Sunday, April 25, 2010

PHEW - we made it.

It has been quite a week at the Jones'. Sometimes I like to look at my week and see what we have done. Although there are busier households than ours, I often wonder how I am going to keep up!I'll spare you all the details, like all the stores I drug 2 kids to to get those coupons deals, but here are the highlights.

Monday- Coley turned 4! We had some friends over for cake and ice cream and lots of presents! As much as I hate to admit it, I am thankful that Cole, as sweet and cute as he is, is moving on from 3.

Kyle had his first baseball game - no pictures. Besides the holes in the outfield and the goat heads in the infield, the Blue Dragons had their 1st victory.

Tuesday - The funnest day of the week for me - I get to go to Real Deals (home decor store) and play with all the decor. Best part, I get paid to do it! Jake left town - party with me and the kids. Oh heaven help me!

Wednesday- 5:15 call from the coach just making sure Kyle was going to be a the game. GAME, what game, it wasn't until Thursday night. Rain drenched fields, wind blowing, freezing cold temperatures, we played ball. No pictures of course- too dang cold to take your hands out of the blanket. He did play 1st base the whole game and racked up the outs!

Thursday - Left the house at 9 am didn't pull back into the house until 3:30 pm. Is this what a stay at home mom does - NOT stay home!

Friday - Swim lessons gone bad. Kennedy fell back into the pool as we were leaving and hit her chin on the side of the pool and ended up with 3 stitches. She was such a champ - I think I cried more than she did! Just an ironic sidenote - When Kate was 2 she fell into the same pool, with the same instructor, busted her chin open in the same spot!






Saturday - The yard- oh man! How do so many weeds grow so quickly in such cold weather? I don't know a plant that can grow or survive the way a weed does, why is that? Maybe I should consider putting dandelion's on my menu! We pulled weeds for "hours" it seemed like to the kids. Granted, there were a lot of weeds. But the funnest and most anticipated part of our weekend was definitely planting some of our garden. We only planted pees and radishes right now, few more weeks and we will be able to do the rest. This year we are going to try some watermelons, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, and cilantro. Along with our usual tomatoes and carrots. We are going to skip corn, cauliflower and broccoli



Sunday - PHEW - we made it.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

That I can do!

I don't consider myself great at anything.
Just good at a lot of things......
EXCEPT
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Definitely a fav at my house
My cookies seem to have drawn quite a following and are preferred by many
except my husband that is. GASP! as if ... I know, right?

There are couple secrets to this
REAL butter - no salt - an extra 1/2 cup flour - pampered chef small scoop
It is the Toll House recipe tweaked just a bit
3/4 cup brown sugar - the darker the better
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
1 cup butter -melted
cream together and add
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
add chocolate chips
scoop with small scooper and bake at 375
don't ask me how long - until they are golden brown- don't burn them

Mmmmmmmm --perfect
So while I fall short on many things
Chocolate Chip Cookies.......
THAT I CAN DO

Thursday, April 15, 2010

So Cal Trip

Click on the link to see our totally awesome trip to so cal- it just took me awhile to get the pictures posted. :)
http://keepingupwiththejonesid.blogspot.com/2010/03/finally.html

Monday, April 12, 2010

Deal of the Week

3 packages of shredded cheese
2 boxes of Ritz crackers
4 boxes of mac-n-cheese
2 bags of Cheetos
9 boxes of Hamburger helper
3 packs of Crush cups
2 packs of Danonino yogurts
Jar of parsley flakes
Jar of steak seasoning
2 Juicy Juice packs of juice boxes
2 packages of Ball Park Beef Franks
Retail $91.47
I paid $14.63

I love play group

Albertson's
Walgreen's
The Children's Place
Macy's
Post office
Fred Meyer's
Verizon Store
3 hours
No kids
I LOVE PLAY GROUP