Three stores and lots of fruit and veggies

Our loot from 3 different Food Lions

Since today was the last day to use the $2/$5 produce coupon and $1 off any guiding star item (pretty much a healthy food product the stars rate it's "healthiness") coupon I made it to three different stores to do two transactions at each one. Here's what we scored.

5lbs. Strawberries

2 pints blueberries

2 pineapple sticks

2 squash

2 zucchini

5 pk carrots and ranch

2 heads garlic

2 salad kits

5lbs. onions

2lbs. green beans

1lb cheese cubes

1 tarter sauce

3 boxes foil -FREE

3 bottles soap-FREE

1 box trash bags

1 neosporin

All for just under $20!

Now, my back hurts. But it was worth it. Just have to wash and freeze all the berries. The kids have already ate a pound of strawberries, and Annabelle is working on a pint of blueberries. We have 5 more pints in the fridge ready to be bagged and frozen.

Still?!?!?!

Everyone is still sick here on the home front, some better than others. It's been a rather short weekend with lots of tea, naps, tissues, books, and just a little time with my knitting needles and the feel of cotton yard under my fingers.

Maybe one day I'll be back to regular blogging. Oh, I'm sure one day.

Can you say FLU???

Well, I thought I'd be back Monday, with daily updates but......I got what Shane had all weekend, and still isn't quite over...some kind of flu or virus. Needless to say I was in the ER Monday because of a high fever, not being able to eat, and drink, and chest pains. I am on the mend. The kids on the other hand and just coming down with this and that hubby of mine still isn't over it either. So here are the three pictures I took all week...yes, just three.

Annabelle sleeping in her "BIG" girl bed for the first time.
Levi's hair cut, I shaved the poor baby's head

In his sisters shirt, because he threw up on his.

I'm back....finally

Its been busy around here. First, my grandparents came to visit, then my mother and Hunter, and then our computer crashed! So, now we have replaced the hard drive and are back up and running. Here's a few pictures some a couple weeks old now. I hope you are all enjoying this heat that the Lord has given us.....just think in a couple more months it will be cold and we'll have another new baby to hold in our arms.

Our garden is doing well, the corn is just about done, and I am just about done with all of our tomatoes and ready to pull them up. We've made about 8 pints of pasta sauce and have enough tomatoes in the freezer for making about 16 more pints....all from just two tomato plants.

I am about 22 wks pregnant and will have an ultrasound on Aug. 17th to find out the sex hopefully. My tummy is getting bigger (about the size of a watermelon) but the very good news is that I have only gained 7lbs. so far. With the last two I had gained about 25 to 30lbs. at this point. In the end I gained 85lbs. with Annabelle and 75lbs. with Levi. Thankfully I lost it all with not much work on my part.

Have a blessed week, I'll see you all on Monday.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Look at that Cheeto face.

OH!!! He's walking. And cheering himself along the way! He walks about 75% of the time now and crawling the other 25%.

Hunter, Shane, Levi

We've started some pre-school activities. She is painting a red "circle"

I just love that pony tail.


Hunter and Annabelle

All of my 20 something boxes of Ziploc bags I got for about .22 each!

On the potty ( we sat here for a hour and a half finally she peed!)

Mowing the carpet???!?!?!?!

Lazy afternoons

Eating ice cream on the patio

Laying on the slide, a favorite activity on a cool summer afternoon, looking at the sky

Climbing the slide

Playing with sticks his favorite thing to do

A dirty face from eating dirt...





Veggies and fruit that either we had too much off or it was going bad. What to do?? Get out the Food Saver!! The peaches and tomatoes got blanched and then bagged for the freezer.

More berries for the freezer, strawberries were sliced and flash frozen

Just a little of what made it to the freezer

Another Bento lunch for Shane. He really likes his bento's and since we have two in this style now (his favorite compared to the others), he is getting them more. Before it would be hanging out at work for about a week before he remembered to bring it home.

Another Bento: Roasted chicken, Stuffing, Italian green beans, strawberries and blueberries

Blogger has been acting funny and not letting me post pictures, but finally here they are!
Our days have been starting out something like this every morning....Diapers set out to dry.

A silly little boy crawling everywhere

His new bear crawl...

Ice cream cones, Yumm

And of course the daily Bento for the Man

Eating on the agenda

Eating is always on our agenda! Perhaps that's why I clean the kitchen almost 3 times daily. Someone is always asking for lunch or a snack. Lunch is every meal in our house...at least Annabelle thinks so. There is no breakfast or dinner its all lunch.

Almost a daily fare, smoothies made with kefir, milk, strawberries with the tops on, and 2 bananas

Levi enjoying his long waited smoothie, he whines every morning till he gets a cup in his hand

Annabelle sipping away on hers

This mornings breakfast, pancakes with local peaches and maple syrup

Shane's lunch in another one of our many bento boxes. Teriyaki beef and chicken with rice (I made him two rice hearts with our rice mold), Mandarin oranges, rice and tomatoes, and a Mocha cake roll.