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.