Eastering

OK, so, I decided that I was never going to get around to blogging about Easter so I finally got on to see what everyone else put on their blogs about Easter and Stephanie was the only one who had a post (which was very good by the way), So I guess I better get mine up there too.

This was taken from the top of the Easter Egg roll hill. It is a beautiful pic of the place we camp. You can see our campers down below the hill and the scene is spectacular. The next one is looking up the Easter Egg Roll hill. I had a good one of all the kids in it but that darn Sierra erased it so if anyone has one of those could you e-mail it to me?

The Easter Bunny was good to all out there.

And the most memorable was when the three ladies from Mama Mia showed up and sang and danced for us. It was a great way to start off a wonderful talent show.

As usual, we had tons of fun. We saw rain, snow, wind and sunshine, and it was all good. The Easter bunny was good to all and the most important part was that we all got together as family and made memories.

This one is of just my mom and dad on down and we are actually missing two families so we have quite the bunch. We hiked the cottonwood narrows and that was lots of fun.

It was a long drive for Tim and I and the kids as we had to drive the van and the truck because the truck only has five seatbelts, but it was so worth it. Easter is our favorite time of year and we love making memories out there with you all. Although I have to admit I was a little PMS-y. Sorry folks for those of you who heard me yell at my husband and kids. It does happen at least once a month.

We also stopped by our other Grandma's and Had a great Easter Egg hunt and the kids planted their annual corn in Great-Grandma's Garden. Can't wait for August when we get to go down again and eat it!

OK, this is going to be quick, in fact, you will probably find out a lot more on Trish's blog. I got back Monday and had to catch up on washing and housework that Tim tried to do (NOT!) and Now I have today (over) and tomorrow to cook and pack and get the camper trailer ready to go eastering. YEA!!!

This last weekend was our 2nd annual girls weekend in Salt Lake. It was so much fun and so rejuvenating. We ate tons of wonderful food, did lots of shopping, a movie, hot tubing, and stayed up until 2:00 A.m. talking, talking, and more talking. I even got into trouble when I went into an "employee only" room to steal us two plastic spoons so we could eat our sherbet ice cream and seven-up. Over all, it was a success, except we planned on going to Lagoon but it was too cold but we easily filled up the time. Most of the shopping and talking was all about our kids but it was just nice to have the time and not be rushed or be on a time schedule.

I came back home to a flooded basement, broken water lines on the camper trailer, and a very clingy baby, but it's all good. I look forward to next time.

OK, so I have heard about this couponing stuff and I even went to a class on how to do it and I went away from it thinking that it took to much effort and organization that didn't fit into my time schedule. And the no name brand stuff at wal-mart is the same as the deals that you're getting with all the coupons most of the time. Well my neighbor found the coupons for me, told me about the deals, and even went to the store with me to show me how to do it, and, Holy Cow!! Look what I got:

52 boxes of cereal between 15 and 20 oz.

3 16 oz. bags choc chips (the only thing I wont buy great value because they are nasty)

2 doz. eggs.

3 gallons milk.

grapes

3 double size boxes of pop tarts.

For one price of $65.00. Normal cost: $217.99 at Albertsons.

Now I did compare the price with wal-mart prices and it still would have been $125-160.

Thats a deal even I cannot pass up. In fact I am going back today to get more cereal because it is only 67 cents a box. And that is what I was working on for food storage anyways. Don't know if this is nation wide but the sale is going on until April 7th, so it would be worth looking into.