SCORE!

Ok, I feel like I am the awesomest Christmas shopper/Mom in the world today after my fabulous find - so I have to share. :) But I do have to tell you about all my other deals too!

#1 find - A few weeks ago Toys R Us had a buy 2 get one free Barbie sale. I stocked up on the 3 Musketeer Barbies and got 3 of them for approx. $45 (including tax)... Not too bad ... THEN a couple of weeks later I noticed they were giving a $15 gift card for spending $40 on Barbies with the "pink tag" which mine had. SO, I took my Barbies back and she let me "return" and then re-buy them and I got the $15 back!!! - Which leads us to our next find.

#2 find - Leapster 2 games. There were a few select games on sale at Target and one of them happened to be the one Gabe asked for so I went on over. (Keep in mind these games usually range between $19.99 (for older games) and $25.99 (for new releases). So, I found the Star Wars one on sale for $15 (which was a new release!) and a Dinosaur one on sale for $19.99, so pretty good. THEN, I scored two $4 off coupons found on Hip2Sav and tada! TWO leapster games for only $27!!!

#3 find - This one is the coolest in my opinion. (my find of the day) Out of the blue my son Tyler has become enthralled with Buzz Lightyear. We were at Toys R Us and he found THE Buzz that he wants - comes with the box that looks just like the one from the original movie - talks, moves, lights up, the works. He is regularly $50! OUCH. SOOOO, I worked my magic today! I went into Toys R Us and I got THE Buzz Lightyear, which is on sale for $40, THEN I used my $15 card (from the Barbie deal) and it was only $25 - which doesn't hurt nearly as much. AND I scored a free backpack which they are giving away for any Toy Story purchase of $30 or more. :) I feel so cool!

#4 find - Snow White on DVD for $10! (For family gifts) *thanks to Hip2Sav again*


#5 find - This one isn't THE coolest, but I got 2 Hungry Hippos travel games for $.99 each! Good gift, OR good use for our DisneyLand trip coming up in February! (regular $4.99 had 2 $4.00 off coupons)


#6 find - TinkerBell on Blueray for Haleigh for Christmas $11.99! (plus taxes)


I am feeling good! Tyler only needs one more gift and he is set. Gabe needs a couple more, but the things he is getting aren't expensive. Haleigh won't care once she gets her Barbies and Max is going to be the hardest because I have NO ideas what to get him - and again he doesn't care! Ahh, I can do this holiday shopping thing. Just get all the deals you can in October/November and then you have ALL December to focus on what the holidays are all about!!! That is my kind of holiday. Oh and if you happen to be a recipient of these happy deals this holiday, please don't think me cheap! (LOL) Happy deal hunting!

Maybe I got this

So, blogger is still freaking out on me. BUT I did manage to post that picture of Max, so I will just have to ignore all the promptings to log in when I am already on line. So, mostly I just want to post pictures now that I have figured out how to trick the system. Here are the pictures I meant to post of Max's bday... At least some of them. Enjoy. P.S. I decorated the cake all by myself and I feel kind of proud. (Not perfect, but pretty good:)

Pictures?!

Max's First Birthday (it was Mickey Mouse)

To Blog or Not to Blog? That is the question...

It has been a while... A long while. I have no excuses really. I waste time on other things that could be used on bloggging. I know you are all dying to know what I have been up to and to hear the latest Deming stories. However, I am not a very organized person right now. Things go in one ear and out the other and my brain is never in one place for very long. Am I the only one doing this? Going out of their minds with thoughts of things to get done, then fighting myself to do them, while changing diapers, while making lunch, while getting kids down for naps, while reading my scriptures, or jogging, or visiting teaching, or figuring out this cub scout calling, while couponing, while budgeting to save money, while worrying, wondering, praying, pondering... I think you get where I am going with this. LIFE IS BUSY! However, I have decided to take a moment and post my baby's 1 year pictures, hopefully to your enjoyment. ;) So, here he is, Turd Furgeson...in all his glory. Love you little guy. Even if you are clingy and whiney at times, you sure are cute and funny to watch. Max has just started walking and Roger calls him our "drunken sailor!" I love the baby stage from about 6 months to 18 months. They learn and grow sooo much, then they become terrors and they are just darn lucky that they are cute! I AM HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS POSTING PICTURES. IT KICKS ME OFF LINE EVERY TIME! I have tried and tried, does anyone know how to help me?! Please!!!! I will post the birthday pictures as soon as I can.

"corn cobbers"

Tonight for dinner we had some corn on the cob. It was super yummy and I wanted to share these delicious pictures with you. (hope you don't gag like we almost did listening to our children devour the corn) Tyler ended up with the biggest mess ALL over him AND his chair - AND the surrounding area... Gabe didn't want any until we all said how good it was. (He is our anti corn kid) However, he has a loose tooth so he was eating it only on the right side of his mouth and it looked super funny. (not sure any of the pictures captured that part though) And Haleigh was very dainty and girly about it, so she remained the cleanest. I had to take a picture of Tyler after he finished and so I thought I would take a couple more - for future scrapbooking reasons - and I thought these pics turned out pretty cute so I decided to share. :) Hope you enjoy them. Not tons to blog, not tons of time to do it either. So, take what you can from me for now. **HOWEVER, school starts in 5 days and I hope to find more spare time to get to things like blogging** HAHA! Love you all! Enjoy.

Turd Ferguson

Ok, the title isn't the best... Let me explain! There is this Saturday Night Live Jeopardy skit. I would've posted it but it isn't the most wholesome, however there is a scene where the guy playing "Burt Reynolds" changes his name to Turd Ferguson and it is hilarious! I had never actually seen this until I married my husband...so I can't take all the credit - wink* wink*- Now here is where I may start to make sense as to the reason I am mentioning all of this. My son, my baby, Max, has earned the nickname "Turd Ferguson." I love him, but it SOOOO fits. He is a hard little kid and sometimes he is just a "turd," hence the nickname. So, to my little TURD this is my loving blog to you! The pictures say it all!!!!!!!

My baby girl is 3!!!

My Haleigh Ann turned three on the 14th, I just haven't had much bloggin' time... So, here are the pictures from her friend birthday party and that night we had my parent's over to celebrate as well. :) She is my princess forever and she has been such a joy in our family. I love the element of girly softness she brings amongst all the male hormones raging. I love my boys, but sometimes I could do without the tackling and fighting sounds their little guys make! LOL Anyways, here are a few Haleigh-isms for you to enjoy, being as this blog is for her!

*One day I was in the "flower beds" pulling weeds and Haleigh came out to "help" me... She got bored after just a few minutes and wanted me to play barbies instead, so she says to me, "Mom, give it a rest." (where does she get these things?)

*I had to do her hair for church one Sunday morning and she is usually tolerant of it, but this particular Sunday she had this melt down and she leaned her arm up against the mirror, layed her head on her arm and dramatically declared, "Mom, I just can't take it anymore!" (Still makes me chuckle)

*Just yesterday my boys wanted to take a shortcut and I told them no, but Haleigh said that I should, "Be brave and take the shortcut anyways."

I am actually diappointed at the fact that I haven't written down the funny things she says EVERY Day, because she always says things that crack me up, since they are something my boys, and/or, a teenager would say!

*I love you little Haleigh Ann*