Roaming Rolfe's

Shopping, today!

Okay so my second trip shopping and saving was better! I got $168.25 worth of food for $73.84, saving $94.41, and getting $4.00 off my next purchase! So this time I saved more than I spent! It was so great watching the total go down, down, down as my coupons were taken off!!! Yeah me!

I know it sounds like all I do is shop and plan to shop, but this saving big bucks thing is soooo great! Ireally do a lot more than just shop, I promise!

Last weeks savings!

Okay so for my first trip on a 'Savings' trip I did okay, I think I got a little excited and got to much! But I spent $120 after coupons, and saved $98, AND got $12 back in Catalina's for my next purchase! So it wasn't bad! I saved a ton! I got 10 loafs of the nice $5 dollar bread for .63 cents each! Can't beat that! We shall see how I do today! My favorite sites to get updates on sales and find coupons are: The Thrifty Mom (see button on side bar), and Pinching your pennies (see link on side under More great sites!)

A Thrifty Mom

So a good friend told me about this lady who pays like $20 for $200 dollars of food. So I went to check it out! I have friends who do the same, and I have wondered how, now I know! Check out this site! (I have the button and a link in 'some great sites') I am going to try it! Wish me luck! I just printed a million coupons!

Crafts and Quilts

So I have been doing different crafts and lots of quilting, I thought I would share!

Pictures I made for the girls room.

My jean quilt is almost done! I have been putting it together for about 4 years! I just have to finish the edges!

More shots of my jean quilt! See the little pocket in the picture below, it is from Jake's pants when he was about 4, it is so small and cute!

A quilt I made for a wedding gift. (left)

Grandma Great helping! (The picture is blurry, my camera is funny sometimes, sorry)

Bekah helping me tie!
(Another quilt for a wedding gift)

My wonderful mother in law and Grandma Great getting ready to start tieing!

I am very lucky to have such wonderful family to help me with different projects, like sewing and quilting! I have learned so much from them. And we have so much fun together!

Girls Night Out

Gracie and I went out on a date, just the two of us, it was SO fun! We just went to the mall. We did a little shopping, talked, had Ice cream, had our pictures taken in one of those photo booths. It was great! We have decided that we are going to have a number of once a month traditions, among those are one on one time with each child with mom or dad. It was great! Gracie is growing up way to fast though!

I got it!

I received my Young Women's Medallion today! Since I did not grow up in the church I never had the opportunity to work on Personal Progress. When I was called to Young Women's in AK to be the Laurels adviser I decided that if I was going to help and encourage the girls to do it, and my daughters when they got older, then I needed to work on it as well. So I set out and was almost finished when we left AK. I continued and finished it last year. However I was sick and never got to get in for my interviews with the YW's President and Bishop until last month. And today I got to join the YW for a few minutes and received my medallion!

I have a strong testimony of the Personal Progress program as well as Young Women's. It has helped me become a better daughter of My heavenly Father and a better mother and wife. I truly love and miss all my Laurels! They are such an example to me. I hope that my girls continue to have such wonderful examples in their lives.