Goodbye Friend...hello new friend

Oh my goodness....I cant even believe this is true. It is with very mixed emotions I tell you that we sold the truck. It was a very sad/happy day. I have had a love hate relationship with that truck. It was the first BIG purchase Chris and I made together. It protected me when I was in a wreck. It got us to the cabin on a road that looked impossible to drive. We have had so much fun with that truck. Drive-in movies, hauling all sorts of things, and driving around town feeling kinda tough. The down side-- it became my vehicle since Chris drives a long way for work. With the addition of a baby the half doors became very frustrating. Parking lots were sometimes a joke. I would have to climb and work really hard to get a car seat in. The cab was too small! We had out grown it. So that made it so we said good bye to our friend the grey truck. I will be honest. I shed some tears, BUT then I looked at what I am now driving and know that it fits our family so much better. Gets better gas mileage and is so much easier with the baby. And when/if we decide to add more children to our family there is room for them. So Good Bye you sweet grey truck, take good care of your next owners! We will miss you.

Viva Las Vegas

Chris and I left the baby with his parents and headed to Vegas for the weekend (the first weekend of August to attend a market for The Corner. It was so fun to have some time alone together. In the time that didnt have to be spent working we went swimming, shopping and out to eat. I am not sure which one of us missed the baby more though. When we got home Chris was out of the car and inside his parents before I even had my seat belt off. It was a very fun trip, and having a baby here waiting for us made coming home fun too! I didnt take my camera- I know genius move huh? so, we have no pictures.

4 YEARS!

Time flies, and love grows. I love Chris so much. Thank you so much for 4 awesome years together! We have had so much fun. We have grown and learned together and made so many fun memories. I cant believe how amazing our life is! I love you Chris! Happy Anniversary!

Happy 4th of July

playing with cousins
Christopher had so much fun climbing all over the other kids.

Grilling us some yummy dinner

Bekah and Kelly

Marsh and Judson (he LOVES Grandpa)

Loves riding in the Ranger with Mom.


We had so much fun at the cabin for the 4th of July. We went 4 wheeling, played volleyball, tennis, basketball, and just had tons of fun. We loved spending time with the family!

Blogging.... SHE SHOPS SMART

So, one of the last post I did before the extended "break" I took from blogging about our little family was about the blog I created- Five Star Shopper. As you all know I teach classes about Grocery Smarts. The blog was a great resource to be able to refer people to for question after the class. The problem was that I was having trouble with wanting to divide up my time between work, blog, and most importantly my roles as a wife and mother. Then a wonderful thing happened.
Tori and I teamed up to run She Shops Smart together. This makes it so that we can both have a blog that is updated frequently while still allowing us time for everything else in our lives. If you have not yet checked it out you should. It has become a total love of mine. click here to go to the blog. If you havent been to a class-call me and lets set one up. It has totally changed the way I shop and spend. I love it!

His own Pool

We had so much fun at Seven Peaks that I bought a baby pool for Christopher to splash in here at home. It was so funny to watch him spin around. He tried and tried to bite the bottom of the pool which meant he kept getting water in his mouth. He would look at us with a look that said what just happened, then would do it again. We have had so much fun playing in the water!

Water Fun!

Christopher LOVES the water. We went to Seven Peaks and had soo much fun. We were worried that we would have one of those babies that just screams everytime they get splashed or even in the pool. We found out we have the opposite. He would cry when we got out of the pool, and wanted to be in the middle of the crowd splashing and being splashed. It was so fun. We were all tired by the time we left. Christopher didnt even make it out of the parking lot before he feel asleep. So fun!