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I am experimenting with making my blog cute, so at times it might look funny while I experiment!

Ahhh.... I love Sunday afternoons, especially ones when it is sunny outside and you can open the windows and feel a fresh breeze come through. It reminds me of when I was little and my mom would open all the windows and you would have to get a blanket to cover up because there was just enough cool air coming through.

The other precious sight that I see right now is my two girls taking their Sunday afternoon nap. Kirbee curled up on the couch and Saydee FINALLY passed out on the floor. She must be dreaming a sweet dream because she keeps smiling. I am truly blessed to have healthy and beautiful children. Thank you God for your unfailing love and for blessing our family.

I am back again for post update number two! My goal as of right now is to try and post at least once a week... we will see. I would count this week as a success as far as saving money and staying on my workout plan.

I found some great deals at our local grocery store this week and then was able to go into the city to shop at Kroger. I am under budget for my groceries.... YEAH!! I feel I have found a new hobby. I absolutely LOVE to go to shopping malls, I would go every Saturday if I lived closer. I don't always have to buy something, I just really enjoy going. However... I think I am going to start loving to find good deals and save money. This morning I cleaned out my freezer and my pantry and loved it. Those of you reading this (if anyone) and you know me you are going to think I have gone crazy, but I am just crazy about finding good deals! I pray that I keep up the motivation and save my family money anyway that I can, NOT to say I will not have weak moments because I know they will come but I am trying!

AND for my workouts.... I have worked out every day this week again. I think we are starting week number 5 of our morning workouts. Although when my alarm goes off in the morning I DO NOT want to get out of my warm cozy bed but I do and I am LOVING the way I feel. I was beginning to think I was not seeing results but I think I am now. I really watched what I ate this week and feel it is making a difference....we will see.

My girls are good as well as my hubby and I am looking forward to being in the Lord's house tomorrow. I love the fact that when we drive by the church my girls are so excited about that being "their church". Saydee will say that is "my church", which is just precious that she loves the church and Jesus. Kirbee told me today that the church is not a church but it is "God's House". She is right, I just love those little girls!

Starting Over

WOW! The last time I blogged Saydee had turned one! She is now 2 and Kirbee is 4. I want to get back to blogging and who knows how much time I will have but I am going to try, if I can remember how to do everything. It will probably take a little bit to get back into the swing of things. We have a new goal in our life that we are going to work really hard at. We are cutting back on everything and are going to save money and get out of debt. We started Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey about a week ago. I am dedicated to doing my very best and MAKING this work. We are very blessed and want to be able to give back. I am not a big spender as it is, but in the past if we have wanted something we find a way to get it. But now I am going to use coupons when I shop and not buy anything that is not on sale. I know there are lots of people out there who do this as well and now I am going to join them. We are taking baby steps and each week I am going to try something new. This week I was able to cut my grocery bill in half by just paying close attention to what I bought. Next week I will be using coupons but I did not get a chance to get anything going for this week. I am also (along with some other friends doing the same thing) going to make my own laundry detergent and then this summer when the weather begins to get a little nicer we are going to line dry our clothes. I am thinking about using my dishwasher as a drying rack and hand washing my dishes so that I do not have to use electricity to run my dishwasher. I know it may all sound crazy but we are going to try and see where it leads! Now to leave you with a more current picture of my precious babies!

Happy Birthday Saydee

I can't believe you are one, where did the year go? I am so happy that God blessed us with two beautiful little girls. Saydee our first year together has gone so fast and I love being your mommy. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you and we love seeing you smile and laugh. I hope you will always know how much you are loved by your family, especially your big sister. I know that you follow and do everything she does and it is so precious. Kirbee adores you just as much as you adore her. I pray that you girls will always be close and watch after each other. Your first birthday was so much fun, one day you will look back at pictures and laugh with us! We love you and adore you. Those of you reading this enjoy Saydee's first birthday pictures. I will try and add a video later! I love you Saydee Lane...

Birthday Cake...YUMMY, Thank you Marry Me Cakes

I am not sure about this birthday hat, but I sure am cute!!

YUMMY... where has this cake been hiding mommy?

Weekend at Linsey's

We went into town to get Saydee's 1 year pictures taken...stay tuned for that, and spent the night at our friend's, Linsey's, house. Here are some pictures and videos!

Sorry, this one is sideways.

A whole new world

I just thought that Kirbee was a handful when she was little- not really. From the very beginning Saydee has been the opposite of what most say there second child is, she has always been very layed back- go-with-the-flow type girl. Kirbee was an easy baby too just a little more high maintenance. Ever since Saydee started crawling she can get into everything and anything! She watches and copies everything that Kirbee does and gets very mad if she can't do it. We have stairs in our house and I don't think Kirbee discovered them until after she was one, not Saydee we have caught her up the stairs at least twice. I know what you are thinking why don't you put up a gate? Tried that and caught her climbing up and almost over the gate!! She is a very fast crawler and is starting to walk but most of the time can go fast enough so she just gets down and crawls. I say all of that just to say that I have some cute pictures of her to post.

I have a cute video to go with this but I can never seem to get it to work. I am not sure if it is the computer or what?!

She can fall asleep on the hard floor and have Kirbee walk and fall over her one hundred times and not wake up but don't try laying her in her soft bed all by herself!! Don't you like her matching pj's? I am not one to have unmatching pjs (for my kids anyways) but lately it seems like I find the top and not the bottoms or the bottoms and not the tops!! Oh well we are just sleeping!

Enjoying the well needed rain...

OK- Maybe I am back now!

I just thought I would have more time to blog this summer-WRONG! I don't even know where to start so I will just post summer pictures. Corey is officially deployed now and I am working on new bedtime routines for the girls so that MAYBE I will have some time to myself in the evenings when school starts(next week) we will see how it goes- lots of prayers please! Although I would like to say that Kirbee has now slept all night in her own big girl "Little Mermaid" bed!! YEAH KIRBEE!!! Will post pictures soon.

Enjoy these for now...

Mommy and the girls!

Kirbee playing mommy although Saydee is just about as big as she is!

Saydee showing Kirbee she can do anything she can do (and that is an understatement!)

We took a trip with Mimi and Grandpa to visit family in Branson, will hopefully post a video and more pictures later!


We got to visit daddy in Arizona for a week. Here is Kirbee and daddy playing on one of the many playgrounds out there! She just adores her daddy!

Here is Saydee going down the slide with daddy- although she doesn't really need help- she can do it all by herself! She loves her daddy too!

There is a small taste of what we have been doing this summer- will post more soon! Sorry for those of you who actually check to see what is going on and you keep seeing the same things. Oh and by the way Saydee is walking so I will try and show a video if I can get it to work- I haven't had very much luck with videos. Have a great day!