Our Princess Has A New Ride

Sadie has officially frown out of her carrier and into a convertible car seat. This thing (especially for what I paid for it) should last her until she is 8! That's awesome. I shouldn't ever have to buy another one! She's still trying to get used to it, but loves sittting more upright. Here are a couple pictures of her enjoying it.

So last night had an interesting twist to it. There is a little boy that moved into our neighborhood a couple of months ago named Colby. For some unknown reason him and Cody don't mesh well. He has ridden his bike to our house just to bite or hit Cody and then go back home. Well, last night must have been the last straw for Cody. According to Cody, this little boy was riding his bike on the street and calling Cody stupid. Cody told him to stop but he wouldn't listen. So what does a little Jones boy do in a situation like this?? They throw a rock at them of course! WHAT!?!? As a disclaimer I did not witness any of these actions. Pretty soon this boy and his grandpa came walking down the street to our house. His grandpa showed me Colby's arm and said Cody did it. I found Cody and he admitted it and had to apologize. During that time Cody didn't get to mention that Colby had been calling him stupid. Now he's grounded for 1 week. The more I think and mull this over I'm wondering if a week is too long of a punishment. Was Cody just defending himself? I want him to know that it's okay to stand up for himself, but don't throw rocks at people...please. Let me know what you think.

Brownie Carmel Bars

You know, I've baked a lot of things. Tasted even more. And these brownies have GOT to be one of THE best things I have ever eaten in my entire life. Chocolate with Carmel and more chocolate on top of chocolate. All made from scratch might I add! I don't know if there will be any left by the time Craig gets home....in 20 minutes. =)

Oh what to do...

So I've started a new hobby. Kind of. I've been wanting to get more into the baking world. Craig is totally on board with this idea. He's excited to eat all of the "outcomes" from this new adventure. It's a fun activity to do with the kids. I let them look through my cookbooks and pick out a bunch of different stuff to make. They were pretty excited. Today is day one. The kids were no help at all. Cody is at a social engagement and the girls were too busy watching a movie. So I made Butterscotch Oatmeal cookies all by my lonesome. Too bad I couldn't eat them all by myself too!

Grovery shopping for 6 can be...fun?!?!

My little chicks and I ventured out on our "every two weeks" shopping trip today. It started out very rainy. ON the way I asked them if we were going to have fun. The three oldest grumbled back to me "no". The baby was sleeping. So i tried to change the mood and encouraged them that we would have a great time, everyone would get to have a fun job, and then....yes...I promised them they would get a treat after it was all over. The treat idea seemed to brighten their moods.

We started out at Walgreens. Little Halie is quite the coupon shopper. She loves to cut them out, find the deals and add up how much we've saved. Hanah enjoys shopping period. It doesn't matter what we are looking for she has fun. She also gets to run the calculator. Cody..well..he just likes to push the cart. Little Sadie is pretty amused with just about anything. She had her bottle and her toys to keep her content. We scored big at Walgreens and got half of our items for free. Next was Target and then to Dillons. A few weeks ago a took a coupon class from my best friend Ashlei. She taught me how to match up my coupons to get the best deals and how to organize them. It took me a while, but I think I'm finally getting the hang of it! All in all we spent around $250. Not to bad for $400 worth of groceries! That's right! We got over $100 FREE!! Insane!! Very exciting. I've included a few pictures of what we bought. Oh ya...the kids left Dillons eating their treat of FREE Twix candy bars. After that we met my aunt and mom for lunch. All in all a pretty good shopping trip!

BTW, if you are interested in a coupon class or know someone who is just let me know and I'll pass the information on to Ashlei. It's well worth your money!

Welcome To Our New Cyber Home!

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by. I'm very excited to begin this blog and keep it going for everyone to read. Hopefully it will be an easier way to keep in touch with more people. I'm fairly new to this whole blogging experience, so I'm sure that I will make mistakes and probably have a little fun doing it! =) I'm most excited to blog about our kids and the adventures that they bring us. Every day is a new and exciting day with its own problems and rewards. Hopefully you will find these adventures as humerous as Craig and I do from time to time. With that said, enjoy reading and have a great day!