Aly Is Coming To Visit!

My cousin Alyson is coming to Utah next week. We are all so excited. So, why am I sharing this with all of you? Because if any of you who live in Utah are interested, she is doing mini photo session while she is here. I love her pictures!!! She did Dallin's last photo shoot while we where visiting her in NC. Click here to check out all the info. It is a great price if you want some pictures of your kids done by a professional photographer. I've never seen a session this cheap. I know we are getting pictures done. Click here to see her website. Just FYI if anyone is interested.

July 4th at PC

Here is a quick run down of our Fourth of July out in Plain City

Russ and I ran the 5K. Of course he kicked my butt, but it was my first time. Maybe I'll do better next year.

The fire trucks at the parade were too loud for Sky.

Dallin starting in on his parade loot before the parade was even over.

Russ and I decided to walk to the square, just in case the 5K that morning wasn't enough exercise. :) Bryn and Dallin came in the wagon with us.

Here is my cute niece Katie. Isn't she a doll!

On the way home from the festivities at the square, Dallin fell asleep sitting up. I don't know how long he had be asleep before we noticed.

Here is the video of Dallin bobbing along as he slept. Just so you know, after I recorded this, I did pick him up and let him sleep on my shoulder. I'm not totally mean.

Sky and Bryn had fun the sparklers.

This is Dallin upset by Sky and Bryn doing the sparklers. I think that he thought that they were going to get hurt by them.

We went to watch the fireworks at my Aunt Jenny's house. Dallin loved them. He kept saying "Wow" and "Woah". When the really loud ones went off, he would point to his ears and say "Oww"

On our way back to Grandma and Grandpa's house after the fireworks. We got to ride in the back of the truck.

Show And Tell

My total for this mini shopping trip is $3.63. It would have been less, but I needed mayo for a potato salad for work tomorrow and didn't have a coupon. I just bought the one on sale.

Mayo= $2.79
Airwick air freshener= free
Jollypop microwave popcorn= $.49
Ken's dressing= free
Ken's dressing sprays= free
TOTAL with tax= $3.63

TOTAL SAVING= $24.64

Bountiful Baskets

So a couple times in the past month I have heard about Bountiful Baskets from a couple different people. I finally decided to give it a try. Bountiful Baskets is a co-op in Utah and Arizona where you get inexpensive fresh produce every other week. This is my first time trying it and this is what I got: 2 large containers of grapes (they ran out of cherries so get there early if you do it), strawberries, bananas, apples, plums, tomatoes, zucchini, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, and a big pile of fresh green beans. It's $15+tax (extra $3 your first time). So you tell me, do you think this is a good amount of fresh produce for $15? It defiantly looked fresher to me than what you find in the store.

Rapping Flight Attendant

If you want to see a fun video that might give you a little chuckle, click here.

Thanks For Comming

I hope everyone who came to the grocery class had fun. For those of you who couldn't come, you missed out. :) For those of you who start doing this, make sure you post pictures of what you get. I think it will be fun!

Grocery Smarts Class

So, we are finally have that Grocery Smarts class I promised everyone. Sorry for the short notice, but it is tomorrow night at my mom's house in Plain City. Anyone one who wants to attend isinvited. It is at 7:30 tomorrow night. Michelle Markland will be teaching the class. She has tons of great information! She said you will get more out of the class and be better prepare to understand what she is teaching if you go to her blog at thegrocerygirls.blogspot.com. On the left side of the blog is a little summary about how to get started. It's a quick read.

Here is what I got:
Cornpops- $.49 each
Raisin Bran- $.99
Deodorant- $.25 each

She will help you get your coupons organized and don't worry if you are subscribed to the newspaper yet. She can help you with that too. Hope everyone can come. And feel free to bring a friend. If you have any questions, call me or email me at nicolerichins@gmail.com. If you know for sure you can make it, let me know by calling or comment. (Just so we can get an idea of who's coming.)