Saturday is a special day, its the day we get ready for Sunday.

I love that song and have fun memories learning that song for FHE.
I remember racing boys against girls to see who could learn and preform it first.
My mom had a really cute flip chart with the words and pictures to help us learn.
I really want to make flip charts with songs and put them all in a binder for my family.

Has anyone out there done that? I want to see one for cute ideas. I guess I can look on the primary websites that I love so much to look for ideas. Hmmm. It would be like making a scrapbook for primary songs----and I looooove to scrapbook (but never do it...lol).

*****

"Heath do you have anything to add to the blog today?" I say.
His response, "I don't know. What am I supposed to say?"

"How about...I love my wife and she's the best...!!!" Lol.

He just laughed and turned up the T.V. haha.

He has a facebook but I've never even seen it and he never looks at my blog. That sounds kinda weird huh.

"Heath, how do I get on your facebook?" I plead.

"I don't know. Go to facebook and search Heath Avery? (I shoot him a face) Really, I don't know" he says.

Ugh. A few minutes later...

I logged in on his Facebook and here's my review. ---
Its not at all visually appealing and I didn't even want to look around. What the heck is it for? Whatever. I got on to the page but cannot for the life of me figure out how to have anyone else get to it. OK. 10 minutes later again...I used his facebook to "invite" ME to facebook and checked my email and here's the link provided.

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1285478123&k=XY1666U4TVXM5FAAXGZ4WP&r&v=2

Dude. The pictures on his facebook are, well, not my favorites. Lol. I guess its time for a family photo shoot!

*****

That was a long rant. Sorry.

Oh, So the word it out now...after our lease is up November 30th we are moving. Where? Not sure yet. News on that in October. :) Sad face about leaving my primary calling and heath's elders q. calling. The weather in Corona is so pretty too. But...off to a bigger place hopefully. That's the main reason for the move.

This song reminds me of my mom. Miss you lots mom. She said that if we danced ~mom&daughter~ at my wedding this would be our song.

Started Solids - her favorite: peas - least favorite: applesauce (crazy)

Give me that french fry! (no way says mom)

Look at all that hair!

Lovin the piano just like mom

Learning to sit up this month

Just some pics in the kitchen.

Lexi eating a peach in one of those mesh feeders. I love that thing.

"No more pictures mooooommmm" lol. My boy hates the camera.

CVS today - wow.

I earned $0.11 on this trip. Not bad, not bad at all :)

Oh my goodness this one is REALLY good. I couldn't hardly believe it myself. I prepare my transactions before I go to CVS but I usually need to improvise while I'm there. Today I really had a complicated register experience ~ I was at the reg for at least 15 minutes and the cashier LOVES me and cheered me on the entire time. We had to void 4 things & cancel/redo one of the transactions once. (not the norm for me) I'm not breaking down the transactions (I did 3) but here's the totals. It's more fun with the picture.



2 Stayfree Overnights 32ct - 9.00

2 Kotex Lightdays 16ct - 2.98

2 CVS brand cotton ball 100ct - 3.98

1 CVS brand baby wipes - 2.99

1 Mentos Gum - 1.69 (needed for total)

2 Revlon Illuminance Cream Shadow 4 colors each - 12.98

2 KY products - 30.98 *wow*

Total Bill before the good stuff

$64.60

16 Coupons Used

-$48.74

-I used manuf. newspaper coupons, online coupons, & CVS printed coupons (from the machine thing)-

How I paid...

Payment was $17.57

ECB's Used - $6.49

Out of Pocket - $11.08

I earned 17.98 in ECB's for my next trip.

So that means...

I earned

$0.11

($17.57-$17.98+tax)

Yup. I got all that stuff for free + $0.11 for the wishing well I'll be buying when I'm a millionaire from CVS. Lol. p.s. This is all perfectly legit and you should do it too!!!

A child's prayer..

Mom & Jacob Lunch Today

Here's your sandwich Jacob. Come sit down, do you want juice?
Its prayer time mom!

Do you want to say-
Dear Heabenly Fater, Thank you for this day.

Please bless Lexi to feel better
Please bless Lexi feel bedder.

Bless daddy to come home safely.
Bless daddy to stay home tomorrow to play.

(Trying not to laugh or cry---) Please bless the food.
Bless Food, Name if Jesus Christ, Amen.

AMEN!!!

Big Boy Jacob:
Well, we cut Jacob's hair all the way off. We kept the mohawk for a full 48 hours and I even went into public with him all dressed in preppy clothes to make up for the wild hair.
He looks so cute and old now with no hair. Its funny - when we ask him where his hair is he says daddy took it off. When you ask if he's getting it back he says no. I thought for sure that he was going to hate the cut but he seems happy with it! Just like his dad. No more mornings where he wakes up with CRAZY hair like his mom. Now he looks so much like Heath its scary.
I'm trying to teach him to swim, he's so scared of the water. Next summer mommy and me swim classes ALL the Way!

My Little Princess Lexi:
Sitting up now and loves to sit and play with Jacob
Her hair is still really long and mostly dark but her roots are a tint of red in the sun.
Still not sleeping through the night - ugh - she wakes up at least once, sometimes twice. I've tried the crying thing and man this girl is stubborn.
**Thanks for the curse mom :) Did your mom curse you too? I sware every mother says, "I hope you have a girl just like you!"
Loving to babble...the babbling hasn't replaced the growling - that's still her #1 charm.
No teeth.
No major signs of crawling (thank goodness).

Heath & Julie:
Heath and I are quite the busy bees lately but surprisingly happy. Our lease ends Nov 30 and we're excited for what might be next. No plans yet but I really want a bigger place (I live in a shoebox, did you know?) Heath is still doing shirt designs for his friend and working his b.m. (haha I love to call it that) position at Moxie Pest Control. I'm making wands from home, working a few hours a night MTTH&F Moxie, and shopping for deals and money makers every chance I get -not many chances lately- I only went to CVS twice this week and the grocery store once. RECORD for me! Hmmm, What else do adults say about updates for themselves... Uh, I'm coloring my hair again tonight...dark brown...don't worry grandma, it fades to deep red after a few days. My ward's primary program is in a few weeks and I've been working on that this week. It's been fun editing parts for the primary kids and picturing each child as they say the words. I love my calling (p.pres) and love that I work with such amazing woman and serving the cute kids in my ward.

When I asked heath if he'd like to add anything to my blog post he simply said, "No Comment". Oh goodness. When I asked him how he felt about my coupon shopping he said, "Are there any coupons for flat screen T.V.s?" When I asked Heath how he felt about my new addiction (which I don't have time for) of Blogging he said, "What is blogging anyway?"

Jacob's Hair Before...

Jacob's Hair After...

I'm trying not to think about it.
We'll be cutting the rest of it off tomorrow.

Visit to AZ

Wow - Its been waaay tooo long since I've blogged. I've been really busy with work stuff and I'm currently on a mini vacation at my mom's house. When I get back from AZ I'll be working my tail off trying to finish an order of wands (you know...ribbon dancing), working for Moxie at night, Primary Program in less than 7 weeks...

You know how when you go out of town you come back with TONS to do and not enough time to do it! Looking forward to thaaaat.

While in AZ for 4 days:

We went to the pool 3 times (that's a record for me!)

McDonalds 2 times! It just opened in Maricopa and its the only indoor play place and its way too hot to play on the toys at the park. Since there's like 100 parks here on every stinkin corner my poor boy always points them out and wants to play...sure...I'll get a coke and you play, OK?!

Bubbles outside a few times. It was funny because Jacob asked me if he could play outside with the bubbles and I told him that he could play with Chelsey when she gets home from school. AS SOON AS she walked in the door Jacob was there to meet her and tell her that its time to play bubbles!! Lol. She's such a patient girl. Chelsey, Kacie, and Jacob played outside in the blazing heat. Thanks :)

Funny Funny -

Jacob sleeping in a Crib Tent at home...so when we came here to my mom's he's sleeping in a Tent Tent, you know, like a Camping Tent. Its so funny and he loves it. It looks just like the one below. Chelsey has it set up in her room. Thanks again man! I think that's about all we did here as far as fun stuff.

OH WAIT!!! I played bunko. Crazy huh. I decided that I love it. I was a sub for one of the Bunko groups in my mom's stake. My sister in law Tenille and I went with my mom's neighbor. There's sooo many amazing women in my mom's area...actually there's more like girls because they're all less than 35 I sware! Majority of the people here in Maricpoa AZ are young and buying homes for the first time.

It was free for me because I was a sub. Typically its $5 a month and they pay 6 months at a time. 12 People play and there's 6 prizes and dinner provided. Waaay cool. $5 for a night with the girls...cheaper than a movie! Hmmm....Is there a Bunko where I live? I would only want LDS group of non-gambling women. Anyone know of a group?

Jacob, Lexi, and I are headed home today. Paul (21 yr old bro) and Chelsey (almost 16 yr old sis) are letting me catch a ride home. Road Trip!! My kids are such great travelers and I'm sure the trip will be really easy.

Here's a deal I found at the Target here in AZ

The New Tide Total Care was on sale for $5.99. Attached to it was a $1 off Target coupon + if you have the $1 off coupon from the Sunday P&G that came on 8/4...That's only $3.99 for Tide!! Not the best price I've ever found but still good! (Yes they have HE!)

If you want another coupon for this product **its mailed to you** you can use it in a few weeks time.

https://tidetotalcare.safeprocessing.com/?utm_source=identity_tidesite

Yo dog.

New header maybe..i just don't know how to change the background. Hmmm. Courtney?

I've been really busy lately and blogging has been waaay low on the priority list...

I just started working:

10 hours a week - nights - at Moxie Pest Control Thanks to my hubby for giving the job! I call customers that are going to collections - sad face. But my job is to make payment arrangements with them. Some people LOVE me and most people hate me. Ugh. I call from 6-8pm.

Making Wands (you know, like Ribbon Dancing) about 20+ hours this week so far. Planning on working at least 6 hours Sat too. Its not going to be every week but its something right? I'm paid per wand. FROM HOME :) Thanks to my buddy Cari for hooking me up with a guy from OC who gave me the job. LIFE SAVER! Love you man!!!

I've been super busy and loving it.

My newest favorite -

The last two days I've gone to get a REDBOX movie using a Free promo code! I NEED them to watch during my kids' naptime. I work on wands and I can only listen to music or read while I do it~or wallow in my own thoughts~since I don't have cable anymore (a cutback that I'm really learning to love - more family time!)....I'm lovin the time to myself and enjoying the movies too! You should check out RedBox!