And While The Parents Are Away....

........ the baby will play!! This picture was taken at grandma and grandpa's house when the boys spent the night, while we were gone for our anniversary. Oliver thought the toilet was the perfect little pond for a duck to play in. I would have to say that ducks and dogs are his favorite animals at this point and he loves to make a quacking sound too! Thanks to grandma for e-mailing me this picture!

Couponing - Another New Hobby/Job

In the last 6 months I have been hearing and reading a lot about "Super Couponing" and how much money you can save. We are on a pretty tight budget in our house and being co-CEO of our house I see it as part of my responsibility to help things run as cost-efficient as possible so I am trying to learn as much as I can. A woman from a neighbouring town has cut her monthly grocery spending from $800 to $200. I am going to be having a couponing class this week so I can learn all the ins and outs. I have spent the last couple weeks collecting coupons and have completed 2 successful trips of couponing. In the top picture I spend $52.31 and saved $93.01 in coupons and in the second picture I spent $60 and saved $93.67 in coupons. Crazy isn't it? There are some real techniques and work involved, but it is well worth the pay off and it feels like a real accomplishment.

My New Sewing Room!

Here is my new sewing room! Putting this room together was Dan's gift to me for our 10 year anniversary. He put the counter and shelf in for me and brought the cabinets in on each end for storage. I love it and the area is already getting some good use. Caleb calls it my "sewing center".

Halloween

I know I am a couple of weeks late getting around to posting about Halloween, but when you read my next couple posts you will understand why I have been busy.

So here are the boys on Halloween. Oliver had a little difficulty getting used to walking in the bee costume. The bee costume has now been worn by all 3 boys! The weather was incredible. It was the warmest Halloween of trick or treating we have ever had. The boys went around grandma's neighbourhood, trunk or treat at the church and then Caleb, Elton and I went around our neighbourhood.