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Saturday, April 30, 2011

he loves...

bugs!!!

my jett can sit in the dirt for hours digging up worms, hunting for roly polys, and chasing down a ladybug.
he is just infatuated with all things creepy crawly.

did i tell you we bought him nightcrawlers {big fat worms} for his birthday??
another day, another story.

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those little teeny fingers make my heart melt.

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showing his best bud, avry, what the best thing is to put in an easter egg...
a bug.

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i love you, jett!

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what do you love?

Friday, April 29, 2011

frugal friday.

so, you know i love to coupon.
i get a thrill out of watching my total go down, down, down...
and spending pennies on the dollar of the retail price.
love it!

here's a recent shopping trip.
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*4 bottles of nivea body wash for woman, $3 each, FREE after $3 coupon.
*2 bottles of nivea body wash for men, $3 each, FREE after $3 coupon.
*2 bottles of similac baby formula {for a friend} $3.84, $1.16 MONEY MAKER after $5 coupon.
*thomas english muffins, $2.28, $2.72 MONEY MAKER after $5 coupon.
*thomas bagel thins, $2.59, $2.41 MONEY MAKER after $5 coupon.
*the other stuff I didn't have coupons for.

my total was.......
are you ready for this???

my total was $0.47!!!!
no joke!
walmart actually owed me money until I added the two mountain dews!!
woop!
{i felt a little strange getting money back...so i opted to get more free stuff!!!}

the aquafresh kids toothpaste was from walgreens.
it ended up being about $0.75 each after tax.

total spent on all of those goodies?
$1.98!

holla!

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cause i know you're gonna ask.
most all of my coupons are either clipped from the sunday paper or are printed off of the internet.
the thomas coupons, however, were sent to us from thomas.
we had a quality issue and contacted the company to bring it to their attention.
a few days later we had coupon goodness in our mailbox!

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would you be interested in seeing a weekly post like this?
frugal friday?

insta-friday.

here's a glimpse into my week through instagram photos on the iphone.

monday.
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daddy and mac share some hugs before work.

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cuteness.
pure cuteness.

tuesday.
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i'm not a very good bacon cooker.

wednesday.
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hubs graduated from air assault school!

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i received strict orders on what is to be in next weeks lunchbox.

thursday.
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this is not a good alternative to diet mt dew.
just sayin'.

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even the farmers 'round here are patriotic.

friday.
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movie night.

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with friends.

link up with jeanette to show us your cell phone photo skills!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

today...he marches.

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if you would, will you pray for hubs today?
he has a TWELVE mile ruck march at 3am.
{i'm actually awake right now at 12:57am to make sure he doesn't sleep through his alarm...he needs to be up at 1:00am.}

today is also the day he will graduate from air assault school.
WOO-HOO!!!

i am so proud of him.
he is the most amazing man in the whole world.

so, please pray for him and this ruck march.
thank ya!

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yay!!!!
hubs texted me this morning at 7:08 and let me know he finished his ruck march!!!
thank you so much for praying...i'm sure getting up at 1:00am and marching twelve isn't the easiest in the world to do.
but, with God all things are possible!

Friday, April 22, 2011

InstaFriday

it's friday, y'all.
hip-hip!

it has been a crazy busy, crazy nutty, crazy sick week!

would you like to see a glimpse of what i mean?
don't mind if i do...instagram style.

sunday.
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we had pizza for lunch after church.

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this girl fell asleep on the couch.
i should have known by this act {she NEVER falls asleep on the couch} that something more was up...keep reading.

monday.
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sonic happy hour.
it sure makes me happy!

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we ate the pioneer woman's sour cream noodle bake for dinner. every last bite.

tuesday.
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we had severe weather last night as we slept.
our neighborhood woke up to lots of trees uprooted and limbs in the streets.
God had his hand over all of us.
we were sound asleep on the second floor...had the tornado touched down it could have been much worse than uprooted trees.

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diesel climbed up in the chair to watch a movie with the kiddos.
naughty doggie. he's not supposed to be on the furniture.

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i complain and complain about a sink full of dirty dishes.
it donned on me that without my large, healthy family i wouldn't have any dirty dishes.
so, i haven't grumbled about doing the dishes since.
praise the Lord for dirty dishes!

and here's where my week gets sick.
we went to an easter eggstravaganza today on post.
jake said he didn't feel good before we left.
we went anyway.
he literally layed on the ground while the little ones waited in line for the bounce house.
shortly after, we left.
fast forward to tuesday evening...
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doesn't he look pitiful?
i took him to urgent care with a fever and a nasty cough.
doc said his strep test was glowing.
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so, not bad odds...one kiddo out of four has strep throat.

i wish i could say it stayed that way.
as soon as i walked through the door from taking jake to the urgent care hubs said jonah has a high fever and i might as well take jonah and jett.
oy!
so, off we go to the urgent care...again.
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jonah felt horrible.
he was hot.
and tired.

you guessed it.
jonah and jett also BOTH have strep throat.
{the doc went ahead and gave me an antibiotic to be on the safe side}

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four out of six of us are on anitibiotics for the next ten days. three times a day.

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it's like pulling teeth trying to get an extra dropper out of the walmart pharmacy.
look at how generous the army hospital was.
and i didn't even have to ask!

are you still with me???
you're tired aren't you?
well, me too!
remember, i've lived this little {long} story i'm telling.

wednesday.
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jett is a trooper when it comes to taking medicine.
as long as he can do it himself...

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hubs doing his school work.
this man never stops.
can i just say that he's in air assault school, college full time, and he's an amazing daddy and husband.
ok, i'll stop braggin' on him.
{love you, babe}

the brightest spot in my week thus far???
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cupcakes made by the fabulous jamie.
{she's going to love that she gets a mention on this here blog o'mine.}
these cupcakes aren't just amazing looking.
and almost too pretty to eat.
they taste yummy too!
hubs gobbled his down at lunch...even when i told him he would be getting no dessert after dinner if he did.
{thank you, jamie!!!!!}

thursday.
i promise i'm almost done.
at least i hope there are no more surprises in my week.

guess who woke up with a fever today???
yep, mckinley.
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she seemed fine when we got to the doctor.
and she tested negative for strep.
thank goodness.
the fever may just be a bug forming.

and that's it.
my {crazy!!!!!!} week in instagram photos.

wanna share yours??
link up with jeannett over at life.rearranged.

oh, i forgot to mention that this was spring break for my big boys.
stinks to spend spring break with strep...

Friday, April 15, 2011

nine years.

yesterday the hubs and i celebrated nine years of wedded bliss.
NINE years!

we have grown up together.
changed in so many ways.
defied the odds.

i am so proud to be his wife.

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i'm praying for one hundred and nine more years!

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what's your secret to a happy marriage?

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

good morning.

it's 7:02.
the alarm is set for 7:00 every morning.
this morning it went off at the precise time that the newsboys song began.
sing it with me!
"when the toast has burned and all the milk has turned and captain crunch is waving farewell...let this song remind you that they don't serve breakfast in hell."
good stuff.
true stuff!
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did you guess that diesel is a newfoundland?
a bunch of you thought you knew.
ok, three of you.
who's counting.
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diesel is our new, almost two year old, newfie.
and while we're still learning to get used to a 130 pound {and still growing} pooch we LOVE him!
he is already a part of our family.
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ok, y'all, i must get outta this comfy bed to get the munchkins ready for school.
tootles!!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

introducing...

our family has been longing for a pup for quite some time.
while hubs was away in the desert he did a little research and found the perfect breed for our family.
he promised jonah as soon as he got home he would get him a dog.
and a dog we did get!

meet diesel the dino dog. aka, slobber tooth.
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do YOU know what breed he is??
i wonder how many of you will get it right.
leave your guess in the comments.

i'll give you a hint.
he's not a mixed breed.
he's full blooded.

Saturday, April 2, 2011