Thursday, August 27, 2009

Hyrum's 3rd B-Day






Oops! I guess I forgot to post Hyrum's 3rd B-day. Things have been a bit crazy! Anyway... some new things about Hyrum. Just in the last few months I've really noticed his maturity level increase. It's been great to have him understand what I am saying. He has an extremely good memory (too good at times). He has become easier to understand when he speaks in sentences. He starts speech through the school district on Monday. He loves dinosaurs and everyone is a monster at some point in time... especially Daddy and Uncle Kyle (my sister's husband...amy's). we have also started the long road of potty training. He does good when he's naked, but will pee a little in his underware before realizing he needs to go to the potty.... I'm open to suggestions!!!!!! Hyrum still has a great sense of humor and is always making us laugh. you can tell he thinks he is funny too. For his party we had Tyrell/Rose and kids over for cake and ice cream. I did pretty good this year and made him a spiderman cake, which he loved. We were a bit lame in the gift department and got him a car toy thing that has an elevator, gas pump... you know what i'm talking about. From D.I. of course. and Gma Maughan gave him a very handsome suit. I also found the fisher price roller skates i bought forever ago for this b-day, so I'll have to give him those one of these days. ;o) Anyway, it was a successful b-day party. ;o)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Couponing

Yes, I am slowly becoming one of those coupon ladies at the store! But hey... Albertons is going to pay ME money for my grocery shopping trip yesterday! Sound good? Wait to you hear what I got!!!!
6 things of cream chease
8 bags of shredded cheese
6 little (teeny) containers of Haagen Daas ice cream
4 boxes of KRAFT Mac 'n cheese
6 things of easy mac
Lysol disinfectant wipes
Dial foam soap/pump
Here was how I did it (Thanks to my sister-in-law Suzanne and Pinchingyourpennies.com)
Albersons had a deal where if you buy $25 worth of select items then you get a $5 coupon to use on whatever at your next visit and you can send in for a $20 rebate check. So, before coupons, I "spent" $25. Only I really only spent $17-ish because of my coupons.Total, out-of-pocket spent was about $21 (taxes and a few dollars after coupons). So, I am going to be getting a $20 check in the mail, which brings me down to $1 spent ($0.05/item) and I still have a $5 coupon to use next time!!!
So, me and my delicious dulche de leche caramel, Haagan Daas Ice cream, are HUGE fans of couponing. ;o)