Getting Back Into The Swing Of Things

Life has been pretty crazy since we moved from Texaco. Dave has been working a ton, I have been catching up with family and canning all sorts of awesome foods. The boys have been busy with school and beating each other up (totally not joking either, Jake currently has his first black eye thanks to Steven).

Needless to say couponing has not been a priority lately. I actually haven't stepped foot into a drug store in over 2 months!! Crazy! I finally broke the record yesterday when I went into Walgreens for my 40 FREE prints! I have a super cute project in mind for all those pics.

I also received my kit from BZZAgent! 5 Maybelline mascaras and 5 Baby Lips lip glosses!! Yay! Can't wait to share these with my buddies!!!

THEN I went to Whole Foods and scored 9 bags of ORGANIC flour for $0.53!!!

Check it out!!


So all this for a bit of my time and 53 pennies! Not a bad way to get back into couponing!!

Oh and by the way, it's totally SNOWING right now!! Can't believe it! My kids are beyond excited!

-Leah

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween was pretty great this year!


We started the day off with pumpkin pancakes













Then I printed Halloween themed school work (I also let the kiddos dress up for school)

















Then we watched The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (at this point they were being impatient and just wanted daddy to get home).




Then we went trick or treating at Maceys (NOTE: I wouldn't advise trick or treating at a grocery store unless you have a 1 year old. There were about 4 differnt locations you could get candy at. It was not at all what I was expecting.)





(Aunt Tanya came along with us!)

We also got some ice cream




THEN it was FINALLY time to go outside and trick or treat!








The kids were knocking on a door when all of a sudden a GIANT spider came crawling down the wall!! Jake was screaming like a little girl and Steven had ran half way down the block by the time I turned around to see him!!! It was pretty funny.






HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

-Leah

Our Day In Pictures

-Leah

We Are Alive!

Long time no blog, right?? Things have been CRAZZZYY since we moved! But I'm happy to say we are finally settled in our new apartment and trying to get back to normal! The kiddos and I are already getting sick if you can believe it. Pretty sure it's going to be a looong winter.

David's sister Kari came over to take our picture for Matthew (he is in Peru serving a mission).

(please excuse my shiny face. again, not feeling well)

The boys are having fun getting to know cousins up here and going up to the mountains. Jake cries and says he wants to go back to Texas every now and then, but I'm pretty sure Utah is going to win him over once it starts snowing.

Dave is enjoying his work here. He likes his co-workers and is working hard.

Well thats all the news I have for now! I will make a little video of our apartment soon!
-Leah

Quick Update

Since we are moving in a couple of weeks(August is just flyin' by), I thought I would give y'all a quick update on 'Trowbridge Life'.

Hmm let's see....

We have been doing lots of indoor activities since its SO STINKIN HOT outside. Like I'm talkin 100+ hot.

We made a moving chain (Jakers is VERY excited to move to Utah and see snow for the first time. I don't have the heart to tell him he will have to wait a couple more months once we get up there).






We made rockets out of toilet paper rolls





We have been watching Peter Pan (their new fav show. I'm just so happy it's not a dinosaur documentary).


Coloring on ourselves.


Baking Animal Cookies/Crackers! These were great!







LOVE the pink frosting!


We also made homemade cheese crackers. They were yummy!



And I tried a new bread recipe! I made Amish White Bread! I think its the new favorite. Next time I will do half whole wheat to make it a bit healthier.


Let's see what else? Oh! My sister Tanya will be here on the 24th!!! She is flying down to help us pack and help me with the boys during the 3 day(yikes!)trip to Utah. I'm SOOO excited to see her! And the see the rest of my sisters! And mountains!! Yay!

-Leah