Our Danville Visit 7/12 through 7/17

Jason had some time off, so we decided to spend last week in Danville. We made the drive on Monday and arrived in time for a tasty dinner that my Mom prepared for us.


Tuesday was a super busy day ... we met Stacy for lunch at Tokyo Grill, made a quick stop by Martha's work to deliver her some lunch, visited Mr. Archer (Easton's middle namesake), then visited my Grandma and aunts Bettie & Lois. We then headed home, and my friend Jonathan's mom, Carol, came by to visit and meet Easton for the first time. It was a long & busy day, but it was great to see so many people that we care about.


On Wednesday I had some "me" time ... I went to see my friend Chrystal to get my hair cut, highlighted and my eyebrows waxed. After my hair appointment, I met my Mom out for some shopping. On Wednesday night, we met up with Martha, Roger & Anne Rylee for some Mexican food.

Thursday, Easton and I spent the day with my aunt Bettie while Jason took care of some projects. We started by visiting Kathy, a friend of Bettie's, at the bank so she could meet Easton. We then had lunch at the Coffee Emporium. After lunch we visited the DAV & the Nestle Company Store. Finally, we met up with my mom to check out a new consignment shop out in Brosville. It was a really cute shop called Victoria Catherine's, if you live in the Danville area you should definitely check it out. On Thursday night we had dinner at the new Kickback Jack's with Jason's grandma, Agnes & his mom Kathy.

My mom was off of work on Friday, so we headed out with my aunt Lois for some more coupon shopping. We grabbed some deals at Food Lion, CVS and Target. We tried to have dinner at the new Fender's restaurant but the wait was too long (we had Easton with us - no way he'd make it through an hour wait) :-) We decided to go to Tokyo grill again ... Jason's friend Randall also met us there.

On Saturday it was time to pack up the car and head home. On our way back home we stopped in at Longhorn to visit Bryce. We also swung by Jacob & Ashley's house for a quick visit as well. It was a great trip .... we stayed so busy that I forgot to take many pictures. Here are a few that I did manage to get:

My Dad feeding Easton:

Check out Gammy & GAL (Great Aunt Lois) in the background :-)

My Dad grabbed a last minute nap with Easton on Saturday morning before we left ....

Awe ..... so sweet!!!

Couponing ... it's a family event! :-)

The whole family was involved in couponing today --- Jason, Easton & I had several errands to run, so we took advantage of being out in town and picked up several deals. We visited Food Lion, CVS and the Commissary and here's what we got:




24 SOBE waters
16 boxes Marcal tissue
6 10pk Capri Sun
4 panty liners
3 Milky Way Caramels
2 Pasta Sauce
1 Folgers coffee
1 frozen mixed veggies
1 frozen onions
3 lbs of chicken

Retail cost of these items with tax is $101.69 .... we paid $9.79 (that's including tax!!!). That is a savings of 90%!

How did we do this? The SOBE waters came from CVS - they are running a BOGO special on the waters, and I had BOGO coupons. This equals free waters! (just pay tax). CVS is also running a buy 2 CVS panty liners for $1, get $1 ECB back. So free panty liners! They also have their Mars brand candy bars for 50cents this week, and I received 3 50cents off Milky Way Caramels = free chocolate!

The Marcal tissues came from $1 off Marcal coupons found in the Sunday paper coupon inserts. We got these at the commissary, so NO TAX, we only had to pay the surcharge of 63cents for 16 boxes of tissue!

The remaining purchases came from Food Lion .... free frozen onions, 7cents CapriSuns, 47cents pasta sauce and $1 chicken & mixed veggies can be bought with the current FLIP (Food Lion Internet Printable) coupons. The Hershey bar was free with a Food Lion mobile coupon, and the Folgers was also purchased with a mobile coupon. After coupon and MVP sale the coffee was less than $2. Definitely the most expensive purchase of the day, but much cheaper than regular price :-)

It was definitely a fun day - I am looking forward to our next family couponing adventure!!!

Bath Time Fun

Now that Jason is home, we've developed a bit of a bath time routine. One of us will bathe Easton while the other sets up the area to dry Easton off, do his lotion massage, dress him for bed, clean his ears and nose and brush his hair and teeth..... wait, I mean gums :-) It's become a family event and we look forward to spending time together while pampering and playing with our little man. He really seems to enjoy all of the attention & likes to splash in the water, play with his rubber ducky and roll around while we get him ready for bed.

We realized the other day that it's been quite a while since we've taken any bath time photos. Here's a few pics of Easton getting all cleaned up! (he's going to kill me one day for these!!!)

July 4th weekend 2010

We celebrated Easton's 1st Fourth of July! Unfortunately his bedtime is 8pm so he missed the fireworks - but Easton had a great weekend surrounded by family for the long weekend. Here's a recap of what we did:

Mama and Daddy arrived late on Thursday evening. On Friday, Mama & I had a day of shopping while the boys (Jason, Daddy & Easton) hung out at the house. We cooked dinner on Friday evening at our house, then Jacob & Ashley joined us later Friday evening. On Saturday, Jake, Jason & Daddy tried to go on a fishing trip but it didn't work out due to some mechanical issues with the boat. When they returned Ashley, Mama & I checked out some of the nearby beach shops and stores. Mama & Daddy kept Easton on Saturday evening so the "big kids" could go out for dinner & drinks. We had dinner at Rick's in Snead's Ferry, then checked out a few of the bars in Surf City.

Sunday was spent relaxing, doing more shopping & we said our good-byes to Jacob & Ashley. My parents left today, but first they treated us to lunch at a nearby restaurant called Hollands. Usually I am really good about taking a lot of photos, but for some reason we did not even pull out the camera until today. Here are a few pics of Easton all dressed up in yet another baseball outfit :-)

Father's Day Weekend 2010

We had a wonderful Father's Day weekend ... my Mom, Dad and Popey Daniel arrived on Friday night to spend the weekend with us. On Saturday, we planned a surprise party for Jason to welcome him home & to celebrate his 1st Father's Day. The biggest part of the surprise was when Jason's Mom & Grandma arrived - he had no idea they would also be visiting for the weekend! We were joined by our friends Mary, Emily, Matt & Ryder & everyone enjoyed hotdogs that were prepared on Jason's new grill (that was his father's day gift) :-)

The next day Jacob & Ashley drove down to celebrate Father's Day with us. We used the opportunity to take tons of pictures of many of our family members together. Here are some of the best shots from the weekend!

Jason & Easton - posing in their silly Hawaiian shirts :-)

Easton with his Dad, Pappy Jim & Great-Grandpa Daniel on Father's Day

4 generations - Popey Daniel, Pappy Jim, Easton & me

4 generations - Easton, Jason, Memaw & Great-Grandma Agnes

Watching TV with Uncle Jake - they both look like they're in a trance! :-)

Easton with his Pappy - looks like Easton may have gotten into the beer! (just kidding ....) :-)

Playing with Uncle Jake - how sweet!

Auntie Ash is covering Easton's ears so he won't be corrupted by what Jake is saying :-)

1st beach day with Daddy!!!

Easton, Jason and I went to the beach yesterday - this was Easton's first trip to the beach with his Daddy! We met up with my friend Emily and her family ... we met Emily in our "Mommy & Baby" yoga class. It was nice to have a chance to spend time with new friends and get to know them better. Everyone had a great time - although Easton is still a bit afraid of the water. We'll have to work on that! He loves lounging and napping on the beach. (under a tent and covered with sunscreen, of course) :-)

Here are some pics from our day, it was a great time and we look forward to heading back again this week! Oh, how I love living 3 miles from the beach!!!!

Jason & Easton - 1st time @ the beach together ... there will be many more times to come!

All of us at the beach - we couldn't get Easton to look at the camera!

What a sweet Daddy - keeping his little boy shaded from the sun!

Whew - it's been a loooooong day! :-)

My CVS deal 6-13-10

I know I say this everytime, but I REALLY think this is my best CVS trip yet!!! Take a look at the photo and details below. And as usual I must reiterate how much I LOVE CVS! :-)

TRANSACTION #1

2 - Old Spice Body Washes $4 each, total $8
1- NeilMed Nasadrop Saline for Babies $11.99
$1 donation to ALS

Total before coupons: $20.99

Coupons used:
$3 off $15 CVS CRT (from coupon machine)
Buy one Old Spice Body Wash, get One Free Coupon
$10 ECB from completing online survey about flu shots
$3 ECB from John Frieda deal last week

Total paid: 59cents and got back $8 ECB from Old Spice and $1 ECB for Green Bag Tag

TRANSACTION #2

1 – Gillette Fusion Proglide razor $9.97
1 – Nature Made Stress reducing vitamins $10.49
1 – Nature Made Folic Acid vitamins $6.69 (on BOGO, so this one was free)
1 – Dove Dark Chocolate $4.99
1 – Dove Caramels .01 (Dove was buy one, get one for a penny)

Total before coupons & CVS BOGO specials: $37.13

Coupons Used:
$5 off $30 from CVS email
$3 off $15 Nature Made purchase, also from CVS email
2 - $1 off Dove
2 - $1 off Nature Made
$4 off Gillette Fusion
$8 ECB from Old Spice Body Wash

Total paid: $1.05 and got back $5 ECB from Proglide razor

TRANSACTION #3

2 – Fruitopia Shampoo, $2.50 each, total $5
1 – Colgate ProClinical Toothpaste $3.99
2 – Off Clip-on refills, $3.79 each, total $7.58

Total before coupons: $16.57

Coupons Used:
$3 off $15 CVS CRT (from coupon machine)
2 - $3 off OFF CVS coupons (printed from cvs.com)
2 - $1 off OFF manufacturer coupons
2 - $2 off Fruitopia CVS coupons from Reinventing Beauty Magazine
$1 off Colgate ProClinical
$1 ECB from Green Bag Tag

Total paid: 39cents and got back $2 ECB for toothpaste

Total Spent on all 3 Transactions = $2.03, Total saved = $72.66

… AND I still have $7 in ECB. I will also submit for NeilMed Rebate and get back the purchase price of the Nasadrops ($11.99). For details about the rebate, go to: http://www.neilmed.com/usa/mailer_cvsnasadrops.php

This makes today’s shopping trip approximately a $17 money maker!