Another Milestone

Grandma and Grandpa Rice,Grandma Smith and Aunt Haley came to watch Grayson Graduate.

Grayson loved his teacher Miss Chris! She was so awesome!

Eating some grub at Graysons favorite restaurant after Graduation


Mom and Maycie smiling for the camera



Grayson was so excited to go to school this year. I was able to get him into a great preschool that exceeded all of my expectations. His teachers and classmates were awesome. I can't wait for Maycie to start next year, I am sure she will love it too. His graduation was totally awesome. Of course Grayson was the kid who couldn't stop playing with his tassel and shading the bright spot light from his eyes, but all in all he did a great job. My favorite part was when the teachers gave the students their certificates they asked each kid "what do you want o be when you grow up?" Grayson said a spaceman...but one little boy said he wanted to be a Vampire, which totally made me laugh. We are so proud of Grayson and can't wait for him to start Kindergarten next year!

I wish I would have known...

My new addiction has been coupon grocery shopping. I mostly just use the weekly ads and visit the stores with the best deals. I have found my grocery shopping takes me about an hour with all of my kids with me. I have done it for 3 months now and can say that I have cut my grocery bill from $120 a week to around $60 bucks. I can't believe how much I save. I am not one of the crazy ladies who just buys stuff to get good deals, I only buy what I need and am going to use. This week I spent $78.00 at Albertsons before coupons and I left with all of the groceries for $38.00. My next stop was Smiths and I was at $62.00 before and after I was at $26.50. I can't believe how much just checking out my weekly ads really has saved me. I always just thought that shopping at Walmart was the best deal but oh was I wrong!!! I found this hilarious shirt on a coupon blog called krazycouponlady.blogspot.com that says across the back of it "find another check out lane, honey" it kinda cracks me up. Oh another great blog I found for you fellow Target shoppers is attentiontargetshoppers.blogspot.com.

Feeling Crafty

She cracks me up with her poses!

The top is my favorite part


Okay so I have been feeling really crafty lately and needing a project. I checked out my friend Cindi's blog last week and saw the cute dresses she had made for her daughters, so I set out to make Maycie a summer dress. I have to say it turned out so cute and I am definantly going to be making some more soon. My apologies to Adam for having to eat pizza for dinner and the house being a little less organized than normal.

Oh how I love Target

My name is Laurin and I am a target-a-holic. I really love target. Everything about that store invites me in, cute clothes for the kids, cute stuff for my house, great deals because everything goes on sale eventually. So yesterday when I saw that my backyard view was going to dramatically change because they are tearing down the old house and field that once housed horses, I jumped online to look at the city plans for the giant lot that was being mapped out. To my surprise they are going to put a Target litterly across the street from my house. Oh my gosh...that just made my week!
Good for me but maybe not good for my debit card.

Oh my gosh

As we passed by the mall last week Maycie (3) jumped up and said "Mom, oh my gosh, I am freaking out a little bit" so I turned to her and asked her why? She responded by saying "Mom that is my store!" It still to this day is making me laugh...

Sweeter by the minute!!!

Easter this year seemed to get sweeter by the minute! We woke up to three kids just waiting to open their baskets...


About ten minutes before I got up I heard grayson upstairs making himself something in the kitchen, this is what he came up with. I can't blame him for taking after his mom and wanting sweets in the morning, but really a sweet roll with swedish fish and nerds....yummy...


The Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Smiths is something we all look forward too...


The sweetest part of this Easter came in the form of 250 one dollar coins, all wrapped up in a giant egg...who would have thought???? I think we have the worlds strongest easter bunny!!!

The past 7 years...

Seven years ago we did this...



2 years later we had this...


15 months later we had this...


Then (whoops) 15 months after that we had this...

Accident isn't the right word maybe just unexpected...

And today we have this...


Wow a lot can happen in seven years. I think we have been pretty lucky!!! Thanks to my wonderful husband for all he does for me. I have been blessed! Happy Anniversary Adam.

California Adventures

This is my favorite picture!!!


Sunday we spent at my Grandparents house. It was so nice to see them and spend time with them. The kids were a little uncooperative because this was day number 3 without a nap, but we had a great time. My grandpa had fun watching Grayson on the WII golf, I think he watched Grayson play for like 2 hours. All in all it was a great time. I miss them so much and I cherish anytime that I spend with them.


We went to California this past weekend and we had so much fun. We spent a ton of time outside because the weather was awesome. We stayed with Christy and Charlie for a few nights (thanks for the hospitality, and putting up with my vacation food cravings.) We spent a day at Lake Natoma. The original plan was to go and rent paddle boats but once we got there and saw how much work it was we decided to just hang out on the beach. The kids loved it, the water was freezing but that didn't stop them from going in.




Monday we went to Golfland, the kids weren't into golfing as much as I thought so we headed for the arcade. I think between all of the adults we spent like $20 on the stupid stacker game, but there was no success...



On the drive down the kids needed to get and strech so we stopped in Reno and took them to the circus shows in Circus Circus. They had so much fun, there is a whole level for just kids, they played games and won lots of prizes. On the drive home I called Circus Circus to see how much a room would be for one night. It was only $45.00 bucks so we stayed the night there. It was definantly a highlight on our trip. I am super bummed though because my camera didn't work the whole time we were there.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the drive...

Fish, snakes and Stingrays

Since my kids love fish and anything that has to do with water, we thought a day at the Living Sea Museum would be perfect. As we waited in line Adam and I contemplated a season pass, it was affordable and we thought from what we had heard the place was really cool. So we purchased our tickets and went in. I guess maybe I am a little spoiled since the only aquarium I have ever been to is the Monterey Bay Aquarium but I was really disappointed. I feel like our kids could have seen just as much at a pet store. I am so glad we didn't buy a season pass because after 45 minutes I was bored and ready to go.

Cheesecake Mom Day Out

Last week we had a fun day at Wheeler Farm. We met up with a few of my friends from work and their kiddos. We ate lunch and had fun looking at all of the animals. Thanks to Angie and Lyndsy for making our first CCF mom day a success.