Isabelle turns 1!!

Isabelle turned 1 on the 10th. I can't believe it this year went by so fast. It seems like the more kids we have in our family the faster the years go by. I'm constantly reminded to enjoy every moment cause they pass by to quickly.

Wheres the BEEF?

Grandma Liza thought it would be great to let little Isabelle have steak for her Birthday. She loved it and chewed that bone down to the nubbins!

April Windchimes

One Spring Day

A few weeks ago it was actually spring for a brief moment and Lisa was in town, Kaitlen turned 3 and we got to spend one beautiful day at the park. I miss GREEN!!!

I made Kaitlen a Barbie Princess cake, I was so proud of myself! She loved it!! She was so excited to have a big birthday party with ALL of her cousins it was chaotic but so fun.

My gorgeous sister and her cute little one year old Scotty

I love this little baby she really is the happiest, friendliest and cutest little thing. I just can't get enough of her!! She turns one this week and it makes me so sad to see her growing up.

Samuel is the best big brother to his sisters, he really wanted a baby brother but he has loved having this little "twiner" around.

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...:)