It's almost race day...

Four days until our first 10k! Daniel and I will be running the "Turkey Trot" on Thanksgiving morning, burning off our Thanksgiving dinner before we even eat it!

It's Harvest Time...Again

We're always having harvests around here - but we love every one of them! This week we had fresh spinach and green beans from the garden. I just wish my garden was big enough that one meal wouldn't wipe out the entire crop of spinach and beans! I have dreams of a giant backyard garden someday... Though I will be waiting quite some time for that one, I'm excited already!

We also had fresh squeezed lemonade from our lemon tree! Jaden was really a big help getting the lemons, as he picked most of the lower fruit himself. Zoee liked carrying the lemons around...until she took a big bite of the outside of one. Then she got a sour face and threw it down.

(Last year I thought we had a lime tree, so I picked them green. Then I found out it was really a lemon tree, and we had juiced underripe lemons. Then I found out that you are supposed to pick lemons green and then let them ripen off the tree. We finally got it figured out!)

Arizona State Fair

The State Fair is one of our favorite things about Arizona. It is so low cost and kid friendly! It's even funner with Grandma, Grandpa, and Great-Grandma along. The kids had fun at the petting zoo and the kids play place - all free with admission. Jaden has never seen a Sponge Bob cartoon, but he has seen him somewhere before... After he met Sponge Bob at the fair, Jaden shouted out, "He's just like my undies!" We also went to a lumber jack show. Jaden was picked out of the audience to win a little chair they had carved. When they handed him the microphone, he said, "I'm Jaden Platt and I just turned free (three)!" It was pretty cute. After we got home, Jaden decided the chair was more of a "Zoee bum size."  I forgot to get a picture of our very favorite part -a giant turkey leg, Navajo tacos, and funnel cake with strawberries and whipped cream! Yummy! We all had a great time!

Fall Festival

We went to Fall Festival and "Trunk-or-Treating" this year. Jaden talked Grandpa into dressing up like a cowboy with him. Then "Woody" found his buddy "Buzz" at the festival. Zoee started out as a crayon, but by the time we got to the party, she had her costume nearly all disassembled! We had fun playing games, eating dinner, and of course, getting some treats!

NEW SITE FOR FUN DEALS

I've had a lot of people asking me about how to get some great deals. So I decided to start a new blog, with a few fun deals listed on it. It doesn't have much yet, but you can take a look now, and check back again soon. The address is http://www.fundeals1.blogspot.com/

The Big 3-0!

I had a great 30th, with my mom, dad, and grandma here to help celebrate. I thought the cake was going to catch fire with all of those candles. Jaden saw that I was in over my head and climbed up on the table to help me get them all blown out. Then we enjoyed my favorite angel food cake with raspberries (my mom had canned from her bushes last Summer), and real whipped cream! Yummy! My wonderful husband got me 2 of my favorite things - new Brazilian Haviana Flip Flops (The ones I brought home from Brazil 7 years ago were starting to wear holes through the bottom.), and the newest Keith Urban CD. :)

Total $18.71

(I know, another nerdy post. I've just had such an exciting week of deals! I have to share it with somebody!)

Diapers.com

The new discount code for diapers.com is TEN4ME   The old one I gave you will no longer work.  This is how my order turned out:

5 packages of Huggies X  $9.99             = $49.95
First time order discount (TEN4ME)          -10.00
I sent in 5 $2 off coupons                           -10.00
Magazine Rebate Form                              -14.97
Free Shipping
Total                                                         $14.98
Submit receipt for rebate
to http://www.caregiversmarketplace.com/             -3.75

GRAND TOTAL                                      $11.23 for 5 packages (180) Huggies diapers. $2.25 per pkg!

                                                         =SWEET!!

ps - there are more $2 off Huggies coupons now available at http://www.coupons.com/ . Just scroll through until you find them. You can print the coupon 2 times from each computer. They have a print limit, so it you want them, hurry while they're still there!