Casper

We had a good time in Casper when we went with Wes. The kids loved going swimming. Shalon would even swim by herself (meaning I didn't have to hold on to her) with her arm floaties. Cutler can sit up by himself and tries to sit up if he's propped up. We also got to go to a baseball game. The Union office is season ticket holders so you can just call up and request tickets... I love free! We were trying to figure out why they were called the ghosts when their mascot is a platypus. They used to be subsidized by Denver but aren't any longer so they had to change their name. They have the same mascot they used to but are called the ghosts because of Casper the friendly Ghost. Kind of dumb but hey it was fun.

Cutler is now 5 months old. He rolls over, sits up and is getting so big. He goes in at the end of the month for his 6 month check up. Crazy.

July 21st

Cutler- Sitting up all by himself

Getting ready to go swimming

Hotel pool

Lounging around the pool

Look at me. I'm swimming

At the baseball game.

Good seats

July 22nd

Cutler 5 months old

Catching up

So I keep meaning to post but just don't quite get around to it. So I am multi-tasking. Blogging and feeding the baby at the same time...

This summer seems to have gone by extremely fast. Here it is already August... This year my parents have over doubled grandchildren. My sister and brother both had babies in July. Soren and Alexis.

My own kids are growing up so fast. Cutler is rolling over and is very flexible. He's now 5 months old. He has been fussy over the last week and is either on a growth spurt or is teething. However I have seen no evidence of teeth. He has slept thru the night very well since he was 2 months old and is now wanting to get up to eat. Hopefully this goes away soon. Shalon is very independent. She loves to say "I did it" about everything. Some of her other favorite phrases are "no Daddy, stop it" and "it's goot (good)". Yesterday she got to play on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath. She kept calling her swimming suit a swimming soup.

We have had a lot of summer projects. Wes made me some flower beds in the front yard (Iguess I should take a picture of them. They turned out nice and the flowers are actually blooming.) Uncle David came over a couple weeks ago and helped Wes drill a well. We did hit water but there is at least 4 feet of sandy mud in the bottom of it. We rented a trash pump to get it out but just succeeded in plugging up the pump so now we are going to plan b. We are going to pound in pipe or I should say Wes is. However he is working on a side job right now which he's trying to finish up this week so he can get back to working around our house. :)

He had to work out of town in Casper the last 2 weeks but is now back home. The first week the kids and I went down with him. We had a good time. I'll post about that later...

July 15th

Cutler and his flexibility

July 15th
Standing on daddy's hand

July 16th- Whitney Commons

Playing at the park

July 17th

Wes and Uncle David drilling a well in the back yard.

Rodeo Carnival

Last week was a big week for Sheridan Wyoming. It was the annual Sheridan Wyo rodeo. There was stuff going on all week. We skipped the rodeo parade but it was broadcast online so Shalon watched it there. Wes shaved his facial hair all funky to "fit in" with all the cowboys. More I'm sure just to annoy me. We did go to the carnival Saturday night with some friends and met up with Clinton. He spoils Shalon. He didn't want to ride the rides with her so Wes and I did. She went on the carousel (liked it better the 2nd time around) and then went on a whale car ride with me. Clinton took the kids for a little while so Wes and I rode the ferris wheel.

July 11th

Albertson's- Store that I love

As I posted earlier about coupons this is what I was up to yesterday and today. The best deals were the ice cream and bbq sauce. Although I got a screaming good deal on the tp too.

Yesterday

I did this in 2 transactions because I knew there was a catalina that would print out after I bought 4 pints of ice cream.
It would have cost $68.81
Saved $50.05
Spent $18.76

Today

BBQ sauce is part of a promo so if you buy 10 you instantly get $5 off. You also get $5 in catalina's to use on anything. I had another couple ice cream coupons plus a catalina that printed out from the ice cream yesterday. I bought this in 2 transactions.
Would have cost $63.04
Saved $49.87
Spent$13.17


Hooray for coupons and Albertson's!

Play date last week

Last Thursday we made it to play date. Shalon had fun in the spray park. We got there early enough we got to be in the shade. The trees aren't very big at the park and there is little shade. So everyone came and sat by us. It was nice to be popular. J/K. but we had fun.

July 9th

Newspaper

I did it. I gave in. I am trying what thousands of other people do.... I subscribed to the Sunday newspaper. I got my first paper last Sunday. Just one coupon made it worth buying the paper. We'll see if the trend continues (I bought a 6 month subscription) but if it does I will definately continue buying the newspaper and become a serious couponer. My very favorite site is a Thrifty Mom. There's a link at the bottom of my blog. I love getting deals. Wes laughs at my coupon addiction but doesn't really make fun of me for it because he likes the fact that I'm saving money.

Grandparents

Shalon has got to see my parents a couple times this year and will get to see them a couple more times. They went out of their way when they were coming back from Missouri to see us. They visited us all day Sunday. It was nice to see them. We might get to see them in August if we go to Utah and then they are coming out here again in September. It's 12 hours from Nyssa so I know their pain in coming here. :) It's nice that Wes' family is only 2 hours away and we can see them fairly often. Family is great!

(I like to post pictures with most my posts but I don't have one. I didn't take any pictures when they were here)