Target Man as Elvis

The elders quorum had to put on a skit for the ward Christmas Party. This is what they came up with.

Awesome Shopping Week

Target Man thinks I'm really weird, cause I occasionally take pictures of my shopping trips, but I'm really excited about the money I saved this week. This is a picture of my stuff from Target, Kroger, and Martins. I usually don't do both Kroger and Martins, but this week had deals at both that I didn't want to miss, like free yeast and .30 per container Dannon yogurt (we don't like store brand). I cut my Kroger bill by 82% this week, that's a record for me. I also had an awesome CVS trip (without the boys, YAY!!) so thats the second pic.

Target, Kroger, Martins total: $48.11 (plus $4.00 off my next Kroger trip)

CVS total: 4.31 (and still have $5.00 in Extra Care Bucks)

I am addicted to this extreme couponing thing, but you know what, our Christmas candy cost me 0.79 and I bought diapers and wipes for the new baby for a little over $3.00. Also, we don't ever have to buy shampoo, razors, toothpaste, yeast, and after the next couple of weeks, probably toilet paper ever again, so I say this is a good addiction!

It's Christmas Time

That is what Target Boy says everyday. He also asks if Santa is coming everyday, and then answers, with, "No, he is getting the toys ready."

Target Man and I are really excited for Christmas this year, because its the first where Target Boy is really excited about everything. The boys love the tree and although, the bottom half is no longer decorated, its so relaxing to turn off the living room lights and just have the glow of the tree.

Yesterday, Santa came to visit Target for a United Way thing, so Target Man went to make an appearance. Target Boy was so excited to see Santa, he ate dinner faster than I think I've ever seen. Target Baby took his own Santa figure with him and held on to him for almost the entire time.

Target Boy really wanted to talk to Santa, but was in no way, shape, or form going to sit on his lap. He made this very clear all day long. So when it was his turn to talk to him, he walked right up, stopped more than an arm's reach away and pretty much shouted that he wanted star wars toys, trains, cars, and more star wars toys. Then he shoved Target Baby closer and pretty much repeated everything again. It was pretty funny. We did eventually get him to shake hands with Santa and pick out a special candy filled ornament for our tree.

When we got into the car to go home, Target Boy realized that he forgot to mention ScoobyDoo movies and so now keeps telling me that he needs to talk to Santa again. Letter writing is not helping, so hopefully Santa will show up at our ward Christmas party, so Target Boy can scream more things at him!

Crazy Family

Thanksgiving morning, some of my crazy family decided it would be fun to participate in the YMCA's Annual Turkey Trot Biathlon. Two of my sisters, and my brother-in-law, decided it would also be fun to drag Martha and I along with them to count laps at 7:30 in the morning.



My sister Genevieve runs marathons, triathlons, climbs really tall mountains, and generally loves this kind of stuff. She is the one to blame for all the excitement. This was April and Jeff's first event and we are so proud of them. Genevieve killed the other 4 participants in the swim portion and then headed out into the freezing cold for the run. Jeff didn't drown and so I was happy not to have to use my CPR skills.

The start

Booking it down the road

After the swim was over, Martha and I jumped into the van and yelled motivational things from our nice warm, cushy ride. I think the other runners thought we were probably crazy. After it was all over, Genevieve was interviewed for a local news program, and we all headed home for FOOD!

Frozen Hair, didn't her mother teach her not to go out with wet hair?

Crossing the finish line

Our Star Participant, trying not to pant

Gross

We just got back from the library and park. As I was unbuckling Target Boy's carseat, I asked what he was eating. His response, "My boogers!"

Think Pink

We had our ultrasound today, and... can you guess? We are having a little girl! There has only been one girl born in Target Man's family since his grandmother's generation. Yep, she had boys, who had boys, who had boys... but now in February a little pink will be added.

We are excited and I really want to go buy something cute and girly, like shoes! It means we might actually have to buy some things for this baby, if we don't want her confused for a boy. When Target Baby was born, I didn't even get anything out until the day after I was supposed to be induced (busy hospital, nasty ICP, long story). Anyway, I might need to be a little more on top of things this time.

In other even more important news, the baby looks healthy. Heart, facial structure, etc. look great. Currently, this baby is right on track and weighs in at 15 oz. She was being very modest for the entire ultrasound and had her legs pressed together and feet crossed at the ankles. She kept that position the entire time, even though she was tumbling and doing cartwheels. She was even holding the umbilical cord in her hand right at her legs. The wonderful tech had me stand up, roll over, all that kind of stuff with no luck. Finally, she sent us over to my Dr and told us to come back after and we'd try again. Thankfully, she had uncrossed her legs and we are pretty definite that this baby is a girl. Anyway, I'm glad we know, and she finally decided to cooperate. Now, I will just have to retrain my brain from calling my kids, "the boys".

Pumpkins

I love Tuesdays. They are our family's little private Saturday during the week. Target Man is off on Tuesdays (Christmas season of course varies a little) and we reserve the entire day for family. Yesterday we headed to a local pumpkin patch.

It wasn't the greatest time to go as this place has all of its big festivities on the weekends, and the pumpkin patch was really picked over. But we got to explore without anyone else there, and the boys had a great time. Target Boy came home with 4 little white pumpkins that he wouldn't let anyone else carry. He kept dropping them every couple of steps, so it took awhile to actually get out of the patch.

After we left the pumpkin patch, we headed over to our local farmer's market to check out their selection. Because Target Man and I always seek out the perfect pumpkins for carving, we figured the farmer's market, which boasts having over 60 different kinds of pumpkins all of which are locally grown, would be a good alternative to the patch. It was great. We found our perfect pumpkins, watched Target Boy continuously load pie pumpkins into the wagon, and kept Target Baby from throwing to many of the little ones. We had Target Boy narrow his selection to two little pumpkins and then we headed home.

It was a perfect pumpkin Tuesday.