Disneyland California!

Disneyland California was so much fun!  :) It was Alex's first time and he just loved it! A few of my highlights was reuniting with Jamie my best friend from Alabama!! :)  Another one was watching Alex grin only get bigger and bigger as the day passed and of course eating a turkey leg!

 

The first ride on Splash Mountain was pretty dry but oh man did we get soaked on round 2!








Brooklyn and Kaylee! The two happiest babies at Disneyland and future bff's for life! :)

Jamie and I! And our two amazing husbands carrying and watching over our beautiful girls.

And my turkey leg!

What an amazing day! We had an absolute blast! And I couldn't help but take some pics of Brooklyn in her Mini Mouse outfit! ($5.97 at walmart. yes!)

5 Months Old!!

Brooklyn is 5 Months Old!! I can't believe how fast time has gone!

In the past month she is:
    * saying "hi" and "hey"
    * sitting up!
    * LOVES PEOPLE! everyone she meets is her new best friend!
    * loves to read with mom!

 Went to Ventura to see Kristina Crook!!!
 

  * Brooklyn loved the sand under her feet!
  * Was kind of scared of the ocean waves that came after her! lol

Granola

I love making granola because its great for a snack or as cereal! This is how I make mine.

Ingredients:
      Mix all together:
      8 C. Old Fashion Oats
      11/2 C. raisins
      11/2 C. peanuts
      11/2 C. sliced almonds

      In a separate pot boil
      1 C honey
      2 Tbsp vanilla
      1/4 C oil

Mix the boil mixture into the dry mixture. Bake 350 for 20-25 mins. Don't burn! After its done baking let it sit for about 10-15 mins.  Crumble and store in air tight container.  Eat and enjoy!

The raisins, peanuts and almonds can be switched out for whatever sounds good to you! Here are some I have tried:

cranberries
cranstrawberries
coconut flakes
peacans
yogurt covered raisins

Crazy for Coupons!

Oh man I LOVE couponing!!

           Walgreens Run!

           * I got all of these products on the right
              for $5.25!

           * I saved $17.21! Yay!
       
           * Pretty much paid for one shampoo
              bottle and got all the other 5 products
              for free!

        

I wanted to start couponing for some of the following reasons:

    1. Since I no longer work full time we have less family income
    2. We want to build a food storage supply...but no money to do so
    3. I wanted to buy fun stuff like make-up!....but had no money

Thus I decided this was the perfect time to start couponing! I'm no expert yet but for the month of February I have saved my family 51% of our monthly grocery bill!


Couponing is super easy and super beneficial! Even if you don't want to coupon just watch the sales and you will save.

I bought 31lbs of meat (chicken breasts, drumsticks and pork chops) for $22! Thats an average of $0.70 a pound! Needless to say our freezer is full and I only spent $22!

So I'm not trying to convince you or anything, but if you want to save money and have some fun.....COUPON! :)

Click here to go to my Rexburg Coupon Blog