Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

To all the fathers in my life. I love you so much. Thank you for all that you do!

Especially you Branch.




PS-Sorry that I haven't been posting pictures lately. We put all of our pictures on an external hard drive and I don't know how to get to it so as soon as I figure that out there will be pictures galore. I will post a cute video of Little Miss telling daddy "Happy" "Daddy" "Day!" So stinking cute!

Journal Jar-Saving Money

With the economy how it is, and especially because we will soon have to be paying off student loans and a house we are trying our best to save money in any way we can think of. So todays journal jar question is:

What are some of my money saving techniques? How do I save money?

*Saturday is free fishing day in the state of Utah, so I told Branch and he is now going fishing with some of his family. I told him that he had to at least bring home a fish this time for dinner!(He has caught fish before but only brought home dinner once or twice).

*I am starting to coupon. I have really gotten into recently though I am still not good at it but I have already saved $80 in two shopping trips! How cool is that. We will have student loans to pay off and eventually we want a house so a penny saved is a penny earned. I have been keeping track of what I have saved and I am thinking about every month putting what I saved (which before I would have just given the store before I started couponing) and putting it in a separate bank account. That will be our emergency money. I think it is a good savings idea!

*We very very rarely eat out without a coupon anymore. Newspapers and even flyers have coupons all the time for restaurants. Most of the time we have never been to that restaurant before so not only do we get to go somewhere new but we save by doing it. (Not all the time though, sometimes when you have never been to a restaurant you don't know the prices originally! So that means sometimes we spend more, but we actually spend less than if we hadn't had a coupon! If that makes sense...) Even when we don't have a coupon, that means we are at McDonald's or something like that, most places have children s menus or even dollar menus. Awesomeness.

*Speaking of coupons. There are people out there that actually figure out ways to buy things using coupons and promotions and catalinas and everything and then blog about it. They tell you what to buy where to get the coupons and how much out of pocket it will be. My favorite money saving blog is krazycouponlady.blogspot.com.

*Deseret Industries. I will be able to stock up for Little Miss at about a $1 a purchase there. You can't go to any other store and walk out with 3 shirts, a pair of pants, and 3 shoes for $8. I love DI.

*Redbox. You get one free movie code a month. Cool. And when you don't have a code they are just a dollar a night so really cheap.

*Little Miss and I went to the Murray Library and get a library card. We got three movies for me and a book of colors for her. For free. Nice.

Tidbits

So, we have the internet now! YEAH! A lot of stuff happened the last couple of weeks.

*Branch starts his residency today. It is such a BEAUTIFUL office. I am excited for him and can't wait for him to come home and tell me all about it. Actually, I was a little sad when Branch left this morning because we have had a wonderful month of family time. I am not complaining because Branch was so lucky to get this residency I just miss him. He had been gone 4 hours and I miss him. Visit the company website to see this great place.

*We bought a season pass to Hogle Zoo. We have made 3 trips so far and will definitely be going often through out the summer and because it is open all year long we are so excited about the purchase. It was only $90 dollars for our entire family for a year! And we can get a guest in free every time too. Anyone want to go to the zoo?
-Saturday at the zoo we were looking at the mountain goats and the male goat was standing on his hind legs reaching for leaves on a tree and a girl closeby asked her dad if that goat was having a baby. He laughed and said "No, that is a boy goat. You can see his jiggly wigglys?" The girl said "Oh! So that one (pointing towards the other goat) must be a girl because she has no jiggly wigglys!"

*We want DirectTV because we found a great deal for internet and tv. We were going to get it last Wednesday. Do we have tv? NOOOO. we have a line-of-site problem. The apartment complex has strict rules about were dishes can go, which we don't have a problem with except that we would have perfect reception except for the dead tree that is blocking the signal. The front office says the are planning on cutting it down. But other than that no help at all. So we called the corporate office who said to call them if the front office is unable to assist you. Have they gotten back to us? NOOOO. DirectTV was suppose to send someone to to verify that it is a line-of-site problem within 48 hours. Have we had anyone over yet? NOOOO. It is turning into a big joke actually.

*We walked to church yesterday. The church building is within a couple minute walk. Then we found out that we aren't in the ward that goes to that building. Oh no, we pass that church and another church to get to our ward building. Kind of annoying becuase that building is literally right across the street from our building. Oh well. Then they had combined RS/Priesthood in the chapel so it was 3 hours in the chapel and Little Miss did not appreciate that.

*When we visited GR last week we signed up for and competed in a 5K. (See my previous post). Branch, Becky and I walked and Little Miss rolled along. Guess who came in dead last? Yours truly. Dang proud of it too! I won a dozen roses. Branch (who was second to last) won third place in his age group for those that walked. He won a month membership at a fitness place in RS. Looks like we are going to be going to GR a lot! No actually, we are going up for Flaming Gorge Days (and the parade!)

Well, that is about all I can think of right now.

Talk to you later!

Busy busy busy

I know another week of no journal jar. Sorry Julie. Sorry mom! I have been busy. I will have to tell you about it later though. I did complete a 5k today. What did you do? Keith Young, a former counselor in the Stake Presidency passed a way a year ago today and his family celebrated his memory with a Memorial Run (well a walk too) Anyway, it was amazing so check out his webpage to learn more about SADS, which is what he passed away from here.
Or check out these Deseret News article here.

Other than that we have been unpacking, visiting the zoo, hanging with family and visiting Green River. Busy busy busy.

JJ-10 years

Sorry that I suck about doing the Journal Jar. It stinks having no internet and having to bum it off other people! Oh well, we are in Utah and that is all that matters!

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

Thinking about this made me feel kind of old and knowing in 10 years I will be 36. I know that is not old but that number just seems big...old....

Ok anyway, in 10 years I will be 36 as we previously mentioned. Branch will be 37. He will have been working in the P&O field for 10 years and hopefully close to opening his own practice, if he already hasn't opened one. I see myself with two more children and living in Provo/Orem or Spanish Fork (I LOVE their wide streets!) Oh yeah we will have a house and it will be awesome..I will be serving in the YW program :). Little Miss won't be so little. She will be 11 years old in 5th grade or 6th. Now that is crazy! And I am thinking that Little One #2 will be 8ish and Little One #3 will be 5ish. I don't know about that??? We will see. I will have gotten my degree in Sign Language. My favorite color will be pink and my favorite candy will be something that hasn't been invented yet. I will also be "green" and drive a very environmentaly friendly car and our house will be very environmentally friendly too.

What about you?

Happy Mother's Day!

These are just a couple of mother's I know that have taught me so much!

Mom, Grandma L, Becky, Grandma H, ALL my aunts and Cousings, Sarah, Liz, Helen, Julie, Amy A., Becky K., Beth S., Brooke C., Chloe R., Emily W., Emily M., Jaclyn D., Jenn S., Krystle R., Lindsay C., Lindsay H., Meredith, Necha, Sammy D. (Hope that baby comes soon!), Tera D.,

and all those who I love and respect whose name I didn't put on here, I am thinking of you!

Thank you all! Happy Mother's Day!

Especially Happy Mother's Day to my mother. I know this Christmas was really hard for everyone, but now that I am a mother I can feel that pain you must have felt when you saw me in acoma and so very sick. Thanks for being "my nurse". Thanks for everything! Thanks for taking care of Little Miss and I when I couldn't.

We love you!

Becky, You gave me the best gift in the world. Your son! Thank You! Thank You!Thank You! Thank You! He is my everything and has made me so happy! I couldn't have asked for a better husband and father!

We love you!

To my sisters Sarah, Liz, Helen and Julie! My best friends. You are the type of mother I am trying to be! Love you! See you in July!

JJ-oops!

Sorry, I just now realized it was Friday and I forgot to do the Journal Jar! Sorry, I would do it now but I am really tired so it isn't going to happen. But I will give the question to those of you who want to know.

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

Have fun!