I'm a terrible blogger

I just haven't had much to blog as far as pictures so I haven't gotten on here.  Not to mention that I have been obsessed with couponing.  It is just a game to see HOW much money I can save, but I need to chill out.  lol

So family news:

Ethan is playing tennis this year.  Rusty and I went to the parent meeting on Friday.  The coach seems very nice and genuinely excited to teach the kids tennis.  Saskia is the assistant coach, which is awesome cuz Ethan knows her so well.  I am really excited and hope that he makes Varsity or JV.  This is his first year and also his first sport in forever.  They have a C team also so no one gets cut, but the C team doesn't go to the matches.
Ethan also made honor roll again the first semester.  He is doing awesome this year and is really proving to be a good student.  Thank God he is understanding Geometry because I told him during the first quarter I didn't think I would be able to help him.  He has a great instructor that does very thorough lessons for the kids.

Tucker had his last basketball game this weekend.  Tucker tried to remember how many baskets he scored each game and he thinks he scored @59 points for the season.  Woohoo!!  I am sad it is done, but ready for baseball.  Try-outs were this weekend also (in the gym of course since we still have snow) and we will find out tomorrow whose team he is on.  
Tucker is still loving Garwood and has lots of friends.  His is doing well in school, but I have had to "ride" him a bit about English and Reading.  I hate being the nagging mom.  He gets all his work done in class and never brings any home even if he doesn't quite understand.  We are working on that.  They are doing LOTS of parts of speech right now and it can be confusing.

Rusty and I are boring so no big updates on us.  He is busy at work trying to get jobs lined up for the year.

I will try to get some pictures this week.  My teen boys do love to let me take their pictures.  NOT

My moose

This cow and her calf hung around for 2 days.  I was sad to see they left.  They are such amazing creatures and I love to just watch them.

Another obsession

A friend mentioned on Facebook how much money she saves using coupons.  Well Rusty and I had looked over our grocery budget at the end of the year and it is crazy what we spend on groceries so I thought I'd try to cut some costs.   I got all this for $119.  Most was on coupons or sales, but the chicken and veggies do drive the price up.  So far I have saved 50% on the groceries and toiletries I've purchased.  It is time consuming, but it is kinda of a game and since I don't work I might as well work at saving some money.

More basketball pictures

Basketball Season

Basketball has started and Tucker has come a long way since last year.  He is really getting in there and getting the rebounds.  He is shooting the ball too.  We love watching him play.  

Kinda blurry as I was taking pics with my phone.  Tucker got the jump!

Welcome Baby Sylvie

Finally a girl!  Congrats to Teresa, James, and Big brother Eli!

A Big Thank You to Lily from Rusty

Rusty was so touched that Lily remembered his birthday.  I read the e-mail to him that Wendy sent to me about Lily counting down the days to Rusty's birthday.  He thought that was so sweet.  So thanks to Lily!

Sledding

 This is about all we saw of Connor.  He'd get almost to the top and take off again.  He was so funny.

Happy Birthday Rusty!

Happy 13th to us