Back Home

Well I am back home. Trip to Moab was good. The girls and I had a good time. Despite Haileys whining and making us almost go home on Friday. Had Grandma and Grandpa not got home from the Arches park when they did, we probably would have left. Grandma put an end to us leaving. House was nice that we stayed in. The girls and I all shared a room. It was hot in Moab but we survived. On Friday we went to Arches National Park and did a hike and then in the afternoon we went to the Moab swim center for a couple of hours of swimming. Saturday when most of the big people were rafting, Grandma and I took my girls, Kanyon, Mylee, Brendan, Patrick and Gabe to the Moab Farmers Market where they got their face painted and rode on a hay ride. I bought a strawberry cheesecake thing there. Looked so so good. To bad it wasn't. Went downtown Saturday night bought a shirt, bumper sticker and a hat for dad. Sunday it was time to go home. Packed the car, cleaned up and then we all went to lunch before heading home. It was a nice getaway. I wish that Danny would have been able to go but oh well, he had to work. He will be there for next years for sure since we are in charge of it.

Going on a vacation

So I and the girls are leaving early tomorrow morning to go on our family vacation to Moab. I plan on leaving here about 4:30 or 5:00. From Post Falls Idaho to Roy Ut, it's about a 12 hour drive with the kids depending on how many time we have to stop. It's 666 miles. That is a long drive. We will get to Roy sometime early evening and depending on how i feel, go to Andrews baseball game. Thursday morning about 8:00 we are leaving for Moab. We will be in Moab till Sunday. Chris has been planning this trip since January. Everyone in the family will be there except for Danny. I think i counted 22 people. We come back to Roy on Sunday and then i work at Walgreens Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and then Kim and I will leave with the girls to come back early Thursday morning.

Ice cream

As you all know, I am big into coupons and getting a lot for little money. Well I use this site called pinching your pennies. (www.pinchingyourpennies.com) and on Wednesday, they posted a deal for the state of Utah and Idaho on Breyers ice cream at Albertsons. This week, Albertsons has Breyers on sale for 1.00 each the pint size. There are coupons for this product at www.coupons.com. The coupons is for 1.00 off any 2 breyer products. So, I printed 2 of these coupons, used both coupons along with the store double coupons and paid just 12 cents for 4 ice creams. But it gets better... Out spits a catalina coupon that you can save 4.00 on any Breyers ice cream when you buy 5. So remember they are on sale for 1.00 each. I bought 5 more, gave them the 4.00 of coupon and paid 1.30 for 5 ice creams. I washed, rinsed and repeated. All together I have 56 ice creams in my freezer. Luckily, the freezer is pretty empty since we had to eat or give away all the food that was in there when we moved.
Pretty good deal. This sale ends on Tuesday and I will be back for more before then and if they don't have any, I will get a rain check.

4th of July
This year for the 4th, we were in Idaho. Danny's sister Melissa lives in Liberty Lake Washington with her husband Kris and their girls Madeline who is 8 and Alison is 5. We went to their house for a BBQ and then we went and watched fireworks in the park.

Moving to Idaho
So Danny's Family moved from Southern California this year to Northern Idaho and Danny and I tossed the idea around the idea of moving for some time. We came to visit in May and Danny had an interview at the Waste Management in Spokane Valley Wa. His first interview was not to promising, well Danny called them again on Thursday and went back to talk to them. The manager said he would have a job to start on August 1.
We came home, informed my family who was not to happy about the news but life went on. I started packing the house slowly. We reserved the moving truck for the end of July, made plans to move to my Parents house for the month of July so we could save some money so that we would not have to stay with Dannys parents for more then a couple of months. Well, the middle of June, the new boss called and told Danny that he needed to be here on July 1st or he would not have a job anymore. So, I really started packing and cleaning. We had just over 2 weeks. Danny and Emily left for Idaho on June 29th. Hailey was still in school so Abby, Maggie and Hailey and I would stay at my parents until Thursday July 2nd then leave.
Danny likes the new job. Just not the drive. It's about a 25 - 30 minute drive. This past Monday I went to a Walgreens in Spokane and I will start working there August 8th. I got Emily all registered for school last week and Haileys school will open the middle of August. We have been going to school lunch here just like in Utah and the girls love that.
Next wednesday, i will drive back to Utah with the girls for our family vacation that Chris has been working on since January. We will be going to Moab over the 24th weekend. Danny was told that he could have the time off to go but we won't be able to afford for him to have 3 days off and also to fly him back home on Sunday. I am going to stay another few days in Utah, work 2 days at Walgreens and then Kim is going to come up with me to Idaho for 3 days.