pictureless coupon scores today

Today, Mark and Micah trooped with me to *FIVE* stores after dropping Matthew at preschool.

Walmart (fail) --they didn't have what i was looking for--

CVS (overspended) --my math didn't work out some how--4 eye shawdows, 2 coffees (And mark needed a powerade) *EARNED 5 ECBs

Publix (awesome) 5 super cheap BIC razor packs,4 boxes of tampons, 2 boxes of cereal, 1 el paso dinner kit, glad trash bags, tilex cleaner

RA (decent) 3 4-packs of toliet paper , 3 packs of M&Ms *EARNED two 88 cents bucks

Ingles (good) 2 tissue boxes, two boxes of cereal, 3 boxes bagel bites

Kroger (great) 2 free ketchup, 2 free exedrin, , 3 tony's pizzas, 4 Cinnamon rolls, three pack sof croutons, 2 boxes of cereal

I spent a total of $74.72 combined

a total savings of $112.20 ~ WOOOT! THAT rocks.

I only bought what I had coupons for (besides mark's drink) and didn't buy anything without a coupon! We might need to go after bananas and milk this weekend but that's okay.

Easter by pictures.

Mark chapter 15

Mark 15

Jesus Before Pilate

¹ Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

² “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

³ The chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”

⁵ But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.

⁶ Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. ⁷ A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. ⁸ The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.

⁹ “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, ¹⁰ knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.

¹² “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.

¹³ “Crucify him!” they shouted.

¹⁴ “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵ Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

¹⁶ The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. ¹⁷ They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹ Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

²¹ A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. ²² They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³ Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

²⁵ It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. ²⁹ Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, ³⁰ come down from the cross and save yourself!”

³¹ In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! ³² Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. ³⁴ And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

³⁵ When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”

³⁶ Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.

³⁷ With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.

³⁸ The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰ Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. ⁴¹ In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

The Burial of Jesus

⁴² It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. ⁴⁵ When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.

do you have any coupons?

Why yes. Yes I do.

Today I saved 27 dollars at Rite Aid, paying just under 8 bucks! Sweeet. I swear I'm never paying full price for body wash ever again. Nivea had a sweet sale this week. I got 6 body wash, spent 7 something and earned 5UPS back for later spending.

I've been to publix and kroger lately with awesome deals. I haven't been posting great updates but hopefully I can get back at it. My stockpile is growing and I'm so pleased to be helping my family with it. My goal for May is to USE the stockpile to plan meals from it and see if we can't save the grocery dough!

This is mostly a post to say I'm still in this game and don't worry cool break downs are coming back. I haven't slid off this horse, I'll be playing this game forever! There is no going back!

Brothers Sign

So I got in trouble twice about this sign because it was seen in previous pictures and certain dear friends weren't TOLD about it... SO. I'm telling about it! THANK YOU to Tracey and Ryan for such a beautiful gift. I was already planning to add Micah's hospital picture to this wall with Matthew and Mark's. So now that Micah's picture is in place, the sign looks awesome. I love it. It's in a perfect place in the playroom with each boy above their name. So fun. Thank you for such a neat gift.

Nic's trip continued

Here's some more of the great moments we all had...

Cousin Lauren was a great help.

Jamie got all the kids strong...

He's so cute.

Little song time

Joint family picture sans John.

Love on the couch.

Saying bye is always hard.

hmm

Nic left today. I guess I wasn't so great at keeping up with the pictures afterall. Oh well. Boooo... I will update some more later on. I also want to update on weight issues and I need to get back in the couponing world! I miss it there!

more coming soon.

Nic's trip DAY TWO

Yesterday was a good day of church and resting and then outside fun.
I am loving having a full house. I love having my best friend here.
Here's a taste of the fun:

Look how adorable ALL our kids are!

Nic's trip DAY ONE

Thought I'd try to keep up with the photos.

Nic arrived last night we've had an awesome time so far. Late to bed last night, church this morning, waves of nappers this afternoon, and now time for playing...

Here's a few from last night's bedtime routine...

Mark got a haircut this afternoon. He's proud of it.

Kris came

Can you tell I'm trying to catch up??? Three weeks worth of family coming and going. Kris and Brian came this past weekend and we had a great time. And the boys are just nuts over them. Matthew used Brian like a jungle gym most of the weekend. And Mark was glued to Aunt Kris. We talked about them getting married and Brian getting to become our Uncle in June. Matthew found that funny. He wanted to know what Aunt Kris would become. hehe. Sunday night Mike (Brian's brother) and Laura came over and Matthew sought a new jungle gym in Mike. It was nice to have a house full of family. I miss my sister so much and loved spending some time with her ... and Brian. She's found a gem. I'm so grateful for his soon addition to the family and to her life forever.