Camp Out, Clark Style

This last Friday, the 4th of September, we went to a camp out that some friends of ours, the Wilsons, put together. However, we were not feeling brave enough to camp with Miley, so we just went for the evening to hang out and eat some dinner, and then home to our own comfy beds. Hence, camping out "Clark Style" (or at least, Wendy Clark style).

Miley had a "ball" (literally, and figuratively). She was carrying any ball she could get her hands on around all night. Plus, she just had fun following all the other kids around and trying to get in on the action. We cooked hot dogs over the fire, and made s'mores a little later. Yummy!

We had so much fun, and it was a great turnout with about 13 families. Hopefully we can make this a tradition of sorts, and maybe next time we will be feeling courageous enough to try spending the night!

But I have to admit...it sure felt great to be in our large, comfy bed that night. :)

She was in heaven, as long as she had that ball!!

Some of our friends, hanging around chatting and cooking food.

Miley sitting at the campfire, enjoying a graham cracker.

Miley and Cameron snuggling, once it started getting a little later.

Some of the girls talking (and yes, there were some very brave ladies...there were about 6 babies nine months old and younger...but I think some of them bailed, like us) :)

Miley still enjoying the fire after dark (the picture turned out kind of funky, because I was playing with the settings on my camera).

Thanks, Wilsons, for planning such a fun get together before summer leaves us!

Kelly's Visit

Now that it has been almost a week since Kelly was here, I figured I better blog about it...otherwise I am going to get myself into a blogging debt where I have about 4 posts to catch up on. So here goes.

We had a relaxing time, just catching up, hanging out, and letting Miley get to know Kelly. Most of these pictures are with Miley, because that is when Kelly would whip out her camera. We had lots of time without Miley too, but as you all know about my lame picture taking abilities, there are not any pictures of those. But we still had tons of fun...

...going out to lunch...


...pulling Miley around in a "car" that Cameron made for her...


...taking pictures of Miley in the bath...


...and bribing Miley to go to Kelly with treats!


We were also able to squeeze in some park time...



...and by the end, I think Miley warmed up to Kelly pretty well!


It was a great few days with lots of shopping, movie watching, and late night talks. I am so glad to have a friend like Kelly, and I can't wait to see her again soon!

My Husband Will Love Me...

...if I can learn to shop like this ALL the time!

My friend, Cecia, is an awesome shopper. She knows how to pull all the coupons and sales together and get some great deals on stuff. So I took some lessons from her and went shopping today, where I scored all of this stuff.


I got:

• 2 boxes of Special K cereal
• 2 boxes of Special K cereal bars
• 1 box of Kudos granola bars
• 6 Hershey's bars
  
• 1 box of Twixels candy
• 4 Gerber's Graduates meals
• 8 hot dog buns
• 4 Johnson and Johnson Bath Buddies
• 2 6-packs of Boost Kid Essentials drinks
• 2 Playtex sippy cups
• 2 lbs bananas

How much did I spend??

$18.21!!!!!

Now, how much did I save??

$40.54!!!!!

Can you believe it?? I couldn't.

Now for some fun facts:

• The Johnson and Johnson Bath Buddies were $0.97 each. I had a $1.00 off coupon for each, making them FREE!!
• The Boost Kid Essentials drinks were $7.99 each. I had 2 $5.00 off coupons from the manufacturer, and 2 $2.00 off coupons from Target, making them $0.99 each.
• The Special K stuff was on sale this week...plus I had coupons for $1.00 off each cereal, $1.00 off 2 boxes of the Special K bars, and 2 $0.50 off each box of bars. That made it $8.56, plus I got a $5.00 Target gift card for buying 4 Special K products, that I used to buy some of the other stuff.
• Plus, I got my 10% employee discount from Target on all of this stuff. Gotta love that.
  

I think this could be kind of fun...so Cecia, I am probably going to be calling you a lot to get more ideas! :)

Oh and PS...Happy 100th Post to me! :)

I'm Going To Be Busy the Next Few Days...

...because my best friend from college, Kelly, is coming to see me!! I can't wait to see her, and have lots of fun girl time and to have her meet Miley for the first time.

Here's to late night chats talking about anything and everything, chick flicks, pedicures, and chocolate!



I mean come on....you know it's going to be a good time with two crazy girls like this! :)

I Like To Move It

I just had to put up this video of Miley dancing around before bed tonight. She sure knows how to shake it!

*Right around the 1:05 point is particularly funny. :)

*It is kind of a long video. Sorry folks. Don't watch it if you don't want to!

*Sorry about the video quality...for some reason when I flip it so it is up and down on One True Media, it comes out kind of fuzzy.

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

For My Mom...

...the picture I said I would eventually post of Miley enjoying her super cute (if I do say so myself) Ikea chair that we picked out while you were here, but was so unfortunately out of stock.

She loves it. :)

Now THAT'S Recycling!

Ever wonder what to do with all of those extra paper grocery bags you have lying around the house??

Why, make a big coloring mat, of course!

Miley sure had some fun coloring on it. And I bet she doesn't even know that it's second-hand. :)

(Oh and case you are wondering, Miley is dressed most of the time. Somehow in a lot of these pictures and videos she is just in a diaper. Weird... :))