Happy Birthday to the Best Husband in the World!

Today is Joes 26th Birthday! Happy Birthday babe - We love you!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday!! Sorry I have been slacking on the Family blog.. Im a busy bee over on my other blog (HERE)..

We have had an AWESOME holiday! Im so blessed to have such amazing family and friends! Its amazing to think what all has happened over the past year, and Im so eager to see what comes of 2010!

Im so excited I even made my very first New Years Resolution! I actually made two. The first is to keep up with all my coupon deals and such and have Christmas 2010 paid for by simply saving... My next is to keep up with my new Dave Ramsey inspired budget and have us debt free (all but the house) by March and then have enough money saved for a beach vacation by July/Aug!! Ill keep you post =)

Well here are a few pics of our Holiday! XOXO Everyone!!

Is it worth it?!

So while sharing my "new coupon adventure" stories with Family and Friends I was asked (several times) is it worth it. Do you really save money! Well here is this weeks adventures, you tell me?!

Publix on Thursday!
Total: $54.92

Total I Paid AFTER Coupons: $16.44

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WALGREENS (Sunday Night)

Total: $65.25

Total I paid AFTER Coupons: $18.98

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Joes Target Adventure

Target Price - $74.99

Price Matched w/ K-Mart Add - $29.99

Total Joe Paid AFTER Coupons - $14.99 + tax

Oh and I would LOVE to share with you my wonderful deals I got on Cyber Monday, but a few of the readers will be getting those as gifts =)-

Im So Proud....

OK I feel the need to brag alittle =)

I'm so PROUD....

--- That my son Justin got a perfect report card and even got an "above required level" on his reading scores!

--- That my Nicholas has gotten all smiley faces at Preschool this year and gets in the "treasure box" on a weekly basis now

--- That my sweet little girl has about mastered sitting up and crawling

--- That I have been able to successfully breastfeed Emily for 6 months, here's to another 6!

--- That my husband is just so awesome and has the biggest heart!

--- That I got into a pair size 6 jeans this weekend (and I could still breathe)

--- That I am DONE with my Santa shopping and only have left the secret Santa's to get!

--- That I have the best family in the whole wide world!

My SIX Month Old

WOW its hard to believe my baby girl is 6 months old already! Time is going by too fast. I wish I could just stop the clock and keep her little awhile longer. She has grown and changed so much over the past few months. I wanted to share some pictures of our six month old baby girl, showing off some things she has learned in her six months!

LOOK I can sit all by myself

I can also get up on all fours. I have crawled a few steps, but Im getting the hang of it!

I LOVE to stand up w/ some help from Mommy and Daddy

I Love these two boys so much, and they would do ANYTHING for me!

And I can give attitude when I'm tired of taking pictures =)

The "Coupon" High

So in the past (many times) I have attempted to clip coupons and "save" money! But I never really got it and couldn't for the life of me figure out how people actually saved money doing it..

Well recently a friend of mine (online) told me about a sale Target was having. She had went to Target and purchased 3 Wii games, each costing $14.99. She ended up walking away paying only $22.50 for all three Wii games by using a coupon and taking advantage of the store special.. So off I go, two coupons in hand. I walked away with 6 Wii games for "Santa" and only paid for 3 of them.. This was my first time experiencing the "coupon" high!

So I began researching and found an amazing site. It broke down how I could save by using coupons with store coupons with store specials, etc... IN the past couple weeks I have managed to save over $300!!!!

Here is my last purchase using my coupons! (Purchased today)

Total Cost BEFORE coupons: $74.64

I paid ONLY: $26.20 Before Tax!

COUPON HIGH BABY - I'm hooked!

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! Ours was a blast! The kiddos had been sick for about 2 weeks with bronchitis and I was just praying they would get better in time to go trick or treating. To our luck they did and it even stopped raining long enough to get a few pictures and hit about a half dozen houses and rack up on some candy. Justin had a blast as Darth Vader and Nick was a super cute Batman! Emily joined in the fun with her warm little fleece bunny costume! After the trick or treating fun we had a blast handing out candy to other kiddos. Then we watched the new ice age movie and then the adults played scategories and had some warm apple cider! We could have not asked for a more fun night! Here are a few pictures of our little spooks!

Yummy Orange Pancakes with Chocolate Chips for Halloween Breafast

Emily waiting for her breakfast

Nick as BATMAN

Justin as DARTH VADER

Emily as CUTE LITTLE BUNNY
Heading out to get some candy with some great friends!

November 1st & he will NOT take the costume off =)