Survivor

Yeah!!! Tonight I got to watch Survivor. I am not much of a t.v. person but I sure do like watching Survivor. Anyone else? I thought the crafting of the 2nd fake idol was such a crack up! I am not sure where Bob gets all of his supplies?? Anyway,it gave me some entertainment for the night.

Keaton with his Reflections picture.

Awhile back I posted about Keaton's drawing that he entered in the Reflections contest. I finally got a picture of it! Here is what he conjured up in his brain! His is one of five that got picked to move to the next level. We are so proud of him! Way to go!

My awesome November tally for groceries!!!

Well it is that time again. I get excited to check out my end of month freebies. Here is what I was able to get last month for FREE!!!! I love free stuff!

8 3 packs of razors
8 packs of Wrigleys gum
4 Vaseline lotions
2 loaves of french bread
10 mini Ben and Jerry's ice creams
1 Chick-Fil-A sandwich
6 Buddie bar soaps
2 large boxes of Pampers baby wipes

For dirt cheap I got 48 cans of Campbells cream of mushroom soup for $7.xx, frozen veggies, shampoo, cookie mix, and so many super great deals. It was a good month. I was able to stock up on tons of things and my total spent for the month was $270.25

I have done so well with getting my grocery bill down by less than half that I could justify purchasing a Shelf Reliance shelf for my canned goods. Oh my heck can I just tell you how nice and tidy everything is and how awesome it is that my cans rotate as you pull one out!!!! Love, love, love it! Hum.......saving $ on groceries has never been so fun!

Carter got his first real hair cut on Thanksgiving morning. I had a bunch of things to distract him with and he did just fine. He had been sporting the 80's tail for quite sometime and when he would sleep it would turn into a rats nest. The dudes back in my time would have loved to have his look, they spent a long time trying to pull this look off LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Tah Dah! Here is his new look. Much better. We just love this little guys so much. What a sweet-heart he is.

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went to my moms. My mom and sister Stacey did most of the cooking for our dinner and they did an excellent job!!! Thanks guys for all of your hard work. Everything tasted so yummy. It was nice to be surrounded by family and to be able to enjoy one another's company. After dinner my mom surprised all of the grandchildren with a super fun activity. She got them all sorts of cookies and candy to make a train. They all had a lot of fun and each one made their own special creation. (Of course they ate tons tons of goodies while making it too!!!!)

Carter was laughing so hard at his Grandpa. Nanna was holding him and Grandpa kept putting the cup on his head. Carter would lean over to make it fall off and he would laugh the biggest belly laugh over and over again. He thinks his Grandpa is the coolest! He was even saying "Gampa", sooooooooooo cute!


We also got to see the FABULOUS lights on my parents house. Each year after Thanksgiving dinner they turn the lights on for the holidays. Dan does such an awesome job with is lights. All of the grand-sons have a gingerbread man with their names on them. The grand-daughters have angels. The kids get so excited to find their name each year. I just love all the lights!!!!!

Thanksgiving Eve........

The boys both had Thanksgiving feasts at their schools. The teachers had food for them to try and they got to make some Thanksgiving crafts. Last night we watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving specials as a family and the boys kept cracking up at little Woodstock. It was so funny to hear them crack up. I remember how I would look forward to watching the Holiday specials each year with my family while growing up. Today we made the Turkeys that you see above. My mom asked each of our families to bring a centerpiece made by the grand-kids to Thanksgiving dinner. The boys had a fun time making ours. I can't believe that it is already the Eve of Thanksgiving. Where did 2008 go?

Silly boy faces.........

I've been a slacker on my posting lately.....but I am back! We have been busy with all the kids activities and then the past few days I haven't felt well. On a brighter note......I am happy to say that I am about 95% finished with my Christmas shopping! YEAH!!!!! Here are some pictures of the boys : )