Dont say "shoppertunistic" to Chris

Hey, for those that don't know Chris has been promoted. He is now a co-manager at Wal-Mart. The only bad part (for us anyway) is that it is in the Washington City store rather than the Cedar City store. For now he will be commuting. I have pro and con lists for staying and for going ... now they are tied. Pro things include no snow, and warmer weather (plus Dixie is more "shoppertunistic" this is not a pro for Chris. He is not impressed that I could shop more there. I am not sure why not!) Con things are our house, and family are close. We will wait and see what time brings.

He works 3 days from 7 am to 8 pm then he has 3 days off. Wal-Mart is switching over to this schedule as managers are leaving the company for family friendlier companies. It looks like it will work well for us and will give us more family time.

So, when you are in Dixie stop by and say hi to Chris. He misses everyone here.

These cute photos are some that Lilly has taken with her digital camera that Santa brought. Just thought I would share. Will post more of her photography soon. ;)

Coupon Crazy

Smiths had a super coupon thing this week ... double coupons no limit (up to $2 off) on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. My total before coupons was $200.62. After coupons $71.43 :). I saved $130! Some items were free while others cost a little. I bought 111 items and the price per item was 64 cents.

Here is the list:
4 Puffs with Vicks
4 Kleenex
4 Nalleys Pickles
4 Smuckers Ice Cream Toppings
3 Frenches Mustard
McCormick Smokehouse Black Pepper
4 Herbal Essences Conditioners
6 Skintimate Shave Gel
5 Toothbrushes
6 Dial Hand Soaps
3 Edge Shave Gels
6 Secret Deodorants
8 Right Guard Deodorants
6 Twizzler Licorice
3 3 pack Extra Gum (only 19 cents each)
8 Mentos Gum (FREE)
8 Twix/Musketeers/Snickers/Milky Way
3 Cover Girl Nail Polish (for Lilly)
3 3 packs of Cracker Jacks
3 packs Energizer Batteries (they keep going and going ...)
4 Land of Frost Deli Meats
A pack of pencils
4 Packages of Wacky Mac (only 9 cents each)
Kellogg's Pretzel treats

Chris says that I am not to buy anymore deodorant even if it is free (He has 16 in the storage room).

He did take me back on Tuesday were I got:
4 boxes of Eggo Waffles
4 boxes of Honey Combs Cereal
1 8 pack of Juicy Juice
1 1lb of Land of Frost Lunch Meat

Total: $8.77

I sure hope they do this again. One of the guys there said it has been 2 years since they did the double coupons. I am hoping that it isn't that long until the next.

24th Parade

Dancing Queen

Here are a few shots of Lilly in the 24th of July parade. They did a cute little dance. She did a great job. She made it the whole way without stopping. We are proud of this girl.

Happy 2nd Birthday

SpongBob No Pants

When William was turning 1 Lilly told us he loved SpongeBob Squarepants. She knew that he wanted a SpongeBob party. We thought that she had wanted this type of a party. Now if you ask Will who his best friend is he will say SpongeBob. So I made him a SpongeBob birthday cake on the cheap. He it is in all it's glory. We had a nice party with Grandma Chewy, Grumpa Bill, Grandma Pebbles, Uncle Chuck, Aunt Fiona, Cody, Parker, Uncle Jon, and Aunt Vicki. I will have to get more pictures from Granny Frannie as this Mom never got the camera out.