Rook...a family tradition!

Rook is a family tradition in Dan's family, and we love to play. Rook goes back four generations of Ulrichs until now...Londyn is the fifth generation Rook player! She had a BLAST!!! :) What a little cutie. On a more personal connection with the game, I can honestly say that playing Rook has created some of the greatest memories of mine in the Ulrich family. Winning streaks, losing streaks, Dad's fun naming of the teams, laughing, learning a million lessons (the hard way), re-deals, Dad getting all 4 tens in the widow (at Max's baby blessing), and just plain, good, hard F...U...N!!!! Thanks for playing with us guys!
P.S. Mike and Jess....you have GOT to LEARN...just let it happen. :)
Ty and Whit...start preparing now.

FREE colgate toothpaste at Walgreens!

Buy one tube of Colgate toothpaste for $3.49 and get a $3.49 register reward.
$3.49 out of pocket
but get a $3.49 Register reward
=FREE

To those of you who have coupons from the Sunday paper, there is a .75 cent off coupon for Colgate also.

SO...really if you buy the toothpaste AND use the coupon...
It's a .75 OVERAGE per tube!!!!

Please note: This deal ENDS Saturday at midnight (I'm pretty sure). ALSO, you must do the toothpaste in SEPARATE transactions. Only one register reward will come out per transaction. Also, you cannot use the register reward to buy the toothpaste on your 2nd transaction. It WILL NOT give you another register reward if you do.

Ready set RUN to WALGREEN'S! I like getting paid to buy toothpaste!

Cadbury VS Bird EGGS

My friend Angie watched Connelly and Londyn for me while I went to a meeting and she told me this story that just cracked me up.

They were playing in the back yard and all the sudden Connelly yelled EEEWWWWW!!! She went over to where he was and there was a robin's egg on the ground oozing all over. She asked him what he did to the egg, and he said he poked it. He said, "There's no CHOCOLATE in there!!!"

I guess they do look similar, but I'm sure you can tell what Connelly is obsessed with right now. EASTER CANDY.

Flashback...WILLOWBROOK 89!!!

I came across this picture and I started laughing out loud because it brought back so many memories. This was by far the best year of my college experience. What a BLAST we had.

Here are a few things we did that year:
Stole a scarecrow from Applebees, and got caught
Kissed A MILLION boys between all of us!
SKIPPED a ton of class because of Katie's "Holidays"
Painted our toenails a million different colors, because of Katie's influence
Screened a million phone calls for each other
Played referee for Liz because of THREE boys showing up to see her ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
Laid out in our swimming suits in our front room in the middle of WINTER
Taking pictures in towels...with DAN!
D A M N D A N M A N (is that right?)
Got lots of lobotomies (yes, this is an inside joke)
Went to Vegas several times
Spent HUNDREDS of hours talking
Sang as a group at FHE
Created "modern art" AKA piles of clothes
Watched Mindit sleep on the couch with her Nutrition book on her chest.
Snickered as Jaime got mad about "someone" (ME) drinking out of the water pitcher in the fridge
Ate at Denny's a lot
Watched Christie tutor EVERYONE (and end up making out with all the boys afterward)
Went to the cat graves in Kanab with Liz
Liz and I met our hubbies that year
Hearing Jaime talk about being the DOORMAT
Jamie making those chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips
Living next to Jody, Amanda, Emily, Danie, Stacia, and Whitney.
Early morning drill team and aerobics
Having someone break our front window with a snowball and John Dalton trying to get us to pay for it.
Making each other Sunday dinners (and inviting boys to come eat with us)
Playing catch with Katie in the parking lot.
Mindy working out at the gym 24-7
Mindy doodling our names all the time
Taking a MILLION pictures
and LAUGHING our heads off for a year straight.

Wow...what a year.

FREE nursing Cover from Udder Covers

Udder Covers is doing a promotion to get one of their ESSENCE line udder covers FREE...go to their website HERE

Make sure you use the promo code "onefree"

P.S. You do need to pay the $7.95 shipping, but I've personally made several of these, and you really can't beat that price. They cost approx. $6.00 of supplies to make (depending on what fabric you buy).

This offer is only valid for their "ESSENCE" line, and they are completely out of every color but BLUE and PINK...so ORDER FAST!!!!!

Thanks GOOD OR FREE DEALS for posting this deal.

The latest DEAL...are you sick of these yet?

Ok, so you probably think I'm a TOTAL nerd, but I had to share the latest coupon deals

#1 Post cereals (select varieties) are on sale at Albertsons...and YESTERDAY 3/29 there were $1.00 off 2 boxes of post cereal coupons in the paper.

SO, if you buy 5 boxes of post cereals for $1.57 each(sale price)
(1.57 x 5 boxes of cereal=7.85)

-$2.00 (use 2 coupons)FROM SUNDAY PAPER YESTERDAY

=5.85

BUT...get a coupon for $5.00 off your next shopping order...SOOOO it's like spending $.17 per box!!! The best way to do these deals is to use that $5.00 off coupon in your next transaction to get 5 more boxes of cereal...plus get ANOTHER $5.00 off coupon....and so on.
(Please remember that each 5 boxes must be in a separate transaction to get the coupon...I'm pretty sure). To those of you who are DEBATING on whether or not you should get the Sunday paper or not...this is a testament that you should! LOL.


ALSO...yesterday in the paper there were $1.50 off Kraft salad dressing coupons also. This dressing is only $1.58 at Wal-Mart....so it ends out costing $.08 per bottle...YES 8 cents!


Forgive my randomness, but I just had to show off my little nephew and niece that were both born in the last couple months. AREN'T they both DARLING!!!!! My sister took the picture of little Gunner (the one of the left...obviously the one without the bow!), and I got to take the picture of Ayla. I was lucky enough to get to snuggle both these babies in the past couple weeks.

Walgreens Diet Pepsi Deal!

In the weekly Walgreens ad, there is a coupon on the last page (or you can print it HERE) for "buy three 12 packs of Pepsi products and get one free."

WELL, if you combine that offer with two of THESE printable coupons...
*Note, you must buy DIET Pepsi products for these coupons

YOU END UP WITH FOUR 12 packs of Diet Pepsi Products for 3.64! (91 cents EACH!)

(Other note...the coupon links above are meant to be printed from Firefox)

Connelly's Pictures

Ok. So, I know I'm biased as his mom. I know that my view of my little stud is warped because ALL parents think their kids are DARLING. BUT...you have to admit, he is one good lookin' kid! He's so easy to photograph! What do you think?

What a fun BABY....mine isn't one anymore :(

My friend Brooke had her baby and I was so excited to take some pictures of her. Oh my gosh...she was so cute. It makes me wonder when the time will be right for us to try again. Honestly, I'm not sure. I'm really enjoying Londyn right now though. She's growing up so fast! Pretty soon I won't be able to call her "the baby" anymore. That makes me pretty sad.


This is my way of documenting Londyn's hair growth since we moved to St. George in July. WOW...it's grown A LOT! Start at the bottom right and work your way along the rows until the top left! (Obviously!)To those of you who don't know. We buzzed her head in July. It was REALLY hard, but I think we can say it was a success. Her hair has grown like a weed since.

Things have been really busy around here lately. I finally feel like things are calming down a little bit. Last week was one of those weeks that I felt like I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I hate weeks like that. This week was much better. With the kids having spring break off, they have played outside together for 5 days straight. Londyn took THREE baths in one day because she was so filthy. I kept thinking, I'll get her clean and keep her inside...ummmm...no way did that work. She wanted to be outside with the others.

I've started couponing, and I LOVE IT! It is really fun to get groceries for so cheap. For a minute though, I was absolutely obsessed, and it feels good to now understand that I don't have to go to EVERY store for EVERY sale! To those of you who might be wondering about it, it is worth it. Is it time consuming? Yes. But I think it is worth the time.

I'm taking a lot more pictures lately and it's such a fun hobby for me. It's one of those things that I really enjoy. I'm even having a lot of fun teaching a few friends how to use photoshop. It's fun for me to keep a log of my work on my photo blog. You can look at it HERE if you want.

I finally got back on top of the house cleaning just for it to jump away from me again! Honestly, how do you all do it!?!? This is one area that I really just can't grasp! How the hay do you keep your houses clean all the time! It's exhausting to me, and I feel like my house is NEVER clean. I finally get all the laundry folded and put away just to find that three more loads have stacked up in the mean time. O'well. I guess I'll just keep plugging a long on this shortcoming of mine.

Other than that, life is speeding by. Dan stays extremely busy and I hope I help him as much as he needs. The office can be a stressful job (I know first hand). He seems to "roll with the punches" and doesn't get worked up over little things. He works really hard. I love that I have a husband like that! Oaklyn broke her slinky today and she said, "My daddy will fix it. He can fix ANYTHING!" It's true. He really can.

Oh, and one more addition to the family. CLIFF. Dan is in love again. (This equals 15 minutes of weakness on my part by the way). I just wish he'd give me the attention he gives this beast! j/k...kind of.


Oh yeah and another blog worthy thing is that Dan had his first cavity ever last week. YES, his FIRST. Not a bad one, he didn't even have to be numbed. Me on the other hand had a flubber-face for 5 hours.

I guess that's all for now.

Oaklyn's turn

Oaklyn has been asking me when it will be "her turn" to have pictures taken. She's the type of girl that likes to have the attention all the time. So when she sees me taking pictures of other people, she has a little bit of an issue with it!

So, today I decided to take her pictures. I love my little redhead! Her freckles are my FAVORITE.

Tonight she was reading a princess book (pretending to read) and she kept saying "princess dot com" ......."princess dot com." Our kids are growing up in a different world these days.

Even better at Walgreens this time!

So, I went back to Walgreens with more coupons to see if the deal would work on regular Huggies...and it did!

SO, this is how it turned out

1st transaction:
2 packages of Huggies for $10.00 each (20.00 total)
1 pack of Huggies refill wipes $6.00
-$5.00 manufacture Huggies coupon you can get here
-another $5.00 manufacture Huggies coupon (same as above)
-another $5.00 manufacture Huggies coupon (same as above)
(FYI, you can print two coupons from every computer you have, just keep pushing the back button and it will print out twice) SO, the more computers you have, the more coupons you can get. OR...use your neighbor's computers...etc. :)

Total out of pocket: 12.62
BUT get a $10.00 Register Reward, so I actually got all that for $2.62

Next transaction...SAME as first transaction!

3rd transaction:
3 packages of Huggies diapers for $10.00 each (30.00 total)
-$5.00 coupon
-$5.00 coupon
-$5.00 coupon
Total out of pocket: $16.87
BUT get a $10.00 Register Reward, so I actually got all those diapers for 6.87

SO MY GRAND TOTAL out of pocket was 42.11
BUT I got $30.00 in register rewards SO I got all that stuff for $12.11

Walgreens Deals!

I was pretty proud of myself this week. I've heard that Walgreens has great deals, but I have never actually taken the time to figure them out. SO, this week a few friends and I made a midnight run to Walgreens to get some diapers for cheap.

I made a few mistakes, and next time I will save even more! BUT, here is the breakdown of what I got this time:

4 Colgate Max Fresh Toothpastes (FREE)Bought at 3.29 but got a Register Reward for 3.50)This transaction technically took place "last week" because since we went into Walgreens Saturday night, I checked out with the toothpaste before midnight. SO...this deal is no longer available. Sorry for the confusion.

We then waited until after midnight to check out with the other transactions. SO, the rest of the deals are still available and will run until this Sunday.

6 packs of Huggies Natural Care Diapers (6 packs at 10.00 each, used 6 $3.00 off coupons plus got a $20.00 Register Reward=$3.66 each)

3 packs of Huggies Gentle Care Diapers (3 packs at 10.00 each, used 3 $5.00 off coupons plus got a $10.00 Register Reward=$1.66 each)

3 Gillette Fusion Gamer Razors (3 razors for 8.99 each, used 3 $4.00 off coupons, plus got a $4.00 Register Reward per razor=99 cents each)

4 boxes of Excedrin (4 boxes for 5.99 each used 3 coupons for $2.00 off, plus used Walgreens easy savor coupon for $4.00 off= 86 cents each)

2 canisters of Lysol 4 in 1 wipes (On sale for 2/$4 but used 2 $1.00 off coupons=$1.00 each)

2 bottles of Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner (On sale for 2.99 but used 2 $1.00 off coupons plus used Walgreens Easy Savor coupon for an additional 2.00 off per bottle=FREE)

SO: For all those items, I spent OUT OF POCKET: $99.58 with tax
BUT, I got $56.00 in Register Rewards.

SO I really spent only $43.58 for all that stuff!

I even learned some lessons so that next time I'll get an even better deal.

INTRODUCING....My Photography Blog!!!

I've decided to create a photography blog. I really enjoy photography. It's been a hobby for a really long time. I actually started taking pictures when I was in middle school. Every time I would see a beautiful sunset, I'd run inside to get the camera! I was also the school sterling scholar for art because of photography.

I really like to snatch the moment by snapping the picture! So, my photography business is called Snatch and Snap Photography. I thought it was kind of catchy.

So, feel free to visit my photography blog. It is http://www.snatchandsnapphotography.blogspot.com/

Cindy Lou Who...funny things.

Oaklyn's school is doing Dr. Seuss week. It was pretty fun to dress her up like Cindy Lou Who. She was so excited, but because her hair is so short, we had to be a little creative! So, we got two of her dress-up wigs, and braided them. I had to use a lot of bobby pins, but we got them to stay. I thought she turned out great!

I also wanted to write down a few funny things that the kids have been doing lately. Oaklyn was giggling in the car, and she kept saying, "You're crapping me up." (instead of you're CRACKING me up!)

Oaklyn has been pretending she's a puppy a lot lately. Her name is Analiese. She wants me to call her Analiese all the time. I've decided to adopt the puppy act because Analiese is quite the fantastic little helper. She'll clean up the toys, put away clean laundry, "fetch" me a diaper for the baby...etc. I enjoy Analiese! :)

The kids were watching Annie, and during the part where they decide to go to the movies, they talk about taking the "subway." Well, Connelly heard that and said, "Subway, EAT FRESH." Ummmmm do you think he watches enough TV?

Londyn is growing up so fast. She can say a few words and I wanted to document them. BA BA (bottle), Daddy, Mom, Jesus, and can mimic a lot of words that we say. The other day, I asked her, "Guess what?" She said back, "What?" I laughed out loud. It was so cute.

She also loves to play the game what does the doggy say. She sticks her tongue out and pants. Then we ask her what a kitty says. She tries to say meow, but it sounds nothing like meow. What a little cutie. Her hair is growing like a weed right now. It's ALMOST as long as Oaklyn's hair.

Change is good!

I needed a change. I wanted a change. I didn't know what I wanted. SO, this ONE time I let Dan choose how HE wanted my hair. I know...I was kind of worried. Well, for those that knew me when we got married, my hair was long. REALLY long. So, he told me that he really wants me to have long hair again. I wasn't about to grow it out for five years. SO, he got me extensions for Valentine's Day. It has been so much fun. My friend Kristie did a great job, and I promised her that I would put a picture on my blog. Well, it's been a few weeks, and I'm finally fulfilling the promise. I realized while searching for a "before" picture of me, that I really don't have a lot of pictures of me. I'm usually the one taking the pictures, obviously. :) I wish I had taken an official "before" picture but o'well! I also realized that I wear A LOT of hats because 90 percent of the pictures I have of me, I have a hat on.