while avery sleeps

this is us after avery goes to bed. working our tails off to get the salon ready at the house. my first appointment is on monday the 2nd so it has to be done. chad is taking the day off tomorrow to get it finished. it just needs to be painted, moulding, floor, and decorated. no biggie. okay so we still have a ways to go but it will be done.

mission organize

due to my overwhelming amounts of food and groceries i have been getting, organizing the pantry became one of my new years goals. if you happen to see your local grocery stores closing down, it is because of me! i have been getting some unreal deals with my coupons and i love it. i dare say obsessed. i used to hate, hate, H-A-T-E grocery shopping but not anymore. lately it has been kinda fun. so fun i am going to bore you with my excitement of my deals, pictures and all. so here it is for all you non-believers of couponing. i am so nerdy! try not to be impressed.

i haven't had to pay for toilet paper, all of that has been free!

all of this (4 lg boxes of capn crunch, 2 lg boxes of life, 6 boxes of wheat thins, 6 bags of chex mix, 3 boxes of granola bars, 2 boxes instant oatmeal, 12 free reeses whips, my total $20.22, i saved $77.79)

everything to the left of the bread was free! i paid 19.49 total and saved $100

merry christmas

i got a new camera for christmas. nevermind the blury arm (i think chad actually took this one). avery didn't care to open the presents but he did like playing with them.

this is avery's stocking, my grandma made it for him. she is amazing and has made everyone in our entire family one, each one is different. and actually she has had to make mine and my brothers and sisters a second time because they had gotten lost in a move a long time ago. i remember they used to be shortest to longest according to age. jaica's the oldest and hers was the shortest and kynna is the youngest so hers was the longest. luckily for me i am second to youngest so mine was pretty long too. i love our stockings it is my favorite thing to get out at christmas. so thank you grandma i appreciate the talent.

this was going to go in avery's stocking but it was a little bit big so it was just on the floor in our room and it is the first thing avery spotted when he woke up. i love how excited he is in this picture. he would have been so happy just for this one present.

el numero uno

avery is officially an entire 365 days old as of the 23rd approximately 7:45am ish. we had quite the family party for him. he was a bit taken aback by everyone singing happy birthday to him. then he devoured an entire cupcake minus a few crumbs. delicious, he loved it. avery is not walking yet, which is okay i don't know if i am ready for him to be that big yet. he really likes his dad these days. he will cry sometimes when chad walks away. and sometimes when i hear chad getting home we will hide from dad. avery thinks it is hilarious and almost gets too excited to handle the anxiety. he likes to throw things around his favorites are his tiny socks and the laundry but anything will do as long as he can move it/sort it/throw it. his best friends are danger and lola except when they eat his graham crackers out of his hand.

turkey trot, trot, trot!

pre-race action. we were so glad it wasn't raining. although i am hc (hard core) and would have ran anyway.

the fog horn sounded and off we go, i love the turkey (he's fast)!

this loon finished the race in 32 min. i was a little further than half way? what the? how the? i would like to see that man in running action! he probably just looks like a whoosh or a blur though, might not be able to be seen by the human eye.

intense. i know, i know.

i love the trot (hope to do better next year) and i love the turkey. avery on the other hand, i believe is nervous for the turkey.

special thanks to my running partner avery day. couldn't have done it without you. and also to my sponsers chad money day, and to uncle devin and kristin for providing avery's wheels.

families can be together forever!

it was shellee mom's birthday and what did she want? a temple day. so we went to the temple with devry, randy, shellee mom, and gpa dennis. then afterward we had a great bar-b-que. it was a great day. it had been a while since chad and i had gone to the temple. i am ashamed to say probably more than a year. yikes! far too, too, too, long. i noticed a difference in our relationship from not going like we should. it had become far too easy to be unkind, somewhat mean, take offense, and just not be happy with each other a little too often. going to the temple together just puts things back into perspective and brings us closer as a family. i am so glad we have one so close to us. now if we can just get ourselves there more often.

hop-hop-hop

where's the frog avery? hop!