Coupons...

I have many friends who are coupon clippers. I am too, but not to the skill level that they are. I just page through the Sunday inserts, clip the coupons for items I use, file them into my cute carrying case...and often forget it when it comes time for shopping!

So this week I challenged myself. A good friend emailed me the links to these coupon blogs that she follows. These coupon bloggers do all the work for you. They tell you what to get and which coupons to use. I have heard from so many friends of all the wonderful things that they get for free or little money.

After months of pondering and hearing these stories I gave it a try this week at Target.

I have to tell you, I sort of felt like I was stealing...even though I was NOT!

So here is what I got:

• Bananas (3lbs) for $1.00
• Travel Connect Four for $1.00
• Travel Hungry Hippos for $1.00
• Johnson's Baby Shampoo for $.19
• 3 Bath Buddies Soaps for FREE
• Pampers Baby Wipes for FREE
• about $5 off diapers
• and I pocketed $.40 along with a free pack of Skittles.

Pretty good for my first time! My goal with this couponing is only to get what I need/will use and to be sure that taking time to use the coupons doesn't interrupt my priorities!

Yea for saving money, right?

Mitchell's Dedication

On Sunday we invited our family to join us as we had Mitchell dedicated.

For us, baby dedication is the public testimony of our gratitude to God for blessing us with our sweet Mitchell James Dyer. It is the recognition of our faith in Christ and our commitment to raising Mitchell in a Christian home with the Lord’s guidance and help, as well as the support of our family and church. It is also our commitment of Mitchell to the Lord’s care and a commitment of ourselves to be diligent in doing His work as parents.

Thank you Lord for this sweet miracle. We adore Mitchell and are so grateful that you have entrusted him to us. Please lead us as we raise this precious boy in your ways.

Hey Jude

This past week we welcomed a new member to our family.

My sister, Stephanie, and her husband, Tim, greeted their first child as he arrived on Wednesday, August 26th at 11:12pm.

Jude Scott Boden

ten pounds one half of an ounce

twenty one inches long

Jude was born three weeks early! Can you believe it? Imagine how much he would have weighed if he had arrived on time or even a little bit late?? We sure do grow big babies in our family!! Stephanie's water broke on Wednesday evening and she had a c-section later that night. The c-section was planned (due to Jude's size) but not scheduled for this date!!

This is Jack & Mitchell's very first cousin. We are excited to have all these boys grow up so close in age to each other. It will be such a delight to watch them play together in the coming years.