Let it SNOW

WOW - Thats all I can say about this past 2 months!! Alot has been going on! First off Joe, me, and the kiddos are doing great! We have had a blessed year of good health and lots of smiles!! Second I want to say Thank you to everyone for your kind words and messages regarding my mom! Shes doing good and healing fast! Shes the strongest women I know and I am so proud of her!!

So now to my title - can you believe Middle TN got around 5 inches of snow this past week. Yea and you all from TN know that about shut the city down.. The kids had a blast playing in the snow, but dang is cabin fever hitting hard! I think they are just as eager for school to start back as I am! Here are some pictures of our own Winter Wonderland!!

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!