Weekend Wrap Up (10.10 - 10.12)

Cheering on our Cyclones is what we are most proud of this weekend. My brother and sister-n-law came up and Dave and I took them to their first ISU football game. At least they saw a win! We weren't sure this was going to be the case the first couple of quarters. While we were at the game, a couple of our friends watched the kiddos. We are so thankful for such awesome friends and neighbors.

Ben reading to his friends.

Ben loved pushing his cousins on the swing.

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend was a very productive and family oriented weekend. On Friday night, we went to get groceries as a family. The kids loved it because they could drive the car. R-man was extremely excited about his new adventure as we have never let him sit in a cart like this before.

Little-C excited about her pizza and R-man excited to be driving the car.

R-man a bit excited about shopping!

Little-C was all concerned about the food samples. She had two slices of pizza and a little chocolate chip cookie. When R-man saw her food he realized he was hungry too so we had to pick up some lil' crunchies so he could have a snack while shopping too.

Little-C feeding R-man some lil' crunchies! 

Living on $40 per week (grocery budget) - Week 4

I must admit, living on a $40 per week grocery budget is getting a lot more difficult as the weeks progress. Part of me will be glad when lent is over but the other part of me is glad I started this process to put myself back into a "budget" check! I was always one of those impulsive shoppers but this budget process has made me stop and think before putting something in my cart.  Now, I often ask myself, is this a need or a want?  More often than not the products used to be just a need.

This week, I did go a bit over my $40 budget! I tried not to but I couldn't help it. I went shopping on Friday evening after work and got a few snacks for the ISU basketball game. Our entire family was hoping that ISU could beat Connecticut. Even though we were all cheering the Cyclones came short of pulling out a win. 

Cousin B, Little-C and R-man cheering on the Cyclones!