Collin's new hat and Johnny Jumper

Okay, so Grandma Johnson and Auntie Kari (style queen) sent Collin this hat recently. It is SO cute! The only thing is, he REFUSES to keep smiling for the camera so I can send a smiley Collin for the camera....I swear he knows I'm taking his picture and so he just gives his serious stare, not the smiles he gives a lot...so sorry Grandma and Kari....you get the serious look AGAIN!
Another thing we finally did this week is get out the Johnny Jumper. It's on loan from Auntie Kari, who used it TONS with cousin Sadee, (she jumped on it NON STOP!), so I have been so anxious to get Collin in to see what he thinks....

"Um, mom,what am I supposed to be doing?"

"Oh, you mean I'm supposed to jump up and down in this thing" (after much vocal persuasion from me, Collin you can jump in this all by yourself)

"Sorry, mom, I'm just going to sit here for now."

I guess we'll have to try out Johnny Jumper again later....

Shopping e-bay

So, recently, I had my first successful shopping experience on e-bay. Being a wheeler of a dealer, I wanted to find a Christmas gift for cheaper than on sale in stores....so, after several weeks of being "outbid" finally.... we had 16 minutes and our bid was still the highest...
Then some serious last minute bidders came into play, and Ryan had to studiously watch to make sure we won it....

Yeah! We won! Seriously, it was the coolest feeling (I know, I'm strange), but we saved at least $10 by going to e-bay, and it didn't require going to a store! WAHOO! Bring on the e-bay!

Another good quote

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses." -Alphonse Karr-

Double coupons Kmart

I just wanted to report the savings I got from my first experience at doing double coupons at Kmart this week. I normally never shop at Kmart really, but this week I just had to. I have read about several people that do this in their parts of the country, but they don’t normally do it around these parts, at least the stores I go to, so I was SO excited to try it out….and even though when I got to Kmart, I forgot my coupons, it only took 15 minutes to run back to my house and get them, and it was worth it. Here are some of my deals…. (note, most of this is just a reference for me in price costs as a record, so no need to read). If anyone reading this blog feels like this isn't a great deal, don't tell me and let me live in my joys of couponing :)

Colgate Toothpaste 4oz normally 3.29, $1 off coupon doubled, $1.29
Colgate Toothpaste 4 oz (different kind), normally 3.29, $1.50 doubled, $.29
Glide Floss, normally 3.79, $1.00 coupon doubled, $1.79
Lady Mitchum deodarant 3.99, $.75 coupon doubled, $2.75
Scrubbing shower cleanser, on sale 2 for $7.00, $2.00 coupon doubled, 2 for $3.00
Scrubbing bubbles foam cleanser, normally $3.49, $1.00 coupon doubled, $1.49
Huggies diapers size 2, normally $10.99, $1.00 coupon, $8.99
Pledge dust spray, normally $3.50, $2.00 coupon, FREE
Glade plug in, COUPON FOR FREE
Betty Crocker Sugar cookie mix, on sale 10 for $10 (even though the price said 2 for $3, it rang up as $100), .40 cent coupon doubled, 20 cents!

So…..total cost before coupons, $41.84
After coupons $22.21….Almost 50 percent savings! I feel SO cool! Plus, I was able to get some fun things that I normally never get for VERY cheap, or even free. I wish more stores doubled coupons more often. My only regret was that the Kmart I went to didn’t have a lot of the products I wanted to use coupons on!

Great quote

A friend of mine just send this quote to me in an email....and I had to share....it was a great quote!

The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have!

Lovely ladies and O'Berry boys

It's no secret that Collin loves looking at cute girls, or lovely ladies. Some of his favorites in Colorado were his two cousins Grace and Miriam. Grace lost her second front tooth while we were there, right in front of Collin and I...and sang his new favorite song....I have a tiny turtle, his name is Tiny Tim..... The younger Walker girls and Collin....they sure loved playing with him! And he loved looking at them!

Miriam also got to sing to Collin which he LOVED....cameras can't picture the joy on his face when she started singing to him and touching his face.

He seriously LOVED it...then again, what boy (of any age) doesn't love a cute girl singing to him with a face massage? Thanks Miriam!

Collin also got to meet the "other" O'Berry cousin, Corin.... this picture made me laugh so hard. Trying to get both of them to look good, at the same time,for the camera, was too funny. Corin is HILARIOUS!

It was a WONDERFUL first Thanksgiving for Collin and I loved it as well. Thanks everyone for helping us have a great holiday!

A Colorado Thanksgiving

We traveled to Colorado to visit Grandpa O'Berry along with all the aunties and uncles on the O'Berry side. Here is a picture of a couple of pies that Auntie Shanna made (they were AMAZING tasting and AMAZING looking, plus she made 10) and we ate pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the day after Thanksgiving.
Banana caramel cream

My fave---macadamia key lime

I really wanted a four generation picture of the O'Berry boys. Ryan's Grandpa O'Berry turns 90 years old next year...he is very funny.

The two closest cousins on the O'Berry side...once again Kyle the smiley, Collin the serious. They are about 4 months apart, Kyle is now long and skinny :)

Collin's first Thanksgiving outfit, included his ADORABLE skater brown shoes from Auntie Anita. He lasted in this until he had a blowout :)

Before Thanksgiving

Okay, so I'm a bit behind in my postings, due to a trip last week, and back at work. My dad came into town and had a layover in the SLC airport for a couple of hours so "Collin" rescued him... Collin sure loved playing with his grandpa!
I just liked this cute red outfit.

Since we forgot his cute bib from Grandma Johnson, and yes, his eyes are closed, but hey, he is still thankful!

Thankful for dentistry

So…. I have never really been grateful for dentists until today.

This afternoon I visited my dentist for the first time ever….for actual pain. Saturday night I developed (while on a date movie night at home with my husband and a pumpkin pie shake and even up past my bedtime of 10pm) some SERIOUS pain in my lower right side of my mouth. Yes, I know I’m a wimp for pain, but this was some serious pain, and I was on a date! I didn’t shed tears, but only because I was very brave. I took some Advil and tried to sleep.

Sunday morning bright and early my mouth felt better…. But not for long. Anytime I ate anything, the pain returned with a VENGEANCE. I managed to handle Stake Conference (Elder Hinckley said some wonderful things), but other than that, I couldn’t really eat my great Sunday dinner (bistro chicken anyone?) and I can’t even explain, but my mouth was just in pain. My husband kept telling me to call my dentist at home since it was an emergency, but I was trying to tough it out, and figured maybe it was just a one day thing. I read up on the Internet and tried to self-diagnose myself....yeah right, most things I had 1-2 symptoms but not others.

Monday morning….Collin slept through the night WAHOO and then I went to the gym at 5 like I regularly do (and lost 3 pounds due to not really eating Sunday), but in the middle of the workout….PAIN. So I came home, heated up a rice baby (bag with rice in it) and put it on my mouth and called my dentist at 8am….and went to work.

115pm Monday afternoon, my dentist gives me the blow. I won’t bore you with all my dentistry talk here, but needless to say a PINPRICK of nerve had been exposed 6 YEARS ago and that was causing my pain. (Alma 37:6 comes to mind, in a NOT great way) My dentist started putting numbing medicine on and WHOA….here I am starting the root canal/crown process. YUCK! But, for also the first time at my dentist, the laughing gas….worked. I relaxed to a whole new level while my pulpy roots were drilled out…. And got a free chocolate cookie out of it. The good news is insurance pays 60 percent of my crown instead of 50 percent, and I get three more visits to the dentist in December (Merry Christmas to me) and I’m looking forward to three more chocolate cookies :)