Church.

8 am.

2 hour nap on the couch.

That's all I have to say.

Happy Sabbath.

Julie

I saw Twilight again today. This time with my sisters and my mom. Girls Day out! :) It was better the 2nd time cause I didn't have as many expectations. I'll probably see it again and again. Maybe I'll love love love love love it after like 5 times. Right now I just sorta love it.

I also saw 4 Christmases last night with my parents, sister Courtney and Heath. Cute & SUPER funny movie. Great actors. Kinda inappropriate for the younger audience.

Church is at 8am tomorrow. Yikes. But its fun to go to church with my family cause my sisters are super helpful with Jacob and Lexi. Plus my dad is Bishop and its fun to see him in that role.

Walgreens coupon for Monday and Tuesday! Yeah! Check out the buttons on my blog list for info on good transactions.

I've been taking lots of pictures with my new camera! I'll post them soon. I have some fun ones...

Nighty Night.

Thankful Thursday

This is my ongoing post dedicated to Blogging My Blessings! My goal for this post is to help me focus on the GREAT things in my life. The things I love and the love I have to give. Not all my posts will be mushy...

16. Family. Kacie my sister told me to blog this as my first Thankful post. Really---during the holidays I feel especially thankful for my family. I love that we can have fun together just talking and laughing. Our Turkey day today has been great, food was yummy!


17. My sister-in-law Tenille. We have been great friends for almost 10 years. It crazy to think that we were both just crazy teenagers when we met (she was my brother's girlfriend:) She's always been such a great sounding board and always thinking of someone else. She's so selfless. I called her today to talk about her birth experience with her baby #2 - she had so many questions for me about my move and how I was feeling. For those of you that know me---I love to talk about myself, I can't help it when she talks to me. She's so interested in my life and she's such a great friend. We've worked together, cried together, played together, and now we've been family for 4 years. I love you Tenille. Congrats!!!!


18. The Tent. Jacob is sleeping in a tent (yes---a camping tent) in Chelsey's room this week. She's so nice to have Jacob as a guest in her room. Last night Jacob climbed in bed with Chelsey. She's so sweet. Thanks Chels!

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Happy Thanksgiving to All.

Here's the scoop.

Tenille & Stephan named their baby boy

Cody Jaxon Moss

I get to meet him Today!!! Yeah! So excited. I'll add a pic to this post of Cody when he comes today. (with someones camera -- since I won't have one until tomorrow :) So excited for black friday!

On that note: I totally forgot that CVS's 'black friday sales' actually started today! Ugh. I missed it. Its too late to go and get all the good deals---they're still on sale, just probably out of everything I want. My buddy Cari totally went this morning in Corona, CA - and ME - ALL THE WAY IN MARICOPA ARIZONA----couldn't go with her. So sad about it. Cari filled me in on all her deals and will be taking a picture so I can live vicariously through her. Thanks Cari.

Thanksgiving festivities are an all day affair with our family. Appetizers and "drinks" start at 1pm when the rest of our company arrives... Aunt Dawn and her husband Roger & Jessica my cousin. Turkey stuff starts at 2:30. We usually just hang out talking and playing around with the kids between eating and games. Currently I'm trying to get kids down for naps before the grumpy kids come out. (hence, the little bit of time I have to blog)

GOAL - I'm trying to blog whats in my head more, now that some of my good friends are so far away...this is for you guys. ;)

More thanksgiving and family news----and hopefully pictures of family AND MY DEALS - tomorrow.

Oh---and today is Thankful Thursday. Post coming soon!

Safe Arrival in AZ. We've just taken all our stuff to my brother's for storage in his garage (Thank you Stephan & Tenille:) We're in in AZ for a week for Thanksgiving and then we're off to Palm Springs temporarily. (old news...sorry). Then back to AZ FOREVER (well----for now)

We turned in our keys at our apartment yesterday and it was so cheesy----I cried while I was driving away. Ooooo. I can't even begin to say how sad I am to leave Corona. Life has been so great in SoCal and I'm really going to miss my friends. For the next few months I'm going to try and visit every other week....we'll see how that goes!!??

Stephan (my brother) and Tenille had their beautiful baby #2 !!! Yeab, now we're even :D

No name decided yet...

Gender: Boy

Weight: 6lbs 12oz

Height: 20.5in

I'm hoping Tenille's blog will have pictures soon. I'm so excited to see the baby soon!!!!! Poor Tenille won't be shopping the deals on Friday---she loves black Friday. But her baby was early...how cool is that?!! Her first baby was 2 weeks late (I think) so this is a pleasant surprise!.

Congrats and Love You Stephan & Tenille!

Whats the plan?

Here's the plan for the week.

Monday

Pick up moving truck at 9am from Penske.

Pick up mattress and train table from Cari's.

Drop off Jacob at Jennifer's for babysitting (thank you !!!!!)

Load that truck!

Heath pm-pick up freezer from Kyle's house (yea! good for stockpiling!) Take Jacob?

Julie pm - juggle kids while i somehow clean the carpet. hmmm. working on a plan for that.

Julie/Heath midnight - more cleaning probably.

Tuesday

Load the car with stuff for Thanksgiving at my moms in Phoenix. Get ready for road trip!

Another quick spot check of apartment.

10am apartment office open - Turn In Keys!!!

Take off to Palm Springs to drop off the essentials for 2-3 months living with in-laws.

1pm leave for Phoenix Thanksgiving:

Heath moving truck with Jacob - that will be so cute and Jacob will be soooo excited.

Julie Camry with a happy Lexi, fingers crossed.

6pm Expected arrival in Maricopa, AZ.

I can't think much past that. Too far. Turkey, Walmart, Family...its a blurr.

Not too much to do this next 48 hours, right? No biggie. Easy. It will just fly by.

Ooooo. Wish me luck.

Girls Night Out!!

It's my last week here in Corona so we had a Girls Night!!

It was so fun. My friends and I are CRAZY together! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We went to CVS, Movies to see Twilight, then to Olive Garden. My cute friends gave me a jewelry box and earrings. They're so sweet. Here's a couple pics of our evening.

Its not a true night on the town without getting some awesome deals at CVS?!

True coupon shoppers through and through.

I just can't bring myself to do a mushy goodbye post. Its just too sad. So - there's no goodbye. Just SEE YOU NEXT TIME :D

Thankful Thursday

This is my ongoing post dedicated to Blogging My Blessings! My goal for this post is to help me focus on the GREAT things in my life. The things I love and the love I have to give. Not all my posts will be mushy...

I totally forgot that today was Thursday. I'm a little late cause I've had a hard week in the way of COUNTING my Blessings. I haven't felt - lets just say - peppy. Buy here it is:

13. Positive Parenting book by Dr. Latham. This week Jacob has tested my patience so much. I know how to prevent bad behavior and how to manage it --- but this week --- I don't have time to be a mom! Not really, just a little too busy to give it my 100%. Jacob bit Lexi today, IN THE FACE!!! And my parenting techniques were put to the test! I have to say, I failed miserably. I wasn't prepared for that one. But the second time he bit her, in the arm --- I was ready! I'm happy to have books that help me *PLUS my mom and friends to talk it through with. I really feel like this book is a book of INSTRUCTIONS that should have been attached to Jacob when he was born. Love this book. I recommend it to EVERYONE!

14. Cari & her Suburban. She's been such a lifesaver this whole month. She helped me get boxes with her big car. Also, I needed to go get my tires changed this week and she came along to be our transportation, entertainment, and Sams card holder :) Its so much work preparing for this move. *Shoot, I just remembered that I need my oil changed before Monday. Oooo.

15. d.coke. I really like diet coke. I'm not going to make a big fuss about it...Just love it. Look at this cool necklace - I want one!

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Vons

I went to Vons with Cari today. No pic. Sorry-no camera.

3 Boxes PopTarts (4pk)

--vons coupon, 2 manuf. coupons, cashier didn't run the 3rd manuf. coupon. shoot. $1 for 3

3 2-liter d.Coke

--vons coupon .69 ea.

8 pk.d.Coke bottles

--vons FREE coupon w/ purchase of 3 hallmark cards

3 Hallmark Cards

--.99 ea.

1 Romaine Lettuce (turtle)

--no coupons, $1.99 ouch

1 Dog Treats (for Jacob---j/k Cari's dog)

--FREE item coupon

$5.42

Not bad. The receipt said 83%

I'm trying to avoid packing at the moment. Can you tell? Getting back to work...

Totally a Penske Girl

I went online for quote during the kids' nap time today and here's the results.

With AAA discount - One way rental from CA to AZ 16' Truck

Budget Rental $450

UHaul Rental $480

Penske Rental $248

Penske IT IS! Wow. AND I got a discount for booking online.

Crazy the difference. The supplies for moving, like the blanket pads and the moving dolly were more expensive---so we'll just pick up the dolly for 1/2 the price from Uhaul after we pick up our Penske Truck. Love it.

Still Packing my life away...

Its hard to decide what to take with us to our temporary dwelling. We'll be there 2 or 3 months. I'm so torn. I have like 3 more days to pack and I just picked up the last of the boxes I need (i hope). If I don't have enough------I'm throwing everything else away! No room---too bad. I'm excited for Thanksgiving! This year we'll be at my parent's in AZ. On black friday I'm getting a new camera too! Sweet. Target has their deals listed but I'm waiting for Walmart to post their list too. I'm so so so so so excited. I'm so sick of not having a camera! My buddy Cari went with me to Sam's today for tires and we went to Walmart too. I love to shop with her. Our kids totally don't get along and its so funny. Our boys can't face each other or walk anywhere near each other without yelling at one another. Its so funny---and not funny. Love it. Time to get back to work : )

CrockPot Pumpkin Cheesecake

Thanks to CrockPot 365 - Here's a fun way to make cheesecake. Cute picture huh?! Check out the Website for the full recipe & good tips. Its ginger snap crust....yummy! I really want to try this!

Another good one:

Little Dipper CrockPot Peanut Butter Fondue

Here's another recipe I found on this site. I have a little dipper crockpot and never really know what to do with it other than cheesy dips or chocolate. (oh, good recipe for a chocolate and marshmallow one too: HERE) Check out this fun recipe that is great for kids! I love the pictures on this site.

8 Days

8 More days in Corona

I guess depending on how you count it...we're driving away on Tuesday morning Nov.25th.

We rented a carpet cleaner yesterday to clean up a little mess that did a little more than drive me nuts yesterday---While I was cleaning the carpet I couldn't help but feel like this is really happening. You know how you know that life is changing but if just HITS you sometimes, YIKES----8 more days. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed this week. Just wish I could ship my kiddos off for a little vacation so I can get some work done. Deeeep Sigh. Loving my kids curiosity but cummon----leave the boxes alone!

This stinkin fire out here! Pray for those that are affected by it. Some members of my ward were evacuated. I CANNOT imagine how that must feel, HOPING that your home will be there when you get back. Watching the news desperately hoping they show a close up of which homes are totally going up in smoke. Goodness.

I'm hoping all my primary teachers don't call out today. Combined Primary today! lol. j/k

Twilight Music. Good one.

Paramore - New Music - More Music Videos

Thankful Thursday

This is my ongoing post dedicated to Blogging My Blessings! My goal for this post is to help me focus on the GREAT things in my life. The things I love and the love I have to give. Not all my posts will be mushy...

10. 4 Generations. On Tuesday my little family and I had a chance to visit my grandparents. My grandma was so generous to find us some boxes for our move! She's so sweet. My grandma made us a yummy dinner and even made Jacob a cake for his birthday! I'm so sad to be moving out of state soon away from many of my extended family. Thanks so much to my grandparents for a wonderful & memorable evening.

11. I'm lovin my tape gun this week. Its really helpful and Jacob loves this thing. Its lots safer than lugging around a roll of tape and scissors~~both equally dangerous with Jacob around.

12. Watching videos online! I'm loving the technology that gives me the ability to watch inspirational videos (mostly general conference) online! HERE is the link to the LDS website that has all the gen. conf. talks from October. Its easy to just turn a talk on while I do dishes or something or even while I'm playing with the kids. Jacob is learning the names of the apostles and I love to watch him listening to the prophet's voice.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JACOB

3 YEARS!

Twlilight - Girls Night Out!

I just bought the tickets for Twilight! We're calling it our girls night out! We're shopping, watching Twilight, then grabbing a bite to eat. Sounds like so much fun!!

So excited for 11/21 !!!

11/21 is also my sister Kacie's Birthday :)

Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass

its about learning to dance (and fall) in the rain.

-julie's edit

Avery Halloween 2008

The kids had a fun Halloween at our church's Trunk or Treat. Jacob was such a crack up cause his costume was totally too short and his tights kept falling below his butt and his diaper was out almost the whole night. What a crack up. Lexi was a trooper with all that itchy stuff! She was a cutie.

Packing....Not Posting

Not many posts lately.

Our POD arrives in 8 days. Yikes. We'll have 3 days to fill it with everything except the essentials for living at Heath's parents for 8 weeks. I've been trying really hard to pack during naps and just before bedtime. Its hard to pack when both my kids asleep in the areas that need the most packing. ugh. And the kitchen----at what point do I just stop cooking (well, heath stop cooking) and just pack it all up?! Goodness. Decisions. Decisions. I bought paper plates the other day...that's step right? I've tried to avoid having boxes in the living areas and now its unavoidable. It feels more official and its killing me. I love that I'm moving closer to immediate family but sad that I'm closing a chapter in my life. The great thing about a good book is you can read the good parts over and over and still love every minute of it. I'm grateful for good friends. This is so exciting for my family and an amazing opportunity for growth. I love change, right?!

This is my ongoing post dedicated to Blogging My Blessings! My goal for this post is to help me focus on the GREAT things in my life. The things I love and the love I have to give. Not all my posts will be mushy...

7. Jacob's HIGH pitch laugh is so infectious lately. Lexi loves to giggle every time that Jacob breaks the silence in the house. I love that he brings so much happiness to our home.

8. PROP 8 in California PASSED!! It was so fun to do sign waving the night before the election! Here's a couple pics. Thanks to my friend Jennifer for letting me borrow her sign. Good job Jacob!

9. Holiday Clearance. I spent about $10 total for my kids costumes for next year! Lexi is gunna be a Lady Bug and Jacob will be Thomas the Train. : D I'm so excited! This year Jacob was Peter Pan and Lexi was Tinkerbell. It was stressful (but worth it) to make/assemble the costumes and next year will totally be STRESS FREE! Pics of Halloween coming soon.

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Blog World News

I just saw this on my friends blog

The Polka Dot Cottage



Which side is your gas cap on?



I can't even tell you how many times I've been driving a rental or someone else's car and forgot to look! Click HERE and you'll see a TRICK to finding out without even looking anywhere but your dashboard!

But what about the one pictured above? Is it on the right? hmmm. Research anyone?