This weekend was a lot of fun. Other than the fact that I worked almost 30 hours this weekend (Thurs- Sun anyways,) and over 4 hours of commuting, I am beat. Our home looks like a war zone, and I'd rather blog :) I definitely need some R&R though. Friday night we colored Easter eggs. Chandler was really into it this year, he loved it. The easter bunny came on Saturday since I had to work today. Since Chandler's birthday is late Fall, and it doesn't make much sense to get a bike in the middle of winter for Christmas, the Easter Bunny brought Chandler a bike. He was SOOO excited! However, since it has a flat tire and the chain keeps falling off, I think we are going exchange it. Then of course there was tons of candy, a Lilo and Stitch dvd, and little wind up toys for both the boys. Saturday afternoon we headed up to Justin & Avry's for Savanna's baptism. (I can't believe I didn't get a picture of her, but I'm sure
Avry will post some sometime this week.)
Afterwards we went back to Avry & Justin's to barbecue and have an Easter egg hunt. Rowan was a regular pro and got a lot of eggs. As soon as we went outside, Chandler started hitting other kids with his easter basket. Go figure. He'd rather do that then search for eggs.
Today was the first day shift I had to work. I have to work Sundays every so often, but I'm hoping that will change when we get a new schedule for this summer. It sounds like Marshall had quite the adventure at church with the boys and ended up coming home after Sacrament meeting. As soon as Marshall said the "p" word, (primary) I guess Chandler totally flipped out and ran outside. He was kicking and screaming, and Rowan started screaming and crying because Chan was. I guess Chandler looked at Marsh and said, "No primary dada! I'm going home!" He started running down the sidewalk. After being punched and kicked repeatedly, Marshall just came home and put Chan down for a nap. I feel so bad I wasn't there to help him. I can't believe how much we've butted heads with Chandler in the last couple years, and he's only 3. He is so extremely headstrong and I just don't understand why he hates primary so much? I look at parents who have a lot of small children and think they must either be Saints, or have children that behave really well. It's all I can do some days not to have a nervous breakdown with just our two. I'm sure hoping that Chan grows out of this defiant stage. Now that I am totally off subject, I'd appreciate some tips to try to get him to primary?!
There's the weekend in a nutshell, and a plethora of pictures below.
At Avry's house after the baptism
Saturday night we went down to Provo to a Mac store to look at new Macs. Hopefully there is an IMac in our future. Our MacBook just isn't cutting it and is super slow whenever we open any of our design programs. (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) I'm doing more and more with my Babes and Kids Blog and am getting lots of contacts from PR reps, and it would sure be nice to have a computer that runs much faster. Hopefully soon. After looking at Macs, we ate at Goodwood, a super yummy barbecue place. \ 
The boys behaved great which was so nice, and the food was great. After realizing how tight my pants are getting from slacking in the exercising department lately and eating much more food than I need to, I told myself I was going to eat better this week....yeah right.
If you have one close and haven't tried their cookies, you totally need to. 
Marsh & I sat down to re-evaluate our budget. It seems like we have to do it often because after a month or two, we start bending it. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? Anyways, I've been doing The Grocery Game for a little over 2 months to try to build some food storage and save on our groceries. I've been saving about 60-70% on our groceries, and have noticed I've been able to get soooo much more for our money, and have stockpiled our linen closet and a lot of different foods. My family and anyone that knows me well, knows that I thrive on an awesome deal, it's a game for me and I love it. I've seen this challenge around and thought I would try it for the month of April. Basically you try to feed each person in your family for $10 a week. This would be a big cut for us. I grocery shop once a week and we budget around $70 a week, so about $280 a month for groceries. If I do the challenge this month, that would mean $160 for the month. I can't believe it would save us $120! And the catch is - you can't just eat Ramen and Macaroni and Cheese all month. You have to do balanced meals. We are guilty also of liking to eat out. So another rule: We can only eat out one meal a week, and of course we have an allotted budget for that as well. Some may think it's different since our boys are little, but you'd be surprised how much they can eat. Granted, it's not the same as my 12 year old nephew who can pack away the food, but they eat a considerable amount considering how little they both are. I'll check in once a week to let you know how we do. Is anyone else up for a challenge?
