At peace with my coupons

If any of you know me, you know how much I love to find a good deal, and thanks to my friend Annalisa I was introduced to couponing. I love to get coupons, organize coupons, read coupon blogs, and plan my shopping trips around coupons! Coupons are pretty much amazing. Well about 7 months ago I bought a huge 3 inch binder to organize everything. My weekly adds, all my rebates, and of course my coupons were stored in the binder. About 3 weeks ago the binder was missing. At first I thought Justin threw it away to free up some of my time, but he promised me he didn't. I back tracked everywhere I went the day it was lost and nothing. I finally started telling everyone it was stollen out of my locked car to help me cope with the lost. Actually, what I think happened was I drove off while it was on top of my car. This has been a huge loss for me and it has made me so so sad, but I am resilient. So over the last week I have made a new binder and put my telephone number on the outside in case it is ever lost. This post sounds a little pathatic, but if you coupon than you know the addiction, and how much of a high you can get from getting an amazing deal.

Donut Falls

Last night we went to the Bee's baseball game with some of Justin's coworkers. Everyone was impressed how good Porter was. He really is such a good natured baby. I think the Bee's lost but the game was fun and Porter has his own baseball cap now.
Also, Porter has now learned to crawl on all fours like a big boy! For the last month he has been doing the army crawl, which has to be physically exhausting, but on Sunday we were at my brother's house for dinner and Porter was sitting on the grass and started to crawl. Everyone asked, "when did he start to crawl" and I replied "Just now." He kind of goes back and forth between army style and all fours but he is definitely getting stronger. Oh and by the way, he can now pull himself up to the coffee table, couch... and he has become a professional faller as well. You can see one of his battle wounds in the middle of his nose if you look close.

We just got back from Donut Falls and it was a great little day hike. The last time I hiked up there was when I was 12, and I think a couple of things have changed. I am pretty sure you used to be able to see the water fall hole a little better without killing yourself over the slippery rocks, over the last 15 years there may have been a rock slide, and there were lots and lots of people. It must be a very popular hike. Porter loves being outside and in the middle of any adventure, so it was a successful day.

Our New House

Man it has taken forever to get our permits to build that I almost forgot we were building a house. Anyways, we got our permit last week and they poured our foundation on Wednesday. I went over the whole building process with our contractor and he said the house should be done by the middle of November. We are excited to be in our own place, but this is a big commitment and I am a little nervous. Things will work out though, they always do. Plus we are building right in the mountain (it is so beautiful), with lots of outdoor adventures awaiting.

Justino's Birthday

We have now celebrated Justin's 27th birthday. He just wanted to have a chill day and relax a little, so I have a bunch of cupcakes at my house if anyone wants one. Justin really isn't about big scenes, and it was his day, so I made dinner ( grilled shrimp with mango salsa, yum) and we ate cupcakes and watched a conspiracy movie. All in all a pretty good day. It figures he would have gotten something like a GPS. Well he did, just because he loves big boy toys like that. I think map quest works perfectly fine for our needs, but once again...his day. Love You!

Porter's Baby Quilts

Justin's Grandma Joan made Porter a baby quilt when he was born and every since then she has been asking me to take a picture of Porter and the blanket. She wants to have record of all of her hard work. Sometimes I am a little spacey and I am finally getting around to it now. So the red quilt Justin's Grandma Judd made, and the blue one Justin's Grandma Butler made. Both are so beautiful, and Porter is lucky to have so many Grandmas that love him (five living grandmas right now). I never grew up with my grandparents so it has been really fun to have Justin's grandparents so close.

Aunt Ambie's Shower

I just got back from Idaho where we had my sister Amber's Baby Shower. It is always fun to go home and spend quality time with my family, but for some reason it was really weird to see Amber pregnant. I guess I haven't seen here for a while and then all of a sudden, bam, she has a full on pregnant belly. She looked so cute though, and she will be a great mom. Me and my sisters threw the shower at my Mom's house and it turned out awesome. A lot more people showed up than we thought. We did send out 50 invitations though, seeing how my Mom doesn't like to leave anyone out. Baby showers are so much fun and she got lots of really cute things. My Mom loves babies, and every morning I was there she would come and get Porter from me and kiss and tickle him. He loved it! It is a good thing she likes kids so much, because Sommer and Heather recently found out they were expecting. That will be 12 grand kids by next April. Lots of fun for the Schanz Family.

Porter's First Plane Ride

We just got back from our trip to Alabama, and Porter was a great flyer, probably better than I am. We had a really good time visiting Justin's parents and spending the 4th of July with them. The South is so different than anything I am used to, but we went to a baseball game, watched the fireworks, spent a day boating, and Justin went sea fishing with his Dad and Brother. It is great to go on vacation, but it is so nice to come home. (We got stranded in the Houston airport on our last day with no clean clothes, dying cell phones, a tired baby, and long lines of people all wanting to go home. It made my bed seem really nice!)