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Raeleigh's first birthday Luau

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Celebrated June 13 with a swim party. There were 11 kids including my own. Everyone had a blast. Raeleigh had a custome cake made for her by Coffey Custome Cakes--it was a sandcastle. Lara Jane did a great job! We also served watermelon flavored sherbert and drinks...lots and lots of drinks--it was very hot. The kiddos had 3 swim pools. One 1 ring, the big one, another wading pool plus one at the bottom of the playground slide. A crazy flower sprinkle sat atop the playground keeping everything misted and cool. And for the older kiddos, a slip n slide sat in the sun. PS. Raeleigh started walking the day of her party! And on a less important note, Jason threw me in the stinkin pool! At least I got to cool off! hehe

I AM THE COUPON MOMMA

I go in with a plan. We are a one income family with 2 small children and one BIG appetite. I first sit down and plan every meal for a 2 week period (that is our pay period) and I only shop twice a month. First comes the meal plan. I start by listing day of the week and the date for that day. I am also sure to note any special ocassions like going out of town, hosting someone for dinner or eating over at someones house. Then I go through my pantry and see what I have that I can make into a meal for those 2 weeks. Usually I can scrounge up 3-4 meals this way...leaving me with 10 dinners instead of 14. I plan for leftover lunches and cheap lunches for me and the girls. Then I go through the HEB ad. I look at the... combo locos meal deals sale items etc. [ps. I usually get my sodas at Brookshires because they more than usually run the 4 for $10 deal] I can usually fill in a few meals from the ad and then comes the fun part--THE COUPON BOOK! I have a 3 ring binder full of baseball card pro

I made these for my dad for father's day this year...

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Oil rig birdhouse with Dad's consulting buisness name Copenhagen logo covered with snuff lids Front of Copenhagen logo birdhouse MAN! I LOVE MAKING THESE THINGS!