We love Ju Ju!!

You may be asking yourself "What is a Ju Ju?" Let me explain. My friend, Nicole, bought a Curious George doll for Paige for Chritmas. It has since become her favorite thing - what some might call a "lovey". However, Paige has always referred to him as Ju Ju and so now we all call him that. She now also has a smaller version of Ju Ju that is good for taking places since the original is sometimes to large to carry all over town.

Giving Ju Ju big hugs.
Mini Ju Ju also enjoys the rocking horse.

Rocking horse

Just enjoying an afternoon and riding on the rocking horse that Mamaw's brother made for them.

Surf's up

We went to eat at one of our favorite restaurants the other night (Hurricane's) and they now serve their kids meals in a frisbee. Avery had so much fun with this frisbee while Adam and I finished our meals. I think she kept everyone else in the restaurant entertained as well. They all stopped by our table to say hi on their way out the door!

New record

So, I'm pretty serious about my grocery shopping. Once we had kids and decided it was crazy to spend a lot of money going out to eat, I figured I should do my best to buy groceries and plan meals. Every Sunday afternoon, I sit down with the ad from Publix and my coupons. I make a very detailed list and plan out our meals for the week. I always try to save as much as possible. In February I came home with $132.59 worth of groceries for the week (including diapers and wipes) but thanks to sales and coupons only spent $85.95. That's a savings of $46.64 (35%). I was so excited that I stuck the receipt to the frig to remind me to try to beat it.

Well, this past week I beat it. I came home with $157.18 worth of groceries for $97.30. That's a savings of $59.88! (38%) Now I can finally replace the receipt from February. I love when all the stars align and what I need is on sale AND Ihave a coupon!

Grilled pizza

As most people know, Adam LOVES to grill. We try to use the grill at least once or twice a week and if Adam got home from work earlier than he usually does then we would grill even more often. We are always trying new things on the grill, including perfecting BBQ ribs - delish! Our latest experiement was pizza on the grill. We've seen Bobby Flay do it numerous times but we were never brave enough to try it. until this past weekend. What a success! It was definitely the best pizza we've ever made. YUM!

Noni's girls

Noni loved having all of her girls together in one place!

Cousin Sofie

Adam's sister, Maquel visited recently with her husband, Alan and daughter, Sofie. We haven't seen Sofie in over a year so it was great to see how much she's grown. Sofie and Paige are only two months apart and they had a great time playing together (when they weren't fighting over toys or people!). Here are some pics from the day they came to our house.

The next day we went to Noni's house (Adam's mom) and they were very focused on coloring.