A bunch of random! :)

We had a marvelous Thanksgiving. We stuffed ourselves to the gills and enjoyed every minute of family time that we had! I just love getting together with our extended families!

Friday morning I woke up about 2:20, and was out the door by 2:35! I met-up with my sister, Melanie, friend Katie, and her niece Jessie. We had such an awesome time getting awesome door-buster deals! :) We were done shopping around 11:00.

I then headed to my in-laws. My kids had spent the night there on Thursday night with all of the cousins, and then when I got there, we decorated Christmas cookies. I hit a brick wall around 2:30p.m., and was SOOOOO tired. I drank a couple cups of coffee, and it seemed I was much better after that.

Once we got home, I tried to take a nap, but couldn't {the coffee did it!}. That evening we went to the Parade of Lights here in town. My brother and sister-in-law came to watch too. It was really a cute parade!

Yesterday, we headed to a tree farm close to our house, and cut down the perfect Christmas tree! We ended up putting it up today, and I just love it!

Unfortunately, my camera was no where to be found during any of these events, so I've got nothing to show you! ;)

I hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving too, and that you enjoy this holiday season as much as I do!

They're HERE!!!

Today, my hubby came down the stairs asking me if I was expecting anything from FedEx.

Why yes, I am! I was waiting for my Christmas Photo Cards to come via the US Mail, certainly not FedEx, as I hadn't even paid shipping for the things.

He opens the door and accepts two little packages. Of course, he starts to open them! How dare him?!? ;)

Any way - they arrived in perfect order. All 100 of them - WITH envelopes.

Is it too early to send them out?!? ;)

If you haven't order your FREE cards yet - go quickly - before 11/30/09. I didn't have to pay shipping for them, but my friend Susan did - about $6 for 100 of them - which is still a great deal!

Have I told you that I love free?!?

Well, I do!!! I read on Freebies 4 Mom that you could get a FREE 20-page, hard cover, personalized photo book. INCLUDING FREE SHIPPING!! Well, I just created mine - here's a glimpse! ;)

If you enter the Promo Code: BONNIE at checkout it should be completely FREE - mine was!

Hurry though, apparently they are only giving away 25,000 (you won't know if they are sold out until you check out) of these babies, so go grab it! :)

Hot Tip for Black Friday!

For all of you die-hard Black Friday shoppers out there, I've got a hot tip that helped me, and the girls I shop with, tremendously!

A few years ago, I was shopping at Costco and were selling reusable shopping bags. Because Costco sells things in bulk, the bags are quite large - definitely larger than normal reusable shopping bags. They were sold in a 3 pack, so I picked one up. My main reason for picking them up was because I thought it was a great way to transport Christmas presents. However, last year, I thought it would be a good idea to bring these along on Black Friday. And let me tell you, I was SO glad I did!! The stores are SOOO crowded that these bags made it easy to grab what we needed, but didn't have the hassle of a shopping cart.

So, if you have these bags, or bags like them - take 'em with you - you won't be sorry! :)

Sneak Peek!

Alright, so I was just so happy with my kids the other day when I was taking their pictures for my Christmas cards. If I told them to smile, they smiled. If I told them to hold hands, they held hands. Occasionally Brett would lick Owen's ear or something crazy like that, but overall they did so well!

This picture did not make the cut for the card, but it's a sneak peak at the real thing! :)

They shipped!!!

Wow! I can't even believe this. I got an e-mail that was time stamped around midnight last night telling me that both of my photo card orders have been shipped! Talk about speedy! I can't wait to see them! :)

If you have not done this deal - you gotta go try it!

I just ordered 100 4X8 photo cards - FREE!

Alright, so I'm hoping this isn't too good to be true, but I know people who have already received their cards, so I'm hoping it's gonna work.

I just order 100 4x8 photo cards - including envelopes and FREE SHIPPING.

Here's how I did it:

Sign up for a new account with SeeHere.com HERE. Upload your photos and create your photo card. Add 50 photo cards to your cart. At checkout use the code newbaby {Not sure where this code originated from}. After you have completed that checkout, you'll have to go back in and create your card again and then add another 50 cards into your cart and use the code freebies4mom-1109. {Thanks Freebies4mom!!}

Like I said, I just did this, and paid NOTHING!!! {they didn't even ask me for a credit card number!}

Go on - give it a try!! Let me know if it works for you! :) Oh and don't forget to personalize the card - I did that at first, and then remembered before I finished the checkout process! Phew! :)

Black Friday

O.K., so I'm getting positively giddy about the thought of shopping on Black Friday next week. It actually kinda makes me a little nervous at the same time. Some of the things on my list are HOT items, so I'm thinking we might have a little brawl like Mel and I had last year. Crazy stuff. I want everything on my list, but I know that's just not going to happen.

Anyway, the Wal-Mart ad came out Wednesday, and true to form, they are simply the lowest prices out there for the things I want/need for my kids lists.

So, after talking it over with my little group that I shop with each year, looks like we will be heading to Wal-Mart first. It's actually a nice place to start. You have to wait in line, but our Wal-Mart store is a 24-hour Wal-Mart, so you don't have to wait outside in the freezing cold! :)

Tell me - do you shop on Black Friday? Where do you start? What time do you wake up? It's good times, let me tell you! :)

Kohl's & JCPenney coupons

I'm the crazy coupon lady in our family. That's probably why my sister-in-law just called and asked if I knew where to find any Kohl's printable coupons on-line. I did a little research, and found this site. Happy couponing! :)


I also just found out about this coupon from JCPenney. $10 off your $25 purchase! Good Wednesday, November 18 - Monday, November 23, 2009. Go HERE to retrieve the coupon.

Thanks Coupon Geek! :)

Halloween 2009

Yes, I do realize it was nearly a month away, but I feel like I have to document it - especially cause my kids costumes were so stinkin' cute! {in my own humble little opinion}

Anyway, so the theme this year was pretty obvious! HA! I tried to convince my hubby to dress up and then I could be the wicked witch, but no go there.

Friday night we went to Trunk or Treat. The lines were long, but the candy was a plenty.

"We're off to see the Wizard! "
{the sunset was beautiful that night!}

Chloe loved to be called Dorothy.

Brett loved getting his face painted!

Owen wanted nothing to do with getting his picture taken.

This was the first year in A LONG time that we all went "trick or treating" {even though we were really "trunk or treatin} together! So fun to be together!

Most of the kids that night. {Sorry Amy, we couldn't find you!}

My favorites! ;)

On Halloween night, we had my in-laws and cousins come and Trick-or-Treat with us.

Not sure if you can see him, but there's a tin man in the group! :) We also had Ben 10, a 70's chic, Santa and a little Dutch girl!

Now they are really "off to see the Wizard!"

We had such a fun time, and we are STILL eating the candy!

How did I get through those years?

After going through my old blog and seeing all of those posts - I read just about every one of them {324 POSTS IN ALL} I really don't know how I did it. I had three kids in three years!!!! Take for instance the time that Owen ate Brett's poop when Brett was potty training, or the time that Brett squeezed an entire tube of toothpaste on Owen's head just as I was getting ready to walk out the door, or the time that they thought the grape tomatoes were balls and had them all pretty much squeezed all over my kitchen floor...the list could really go on and on!

Some of the blog posts had information in it that I didn't even remember! I'm just so thankful that was sane enough to journal it all and I have it to look back at as a memory keepsake!

Hi and Thanks!

Hi and Thanks for following me over! :) It was a necessary change, but one that I think will be a benefit to me in the future! :)

I'm hoping to get back into a schedule of regular posting, so be prepared to hear stuff about my kiddies! Also, I'd love to hear from you - what do you want me to post about?

Thanks again for making the switch - I hope you enjoy it!

SWITCHEROOOO!

Hi guys!

Just wanted to let you know that I have created a new blog. Any of you that would like to follow, please e-mail me or leave a comment on this post including your e-mail, and I would love to send you the link to the new blog!

It'll be fun - I'm hoping to have some good things going up soon!

Hope to see you! :)