It’s been a busy day! This morning we went a primary activity. After a lesson from a bishopric member, we split into groups and went on a treasure hunt around the church. It was fun to have all of the kids together when they didn’t have to worry about talking quietly or folding their arms. The treasure hunt ended in a ice cream party in the gym. WOW. Our primary presidency is amazing.  I love event planning, but I’m not sure I’d ever try to hold an ice cream party for 100 kids. It was so fun though, scooping ice cream, dishing out sprinkles and Oreo crumbles. I had the job of whipped cream and spoons. I seriously had so much fun!

After primary we went down to the Spanish Fork Farmers Market. It’s one of my favorite things about living here! I’ve been waiting impatiently for mooonths for it to start again. We bought honey, peppers, squash, zucchini, peaches, corn, beef jerky, and a big fat loaf of herb bread. I love supporting our city and the locals here, not to mention fresh fruit and veggies. During the winter we usually get our veggies from Bountiful Baskets, but going down to the Farmers Market is just such a treat! I HIGHLY recommend that if you live nearby you check it out. It’s Saturday mornings from 8am to 1pm at Center and Main in SF.

After that we made a trip to Home Depot for paint. A few months ago we were trying to decide what color to paint our basement bathroom and never settled on anything. Finally we got re-motivated and picked a green. It looks very close to this:

 

It's a small bathroom, so we were able to put on both coats today. It's looking wonderful! Now we're just waiting for it to dry so we can pull off the tape and put everything back together.

It's nice to get things done around here. We've been so crazy busy with other things that although today was busy busy, it was almost like a little vacation.

About a month ago a member of our bishopric came over and called us to be primary teachers. I giggled nervously when we accepted. I’d ALWAYS been in Relief Society. ALWAYS. We had avoided being called into primary for nearly three years- so it was definitely our turn!

We are teaching the 5 turning 6 year olds. They are CUTE. We have eleven on our roster, but usually see between six and nine of them. They are so talkative and energetic and curious about everything. They love to answer questions, tell stories. Many of our lessons go like this:

Sister Yack /Miss Tiffany: Why is it important that we remember Jesus?

Child #6: Because he – 

Child # 3 Interrupts – THIS ONE TIME- I FELL OFF MY BED AND I WAS BLEEDING ON MY NOSE! – THERE WAS BLOOD – BLOOD ALL OVER MY NOSE AND MY JAMMAS – they were my best Spiderman jammas…) 

Child #8 WOOOO…. I have spiderman pajamas TOOOO. Heeeeyyy did you bring treats today...??

Children # 2, 5, 3, 4 – Treats?? YOU got treats?? But I didn’t get oooooone! You said that you would bring treeeeeeeats! I got blood out from my nose one time too because I got hit in nose like - BAM!!

Mean while original Child # 6 is looking confused and trying to decide if it’s still her turn to keep speaking or if she is missing out on treats too. 

I love it.

The kids really like object lessons and to help them remember what we talked about we’ve been making them their own “lessons” to teach at home to their families. A couple weeks ago we gave them each a little rock and piece of cloth. All together we practiced putting the rock in our hand without showing anyone and covering it with the cloth. Then we practiced asking our families questions about faith. Then they pulled off the cloth to show that there really was something under there – just like everyone had faith that there was. They return and report to us on their teaching the next week. For the most part, these activities have been a hit! It’s so fun to see them learn, and we have a good time putting lessons together.

We just love our little class. They are so sweet and rowdy of course! So far, so good!

Head over HERE and use zip code to print:

 

$.75 off any brand gallon of milk

$1.00 off any brand 2 pound of cheese

$1.00 off a bag of Skittles, Starbursts or Lifesavers 

$1.00 off 2 Ziploc bag products

$1.50 off 2 Ziploc containers

$.75 off Philadelphia Cooking crème

$.80 off 4 boxes of Hamburger Helper

and a lot more!

Head over HERE to print $.50 off one pouch of Starkist Tuna

HERE to print coupons for Goldfish cracker, Campbell’s soups V8 juice and others!

HERE to print $2 off of one Neosporin product 

These can be printed in black and white –and you can print each of them twice per computer

I forgot about this picture from our Europe trip. 

Who knew that Einstein was still alive!

Life is changing faster than I anticipated

Pinterest is addicting

Am I getting old?

I really want to borrow a dog. Just for a week

Husband is really wonderful

I'm prepping myself for a big adventure

That will do for now.

I love food storage. It makes me feel safe and like I'm being a good wife. But our pantry is looking awful bare so I decided that it was time to start couponing again. I was sure that Matthew was going to groan when I suggested it, but he actually brought it up first!

So, I stopped by Walmart yesterday to get back into it.

Here is what I rounded up for just over $10.00 thanks to Utah County Walmarts now doubling coupons on Tuesdays.

Apple Vinegar

Mayo

Canned chili

an onion

2 cans of pineapple

1 I can't beleive its not butter

2 Jack Daniels BBQ sauces (our fav)

 2 Tabasco sauces

4 jars of pickles (thats a lot.. but they will be gone in no time.)

3 free hot sauses

4 free boxes of brownies

 2 free boxes of K-Y 

(which were not only free, but I made about .76 by buying them. nice.)

All I used were free printable internet coupons, which means you can do the same thing too. Here are some of the coupons I used that I know are still available.These are the prices after walmart doubles the coupon up to $1.00. You can print two of each from each computer. Easy-peasy.

Vlasic Pickles (depending on what size you want) = $1.98 - $0.55/1 Vlasic Coupon = 0.98

Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar 16 oz = $1.28 - $0.50/1 Vinegar Coupon = $0.28

Franks Red Hot Sauce 5 oz = $0.98 - $0.50/1 Franks Coupon = FREE + $0.2 overage

Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce 19 oz = $1.98 - $0.75/1 Jack Daniels Coupon = $0.98

 Uncle Bens Whole Grain White Rice Box 5.3 oz = $1.76 - $0.75/1 Uncle Ben Coupon = $0.76

Dole Pineapple 20 oz = $1.08 - $0.50/2 Dole Coupon = $0.58

 Goldfish Crackers = $1.98 - $0.55/1 Goldfish Coupon = $0.98

 Duncan Hines Snack Size Brownie Mix = $0.94 - $0.50/1 Duncan Hines Coupon = FREE

I'm thinking about ordering the Sunday paper for the coupon inserts again, it by far the fastest way to coupon and build a useful food storage. The Herald has a special where if you order 5 Sunday papers, they are only .93 each. If anyone wants to split a subscription, let me know - because I DEFINITELY don't want 5 Sunday papers myself! We would have food storage coming out of our ears!