Frugalista Wannabe

I've decided to start devoting some energy to my extremely neglected blog. The new direction I'm taking is still unclear and I'll just figure it out as I go.

My frugalista tendencies are taking over and I'm finding more & more of my time spent online bargain hunting. My deal of today is from Groupon, only $13 for a year long Sunday-only subscription to the Chicago Tribune. This means I can get a 2nd source of coupons for only $.25 a week! Now I just need the kids to go back to school so I've got the time & energy to clip coupons!

Family fun in Florida

We're just back from our family vacation w/ Joe's brothers & parents in Orlando. We had a great time w/ the fam. We went to Magic Kingdom & Epcot and even got a family portrait taken.



Zane & Joe driving the Indy Speeday at Magic Kingdom.

Aunt April, Baby Luke & Nicole

Goofy was the only character the boys met, they were scared of the others.

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The kids liked the jumping fountains at EPCOT.

In the Zone

Braden loves holding Luke

We welcomed our 3rd child on Feb 20th. Luke Silas Richards has been an adorable addition to the family. I've found that man to man coverage no longer works on my 3 boys so now we're using the zone defense.

Luke in his 1st tub bath

Zane & Braden hunting for Easter eggs in the backyard

It's My Birthday!

I'm now another year older & mayber wiser. It's been a great day around here. Joe only worked until 11:30 today so he was home to work on the bathroom project and allow me to go out to lunch with my mom.
Tonight we're going out to dinner while Grandpa watches the kids.


I took the kids to the Shedd Aquarium 2 weeks ago and captured a quick picture of them as they were running to the door.

We spent Thanksgiving in O'Fallon, MO with Josh & April Richards. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins.

It's a healthy baby...

BOY!
My ultrasound went very well this morning. The baby is healthy and actively growing. I'm now 20 weeks pregnant.

Autumn is lovely

We are having a fun and busy time this autumn. Yesterday we enjoyed a hayride at Randall Oaks with my MOPS group. The kids had a lot of fun playing in the hay and roasting marshmellows.



For Columbus Day we went to Discovery Center Museum and the weather was so lovely that the boys got to play outside at the water table. Grammy came along to help me out.






We went to our favorite fall festival at Tom's Farm Market to play when school was out.


My pregnancy continues to be an unpleasant experience. We are looking forward to the 20 week ultrasound on Friday. We hope to find out the baby's sex!
Look for the results here!

I'm back on blogger!

Yeah, Blogger finally let me sign on again!!

So let me update my blog on what's been going on for the last 2 months.

I'm pregnant & feeling icky. That pretty much sums up the summer & start of school.

We will be welcoming a new baby Richards in March of next year.

Oh yeah, we also did some fun stuff this summer. Here are some pictures:

Joe took Zane & Braden to their first Major League Baseball game- it was at the White Sox stadium and I felt too sick to go along.

We went camping in Wisconsin. I was sick most of the weekend.

We spent a lot of the summer at Crystal Lake beach building sand castles.

Zane did great in his swim lessons.

Zane went through Safety Town and graduated!

We went to Cancun, Mexico with Joe's parents at the end of July.

And Joe & Zane spent part of our Mexico vacation building sand castles at the beach.