My attempt to catch you up

Sorry everyone, I have been so busy lately. Here is Regan's 6th birthday.

Here is Halloween. More pictures to come!

On to bigger and better things........

Okay, I have heard quite a few people complaining that I have not blogged in a while. Well, if you want to know what is going on, just check over here.

This is a new website my beautiful friend Melanie has made, devoted to our obsession. It will give you all the info on our up coming classes in January of 2010. One will be held at the Clark College campus, and the other through the Vancouver parks and rec. So stay tuned.

In the mean time check out our new webpage: http://brilliantbargains.blogspot.com/

First day of School!

Regan started kindergarten today! My baby is growing up! Her grandma took her shopping yesterday to pick out this dress.

The famous school bus picture....it is tradition. She was so excited. I was glad to have my neighbor lady with me. She started sobbing after the bus left, not for her own children, but for me, already knowing how hard it is to let go. It was so nice to have someone to cry with.

Okay, since she is my first child, I of course followed the school bus. Regan didn't know. I hid in the trees and bushes with the other weeping kindergarten moms.

She made it home safely, only 179 more days to go.

Busy Summer

We have had a really busy summer. That is why I have not blogged in a while. Here is our summer in a nut shell. The kids went to 3 different vacation bible school camps and had a blast.

We have spent a lot of time on our ghetto boat, appropriately named "Lackamoolah." We love BBQing on an island or being pulled around in the tubes.

The kids and I had a wonderful opportunity to go yurt camping with friends, Thank you Cochrans! It was a short walk to the ocean, and the kids rode bikes for hours upon hours. We can't wait to go back again sometime.

We have spent lots of time with our beloved friends the Soongs. And have floated down the river with them more times than I can remember.

And we have been active this year riding bikes. Regan finally learned to ride without training wheels too!

I have been slacking on my couponing this summer, as there is too many fun things to do. But, I am happy to report I am back in the saddle as of this week.

Also, many people keep asking me how I do this couponing thing, and I am excited to tell you that my best friend Melanie and I will be teaching classes through Clark College and the Vancouver Parks and Rec. in January. So look for it in the up coming catalogs.

From this to that

Last week, Regan had a her first loose tooth. This was really exciting for her, and quite a of drama too. She wouldn't let me pull it. We took the above picture of her baby teeth because she exclaimed sobbing when she found out she had a loose tooth, "My perfect smile, is gone forever!" But, I am happy to report, that one day while she was brushing, her tooth fell out, and she could not have been more excited. She has shown everyone her missing tooth, sometimes several times.

It is funny, because the first tooth to fall out, was in fact, her first tooth to come in as a baby. I am sure there are more to follow soon and it makes me happy and sad that my baby girl is growing up so fast.

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My Best Coupon Shopping trip ever!

Okay, so I am sorry to all you who come to my site wanting to see pictures of my adorable children and you get pictures of food. But I am so proud of my couponing lately that they will have to take second stage. I mean I feel so proud, that I feel I should scrapbook this. And that is a big deal, because I don't scrapbook.
So without futher adu....
My total for these items was $3.14. And I stayed well under my $30 a week grocery budget. And I know you think I am crazy buying all this cereal this week. But really when Jake is out of town we eat alot of cereal. I don't feel the need to cook dinner and my children are happy to have cereal, it is a treat. As long as they eat something heathy with it, I am happy too.
I can't wait to show you the beautiful new coupon purse my good friend Jen made me. So I don't have to look like a goon with my little coupon binder in the store anymore. I will try to take pictures of it, hey free advertising for her online store in Etsy. And give my binder a proper funeral. I can just hear the "taps" now.......