Crabby Lady!

So it was 2 dollar Tuesdays at the Dinosaur museum and I decided to take my kids. It was great not paying very much, but man it was crowded. We were at the water table and Justin and I were playing with a dinosaur having fun. This kid who is about 6 comes up to Justin and yells at him saying he took his dinosaur and he goes to tell his mother. His mom walks towards me and she tells me that my son needs to give it back because he was playing with it first. I told her WE have been here the whole time and her son was not playing with it. I also said there are so many dinosaurs your son can play with you just need to find them. She tells her son, "Looks like this mom won't give it back to you because she is a bad mother." I replied by saying, "excuse me that was very inappropriate to call me a bad mother." She walked away and I went and found her son some dinosaurs to play with. I told him to go tell his mother that I helped you find them. She told her son to be quiet and she would not even look at me. Did I do something wrong???? I fell that there are two types of mothers in this world. Those that feel their children are perfect and can't do anything wrong and those that correct principles when their child does something wrong. I definitely would have given the dinosaur back to her child if Justin did take it away. Because he didn't, I felt that her child did not deserve the dinosaur for lying. FUN DAY!

Bennie's new ride!

My poor husband has driven old, junky trucks since high school. When we got married he got me a nice car and kept driving his junk truck. He never complained and worked very hard for his family. Finally, last weekend, we decided to sell his old truck and get him a new truck. I have never seen him so excited in his life. I am proud of him and his hard work!!!!

Ways to earn extra money.

I have tried to find ways to make some extra spending money and here is what I have been doing...

Secret shopping: It is a fun way to shop and get paid for it. I like it because I can bring kids with me. I have made about 700 dollars since January.

Online surveys: When I have down time while Bennie is away doing an evening job, I am bored, and kids are asleep I do surveys. I have earned about 300 dollars since Feb.

Find a hobbie: I love to clean homes, so it is great to get paid for what I like to do.

Sell online: I am learning to sell used or old items I have in my house or what I can find at the DI online. I love amazon and KSL. I have sold 5 things this last month and made 100 bucks. (say goodbye to garage sells. :-)

Good luck....If you have any other ideas, please let me know!

Fun Summer

Even though summer is not quite over, we have had a lot of fun doing various activities:

We decided to take the kids to the Children's museum. They definitely loved it!



Having a picnic with the cousins was a lot of fun!




Of course Bennie has to wear his shirt he got from target at my family reunion:-)



Family went to the copper mine

We stayed at a hotel that had a water park. It was a blast. Here is Bennie chillin with the guys!


Brookie playing with cousins.



Girls night out at Los Hermonos!

Had fun at olive garden for my bday!