Traveling as Two - New Jersey

Not quite the way we have always traveled as two, but Scout was happy to join me on a trip back east that was planned long before my sweetie passed away.

Scout hasn't been in New Jersey since she was little and she took this amazing pic of Philadelphia as we circled the airport before landing.

Twiz picked us up at the airport and by the time we got to Teach and Twiz's house, it was well after midnight. 

Some of the kids were still up, including the twins. They are just so cute!!

We took one of me holding both girls, but I guess it's not on my phone.

Twizlet was still up and since her birthday was last Saturday, she was super excited to open her gifts.

Here is Scout holding Twinzee 1.

We finally got to bed around 2:30 which is really only 12:30 Utah time.

Tomorrow, once we finally get up, we are driving to Manhattan. I'm a little nervous, but pretty excited.

We will be back in New Jersey on Saturday because I need lots more time to play with those cute babies.

Found the pic! Teach had it.

Guest Blog: Reading Tennis Shoes to Mom by the Dog Walker

For quite a while, Mom had been looking forward to hearing me read a lot of the Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series that she and Dad always enjoyed reading together. We used to have a whole collection of them, but for some reason, most of them had disappeared out of the household. For most times, I've been requesting a couple of copies from the local library and after finishing them, I would return them. So, I went onto the Thrift Book website and ordered them for a very good deal. Most of the copies on the website cost 5 dollars each, while the ones from Amazon cost like 10 or 20 dollars, I just thought of the Thrift Books approach just so that Mom could have almost the entire series again. I thought I bought the entire series at once, when I realized that book seven was missing and I instead ordered Cheaper By the Dozen, which is also a book that Mom likes! Maybe after reading the entire Tennis Shoes series, I'll start reading that book to her.

Wordless Wednesday - on Friday...

Princess played this game with me. 

Notice anything different?

Last Birthday Freebies (I think)

I'm guessing I can get the rest of my birthday freebies in this post without it being crazy long.

Ok, let's get going!

Sephora gave me this cute little set although they had others I could choose from.

So did Ulta, but I liked the look of this pink bottle of mist.

BloomChic gave me $10 and I got this shirt. I think is was $13, so I did pay a little bit.

Kohl's also gave me $10, but I put it toward buying a warm coat for Sport.

With the $10 from JC Penney, I got 2 cute shirts. Both were Lilo & Stitch.

I missed my free pastry from Panera, but I made up for it with a cherry turnover from Arby's. Sorry, no pics.

Last year, I missed my free Jamba, but not this year! Orange Dream Machine is the best!

Texas Roadhouse game a free sidekick of ribs AND ice cream AND a ride on the saddle. It doesn't get any better than that.

Red Robin gave me a shake, but if anyone got a pic, it wasn’t me. I did get this one from our meal.

Almost done...

Chevron gave me 50 points toward gas and Subway gave me a free cookie.

Krispy Kreme gave me 3 glazed donuts

Last, but certainly not least, Club Tacanos, gave me a free meal, so Scout and I went down to the Gateway. She used my gift card and that got us down to about $20 including tip.  Not bad for all the delicious meat you can eat.

Ok, that's it...for now, but I still have 3 more to redeem...