Tuesday, September 30
Monday, September 29
Fresh Veggie Pasta from Parents.com
This looks so fresh and yummy!Fresh Veggie Pasta
Makes: 8 servings Cook: 7 minutes Prep: 10 minutes Grill: 12 minutes
Ingredients
1 pound penne pasta
3 large boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil
5 cloves garlic, sliced
1 can (28 ounces) plum tomatoes in juice, broken up with a spoon
1 medium-size zucchini, trimmed, quartered lengthwise and sliced
1 medium-size sweet yellow pepper, cored, seeded and cut into strips
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
1/2 pound bocconcini (small fresh mozzarella balls), quartered
Directions
2. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add tomatoes with their juice, zucchini and yellow pepper; cook 3 more minutes. Add vinegar, tomato paste, remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook 3 minutes. Stir in chicken and heat through. Remove from heat. Toss sauce with pasta, basil and mozzarella and serve.

Saturday, September 27
Dinner
Friday, September 26
Sharing a Little Something
This week I'm preparing for our much needed vacation to St.George Utah for our little Family Reunion with my side of the fam. My brother Paul (22, single, RM from Tokio, tall, blond, and handsome :) is running in a marathon. We're all coming from Utah, Idaho, and Cali to cheer him on. Can't wait. Miss my fam.
No babysitting coming up this week. What am I going to do with myself? The past two weeks I've been babysitting. Week 1 a two year old, Week 2 a 10 year old. Babysitting Katie the 10 year old was amazing! I had a little helper and it was great! It gives me hope that - yes, they do grow up, and yes, kids can learn to help. Ahhhh. Someday. Maybe I'll take a nap Everyday this week? haha. Not a chance.
I have sharing time this month in Primary (church:) Its most likely my last time teaching the p.children before I move. (still no news on where, all we know is that our lease is up end of November and we HAVE to move to a bigger place) Sad face. I'm really sad thinking about it and I'm trying not to get to worked up over it. I love my calling as p.pres and I can't imagine going to relief society again. what? no kids? Well, with my princess Lexi on my lap growling. (yup, you heard right - she growls at church for no reason - just to be loud).
So - on to Lexi. She's crawling now and it seems like she always has somewhere she HAS to go. Just like her mommy. This week her shirt is constantly wet from drooling and I think its the sickest thing. She hates when I change her shirt 5 times a day so I find my self wiping her all day long to prevent the mess and she hates that too. Her first 2 teeth came in on the bottom this week. I think she also has a little bit of a cold with the teething. So along with the drooling, crawling, runny nose, and growling, she also had no voice. When she cries or babbles she has a horse voice, but no coughing - go figure. It sounds so funny hearing her with her "sexy voice" as I used to call it - now I think I'll have to come up with a better name for a girl with a horse voice. lol. Oh, I loooove that Lexi loves to cuddle with my buddy Cari so much. Whenever Lexi sees Cari she has to cuddle with her - love you girl - thanks for givin my girl Love! Yea - Lexi slept through the night for the 3rd time (she's 7 freakin' months!!!) Mommy needs more sleep!
My boy Jacob. Hmmm. What can I say about my little rascal? My friend said to me this week that she noticed he's sharing more. That's nice. He tries so hard to be nice to his sister and Lexi loves to play with Jacob's toys - cars, trucks, trains.... I just wish that he would be nice to his little friends. Currently Jacob has 2 buddies - Toby and Bradley. Its so fun to watch him get excited about playing at the park with his friends. He also LOVES his babysitter Olivia. Whenever we drive even near her house he says, "YEA! We're going to get Olivia. Are you going on date mom?" Love it. Too bad Lexi can't be as excited as Jacob whenever Heath and I go out. Poor Olivia. Jacob's birthday is coming up in November and we cannot decide what to do. I still think that 3 is too young for a real party and I have no idea who I would invite since my immediate family is so far away. When Jacob turned 12mo. my family totally drove all the way from AZ just for his B-day. So cute. Hmm, I can't remember what we did for his 2nd b-day...Journal?
Heath has been working hard this month to wrap up the summer stuff at Moxie. -note: I'm pretty much done working nights at Moxie cause Heath's been too busy- Bitter/Sweet. When Heath gets home from work - its sooooo cute - Jacob of course announces, "It's daddy!" then runs to get him. Lexi's eyes light up and she immediately reaches out for him and fusses until he comes to pick her up and give her loves. Today she was in her high chair and refused to continue eating because she HAD to see her dad. I totally don't remember Jacob being this attached to Heath. It's the cutest thing. Daddy's girl all the way.
I have always been a daddy's girl too. I love love love to talk to my dad and have always had such a great relationship with him. My mom always made sure that dad and kids had time to bond and I will always owe her for that. I didn't realize until I was an adult how rare it is to have a strong relationship with both parents. I talk to my mom everyday! Whenever I call my dad I first ask him if he's busy (giving him an out in case he doesn't have time for me) and he always responds, "Never too busy for you!". I love that. He's the Bishop in his ward and still had 3 teenage daughters- need I say more? Actually, my sister Courtney (19, Beeeeauuuutiful, strong, and talented, lives waaay to far from me, talks to me often, oh - and currently single and better stay single) lives in Idaho and is going to BYU.
I guess that wasn't 'a little something' was it. :) Nighty Night.
Sneak Peek at Sunday's coupons

Hulu

Showing love to one of my favorite sites!
Tuesday, September 23


(Yields 2 1/2 quarts)
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 cups frozen corn, thawed
6 tablespoons onion, chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup celery, large dice
2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 cups hot water
1 pinch white pepper
2 cups raw potato, peeled and cut in 1/2" cubes
3 tablespoons flour
1 quart Half & Half
Method
On medium heat, melt butter, then simmer onion and celery for 5 minutes until soft, but not brown.Add water, potatoes, corn and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender.Whisk the flour into 1 cup of the Half & Half, and stir into the soup. Add the remaining 3 cups of Half & Half. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the soup has thickened to a creamy consistency.Correct the seasoning with additional salt and pepper if needed. In order to correct the consistency or the soup you may add a little milk to make it thinner. To make the soup thicker, simmer another 5-10 minutes.
1/4 c. water
1/4 c. finely chopped onion (no onion for Heath)
1/2 c. finely chopped broccoli
1 c. finely chopped cauliflower
1 c. finely chopped (or shredded) carrots
2 chopped large potatoes (optional)
Simmer the above ingredients together in salted water. Add:
1 17 oz. can corn, drained
1 17 oz. can creamed corn
1 can cream of corn soup (if you can't find this, just add another can of creamed corn)
Stir all ingredients together. Then, make cheese sauce as follows:
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. flour
3 c. milk
4 oz. sharp cheddar cheese
Melt the butter; add flour to make a roux. Slowly add milk so that mixture stays thickened as it cooks. Add 4 oz. shredded sharp cheese and stir until smooth. Add cheese sauce to soup mixture and heat through. If you like thicker soup, double the butter and flour (but NOT the milk) for the cheese sauce and it will make a thicker soup. Soup thickens as it cools.
Sunday, September 21
CSMP


Friday, September 19
Walgreens
Here's a link about Double Dip Days at Walgreens for all my buddies that shop at Walgreens with me. :) Its pretty informative and hopefully we can get some awesome deals with the upcoming ones. (too bad i just turned in my rebate, ugh)
Wednesday, September 17
Lowe's Workshops for Kids!
Check it out! Click on the image above to go to the Build & Grow Website. Here's the projects this month... 

10/25

Thanks to ABC 13 - Super Saver - Erin Libranda
(Recommended age for attendees: Grades 1st – 5th)
Lovin' Walmart - 9/14-9/20
$4.892 Spaghetti-Os (Campbell's)
4 FrizEase Mousse
2 FrizEase Hair Spray
2 Wet Ones Hand&Face Wipes 15ct.
4 Clean & Clear Travel Size
1 PrepH
1 LARGE Bag M&Ms (primary)
1 Loaf Bread
(I really like this cheap bread, its not dry)
-27 Items-
$12.94
4 Airborne
1 E V Olive Oil
6 Travel Size Aquafresh
7 Juicy Juice 8 ct - the large ones!
-18 Items-
Not Amazing but pretty good for a quick trip to Walmart!
Tuesday, September 16
Lexi Rose
" Mom, are you done with the pictures? Can I come out now? "
Jacob kept saying, "Mooooommmmm Lexi doesn't like it!"
Babysitting Fun
To Walgreens or Not to Walgreens
WAIT!!!!!
Does anyone else have Washington Mutual? Should I switch my bank? I haven't really been keeping up with all the news but Heath thinks I should open another account to keep $ just in case. Two banks, that sounds like a pain. The economy totally stinks and I hate worrying about the price of food and gas all the time.
Sunday, September 14
My princess Lexi who's 7 months FINALLY slept through the night last night. Ohhhh....that was an amazing and much needed 7 hour sleep for me. Thank you Thank you Thank you! Sundays are always so challenging with my son Jacob and today is also our last practice before our Primary Program. Wish me luck today! Have a great week!!!
Friday, September 12
Sharing Something About Me
I love Sushi. First Trip to Walgreens!
Here's the picture of my first real trip to Walgreens using their Register Rewards and M.I.Rebate program. (ya, I went this morning at 5am so I can be back before Heath leaves for work) I'm still learning how it works and I decided I don't like their system! I still did really well on this trip...I could have done better if I hadn't splurged on the backpack (for my family's on the go 72 hour kit) and envelopes. If I hadn't bought those 3 items I would have EARNED $6 - Wow! I paid 43.07 oop, received $24.50 in RR, and will get $11.78 on a Walgreens reward card (via mail).
Today & Sat they have a printable coupon for $10 off your $40 purchase. It has to be $40 after coupons and before tax. Here's the Link. Walgreens Coupon. You can click the links on my side bar for ideas on what to buy. I used Deal Seeking Mom's Blog.
Thursday, September 11
My updates
In 9 days my church is having the annual Primary Program (I'm the p.pres) and I'm so excited and so nervous. I'm having "closing remarks" whatever that means...and I'm not sure what I'm going to say. The kids have worked so hard learning the songs this year and I think its going to be a great program. I love our chorister Renee because she's so creative and fun - the kids love her!I'm participating in a FHE packet exchange in late Sept early Oct and I can't wait! There's 15 of us I think and the topic I chose was "The Creation". Anyone out there have cute ideas or pictures?
October 4th is my brother Paul's marathon in St. George. We're having a little family reunion at the same time and I CANNOT WAIT! Heath and I really need a vacation this time of year because the summer is always so stressful (for those who don't know~Heath is a pest control branch mgr and works waaaay too hard---currently at work right now...time is 9:30pm. ugh)
Lexi is crawling! Time just zooms by and the milestones are coming so quickly. She's still just inching around but it's enough to make me worry. I love this age :)
Heath is turning 30 this Sunday! Happy early birthday hunny! (not that he reads my bog. lol)
That's all for now.

What to do with all that stuff you get for Cheap & Free...

Story Time at the Library - for 7 minutes...
I decided to make a list of free & cheap activities to do with my kids in my home town and surrounding cities. One of the activities on my list was the Corona Library for Story and Singing Time. We arrived at story time today about 5 minutes late because we had to park across the street and walk. Jacob pushed Lexi in her stroller and I played traffic police helping Jacob avoid hitting the parked cars. Once inside we took our place on a little blanket we brought and I started to hum along with the song. I felt dumb for not singing but I know better then to sing in front of my son. 
Wednesday, September 10
Summer Clearance Items at CVS
$1 at Target - 20 minutes of Entertainment
Monday, September 8
Brownies in your CrockPot? What?!
Take a look HERE.
FHE dessert all the way! Maybe it would be fun for kids to help too.
Monday Madness Shopping
Walgreens
I'm just getting started with Walgreens. This deal was a great one if your just getting started too. Jacob REALLY wanted to help set up "daddy's medicine" for the picture.
The 3 Robitussin were a Money Maker of $7. Click HERE for more info. The airborne was buy 2 get one FREE & I had coupons. Click HERE for a sample and to Print the $2 coupon I used for the deal! Thanks to Deal Seeking Mom for the Walgreens Deals.
Stater Bros
$5 + tax
Sorry No Picture - frozen stuff, lots to unload, napping kids, blah blah blah. You get the picture.
The promo this week is buy 10 participating items get $5 off your purchase. I stacked that offer with manuf. coupons and ended up getting 8 bags of Green Giant Steamers for .50ea and 2 boxes of Cake mix for .50ea. (Heath's Birthday cake...Sunday 9/14 he's turning 30!)
Target: My target had Circo Infant/Toddler Socks single pack for $.34 - That's a good deal right? It was 70% off. They were on clearance because the have a new look to the Circo logo. Hmm...Maybe we should keep an eye out for the old Circo stuff going on clearance for SUPER cheap.
That's all for now. Happy shopping! Find any good deals or coupons?
Sunday, September 7
Mmmmm. Homemade Marshmallows

Don't they look yummy. I can't wait to try them! Check out this recipe. Here.
Thanks to Handprints on the Wall
Saturday, September 6
Goals This Week
1) Cook dinner 4 nights. Heath cooks every night (no, seriously)
2) Take more pics of Lexi.
3) Take Jacob to the park 4 times. He needs the outlet.
4) Clean out the fridge.
5) Organize my desk.
Goal Update!
Monday 9/8: I'm thinking about dinner...but that's all I'm doing with that. I took 4 pictures of Lexi today with my cell phone camera - the only issue is I can't find the mini SD thing to get it onto my computer. Hmmm. I did cart my camera everywhere we went - but didn't pull it out. Silly me. OK - entertainment for Jacob - no park today but I got him a little puzzle thing (Target $1 section), popcorn, and water and he played in the food court at Target. Sounds crazy but he loved it! Also he had a little 30 minute playdate with his buddy Toby this morning. I'm going to count that as his "outlet" for his energy today. We also did LOTS of shopping. This morning I went to Walmart @ 5am (I'm a morning person AND I wanted to go before Heath left for work at 6:30), Target @ 10am, Stater Brothers @ 12noon. Now the kiddos are taking a nap----time to work on the rest of my list? Na. Maybe we'll clean out the fridge for FHE. lol. Probably not.
Monday Night...Heath not home yet (8:10pm ) I made dinner for myself. Does that count?
Thursday, September 4
FREE Betty Crocker Potatoes

Wednesday, September 3
Printing Online Coupons
Tip: Sometimes the coupons print automatically without giving you the option to change the printer settings....so....to make sure I only print in Black&White I just removed my color cartridge. OR you could change the settings on the printer under the menu button (personally I don't know how) Sounds like work - but it also helps me to think before I print something in color, "Does this really NEED to be in color?"
ALL coupons that I've found print in color and have LOTS of it! Save yourself even more money by printing in Black&White. AND use cheap paper that you get for .97 at Walmart!
Tuesday, September 2
How to get these great deals at Walmart Every Time You Go!




