Pass of all Passes!

O.k. so couponing is not just about using coupons at the grocery store, it's about finding a GREAT deal! And did I ever find a great deal! It's called the Pass of all Passes! It is a 1 year season pass (good untill Labor Day 2011) and it includes 7 Peaks, Trafalga (Orem & Lehi locations), tickets to all the home games of the Utah Flash (basketball) and the Orem Owls (baseball)! All that, unlimited for $32 each! Amazing right?! Isaac did not believe it when I showed him the deal. But yes, it was true and we got them! And we were able to start using them before 7 Peaks closed for the season! We went 3 times already! It was soooo fun!

Benjamin was being a little cautious the first time we went and Abby loves her little mermaid swimsuit! Isn't it cute?!

Allan & Lexi got the passes too! Isn't Lindy the cutest in her baby boat?!

And Trafalga Lehi has some great kiddies rides and weather permitting the are open year round!

Abby loves the "ee-haw" ride!

Benjamin loves the Train! And they have since moved this ride outdoors.

But Benjamin's favorite ride is the Roller Coaster!

Isaac's Work Party

Yesterday, we went to This is the Place Heritage park! I love L-3 Communications! Isaac works for a great company and every summer they throw an amazing employee party! This year they reserved the entire This is the Place Heritage Park just for L-3 Employee's and their family's. I have been wanting to check this place out for quite some time now, so it was really fun to finally get to go, and it was FREE, and it included lunch, all you could eat snacks and activities for the kids! The park was amazing in and of itself, it is pretty much a replica of what Salt Lake City was when it was first settled! So much history. It was amazing.

This is the Monument, which was actually quite inspiring.

They had a Train that went around to whole park! Benjamin was in love!

Abby loved the pony ride! Benjamin refused to get on the pony's because he wanted to go back to the train.

And toward the end of the day we found the mini train that went around the pond. This was by far Benjamin's favorite part of the entire day! It was such a fun day!

Another great week of Couponing!!

Well, I scored again this week! I score every week, but when it is especially good, I have to post about it! So Smith's is rounding up their coupons again this week. All coupons under $1 are rounded up to $1!!! I spent around $3 for everything in this picture!
The Bounty Paper towels were .09 cents each and the Trident gum was .12 cents a pack (I got 18). Everything else was free! I got other great deals but these were the best! And I got a .10 fuel reward! That means the next time I go to fill up, I get .10 cents off per gallon! Amazing right!

Then I went to Rite Aid and got 4 Jumbo packs of diapers for $3.00 per pack! Did I mention they were Huggies!

My friends, even if you do not coupon you can get in on this deal! You have until Saturday. Go to this link at Tight Wad in Utah for instructions. And I took it a step further than her. I used my $6 of Up Rewards to get my 4th pack of diapers!

Couponing has opened up a whole new world for me. Granted, it is work, but prior to couponing I was anywhere from $100-$150 over budget every month, and at the end of the month we were out of everything! Since I started couponing I am under budget every month and my Pantry and linen closet (where I keep my toiletries) are LITERALLY overflowing! I feel so blessed and greatful that people like Cylee and Paty and Heather at Savvy Sister Shops have inspired me to start doing this! It is helping our family soooo much.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

Wow! If you have never been to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens, I highly recommend it! Just plan to spent at least 2-3 hours there, it is huge! And it is sooo beautiful! And the kids loved running around it! This could have been a great picture, had my hair been done. Oh well. So this outing was also a Pre-school outing, but when I found out that morning that I would be the only person going, I decided to wait a few hours and go with my sister-in-law Lexi and Baby Lindy. We had a lot of fun and I can't believe I have lived here for 5 years and never been. Was I ever missing out! Here are some pictures but they do NOT do the place justice. You have to go check it out for yourselves!

First we walked around the Waterfall area.

Then we went back to the entrance so the kids could take their turn playing in the Noah's Ark fountain.

The kids loved the water! Especially Lindy!

So cute!

Cute kids!

My kids wanted to stop and smell the flowers! How cute is that?!

A different view

In the Rose Garden

I loved this area, especially the Lilly pads in the water!

And look at all these fish!! The kids had a blast feeding them.

The Italian Gardens

Beautiful fun day!

Lagoon!

Well, because we went to Disneyland without our kids, we decided it was only fair to take them to Lagoon! Isaac and I wanted to go as well. So we found some great discounted tickets on KSL and then bounced back a week later! We had a blast! The first time we went with my Mom and Allan & Lexi. And then next time we went with Isaac's sister, Aunt Rosi. I didn't get many pics because we were too busy having fun. But the second time we went I did get some video so Benjamin could "re-live" the moment. :P And all though, we spent most of the day on the kiddie rides, we did get to go on a few big roller coasters, including Wicked! Which was really awesome! It was a really fun couple of days!

Lady bug Bop (one of Benji's favorites)

Airplane ride (last ride of the night, day one)

Close up

Day 2. I think we rode the train the most about 3 or 4 times each day! This one was Benjamin's favorite! The Lions and Tigers were cool to see, so it wasn't too bad.

Bumper cars! You gotta see the video of this one! It is so funny how little kids "drive" the bumper cars!

And this Spaceship ride was Abby's favorite (she cried every time we took her off it)

Temple Square

The next week we had our Pre-school outing on Wednesday and we went to Temple Square! Simple, free, and oh so fun! It was a blast! First of all don't you love the above picture! I took it! I'm pretty impressed with myself. Anyway, back to the outing, first we started with a train ride! We got on Trax at the Sandy station and rode it all the way in. The kids were in heaven!

Benjamin, Aaron and Dillon all sat in the same seat! Little boys on a train, does it get any better than this?!

The girls had a blast as well!

First we went to the I am a Child of God exhibit in the church History Museum. I didn't even know this existed! It was so great! And the kids absolutely loved it! It had much more than what I have pictures of, but here are some of the activities.

Pre-school kids

Cousins! This was also the last outing that the cousins came with us before going back to Missouri.

Jeff and Benjamin tossing bean bags into to different "degree's of glory" and Abby putting together a stain glass window

Lehi's vision, Benjamin & Abby holding to the rod and Benji "partaking" of the fruit (a little to literally)

Getting the cars from home to church and the Temple

Abby enjoyed the little benches

The also had a little area where the kids could learn about Mommies going to the hospital to have babies, but Benjamin just wanted to play Doctor.

Then we went across the street to the Art museum and each of the art pieces were Miniature golf obstacles! It was so cool (I wish I got more pics but I was busy chasing my kids around). And the best part was that they let us play on them for Free!

Then we went back to Temple Square to see the Cristus and walk around the Temple. Benjamin loved this room because it looks like we are in space.

And here I am with my Mother-in-law and two of my favorite Sister-in-laws Rosi & Pati

The kids in front of the Temple doors

We love to see the Temple!

And then it was finally time to get back on the train and head home. Poor Benji didn't even get to enjoy it, he was just too exhausted!