Discovery Gateway coupons

I have a couple of extra coupons for the children's museum at the Gateway in Salt Lake. It's a 2 for 1 coupon good for up to 6 people. It's a fantastic museum but pretty expensive so this coupon makes the price about right. It's only good until July 31. Let me know if you want them.

The Divvy Up Sale

I know I just wrote about this, but I thought I would give this consignment sale one more plug. I dropped off my items this morning and I was so impressed with how much stuff they have to sell. So come and shop--and buy some of my stuff. If all of my items sell, it will pay for my trip to Georgia in October! Here's the email the organizers sent out this afternoon:

The Divvy UP- children's consignment sale

We are ready to start the Divvy UP sale this week. We have over 3500 items to sell- things like clothes (even charter school clothes), shoes, toys, furniture, and decorations for your children's rooms. This looks to be fantastic. Our doors open tomorrow, Wednesday, for a pre-sale for those who consign and/or volunteer and for those who have a new baby, are pregnant or active military. Thursday-Saturday will be open to the public. Saturday, many items will be 1/2 price, but the selection may be slimmer, so the sooner you come, the better the goods. We hope to see you at our sale... it looks to be great. See thedivvyup.com for specific times. The sale will be at the Fair grounds, across from the Aquatic Center. We plan to do another sale the last week of April, so save your hangers and unused childrens items so you can make some money. MIndy And Colleen

Another Emmeism

We try to read a scripture verse each day to the girls. Today I was reading and the girls wanted to listen to what I was reading in the BOM. I'm currently in the war chapters of Alma. I was reading about a particular fight between the Nephites and Lamanites and Emme looks up at me and says "Daddy, the Nephites would win if they all had bikes and ran over the lamanites so they would die."

All Logan Moms!

I wanted to let everyone know about a great way to earn a little money! A couple of moms here in Logan have organized a consignment sale that will run July 9-11. Consignment sales are a great way to get rid of what your kids have outgrown, as well as shop for what they need. They aren't common in Utah because people tend to rely on hand me downs for larger families, they just give their stuff to the DI, or they have their own garage sales. Consignment sales are nice because they typically accept things that are in very good used condition (no old ratty stained t-shirts or broken toys). The upside is that people are willing to pay more than garage sale prices, so if you are consigning items you tend to make a little more money. For example, I consigned some clothes a few weeks ago and made $20 on only 3 items. Anyway, I'm not involved with organizing the sale at all, so this really isn't a sales pitch. I just found out about it and got really excited to get rid of some things around here and hopefully make a little money, which I will probably use to just buy more stuff. Ah, the circle of life.
Here is the website if you want more info or if you want to sign up to consign.
http://www.thedivvyup.com

Emme's Influence

Many of you know about Emme and her crazy dress-ups. Well, she's at it again and she's teaching Grace how to do it. However, as you can see, Grace needs to give Emme some posing tips.

Cousin Camp

So we took Mary's brother's kids for a week while they were on a trip. It was an adventure. Mary is a champ for taking two more kids and doing daily activities. Here are some of the things we did.


Activity 1: Playing with playdoh


Activity 2: Going to the park


Activity 3: Covering the table with butcher paper and letting the kids decorate it.


Activity 4: Having a weenie roast and smores


Activity 5: Going to the little town zoo/park

After zoo snack

How we kept the place in order.

job chart on the fridge

Notice that Emme only has one check mark. (slacker)

Activity 6: Took the kids to the aquarium in Sandy

Too Funny

So my sister Alyson sent me this email. I think I busted my gut laughing. Time for new pictures, eh?

"You both look so serious...Well, Mary you look more sultry than serious.
Where are those fun-loving personalities we know?
Looks more like craigslist massage listing...and the one answering...."