weekend

My sweet boy - showing me 5 teeth!!
Our weekend was pretty much un-eventful. Jonathan was still getting over his sinus infection or we probably would have gone into Mexico since he didn't have clinicals this weekend. But since he was just getting over being sick, we decided it was best to stay here and rest up! I went to wal-mart and found these cute PJs for the kids for $2.00 each! I didn't think Korey's would fit for a few more months but I thought they looked kinda small when I got them home, so I decided to try them on -- they are a little big, but not much ~ so they wore them Sat. night! =) Crazy, but it was fun!! You have excuse Kylie's hair ~ they just woke up from their Sunday afternoon nap! =)
Saturday we had a fun family day out! We went to the Thrift store & got Kylie a shirt & summer pjs, Korey a shirt, and Jonathan found a pair of almost new jeans (which is really hard for him to find there) all for the price of the jeans at walmart!! Then we came home and the kids played outside while we cleaned and washed the 4-Runner. I tried to take pictures, but my batteries were dead again. Korey is falling in love with the dogs & had a great time hanging out in his walker (which he can't move) 'talkin' to the dogs! He also pulled himself up to the car seat on his feet for the first time!! He has 5 teeth now & loves cheerios!! And all other food. =)

Kylie's talking so much more now!! She'll repeat about anything you say to her. And she is connecting so many things together! She told my mom on the phone yesterday "Daddy home. Pappy Home. Daddy night, night." All of which was true! She thinks everyone and everything goes to work now too!! Cause if she's looking for daddy, I tell her daddy's at work (when he is) and so we were passing a horse on the road the other day coming back from seeing daddy at work and she was chatting about all this stuff and she saw the horse and said, "hors-y go work". LOL!!

Hope you all have a great week!! We are gonna try to start some paper work for our passports/border crossing cards this week. As with all things like this - it never goes as planned!! We are going to have to get 6-month visas for Mexico before we do this, since we need to send in our original birth certificates with the application. And I need to go pick up Korey's missing birth certificate! (I went a few weeks ago and they informed me he wasn't in their system...and they had to track it down in Austin!) And also the 4-Runner needs some major (we hope not - but its looking that way) work done to it ~ so Jonathan is planning to start tearing it apart tomorrow and it'll probably be down for a few days.

Pictures of my homemade laundry soap

The ingredients

Boiling the zest bar soap on the stove

Here are some pictures of my homemade soap. I have been using it for a few weeks & so far I like it...there are some things I'll do different next time I make it though, after doing some research online today. I'll post a few links to websites that I found information about it on here. I bought the ingredients for around $5.00 and it should last a LONG TIME!! I'll be needing to make some more probably next week, so I'll let you know how the new recipe goes. It looks really nasty when its done and we were sorta not too impressed but after reading some today, I found out that's the way its supposed to be!! (Good thing!) I think next time I'm gonna make this recipe and there is about 9 or 10 different ones on this website. I found the Arm & Hammer Washing soda at HEB for around $2.50 and the Borax was about the same. The Zest I got free at Walgreens that week but next time I think I'm gonna try ZOTE. I found it at Walmart, but can't remember the price. It was around $1.00 I think. Zote is a laundry soap bar. Somewhere I read it costs right around $.01 a load! Gotta love that!! If you have any questions, email me!

Easter Baskets

My parents sent the kids Easter Baskets that my mom made this year! Here is a few pictures when they were opening them...This is the day Kylie was really sick & throwing up so she looks not her best ~ but she wanted to open it so I let her. They both really enjoyed all that was in them! =) Thanks Pappy & Mauga!

Trip to Corpus Christi

My 3 favorite people playing checkers in front of Cracker Barrel

The weekend before Easter, we were so privileged to go to Corpus Christi, TX to get away and also hear the Collingsworth Family in concert. It was such an uplift to our spirits after a long week with sick kids. Thanks to Salisbury Bible Methodist Church for the Valentine's Day gift that helped us to go! We also were able to eat supper Saturday night at Cracker Barrel!!!! I LOVE that place and until today there was not one in the Valley!!! (It just opened in Mission!!) Its been since December since we ate there so it was a great treat!

New pics!

My mom reminded me AGAIN today that my dad said "we don't get pictures of the kids anymore..." or something like that...so I'm taking a few minutes to put some random pics on here....I was waiting to blog in order of the last few events...but that's ok! I'll get caught up one day!!

Korey is working on standing up & getting new teeth!! Here he's standing up b/c I put him that way...but he 'climbs' up on his knees everywhere!! It won't be long!

New blogger!!

Hey everyone,
My brother-in-law, Joe just started a blog this week!! Go check it out
www.joetx1573.blogspot.com

So behind in blogging...

I am feeling overwhelmed today as I remembered all things I need to blog about. =) The past week has been a whirlwind of activity. I doubt I can even remember it all. =) I'm gonna try to get caught up with it all sometime this week.



My laundry soap is working great!! =) I still need to get some pictures on here about that.



The kids were both sick last week & I spent all day Tuesday at the hospital/doctors office. They are somewhat better now. Korey had to go for a xray on his stomach to test for GERD. (he just has really bad reflux, so we are trying a new diet {not so much bottle} to see how that works.) Kyle had the stomach flu with a fever. Its a day I'd rather not repeat!!

Other than that, we've been good, busy, but good! I have some pictures & other posts I want to do but Jonathan has been doing some computer work & has been using my computer with the card reader and my photo program on it, so those will have to wait!! Just wanted everyone to know we are still here!!

Thank you, sweetheart!

Jonathan had to go to Mexcio yesterday evening to take care of some paper work. He didn't have any great adventures like the Sankey's & Stetler's have been having lately but he was able to purchase diesel for $2.10 a gallon!! I don't know about the price in your area but around here its been $3.50 and higher!! He also brought me 2 bags of Ruffles Queso chips & a bottle of coke!! (That's the best part ~ its made a wonderful breakfast!!)

Good deals this week!!

I don't want to take too much time with this -- but there are some SUPER good deals that I have to share with all my friends!!

Thanks to Crystal at www.monesavingmom.com and Bethany at http://centsibleshopper.blogspot.com/ for their hard work in researching these.

Target
Nature's Valley Granola Bars 2 for $4.00
There are $.75 target coupons at www.afullcup.com
and $.80/2 printables at www.couponloop.com and scroll down until you find Nature's Valley
Also in some of the papers there were/are coupons that came out this week. I got $.50/1 in mine.
With these it makes them $.85 and $.75 a box!!

Walmart
Muir Glen organic tomatoes are $1.14 (at least here) and there are $1.00/1 coupons at
www.eatbetteramerica.com You are able to print 10 of these.
Final price $.14 a can!!!

Colgate toothbrushes are supposed to be $.96 and there are $.75/1 coupons out there. I got mine a few weeks ago. Final price $.21

CVS
I don't have a CVS but this weekend we are going to a town where there is one...I'm hoping to be able to get these 2 deals.

Colgate total advanced toothpaste (several varieties) $2.99 get $2.99 back in EBCS (on your next order) There are some printables for this at www.couponloop.com and also some $.75/1 in the paper a few weeks ago. (Limit 5)

Oral B Cross Action Pro toothbrush (Limit 2) $4.99 - get $4.99 back in EBCs. There was $1.00 off coupons in last weeks P&G flyer.

Walgreens
This is where they are gonna hate to see me this week!!! I have lots of RR to spend since I did so many of the deals (Free soap) last week. =)
Pampers $8.99 (I have $2.00 coupons)

Puffs $.89 each with in-store coupon (there is also $.50/3 coupon in last weeks paper) making these $.72 a box! (Walmart brand isn't even that cheap!!)

Chex Mix 2 for $1.99 (I have 2 $.50/1 coupons ~ making these $.50 a bag!)

Kotex 2 for $5.00 ~ there should be $1.00/1 printables at www.couponloop.com (I printed my limit already so I don't know if it still works) and you get $1.00 RR to use on your next order at Walgreens

Aquafresh toothpaste $.99 with in store coupon and there is a $1.00 printable at www.couponloop.com to make this free

Sunsilk shampoo, conditioner & styling aids are 2 for $4.29 - there have been a lot of coupons for these lately. I have $1.50/1 ones but there is supposed to be some $2.00/1 and $2.50/1 ones out there too. There is also printable ones for styling products on their website - www.sunsilk.com they are for $1.50 off. You should be able to use 1 coupon for each product - thus making them $1.29 for 2 bottles!!!

Hope this helps someone this week!!! I'm so thankful to God for helping me find these websites where they have all these deals so we can stock up on some stuff & save money at the same time!! I'll be posting about my home made laundry soap this week too. I found it on www.moneysavingmom.com on Friday of last week. I got the stuff I needed to make it for around $5.00 and it will last for a LONG TIME!!! With the kids it seems I'm ALWAYS doing laundry & buying soap! I took some pictures this morning while I did it, so I'm gonna add those to that post! I don't have time right now to do it since I need to start my supper!

Snug as a . . .

girl in a warm bed!!Kylie looks very pleased with the way her daddy tucked her in bed!! I just love the little grin so I had to share it with you!!

Clap your hands...

all ye people!!

Korey's also figured out its really fun to clap his hands!! He just started this on Sunday! Kylie likes to join in on this activity & tells him 'happy'!

Korey

One of the funnest things in our house right now is that Korey is changing!! He's turning to quit the little explorer!! Our quiet little man is leaving us! While in some ways thats sad, its also fun! He's officially a crawler now!! Again, while we've been encouraging this, I've also been saddened. It means my little boy is growing up so fast!! He's still somewhat lazy about it though. He will only go until he gets to something he wants & then stops to play with it.