Happy Mother's Day!

I've had a great Mother's Day! My Mom came up last night and spent the night with us and brought a nice bouquet of fresh cut Irises from my grandma's which was the start of a perfect Mother's Day. They have made the house smell really good and have brought back great memories of my grandma. My grandma always had a vase full of Irises in the house this time of year and I love looking over and seeing them on the table.

When I woke up this morning I walked into the kitchen and was surprised by a beautiful arrangement of pink roses and lilies from David and Caleb. My kitchen is currently a little flower shop and smells wonderful.

David's parents came up after church and joined us for lunch. David was a huge sweetie and took care of planning our menu, all the meal prep and cooking our lunch. We enjoyed baked potatoes, steaks, green bean casserole and for dessert we had brownies and ice cream. Yummy! It was a good afternoon with family and was nice to get to spend Mother's Day with both of our moms. Thanks Caleb and David for making this such a special day!

$10.07

I was going to spare you another coupon story but David thought it would be a good pic with all the cans. So here is today's Walgreen trip. This is the most transactions I've done at one time and the most Registry Rewards (ie RR) that I have rolled in one visit.

Transaction 1:
Right Guard deodorant at $2.99
2 Listerine Total Care mouth wash at $4.50 each
Dawn dish soap at $0.99 with in store ad coupon
1 Coke - $1.25

Used:
free Right Guard deodorant coupon from Smart Source (sorry no longer available)
2 $2/1 mouthwash coupon printable here
$0.50 Dawn coupon
$3.00 RR received at previous Walgreen's trip

Received:
$2.00 RR from deodorant
$4.50 RR from mouth wash

Out of Pocket = $4.99 (with taxes)

Transaction 2:
20 cans of chicken broth

Used:
$4.50 RR (from transaction 1)
$2.00 RR (from transaction 1)

Received:
$3.00 RR

Out of Pocket = $4.10 (with taxes)

Transaction 3:
1 Coke - $1.25
1 Diet Coke - $1.25
1 Dr. Pepper $1.25

Used:
$3.00 RR (from transaction 2)

Out of Pocket = $0.98 (with taxes)

Final Costs = $10.07

Saturday Visitors

Caleb had a good time hanging out with his cousin ,Jeremiah, on Saturday. They had fun chasing each other through the house, wrestling in the floor and playing with all the toys in the toy box. Jeremiah was riding on the tractor and Caleb thought he needed to hitch a ride with him.

We were also glad that Pappy and Uncle Jason got to come. Pappy brought Caleb a little nerf, Razorback baseball that he has enjoyed playing with. Since they left every now and then Caleb will just randomly say "Pappy". Sorry Mom, he'll eventually learn how to say Grandma.

Quick Update

Just a brief update on some of my past posts......

I tried out the recipes I posted in "What's For Dinner" . The Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole was super easy to make and has definitely made it into the dinner line up. The Creamy Enchiladas was also pretty tasty but a bit salty and I thought tasted better as leftovers. I think I might also use a little less of the heavy whipping cream.

I'm also happy to report that it seems like Wal-Mart has gotten whatever kink worked out and I haven't had any problems recently using internet coupons. I'm not saying that I still might not encounter some issues the next time I try to use them but it's been a while (See my post "Say It Isn't So" if you aren't sure what I'm talking about).

All Before 8:30

Here is what we've been up to this morning.