Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! Coach's dad, mom, brother, sister, brother in law and 2 nephews were all here. It was a full house but a lot of fun! Monkey had such a great time playing with the 'twins' (his cousins are in 4th and 8th grade.... but he kept calling them the twins!). Everytime sweet girl met someone new, she would put her head on someones shoulder and be shy - it was really cute! Coach's mom, sis and I got up at 4:45 am Friday to go shopping! We always go shopping but usually go at 9 so this was a new experience! We found everything we were looking for at Kohl's and waited about 45 mins in line to check out. One person would wait while the others were shopping and then trade. Then we hit up Target, Meijer, Walmart and dropped Jen off and Beth and I went to the mall. We only got to Macy's where of course everything we bought we couldn't use our coupons on:( We had lunch at 10 am!! We arrived home exhauisted but we think we will go out early again next year!!

And now 4 days till Disney!!! My mom comes Tues to watch sweet girl while we are gone!

Birthday report!

FYI - I have no idea what happened to my background!

Monkey had a great birthday - I will post pictures later. He LOVED his motorcycle and wants he and coach to take a motorcycle ride together. He is so cute on it. When we took it out the first time, all the neighbors came out to take a peek and tell him how cool he was. It was pretty cute! He decided he wanted to go to Red Robin for dinner for his bday and Red Robin himself was there. Monkey loved him, sweet girl was terrified! They came out and sang happy bday to him and he got a sundae so he thought he was hot stuff! We had his pirate party on Sunday and it was a success! We had 16 kids and around 32 adults. That was the only time I have been thankful we weren't in our old house. The weather was beautiful and we actually had a lot of the party outside - a rarity for November for sure. Monkey had so much fun with his friends and it was great to catch up with old friends. He got so many wonderful gifts and we have been playing Hungry Hungry Hippo, Uno Moo and Lite Brite non-stop! He also got a Leapster and thinks he is cool like the big boys with his own video game! It will be great to have on our 5 hr plane trip to LA! Coach made the cake and it turned out great!

Menu Plan Monday

See last week, I didn't make one thing:( So I will be repeating last weeks menu. At least I already have all the stuff to make everything!!

Happy Birthday!

Can't believe my baby boy is 4 yrs old today! Happy birthday monkey!

Menu Plan Monday

I am going to try something new with Menu Planning. Each week, I am going to get all of my recipes from one source..cookbooks, blogs, websites, etc. I think this will make organizing a little easier:) This week is Kraft Foods

Monday - Chicken Stew
Tuesday - Lasagne Toss
Wednesday - Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
Thursday - Gourmet Club - Boys will have leftover buffet. I will be making Cheesy Green Bean Casserole
Friday - Angel Chicken
Saturday - Creamy Pasta Primavera

My Best Shopping Trip Ever!!

Kroger last week and this week is having a Mega event - You buy 10 things and get $5 off your order. Here is a picture of one of my shopping trips last week. Missing from it are 5 pks of butter, 1 pk of yogurt smoothies and 2 pks of cookie dough. This has been my best savings week EVER since I started couponing!! I planned to go multiple times this week but getting sick has put a wrench in my plans! So... here is my $133 shopping trip for

wait for it.....

wait for it....

$13!!!!!