Oh the savings...I purchased all of these items for free! Yup, absolutely free. I just love it:) And I got 12.00 in ECB's for next time. Ya-hoo...

Besides my CVS and Publix Shopping not much is going on here except some sickness:( and school planning. Taylor is doing remarkable in her brace...very little complaining and she got a great report that it is doing exactly what they want it to! PRAISE GOD!!! Colin is gearing up for his 7th birthday and not looking forward to school:) Lauren is finally getting into "roll playing" to help with obedience...except sometimes she turns a 10 minute discipline session into a 20 minute one as she demands "baby Lauren" (a large, slightly ugly baby doll) to obey the first time, sit on the potty, wipe clean and do so all with a happy heart:) Did I mention Mommy has to make "baby Lauren" speak...Sadie, well Sadie is adorable not to mention completely sweet, she barely cries unless she really needs something and cant wait the typical 10 or so minutes for it (i.e. the Lauren story) she is sleeping better once she goes to bed...between 11:00 and midnight. I am still working on that part, but she is in her own room with her big Sissy Taylor and so far that is going well also.

As I attempt to put Miss Cutie to bed I leave you with these shots, one of our Mexican Fury sleeping soundly AND PEACEFULLY:) and two, "Baby Lauren" sprawled out on the dining room floor where she was left after not obeying...

Arrr, I cant stand the way pics. load here! why? why?

Saving $$$$

This was just blog worthy:) and a testimony of God's faithfulness in what some would think is cheeky I know is His kindness. OK, CVS this week, I spent $13.00 out of pocket on 4 transactions. I saved $57.33 and walked out with 16.00 more ECB's. Essentially they paid me 3.00 to buy all of this. I came home with items including 2 packs of CVS diapers (I like them:) Veet "razor's" for my up and coming tween (Can you believe Taylor wants to shave...not yet)Laundry detergent which I was just about out of and I waiting for a good deal! And these were just some of the goodies I was able to get. Then at PUBLIX yesterday (no picture:) I spent 70.00 (My goal was to be under 100) and I saved 80! I even got a pack of 16 individual packets of infimil formula for 1.00, 3 pork tenderloins, 4 lg. bags of chicken nuggets, pork chops, ground beef and 1 1/2 lbs. of deli lunch meat among many other things. Oh and I went in the rain and was in and out of there in 45 minutes...that in itself is an amazing feat! So I am totally grateful for my saving this week and love to watch God work out details! Yes, I am 27 and getting excited about coupons and grocery shopping...

A couple of slides:)

The Fourth of July!

Rick and Debi's beach condo that they graciously let us crash for a few lovely days~

The 4th of July

So most pics from the evening aren't blog appropriate so these will have to do:) JK! I don't have time for a slide show so who better to post but my cutie pa-tooties! Hope you had a great 4th of July!