Happy 4th Birthday, Aiden!

It's hard to believe that our baby boy is 4!  You were a surprise at conception, you were a surprise at birth, you light up our lives everyday!  Happy Birthday, Little Man!  You are the funniest little person, my most favorite 4 year old I know!

All Aiden wanted to do was play with his friends for his birthday.  Balloons and ring pops were also requested.

Party Pops were a hit!

 Hanging with Uncle Jonathan...

 Bike time!

 The kids decorated cupcakes in ice cream cones.

 Opening the presents...

Happy Birthday Aiden!

Party Pops

For Market Night at school this Monday night, Abi has to create a business.  Meet Party Pops.  Chocolate covered sprinkled marshmallows and pirate marshmallows.

Too many Pirate Pops later...

We're making about 60 pirate pops and 60 chocolate pops.  Good times!  Hope her business makes a profit!

Happy Easter!

Like Mother, Like Son

I opened up Avery's backpack to clean it out and this is what I found...

Spring Sports

Ok, it's been over 2 months since I've blogged anything. We were super busy with basketball this winter, yet I failed to post any pictures. I'll have to go back and find some basketball pics and catch that up.

So off to spring sports...Aiden is playing soccer for the first time. Avery is playing baseball (with Aaron coaching) and Abi is playing softball. Her league is getting hard and is competitive so she was nervous to play. But she surprised us and is doing great!

Today I made it to Aiden's first soccer game. He scored a goal at the very end, breaking away with the ball and kicking it all the way down the field. He was super excited.

Abi played great too today. She has really improved and caught her first fly ball at a scrimmage last night. She played pitcher for two innings which is pretty intense. She got 2 good hits too.

I missed Avery's first game because of timing conflicts but Aaron and Nana were there. Apparently, Avery hit Aaron in the chest (he was pitching) with a line drive. He had several other great hits too and made several outs.

Here are some pics of Aiden playing soccer and Abi playing softball. I hope to catch some of Ave next week.

The best part of the game: SNACK!

Yearly Grocery Totals!!!

Ok, I tallied up my totals for the year and here they are. This is my first full year of couponing so I was anxious to see the results.

Spent: $4095.18

Saved: $7619.92

So I got $11,715.10 of groceries for $4095.18. That is a 65% savings!

I averaged it out to $341 a month or $78 a week. I was hoping for a lower weekly total but that includes everything, toiletries, paper products, diapers, pull-ups, etc., not just groceries. Can't wait to start shopping in 2012 and see the results!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Best Santa pictures ever!

1. They were free! Every year, at a Belmont basketball game, Santa and Mrs. Claus visit.

2. No one cried or was scared. Everyone cooperated for the first year ever!

3. We waited 60 seconds. No kidding. I saw on facebook today that a friend waited 2 hours in line with their kids to see Santa. Uhmmm, no thank you!

4. They were free!

Merry Christmas!