A whole lot of nothing

I haven't really had much to blog about lately. This blog is just bits and pieces of what we did this weekend. I didn't really feel like one particular item was blog worthy so I felt if I put everything together in one post it would be more interesting....maybe not?

Tyler's Mom knows that I have been into couponing and trying to find the best deals possible on my groceries so she got my Sister-in-law Mary, me and her a ticket to go to the freebies 2 deals coupon conference on Saturday. A lot of what was being taught was stuff I already knew about but there are a few things I want to look further into so I'm glad I went and I had a great time with Mary and Merilyn. When we were finished at the conference we headed over to IKEA to look around. I had never been there before and if I ever just need to stop in for a quick item IKEA would not be the place I would go. It was so crazy! We were there for two hours and most of that time was spent trying to figure out where we were. They do have a lot of fun stuff though.

When I got home we all dropped the car off for an oil change and then headed over to the grocery store. We spend so much more money when Tyler is with me. The cashier kept scanning items that I had no idea had been dropped into the basket. I just had to laugh. I mean after all we did need lot's of treats for family movie night.

Remember when Shay was sick and my Mom bought her a Easter house craft. Well Britton has been sick too and he got a gem digging kit. The weather was so beautiful outside so we went out and the kids worked on digging for gems.




This was right up Britton's ally. The kit came with a poster of the gems you could possibly find so he looked them up and learned all about them. Very cool!

That night for Family movie night we watched The Never Ending Story. Britton didn't care to much for it at first but by the end he was totally into it. His favorite part was seeing Artex (the horse) running again at the end of the show. He was pretty bothered by the fact that he sank in the mud. Shayna's favorite part was at the very end of the show when the little boy and Falkor the luckdragon scared the bully's. I love that part too!

OH! I almost forgot my most favorite part of Saturday. I got to go to Michaels Craft store for more crocheting items. Look what I made!

This actually was not made for Britton. I made it for my Mom but Britton was the only one that would model it for me. Thanks for the help Bud. Your the BEST! Dad, yours is on the way.

Sunday was a fun filled day as well. I finally watched New Moon. It wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, it was pretty boring. When reading the books I was a HUGE Edward fan but watching the movie I was a total Jacob fan, he is waaaay better looking. After the movie I had every intention of cleaning the house and doing laundry, but the weather was so nice I just couldn't do it. I did get the toilets disinfected and the laundry done but that was it. We needed to go to Low's for some lawn fertilizer so we decided to make a day of it. First we headed over to Starbucks for some coffee and hot chocolate for the kids. On the walk over to the pet store Britton dropped his hot chocolate and spilled all of it. Shayna was nice enough to share hers. We went to the pet store just to look around. Britton wants a snake so bad and Shayna wants a Chameleon. If it's up to me neither one of them will get what they want. Tyler seems to think that a chameleon would make a great Birthday gift for Shay....Please God, I pray that my Family will see things my way. Remember how Shayna was nice enough to share her hot chocolate with Britton? You guessed it, he dropped hers to. All over the Petco floor. What the Heck! Don't ask, I don't know how he managed it. Luckily there was a cleaning station close by so we got it cleaned up before anybody noticed.....good times. The pet store didn't have any Chameleons. WAHOO! So we headed over to Low's. While getting the fertilizer the kids found some starter kits to grow watermelon. Of course we had to get them. When we got home we got them planted. They will be growing in the house until they get leaves then they will be transplanted outside. I hope they work. We go through so much watermelon in the summer, it's crazy! When Tyler finished up with the lawn we went for a short bike ride to the park, played for a few minutes then rode back home. Everyone was getting pretty hungry. We had the most delicious dinner made on the Bar-b-q. I LOVE warm weather!

It was a busy, fun, not long enough weekend.