Freebie Friday!!

Today I took my sister Tanya out for a FREEBIE FRIDAY! We had LOTS of fun and got LOTS for FREE!

Backing up for just a minute, on Thursday I checked my mail only to discover an AMAZING coupon for a FREE gallon of orange juice courtesy of Winco!! So our first stop today was Winco to snatch this rockin' FREEBIE!
Then we went to a health care clinic for a FREE coffee mug(perfect for hot cocoa)!
Next was Walgreens for FREE Peeps! I know two little boys that will be SO excited Christmas morning!
Then we went to Sams Club and got a FREE rotisserie chicken just for stopping by!
We also went to Walmart for all the free organic carrots.
And finally we went to Target for FREE sippy cups.



THEN when we came home I discovered my FREE baby bottle had came in the mail!! I'm starting another donation pile so all these FREE baby products are great!!

I asked Tanya what she thought about our FREEBIE FRIDAY. She just giggled and said I was CRAZY. But I say it's crazy to pay $81.46 for all this stuff when you could get it for FREE!

-Leah

Happy Holidays!!

Hello Family and Friends!! Hope y'all are doing well!! Us Trowbridge's are doing pretty great!! Dave is currently on a detail to California so it has been just the boys and I at home for the past couple of weeks. Jake and Steven miss daddy lots so I've been trying to keep them busy with holiday activities. Such as.....

Decorating the Christmas tree

Fingerpainting

And decorating the gingerbread house!!

This little guy was more into eating candy than he was decorating

Jake was very proud of his work!

After the boys were done decorating/sneaking candy I added some icicles to the house.



I also have a video of Steven dancing I'm trying to upload. It is just taking forever. Hopefully it will load.

Well that's all I have for now!

-Leah

Kroger's The Truly Awesome Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookie Review

Last week when I was notified of an opportunity to participate in Krogers 'The Truly Awesome Chocolate Chip Cookie' campaign I was MORE than thrilled!! We all know how much my family LOVES cookies. I typically make our cookies from scratch, but it's nice to take a break from baking every once in a while and just grab a box of store cookies. I had actually never tried the Kroger brand of cookies before. Boy were we missing out! The cookies are crunchy and LOADED with chocolate chips! Which is so nice because I have started to notice other companies skimping on the amount of choco chips in their cookies. I also love that they contain NO added preservatives or artificial flavors! You can find these awesome cookies at your local Smiths Grocery store. I also have $1.00 off coupons for anyone interested in trying these! I can tell you you won't be disappointed if you pick these cookies up!


I wrote this review while participating in a BzzAgent Campaign for Kroger The Truly Awesome Chocolate Chip Cookies. All opinions are my own.

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