Every Sunday morning

My youngest loves to get the paper for me.

I updated my coupon binder

I wanted to share with you how my coupon binder looks now. If you are friends with me on facebook then you have recently seen me posting pictures of some deals I've been getting.

My pen/pencil pouch to hold scissors, pens, and calculator.

These 2 pockets are right inside my binder. These  are great to have! the big red pocket i used to store any peelies or tear pad coupons that i find throughout the stores and I organize them once I get home. The small black pocket is where I store coupons that I am going to be using at checkout.

Yes, I really do have this many categories. If anyone wants to know what they all are just let me know and I can list them.

Here is my 3 1/2 inch binder.  It weighs 10 pounds.

This binder has helped me help my family save money. I think if I ever won the lottery I don't think I would ever give this up! I love the thrill I get while checking out.

Happy 5th Birthday, Anika!!

This greeting card generated with Smilebox

She's Going Places by Rascal Flatts'

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

I made this wonderful coffee cake this morning for breakfast. It was a HUGE hit! I found the recipe on Gimme Some Oven only change I did was add more than half of the topping to the middle.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake


Ingredients:

Cake Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 (12 oz.) container of sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Topping Ingredients:

1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)(I used pecans)
Method:

In a mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs to the mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream and vanilla. Mix until combined.

Then pour half of the batter into a greased 9″x13″ baking pan, and sprinkle with half of the topping. Add the remainder of the batter on top, and sprinkle with the remaining topping. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Also Gimme Some Oven gave a helpful tip that "The batter will be pretty sticky, so I recommend adding your second layer in small spoonfuls all over the pan (rather than just adding the remaining batter in one big blob). This may make it easier to spread out over the cinnamon-sugar layer."

Freebie from P&G

This freebie I signed up for a few weeks ago. To be honest I am not sure if it came from the swiffer facebook page or from P&G site. Either way I am happy to have it. I love swiffer products and my little girls love to dust the house due to them thinking the swiffer is more of a toy. I don't mind one less chore for me to do.

Walmart paid me to buy this stuff!

I got:
1 all you magazine
2 string cheese
5 bic razors
8 10 count advil

And I got paid 3 cents to walk out of the store with it all.

Printable coupons

Pop- Tarts mini crisps coupon 70 cents off one box

$1/1 pack of Dole fruit bites

Save 35 cents off 1 bag of goldfish grahams

Save $1/1 parchment paper
Save 75 cents/1 heavy duty 18'' wide reynolds foil
75 cents/1 non stick reynolds foil
$1/1 slow cooker liners

Some more printable coupons

If you Like the Don’t Fret the Sweat Facebook page you will be able toprint the following deodorant coupons:
•$1 off Degree Girl Deodorant
•$1 off Dove Deodorant or Dove Go Fresh Body Mist
•$1 off full size Degree Men Invisible Solid and Deodorant
•$.75 off Suave Deodorant

and


If you like Snuggle on Facebook you will be able to get $1/1 fabric softener.


and


if you like schick xtreme3 on Facebook you will be able to print off a $3/1 disposable razor pack


On the Wal-mart site there is a $5 off a 5 count of Zyrtec. This is a very good coupon.



When I posted about these all these coupons were available. If they happen to not be there when you go to the site, sorry. These coupons are known to go really fast!

Some printable coupons

Save $1 off any ONE Beech-Nut Steamies Mini-Meals or Let’s Grow Twin Pack

Save $1 off any ONE package of Rhodes Warm-n-Serve Rolls

Save $.50 off any Wise Snack 6.25 oz or Larger

Save $1 off any Hillshire Farm Lower Sodium LunchMeat

Caeley's 6th Birthday photos

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We had a wonderful day celebrating Caeley's birthday today!




Here is the toy she picked out with Papa Keith and Grandma Darla's birthday money.

Happy 6th Birthday, Caeley!

Personalize your own scrapbook design Today my oldest is no longer just a little girl.....she is now a big girl :( how the years have gone by so fast. I can't believe she will be starting 1st grade in the fall. Caeley has had 3 surgeries for her cleft lip and you can hardly tell that she was born with it now.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!

Father’s Day Prayer

Lord, please bless our fathers,
these men who mean so much to us,
who are greatly responsible
for who we are and who we are becoming.
Bless them for having the courage
to do what’s necessary to keep us out of trouble,
for making us do the right thing,
for helping us build our character,
even when it makes us angry;
and bless them for pushing us to do our best,
even when they just want to love us.
Bless our fathers for being our protectors,
for leading us through stormy times to safety,
for making us believe that everything will be all right
and for making it so.
Bless our fathers for quietly making a living
to provide for those they love most,
for giving us food, clothing, shelter
and other necessary and not so necessary material things,
for unselfishly investing time and money in us
that they could have spent on themselves.
Bless our fathers, Lord,
for saving some energy for fun,
for leading us on adventures
to explore the outer reaches of ourselves,
for making us laugh,
for being our playmates and our friends.
Bless them for being our secure foundation, our rock,
for holding on tight to us...until it’s time to let us go.
Lord, bless these men we look up to,
our role models, our heroes,
our fathers.
In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

By Joanna Fuchs

The Night before Father's day

Father's day flowers

Michael's parents sent some flowers for father's day. It's called King of the Grill. I tried to get photos from all sides. Some of the blue flowers grew upside down and those died rather quickly so I went ahead and took them out.

My Freebie from Office Max

Go to the Office Max site and print out the coupon page take it in the store and find the highlighters then WAH-LA! You have free highlighters

Some of the girls favorite children books

Llama Llama red pajama

This is a story that Natily brings to me several times throughout the day to read to her. She LOVES Llama Llama red pajama.

The Best birthday party ever

I have here recently got this book on my kindle to read to my girls. I have 2 girls that are having a birthday very soon. So the excitement the little girl in this story is great. It's a countdown book to her birthday and in her mind she will have a huge birthday party. This book is a keeper for my little girls.

I Love you this much

I also got the on my kindle. This story is about how much a mother bear loves her baby bear and how she shows hopes and prays that the baby bear knows that God is watching over him and loving him. A very sweet book.

Image found on google images

We have quite a collection of Step into reading books. Caeley is already at level 2 but could most likely read level 3. Once she started Kindergarten she picked up reading as if she was born to read! She loves her books and these will continue to be part of the collection for years to come as my other 2 girls learn to read.

$5,000 Grocery Giveaway

Trying to think how much groceries $5,000 would buy is mind blowing. It really would be a ton of groceries if you use coupons too!

I copied this part from the Giveaway rules.

Visit http://www.myrecipes.com or http://www.myhomeideas.com and follow all entry instructions to complete and submit the online entry form. Online entries must be received between 12:01 AM Eastern Time ("ET") on Sunday, May 1, 2011, and 11:59 PM ("ET") on Thursday, June 30, 2011 (the "Sweepstakes Entry Period"). Online entrants are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. Limit: One online entry per email address per day, per website. In the event of a dispute, online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized Account Holder" means the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

Day 30: Three wishes/ goals for your family

I have been thinking a lot about this post. For me there are several different things I want for the family. I have came up with the following as the highest ones that I think are the most important out of everything the family dreams about.

1.  To have a closer relationship with the Lord.
2.  To keep making education a high priority for my girls, they need to know the harder they work at school the farther they will go in life.
3.  To keep the family strong. We have been going through a lot lately and I know we will come out of it all as a stronger family.


This is the last post for the 30 day family challenge. I hope whoever has been following along everyday that you have had fun learning about our family. I have enjoyed doing this 30 day challenge along with my friend Jackie over at The Beach Family Blog.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies W/ Cinnamon chips

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I found this recipe on I Heart Nap Time. I did not put any raisins in these cookies due to some family members not liking raisins so I made Oatmeal cookies with Cinnamon chips. These cookies are thick and chewy. For me I am a lover of cookies that are chrispy on the edge and chewy in the center, these cookies remind me of the thick chewy breakfast cookies that are out there. These cookies are good but I had very high hopes of it bursting with flavor. you can tell there is cinnamon chips in the cookies but only when you get a bite with the cinnamon chips in it. If you don't get a bite with the cinnamon chips in it then it feels like you are eatting baked oatmeal. So needless to say that I have a mixed review about these cookies. They are good but could use more flavor. With how expensive the cinnamon chips are (for a bag that is 1 2/3 C of chips cost almost $4) you will REALLY have to be craving these cookies. Sorry for the mixed review but I do try to be very honest and let my readers know what I think.

Day 29: Pic of the grandparents



My dad (Papa Keith)  & Step-mom (Grandma Darla)



My mom (Grandma Doreen)  & Step-dad (Papa Jarold)

Michael's mom (Memaw) & dad (Papa Ronnie)

Day 28: Kids favorite snacks

These snacks are a must in our household at ALL times. I much rather them eat crackers for snacks instead of candy ;)

Playing around with the photos

I was messing around with my photo editing program and I thought I would post them.

Caeley a few months ago.

Anika when she was a year or so

Swimming Time

Day 27: Favorite birthday party

We often have Anika's and Caeley's birthday party together since they are very close together. When Caeley was turning 3 and Anika was turning 2 we threw a Mickey mouse party for them. There is more photos then what I am posting but then it would be a photo overload.