Snowbird

We went to Snowbird a few weeks ago and had a great time with the exception of a small case of food posioning.......(not fun) anyway I've been going to the Iron blossom with my grandma and grandpa Stewart ever since I was little and now we are able to continue this tradition with our own little family. I love the idea of my kids playing in the same pool that I did when I was there age. Learning to ski on the same bunny hill that my grandma taught me to ski. Sitting on the edge of the "adult" only hot tub begging me to get in the same way I used to beg grandma. I love that I am able to now share my love for snowbird with my little tots!

Alive and Well

Most of my friends who have 4 kids pretty much have stopped blogging and I now know why. Life with a family of 6 is absolutely crazy!! I rarely have time for myself let alone trying to maintain a blog I do still occasionally have time to see what you all are up to but the moments are few. We are all doing really good and had a great holiday season. I can't believe it is already the middle of January!! With tax season looming around the corner I'm trying to get things caught up around my house. So a little blog maintenance is long over due.

Isabelle is 9 months old and into everything!! She loves to eat garbage, Polly pocket shoes, Lego's, or pretty much anything one of the kids leave on the floor. We are loving this baby to death I love to just sit and snuggle her, I now realize how quickly they grow up.

Kaitlen is still "in training" this includes potty, sleeping (she is a terrible sleeper and up at least 1 or 2 times a night screaming), good manors, and over all mischievousness. She is such a funny little girl and loves to make us laugh. Her favorite thing to do is play "dudes" (she pretends everything is a mom and dad and plays with them) with anyone.

Samuel is learning to snowboard and is loving it! He is also playing on a little league b-ball team and gets so excited about practising. He is in the first grade and turning out to be a little math wizard he does very well with all the math programs at our school and is the top of the class

Savannah is in preschool and loves going. She is such a good big sister and puts up with a lot from her two younger sisters. She is so good to play with Kaitlen and they have such a fun time together.

Whoa this sounds little bit like a Christmas card.......sorry. I'm not making any promises as to when the next post will be but if nothing else tune in to hear a few good songs! :)

2 new loves

I have found 2 new loves:

First is this cookbook. I have always liked to cook when I was in jr. high I used to try all sorts of different recipes (rubber cookies were a fav. I made up a fat free cookie), I was even the sterling scholar in Home Ec. and worked my way up to Advanced food in high school; however after almost 10 years of marriage and 4 kids I had lost my enjoyment of cooking. Between the moaning about cheese, green things, and spicy things it sort of lost it lustre. I am fortunate enough to have a husband who is willing to eat pretty much anything I make which makes trying new things a lot easier. Well my friend go me a copy of this cookbook and I love it!! I am trying all sorts of new things and making the BEST breads ever!! Dinner planning has become much more enjoyable and I highly recommend getting yourself a copy.

Secondly I hate to admit it I have become a "Savy Shopper" I used to make fun of these ladies, you know the ones with a hundred coupons and a binder at the grocery store....... yugh! Don't get behind them in the check out line well I'm now that lady. I used to dread going to the grocery store; I absolutely hated spending money on food, weird I know. The larger my family has gotten the larger my grocery bill has gotten especially with 2 in diapers, I needed to find a way to cut my grocery bill. Long story short I'm a "savy shopper" I now love going to the store and the finding sweet deals on food. This week was like Christmas for me at Smiths. Here is a list of a few good deals I got.

Playtex rubber gloves (they paid me .50 a pair)

Uncle Bens Rice (Free)

Bumble Bee Albacore tuna (they paid me .06 per pouch)

Halls cough drops (.15)

Dannon 6 pack yogurt (.49)

Danimals 6 pack drinks (.49)

All Laundry soap (1.99)

Snuggle fabric softener (1.99)

Carnations evaporated milk (.24)

Hormel Chili (.12)

Grasshopper cookies (.49)

Tylenol 24 count (.50)

These are just a few of my sweat deals this week. My total savings at smiths with coupons was 256.00, I spent 109.00 this is kind of high because I was able to buy tons of items for my food storage.

So as a stay at home mother of 4 these have become sort of my hobbies...:)

Savannah

I love this picture of Savannah with Grandma's horse Yankee.

Halloween!

We had a fun party with the Mitchell Fam this year. Anthony's brother dressed up as a witch and it was quite frightening the poor kids didn't know what to think. His sister and her husband were 80's punk rockers.....so funny I've got to get a picture of them.

All of us Mitchell "deer hunting widows" got to take a trip of our own this year. We all went to Salt Lake for a few days kid free. We had the best time and went out on the town as witches to Gardiner Village!

Samuel

Samuel turned 7 a few weeks ago and had a really great day. His 1st grade teacher is awesome and she makes a big deal out of their birthdays. Samuel was "king" for the day I brought treats to his class and they all stood up and sang to him. Each of them made him a card too, nothing cuter then a bunch of 1st graders cards..:)

Bath Time

These little girls LOVE bath time. I remember Lisa and I spending hours in the tub making potions, swimming, using the tub as a slide and now my little girls love to do the same thing. They say they are mermaids Savannah is the big mermaid and Kaitlen is the baby mermaid. I love listening to them play.....Pretty cute girls.