Our Grocery Store

Well, if you haven't heard my Mommy talking about her new "hobby" I'm shocked! She's always been a bargain hunter, but mostly with clothes. Since she's pretty much out of space in her closet and in MY closet, she's taken her obsession with finding "great deals" into the grocery store! She joined "The Grocery Game" in late October (email her if you want the link- she gets free weeks if friends sign up) and this is the result!!!

...And that's just the PANTRY! We also have a fully stocked fridge and freezer...

..and even toiletries...... here's mommy's reciept from Alberston's tonight... She spent $60 and saved just over $80. But that's nothin'! Last week, we went to Alberstons to stock up on Lean Cuisines (I went with her!)
... here's the result... (remember, there are about eight missing already!!)

By the time it was all said and done, she had only paid 80 cents each for them. If you know anything about the cost of these... you'll know that's CHEAP. (Mommy and Daddy both take their lunches to work every day- so she was excited.) The cashier and the lady behind us in line were even taking guesses at how much Mommy saved. (She spent less than $40 and saved $106) Anyhow... I wanted to share with you my Mommy's insanity. At least we're prepared to stay home in the event of an ice storm, tornado, illness or Obama presidency. And no, Mommy won't buy products we won't actually use. She has found we'll eat/use different brands, but there are many things we DON'T buy- even if they're great bargains... cause we'll never use them. I should have Mommy take a picture of all the FREE items she gets! That's cool. Weird? Maybe just quirky. I love her anyways.

I love Tag!

Lisa tagged my Mommy. I only know that in tag you get to hit people... I mean, you know- PAT them gently right before you tackle them. :) Actually, she said I had to find these things called folders. The fourth one and the fourth picture. So here it is... a picture of Daddy on a zip line tour through the canyons and jungle in Costa Rica. Little did he know when this picture was taken that he'd be a daddy in just nine months! Mommy was already four weeks pregnant!
Now I'm supposed to tag four people... Mommy hasn't taught me how to add links, so you'll have to find their blogs over to the left. I tag: Jocelyn, Janine, MaryBeth and Jane!

An Unplanned Visit

I got to see Gram and Grandma Great, Grandmother and Aunt Pat today... along with AL, Bobby and Ash. It was an unplanned visit, though. Grandma's older sister, Cleo went home to be with Jesus at the young age of 94! Gram and Aunt Pat went up to Oklahoma with Grandma Great to celebrate Cleo's life. On their way home, they stopped and had dinner with me. My mommy forgot her camera, but AL had hers. Maybe AL will email Mommy some pictures to post!

I'm still up to say:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Cloughly Tradition

After we left Gram and Grandpa's house, we went over to Grandma the Great's house. Would you believe even ERNIE beat us over! Everyone was waiting on us... but I was grumy and tired. Finally I laid on the floor and stole some of Chandler's food.

Ash didn't want to sit still and relax, but she did go sit with Gram. Wherever Ashtyn went, Chandler went.

I made my social rounds...

Uncle Bobby finally put me down for a nap. I slept on my new sleeping bag from Santa... though I didn't stay on it. :) When I woke up, almost all the gifts were unwrapped so I got to open a bunch of mine all at once.

I got the first broken toy of the year. :( That's okay- I played more with Chandler's grocery cart.And, now... for my most annoying gift!! A piano that plays songs even while you bang on keys. (According to my mom, I'm not even in the right key so that's why it's annoying.) I love it, though!All the great grandkids settled under the tree after a day of gift opening. We sure had fun together, just the four of us.

We missed you Jeff and Kerry.

Santa's Second Round

Santa found me a SECOND time! Can you believe it? This guy is GOOD. Well, maybe IIIII was just that good? Why are you laughing? Well, anyhow- we went to Gram and Grandpa's (who may now be "Paw Paw" since that's what Ashtyn now calls him) on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning, we heard a loud "HO!HO!HO!" and we ran to the hallway door... but no one would help us open it!

Finally, we busted through. It WAS Santa!Santa brought me a sleeping bag and pillow BOTH with my name on them. I also got some books and some crayons and some matchbox cars. Here's Miss Priss Ashtyn showing off her new sleeping bag. And here I am with my cars. It only took me two days to lose two of them.After we saw what Santa brought us, Mommy read us a story from my new Bible Story book (thanks Su-Su!) about Baby Jesus and the Kings who followed the star. Mommy told us that we get gifts because we believe in Jesus through faith- just like the men who brought gifts to Jesus did. The only thing I'm confused about is why WE get gifts on His birthday. I guess it's kind of like getting a treat bag when you go to someone else's birthday party. Jesus is the one who gives us everything, so we have to remember Christmas is about Him, not about us. After the Bible story we sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jesus.Then we opened gifts! I got a truck from Grandmother. I think everyone agreed it was my favorite. I ran laps around the house pushing it!Grandpa... do you have something to tell us?!?!Gram gave Ashtyn and I lollies! I took a break to enjoy my lolly and love on everyone.Granpa got a SCARY Santa mask!Well, once the tree was bare below, we all got ready to go to Grandma the Great's house. That's where we met up with everyone to open even MORE presents! I got all ready and AL put a BOW in my hair! A PINK bow!Weird thing is, I kept it in! I sat with Grandmother and brushed Ashtyn's hair... well, I tried to.Here I am ready to go. Look at my new boots Cheney gave me. He arranged for me to get them early so I could wear them Christmas day. Thanks Cheney, I love them!

A Shower for Rudy

Since Daddy had to work Christmas Eve, I helped Mommy get everything ready. Besides packing the car and all that stuff, we had a very important task.... make sure we don't stink. If you've met my dog Rudy, you'll know he has bad breath. He also licks his paws which makes him stinky. With a four and a half hour car ride together it was very important he smell decent. Now- I don't have bad breath or lick my paws- but sometimes I still get stinky, too. So before my shower, Mommy let me help bathe Rudy!