Bountiful Baskets

Just got another bountiful basket. I had a little trouble getting it all in the picture. Here is what I got...

• lettuce
• 10 bananas
• 5 Asian brown pears
• grape tomatoes
• a butternut squash
• 2 bunches of broccoli
• 5 navel oranges
• celery
• 8 cameo apples
• 4 pummelos
• 8 sweet potatoes
• 2 bags of baby carrots

All this for $16.50. It is about $50 worth of produce. I love that we are eating more fruits and vegetables at a great price.

I can't get the link to work, but check out bountifulbaskets.org to see if you have a site near you.

Morning Surpise

Earlier this week it snowed over night. In the morning when I opened the window to see if the bus was at the bus stop yet, I found this note outside the window.

I have a very sweet husband who thinks of me just before heading to work at 4:45 in the morning! I love this guy!

Update

It's been a while, so I thought I would update you all and let you know what we've been up to.

Here is a recent picture of the kids.

Morgan came down with croup right before Christmas and just hasn't been well ever since. Croup was coming back every other weekend. The cough and running nose never went away and the fever was off and on every 5-6 days. So when she complained that her ear was hurting her two weeks ago, I jumped at the chance to take her and get some antibiotics to kick whatever this was out to the curb. So, we get to the doctor's and of course no ear infection. But she had positive signs of pneumonia. 10 days later...no cough, no running nose, no fever, and no croup. Yay!!

Here is Morgan being so good at taking her pink medicine. She said that it tasted like strawberries. (I had the medicine flavored with grape, but we all went along with the strawberry story.)

Kevan participated in the South Eastern Idaho Regional Chess Tournament, which happened to be held at his school. He took 6th in the 2nd Grade Novice Division.
Kevan with his trophy!

Other stuff...
-Wyatt is learning sight words in his preschool. It is so rewarding to see it click in their heads that letters all of a sudden create words!
-It's a boy! Due about June 18th. (doctor says 18th, ultrasounds says 16th, and I say 11th)
-Still couponing and loving it. Shawn doesn't care for the 5 Sunday papers we get each week. Especially when I am slow taking them to be recycled.
-Getting ready for Kevan's 8th birthday. Baptism is March 6th. And then there is cub scouts to get ready for too. This just might be the most expensive birthday yet!
-Loving our Dish DVR.
-I've been sick with a cold the last 6 days. Thank you Morgan and Wyatt!

This is our update. I'm sure there will be a lot more to come.

Looking for a Laptop?

I went out of my way to get a coupon voucher for $70 off a Dell Laptop, which I planned to get for Shawn for Christmas. But then he sadly informed me that he has his eye on a different Laptop and it's not a Dell. So, if anyone in interested...I have a coupon good for either a Dell Inspiron or a Dell Studio Laptop. You have to buy online and it will save you $70! Coupon is good until Jan. 15, 2010. I really don't want a good coupon to go to waste.

Our Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend, when Mom and Dad were here, they gave us a sign (with the help of my brother Drew) to put in the front of our home where we have our pumpkins growing. We have gotten a lot of compliments.

A few days later in the week(Sept. 30), it snows!! It wasn't a lot of snow, but it was Snow!!

Wyatt insisted on playing in the snow. I had to remind him that it wasn't snowman building time yet. Morgan thinks that Santa is coming.

We have trees!!

We got some trees for a really good deal at The Home Depot, so planted we them. One in the back yard and one in the front yard. We are not green thumbs by any means, but they came with a one year warranty, so why not. (We planted at the beginning of September)

Shawn doing most, okay all, of the work.

Back yard Elm tree

Front yard Mt. Fuji Cherry Blossom tree.

Now let's see if they survive our not so green thumbs.

Back to School (I know I'm late!)

Kevan started school on August 24th. I can't believe he is in the 2nd grade!

Wyatt started preschool on September 2nd. It is a preschool out of a home. It is ran by two of my friends that each still have a younger child at home. So I watch both of their children 1 day a week during preschool. They have 2 other moms that do it on the other preschool days. It feels like a play date for Morgan and I get a tremendous discount on preschool tuition. And Wyatt is having so much fun and learning a lot.