Family Fire Pit!!!!!

The Wonderful Family Fire Pit....


So for a While now...we have wanted to have our very own cool fire pit in the backyard...and we have seen many at the stores and such..but none that was big enough or that caught our eye...so as we were thinking about what we wanted to do with the back yard and renovating it...we thought hey you know...we could use those extra bricks and make a sweet fire pit with them..and we had the gravel and already a huge spot to put it...where we tour out a huge pine tree last year when we bought the house...so today on a not to cold or hot day..we got to work making our family fire pit..and the kids helped out....we use the old play house for our wood..and to celebrate our family fire pit we roasted smores...which was a lot of fun for the kids...though koby our dog..did not like the fire as much...he tried to stay far away from it....good dog I though....lol....Mercedi she was sure to try to stay away too..she doesn't like the smoke much...don't blame here though..it is hard to breath that stuff in....lol....Melanie she saw that everyone was making the smores..and she wanted one as well...but I didn't roast her marshmallow...I just made it all up for her..and handed it to her and she took a big bite..and then pulled this funny face..and started pulling the smore apart...and then she got down to the chocolate and she was happy with that...she only wanted that chocolate....What can I say a girl after my own heart...I would skip to the chocolate as well....So after much roasting marshmallows..the kids all went inside..and I got to just sit out side..next to the coals burning...with the nice breeze out side and just quietness...I could of fallen to sleep..it was just so relaxing..and I could smell the wood burning and it just felt like I was out in the woods...day dreaming...wonderful thing for sure...So it just goes to show you don't have to go to far away for a nice fire in the back yard....We are all happy to have this new addition to our back yard fun!!!

The kids getting ready to do some roasting....



Mercedi is taking our picture...and we are smelling that good old smoke that follows beauty right??????



Me and melanie just chilling!!!!


Mercedi....biting in for a good bite....so does that taste good or what???


Family having fun....roasting up some good yummy smores!!!!





Our good and faithful dog.Koby ..who is not fond of the Fire...lol

Extsream Couponing!!!!!

So on Saturday...Jesse and I was watching a show on TLC....and it was called ex stream couponing...and we thought hmmmm..what is this...and as we were watching we started thinking...why in all the world..did we not know about this...and what was taking place was, people are going through the papers and getting coupons..and then saving them and as they collect lots of coupons, they watch for adds in the paper for things to go on sale and on clearance and then you use your coupons and you end up getting things for free...At the end of there total they were spending up to a thousand dollars but after all there coupons..they would walk out of the store only paying a couple of bucks....talk about crazy...so I thought we should try doing this couponing thing, so the next day we went out and got some newspapers and found sites on the internet of place for coupons and also going to the recycling center and getting coupons as well...so for my first coupon shopping..I went to Walgreen..and guess what..I ended up spending around 11 dollars for all my stuff..and walked out with five 2 litter sodas for free....yahoo...so I am going to continue to look for deals and save my coupons...so that i can save our family money...What a neat program for sure...Here are some pics of us getting all crazy...lol





So here is a bunch of our coupons.....





Here is jesse being a good sport..and helping me cut them all...yahooo




And here is the reaping of the Benefit of couponing.....thank you TLC for showing us the way....lol

M.O.T.H.E.R.

They did such a great job...at making it look so beautiful!!!



So just this last Sunday...we got the opportunity of celebrating mothers day....What a wonderful day it was...Do you know the reason why mothers day was even celebrated at all...Well it was because...there were many mothers who sons fought in the civil war and died..and it was to bring them together and help in remembrance...The woman who started it was Ann Jarvis...but she didn't get to live to see it established..she passed away..but her daughter Anna Marie Jarvis continued to carry it through...Her mother each year would pass around 500 carnations to all the mothers...So this is where the tradition of wearing a carnation on mothers day came from...they use to only be just white or red...and you wore the white if your mother is dead and red if she was still alive..The date was set to be every second Sunday in may...and in 1934 it was official stamped a holiday...After it became a holiday Anna thought it was getting out of control..she started arguing against people purchasing greeting cards and other things..to give to there mothers...she thought this was to lazy...soon she said she had wished she never carried this out to become a holiday...it had lost its purpose...but today it is one of the biggest retail and purchase for jewelry and flower's and other things for all the moms out there...I thought I would share this story with you ...I thought it to be very interesting....I was so happy to wake up Sunday morning to my kids pulling me out of bed at 5:30 in the morning...to give me breakfast and there gifts they made for me...my husband had to work early this day...and he wanted to make sure I had a wonderful morning before he left...he decorated my tray so beautifully and got the kids all involved in mothers day to help me know how special they each felt for me...I am so glad to be a mother and a wife..to a loving thoughtful husband...Happy Mothers day to all....



my lovely flower that I made to where this mothers day...out of the flowers that they gave for me...

Look who is TWO~!!!!!!!

So two years ago...I was blessed with yet another littler girl...she was just wonderful and has been so full of life...she is always making us laugh and keeps us on our toes...she loves playing peek a boo..and she loves her princess doll's...she enjoys playing with her brother and sisters....and takes turns with them always..they are constantly fighting over who gets to play with her when...it's very cute...and I don't think Melanie minds at all...She loves getting all the attention for sure...She loves singing and dancing...and saying funny phrases...she will say Hellooooo...bayyyyybbbbbeeeee...very cute..and OH No she'll get you...We are so excited to have her in our lives...she had a wonderful birthday...we went and watched logan play T~ball..and then she got to play with her nanna..and then it was cake time...I made her a Ariel Princess cake...it wasn't the best looking..but she loved it...she was just excited that it was a princess!!!!!.....So all in all Happy Birthday Melanie...We love you...


Melanie loves Eating Coco Crispies...She just loves Cereal in General...



What a Cheesier!!!!!!!




Melanie and her Ariel Princess Cake...She just kept saying Princess..the whole time..