Grocery Smarts Class

Grocery Smarts Class

Come Learn How
To Feed a Family for A LOT less!

When: May 27th at 6:30
Where: Rachel Ratchford’s
RSVP: 801-860-7290
· Shop at only 1 store – no running around town!
· Buy all of your family’s groceries, household, and personal care items (including diapers) all for about $180 a month for a family of four – while building massive food storage at the same time!
· NO clipping and filing individual coupons! Very quick and easy! A HUGE way to save money!
· Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet and have ease in meal planning!
· FREE WEBSITE and FREE CLASS – there is no cost to attend and no cost to use the website!
What could your family do with hundreds extra every month? Bring friends! For more information please call Ku’uipo Vea at Grocery Smarts at 801-963-0968 and visit http://www.asweetsale.blogspot.com/

Leave me a comment if you want to attend. I have wanted to go to one of these classes for awhile. So I just scheduled one at my house to make it easy.

Boise Zoo

While the boys were working on the table Merrily and I took the kids to the zoo. It was a really impressive zoo. Each animal had a great huge space for their cage. If I was an animal I would check in there.

The kids favorite exhibit was the penguins. You could see them under water swimming eating their fish.

Giraffe slide was a big hit.

The monkey cages were on the other side of the walkway at the top of this slide.

Chipmunk Feeding

Tom & Merrily live on a golf course in Boise. It is just beautiful. Dave's dad built this huge deck on the back of the house. And there are chipmunks everywhere. The kids got to set out peanuts for them. They loved walking for them out the window.

Love this stance

The day was warm and we had a bbq then ran around on the golf course.

Watching a movie with the kids.

My Table in the Making

Dave and his dad are building me a kitchen table. Tom found me this 3 inch thick solid piece of birch wood . It was 14 feet long cut from 1 tree.

The solid table top. Still needs legs, sanding, staining. I am excited to see how it turns out.

The Easter Festivities

The kids after the Easter Bunny visited our house

I have been waiting to try this up do I saw online for awhile. It really was so easy. I found it on shedoeshair.blogspotcom. A fun obsession for any of you with girls.

Our neighborhood does an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. We were excited that the rain held off so we could go. We also had spring break this week. Dave had my camera at work so I don't have any pictures. It made me excited for summer and having the kids home. I stayed in my pjs until 12 every day just cause I could. We went to the park, Dinosaur Park, Logan to see my parents and Baby Animal Days while we were there.

St.Pat's Day Irish Style

The two leprechauns getting ready for a presentation for Leah's class. Dave also went Eva's preschool and surprised a few neighbors with his pot of golden treats.

I love this kilt. We bought it on a trip to Ireland before we ever had kids..

Leah's cute class, they were so green and festive. Random fact, did you know that pinching is not an Irish tradition. Imagine Dave's surprise when pinched at his first St. Patricks Day in America.

The kids all sat around Dave as he taught the class. He educated them on why Saint Patricks Day came to be, leprechauns, and a few Gaelic phrases.

Rachel

So it's late in the day on Monday. Over the weekend Rachel celebrated her 30th birthday. For the longest time I wanted Rachel to have an amazing day and do whatever and have whatever she wanted.

Unfortunately, this did not happen. We needed to move 60 wheelbarrow loads of dirt and after some feeble efforts from myself in the morning (I had to leave to go to work) it was left for Rachel and some good Samaritans to finish up moving it all.

Then, after all my efforts to get Rachel a brilliant present (a new Kitchen Table) I screwed that up be giving her some honest feedback (which I should not have done) on why the certain table she loved may not be the best for us.

When it was all said and done, I'm sure it was not the best birthday honey. I'm sorry.

So, I wanted to say to the 36 people that read this blog, that I have an amazing wife. She is everything that I want in a companion. She is smart, funny, ambitious (yea Real Estate), loving, caring and patient. I'm looking forward to growing old with you and celebrating your 60th birthday in style.

I love you and you can get whatever kitchen table your heart desires.

Davy

Cabo

Dear Cabo, we will miss your...

hot sand

amazing views and wonderful colors from our private beach

romantic make out spots

excuse to wear tank tops and cowboy hats

ability to make people look like dorks but at the same time make them feel cool

sunsets and balcony views (where we could see whales swiming along)

your scary $8 boat trips to lovers beach

your super heroes.

Until next time Cabo...may you keep the Virgin Pina Coloda's cold and your skys hot.

Eva Turns 4

Eva turned 4 and had her first friend birthday party. We went to Arrowhead Stable. It looked just like Horseland Stable the kids favorite show. The owner took us on tour. Then the kids all got to help brush and get the horse we were going to ride ready. There was an indoor arena that each of the kids got to take a turn riding on the horse in. They also brought in a miniature pony that the kids could brush and pet while they waited. I was very impressed with the place and it was really affordable After we went back to my house for presents and Eva's horse cake.

All She Wanted For Her Birthday....

All Eva wanted for her birthday was a new big llellow pretty. AKA a new blanket made by her mom like Leah's. I love this little girl and wanted to grant her birthday wish. Pretty cute that was all she wanted. Soooo I induced myself into a stress filled sleepless night quest to get the blanket done before I left on my trip. I don't know if I have ever publicly divulged that I do not like any crafts that take more than a hour. For one I usually have to much to do and it stresses me out. Reason number two I am not that imaginative and needed some major hand holding to get yellow to coordinate with any of the ribbons at the store. So the sewing machine is put away until Ronan is old enough to ask where his home made blanket is.

By the way she does love it and sleeps with it at night.