Brownie Love

Alexa's new adventure this year has been becoming a Brownie in Girl Scouts.  She LOVES it! She's been in Girl Scouts now for several months and it's been one of the best experiences she's had so far.  Much appreciation goes out to their Troop leaders because these ladies do SOOOO much with these girls!  Not sure how they keep up!  Alexa's been able to be a part of some really cool adventures so far, she's really looking forward to going Flying this upcoming month as well as being able to go to her first Girl Scout summer camp this June!!   MY favorite part is selling & buying the coooooooooookies!!  Yum-Yum!!  I've developed a love-hate relationship with those dang cookies!

Mom & Lexi on a Girl Scout Family Hike to the Volcanic Mountain- FUN!

Love her!

It's a plane, it's a bird.....it's a Kyla!!

Gorgeous!

Thanksgiving in Minnesota

I'm playing catch-up here,(what's new?) since I promised myself that I would stay up to date on my blogging! (So far, it seems to be an epic fail)

We got to spend Thanksgiving, 2011, in Minnesota with all the Larsons & Pietan/VanderLouw's.  Old man winter was nice enough to stay away long enough for us to have an absolutely gorgeous visit there!  Weather was nice and perfect, unusually warm! It was an awesome time getting to spend the holiday with the family we never get to see, for Ty it was especially important that he spend this holiday with his Grandma who he hasn't seen in years.   Below are some pictures of our time spent on the Larson Farm and our mini reunion with the Morgan/Pietan/VanderLouw's.

Ty taking the kids to the old cemetery where alot of the Larson's are
(They requested to go to this cemetery 3 times!! It was quite nostalgic)

Ty's Grandpa Larson

Ty's Grandparents old house-all the kids were raised here and Ty spent all his summers here

Aunt Gail & her daughter Lindsay.  Best hostess ever!!

Morgan/Pietan/VanderLouw Cousins (minus a few)

Bill with his sisters

Ty's mom & Grandma Larson

My brat!  :)  Love this girl!

Uncle Brian & Bill

I love this picture!!  Ty and his Grandma!  

Paigeroo!

kyky

Twins-not sure what they are doing but they played in the basement the whole time!  They thought that basement was the best thing EVER!!

My husband ROCKS!

I absolutely LOVE Zac Brown!  So, when Ty told me we could go and see him I was beyond ecstatic!  I couldn't believe I was finally able to see him in person!  It was a LONG day, but well worth it!  The gates opened at noon and we literally had to RUN to get our first row spot!! It was pandemonium to say the least!

Thanks to Lorraine we got one of the last few front row spots!!  Man, she's a fast runner!! 

Thankyou Ty!!  I will always remember this day!! You are the BEST husband ever!

After sitting on my blanket for 7 LONG hours- he finally came to the stage!!

He's an amazing musician!!  They JAM out!!

Such a great night!!! 

Summer trip to DisneyLand

This summer we were fortunate enough to get to go to DisneyLand.  It was a total surprise for the kiddos, they were SO excited to be able to go!  The weather couldn't have been more perfect! Funny thing is, in every single picture someone looks miserable, why is that?! 

It was a great trip, but a stressful one!  Alexa was so scared to go on any rides, which blew our minds because last time we went she was on every single ride with no fear!!  At one point she had about $15 in bribes from ALL of us to get on the water ride, lol!  Did she get on it?? Yep! Man, that Alexa is a smart little girl!

Our Family ALL ready for some Disney!!  (it wouldn't be us without some weird faces!)

Goofy Girls!!!

Alexa getting all Princessed up in the Bippity Boppity Salon!!
This was SO cool!

I literally took about 50 pictures, she was totally annoyed with mom!!

She probably had about 50 bobby pins in her hair!  And glitter, OH my word, TONS of glitter!

Sporting his new Captain Jack hat!  (this was his second one, he lost his first one on a ride)  Crazy boy!

Craziness, just craziness!

I was SO excited about this grocery trip I made today I JUST had to blog about it!  Seriously, I CLEANED house this week at Fry's.  I have the thought in the back of my head that Spring break/camping season is right around the corner so I figured I would stockpile some quick easy foods to last until summer.

***Keep in mind, I DID buy junkfood, but those raviolis are NOT something I buy my kids often and will last us about a year, especially since the don't expire until 12/2013!!  OH, and they were only $0.09 each!!!

I got ALL this suff for a grand total of $12.01!  Not shown are the 2 breyers ice creams.  My favorites: hefty sandwich bags for $0.19, 19 raviolis for $0.09, 5 80ft reynolds foil for $1.69.  All the candy & toothepaste were free!

This was my Albertsons trip, which I was a little disapointed with, I expected it cheaper.

$ 5.07

My Target Find: (I prefer free PB but this will certainly add to my stockpile without breaking the bank)

$0.51 each

My FAVORITE Target find today was this gum.

$0.24 EACH!  I'm a gum eatin' fool!

Ok, this was probably the highligh of my week, besides my febreeze deal.  I got ALL these gain dryer sheets for a grand total of: $1.56 ($0.26 EACH)

Seriously?!

I actually bought 4 earlier in the week but gave them away to people

So this is my absolute FAVORITE steal this week!  I got ALL these free at Fry's because they were on clearance and I had coupons for all of them!  Luckily for me, the luminary kits were $4 and my $5 coupons carried my overage on the reeds and candles.  I left the store owing $0.00

It was a great week!

My little Artist

I know they aren't the best pictures but Paige brought these home today from school, they were her art assignments. This was all done free hand.  I'm so incredibly proud of how much an artist she is!! She truly has a gift and I wouldn't mind my house decorated in these fine ensemble's.  Great job Paigee!!!

Our New Family Project

We are the proud new owners of this 80-something travel trailer!  We got it free from some friends of ours (I LOVE FREE) they so graciously donated this beauty to us since it was taking way too much room in their backyard.  We were thrilled to receive it and to start the renovations.  It was in pretty icky shape once we got it, but after a week of cleaning & gutting, it's starting to look pretty gosh darn good!  Not to mention, fully loaded!

What was intended to be "Ty's Project" has evolved into a "Family Project".  The kids have all helped and had fun while doing so!  The girls spent the day sanding the floors and cleaning it with us, can't wait till it's in camping shape. We'll post pics once its done ;)