you might think I am crazy for posting this. You might also think I also bought a lot of random items that I do not need on a weekly basis. Yes, I did buy a lot of random items, but I have been doing this for about a year now, and I have noticed that things go through cycles of when they are on sell. I have noticed that if I have a stock pile of am item that when I need that item and it is no longer on sell I have a stockpile which makes it so I do not have to go out and spend full price for things. You probably also noticed that I do not have many items and that is because I like to do mostly food on Tuesdays, and Wednesdays because that is when I get my best deals on produce. I am posting this so everyone can see that coupons do work, and if you ever would like help with couponing I would love to help you!

No More SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!

I finally feel like CJ and I are able to enjoy the summer. I did 9 credits in the first summer block of classes, so I was extremally busy in school. CJ was a saving angel that stayed up with me numerous of nights in order to help me finish homework. I owe him big time, but we are now able to enjoy the summer!!!!

Last 6 Months Events!

I really do not know where to begin, but I would say one of my favorite things to do this summer is to hang out with CJ, and play with the cutest boys which would by my nephews!

From the picture you can see why I love these kids to death.

CJ has been begging me for months on how he wants to go camping. If CJ had it his way we would go campping every single day, but since we are adults we do have to work:) We have been camping up Provo Canyon, and hopefully we will get to go a lot more this summer. If anyone wants to go camping just let us know. CJ is pretty excited about going camping that he even set up our tent in our house:)

Since January most of our free time was spent on watching CJ play baseball! I loved watching him play, and CJ has decided to put the clets away, so we are going to miss watching him play. I am very proud of him, and even though we will miss the baseball we are excited for what the future holds!

One of my most favorite trips since I have been little is Lake Powell! We were lucky enough to go this last week. I think one of my most favorite things about lake Powell is just having no worries and you can relax, eat, and have fun. This year the ski boat almost ran out of gas while we were tubing, so we were trying to hurry in order to get back to the houseboat. CJ stayed on the tubes, and lifted them out of the water, so they were not dragging. I do not know if it saved any gas, but it was quite fun. I have to also admit that it is no fair that boys are able to do anything on their first try's. CJ went to do the airchair, and I told my dad that he would probably not get up his first try, so to be prepared to turn the boat around. I think this made CJ mad because he he got up on his first try I think to just prove me wrong:)

Finally we have joined the Blogging world!

Life has been crazy the last couple of months with school, work, baseball, baseball, and baseball.  I have wanted to create a blog, but I have never sat down to figure out how to do it.  I am figuring it out now though.  As you can tell I am still confused with the layout and everything.

CJ and I have been extremely busy, but we are loving life.  CJ is currently finishing his last two weeks of baseball for this year, and I have started my summer semester.  I really can not believe how fast time is going by.  We have been married for over a year now, and we feel like it was only yesterday that we were married.  I am majoring in health education.  I have one more semester of classes, and then I will be able to student teach.  If any of you have kept track of what I am majoring in you probably have noticed I have gone from dental hygiene, nurse, accounting, and etc.  Every major I decided I never felt right about.  For the first time though I feel like teaching is exactly what I am suppose to do.  I am a nerd, but I love everything to do with school.  I will not be surprised if I decide to get my maters in nutrition.  CJ is going through the fun of trying to figure out what he wants to be but currently it is thinking flying, international business, or psychology.  I am glad that I am no longer having to decide what I would like to do.

Some of our highlights lately have been watching CJ play baseball which is always fun, watching our favorite TV show BONES, going to disneyland, and just relaxing!  We hope everyone is doing well!