Photo Special!

(As always, click on the image to view larger size)

Hey guys, Dan turns 30 this month, so I thought I'd run a special for my photography to earn a little extra cash to spoil him with! Wow, he's getting OLD!!! :)

Visit my photo blog HERE for details.

I also had to share a few shots of my cute little redhead that I took the other day. She was jealous that I was taking pictures of someone else, hence why she looks like an orphan (no hairdo...dirty face...random outfit). But, I thought they turned out DARLING of her because she was actually cooperating. Now, I just need to catch her in that mood when her clothes and face are clean! :)

This weekend was a blast!

My family came down this weekend to go to Brian Regan, and we had such a blast! We are always pumped when our families come down. I LOVE VISITORS! I have honestly been looking forward to this weekend for a REALLY long time! We took them to Pirate Island Pizza and the kids LOVED IT!

I thought I had won 1000 tickets....I CHEERED....I WHOOPED....I LAUGHED....I SMILED....I found out that I was NOT a winner after all. :( Look how close my spin was!!! Literally 1/4 of an inch off. Lol. Funny.


We also took them to the Washington City community center. This place is amazing. Dan and I are lucky enough to be friends with a lot of the employees of this place, and they do such a great job. My niece and nephews were out of control at this place. (And so were the adults, actually!)


THEN...after all that, my cute hubby surprised me with some perfume for Mother's Day. What a fantastic guy, huh. This perfume smells SO good. I actually smelled it in Las Vegas a few months back, and he called my friend to find out what to get me. (GREAT SUGGESTION!)

He also surprised me with another purchase coming soon. A new camera! I'm not sure which one we will end up with, so I'll wait to tell you the details. I am really excited!

Since I use blogging for my journal, I need to write my thoughts down about Mother's Day. This is the first year since I've been a Mom that Mother's Day was a "GREAT" day. I've had good Mother's Days before, but on previous years, I always had this tiny part of me that felt GUILT for all the things I was failing on as a Mom.

Over the past year, so much has changed in our lives. I can't even begin to express the gratitude I have for Dan for how hard he works for our family. I get to stay at home now. We moved to St. George and LOVE it here. I finally feel like we are in the place that Heavenly Father wants us to be. Honestly, I am happier. I'm not so stressed out all the time, and I absolutely love my neighbors and neighborhood.

As a result, I am a better Mom. I am not a perfect Mom, but yesterday, I felt so much love and gratitude for the guidance that led us here. I love my kids and even though I have ALWAYS loved them, I feel like I can show that love a lot more now that I have time to. That may not make sense to you, but I was a stress case when we lived in Cedar City for many reasons. A. I worked full time. B. I was finishing a Master's Degree and C. I was inside a lot. All three of those aspects have changed since we've moved.

Thank you to Dan and the kids for making me feel special. Thank you to my Mom who I got to have "all to myself" yesterday, and thank you to my friends who care about me.

Funniest Man Alive

This is officially the funniest man alive! I got to experience him firsthand yesterday. I laughed so hard I cried! Yay for Brian Regan.

Congrats graduates!

Look at these handsome and cute graduates! Congrats guys. I hope you all know what a sweet accomplishment this is! Love you guys. I think I make a big deal out of graduation because I KNOW how crappy going to school is. I KNOW how bad you want to QUIT! I KNOW doing school is a huge CHALLENGE, but it's worth it!! Great job!

FREE mission Tortillas at ALBERTSONS

I told a few people that I would try and post deals when they came up. SO, bear with me, but I had to post this deal.

Mission tortillas (which I buy anyway, since my kids LIVE off of quesadillas), are on sale for 97 cents (you must have the Albertsons coupon from their AD)

THEN...go to THIS link and sign up for a free membership at "mission"...and you will get a coupon for $1.00 off.

TADA...FREE TORTILLAS! *Remember, you can print that coupon TWICE by pressing your back button and refreshing your page. Also, if you have more than one computer, you can sign up with another e-mail address and print 2 coupons per computer.

Good luck! Also, I love to hear back from people if they do the deals I post about! It's kind of a "reward" for me! :)

FREE Kelloggs Cereal at Albertsons

To those coupon readers out there, certain Kelloggs cereal is going on sale at Albertsons tomorrow (4/29-5/5) for 1.49/box. In the Sunday paper a few weeks ago, we got coupons for 1.50 box off any Kelloggs cereal.

YAY for FREE cereal.

Lots of things to blog about!

We've had a busy couple of weeks. We had such a fun weekend. Oaklyn had a dance recital and she did GREAT! It was fun watching her shake her little hips. Her grandparents on both sides came to watch her. She was very proud. (So was I, let's be honest). Dan's family was here all weekend...why didn't I take pictures??? We love hanging with them. We went to Mesquite for crab legs, played games (hot mice, as Max calls it!), and had a peanut butter science project by me (I wanted to know what people liked better, SKIPPY or JIF...random I know...I guess I was feeling spontaneous). JIF won...BARELY.

A few weeks ago, we also got to hang out with my long, lost friend Alicia and her cute kids Elli June and Taj. We miss living by these guys so bad. It was so fun to talk and reminisce for a few minutes. This is a friend that I honestly cried like a baby when they moved away. I love it when we get to see them.


A leprechaun came to our house again and used our toilets on St. Patrick's Day. (we found his "green" clues in our toilets). The kids looked EVERYWHERE, but we never found him. He did leave a few little surprises for the kids though: some clover sunglasses, green silly string, and some treats.


I've been busy finishing up a few projects lately. I made 12 tutus for Oaklyn's Dance studio. I made bows for the team also, and I made a few pillows for my front room. I guess I was feeling crafty!


Easter was fun, and the kids had a blast coloring eggs, going to the Easter egg hunts...etc. We tried REALLY hard to teach the kids about Christ's resurrection so that they would learn why we celebrate Easter.

As usual BUNKO is always a fun part of my month. We get together with 11 of my very best, spunky, hilarious, beautiful friends, and laugh for two hours straight. Thanks guys for the fun, as usual. Thanks Angie for letting us spoil you for a few minutes. (She is my next door neighbor who is having TWINS!)

Londyn has decided that sidewalk chalk is her favorite treat. I can't stop her from EATING it! She has also decided to CLIMB up on everything. It stresses me out. I'm so worried she's going to fall off the table, but I cannot keep her off of it.

AND....lastly the bottom right hand corner of the collage is a picture of my latest deal. At Target, I got 15 boxes of fruit snacks for 53 cents each. I also got the Johnson's and Johnson's baby lotion and head-to-toe baby wash for 44 cents each.
I WAS VERY PROUD. The cashier was kind of pissed at me...target isn't the most "coupon savy" place in town. BUT...it was worth it.

Sorry for the randomness! I wanted to catch up on the latest and greatest of the fam.

My BEST coupon trip yet.

I didn't take a picture because Dan wouldn't let me. BUT, I REALLY wanted to. I went yesterday to do the new deal at Albertson's. I only paid 22.71 total for 58 items....BUT my savings was 178.66!!!! YAY for Albertson's deals.

A few of you might wonder what items I bought...hamburger helper (3 boxes), graham crackers (1 box no coupon), wheat thins (6 boxes), crystal light to go packs (15 boxes) , general mills cereals (6 boxes), Betty Crocker potatoes (2 boxes), Ritz crackers (1 box no coupon), taco shells (3 boxes), Bisquick (4 boxes), Grands biscuits (2 canisters), totinos pizza rolls (6 boxes), bagelfuls (6 boxes), chips ahoy cookies (1 item no coupon), and suddenly salad (2 items).

Coupon Class in CEDAR!

A few friends have asked me to teach a coupon class in Cedar City this week. I'm excited to "spread the word" about how fun and useful coupons are. Anyone is welcome to come!

What a cutie.

I got to take my nephew's pictures today, and he was such a cutie. He LOVES his superman cape! I love this little guy's guts! (I guess I like his parents too). Thanks guys for letting me take these! Click on the picture to enlarge. :)
For more of the photo shoot go HERE.

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.