Mark from HI!!

Thank you Mark!!!

Well On Sunday a good friend of our arrived from Hawaii. We were so excited to see him. We have had some serious fun!! On Monday he slept in until like 2 pm!!! But it was worth it for me. When I arrived home from work, he and Jamie had headed to the grocery store and make me and the kids an amazing dinner!! This salad he made was to die for!!! I could have eaten the whole bowl!!!

Then they made Beef Shicskabobs (Ok I can’t spell), grilled zucchini, grilled egg plant and it was all so wonderful! Fresh herbs garlic and lots of other spices!! I get hungry just thinking about it.

Then last night while Jamie was his photography meeting, Mark took me out for dinner. I put Jackson to bed and then we headed out to BWW!!! My all time favorite place. We had beer and wings. We chatted and had just a grand old time. It was really nice for me to get out and just be an adult for a split moment. It was nice.

So thank you Mark! I truly appreciated my time out last night and the wonderful company! I so hope to come out to Hawaii soon to see you and Jeanie. Safe travels and I hope you and Jamie have a wonderful time in Vegas today! I hope you see your friend Miranda!

Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus." 1 Timothy 1:14

Slide Rock - Sedona AZ

The weekend before Taylor came home we took a drive up to Sedona. Sedona is one of our most favorite places to go. There is always so much to see and even if you see it once you can always go back.

SIDE NOTE: Hopefully my pictures will work this time...

So we headed up early on Saturday morning..Jackson strapped in the back seat our snacks on the cooler and away we went.

We arrived about 9 am. Got our park pass and headed to Bell Rock. We have never hiked that. So we put Jackson in the back pack carrier and away we went. We hiked about half way up. With Jackson it just got too hard. So we headed back down and back to the Van.

Then we headed up to a quite place to have our picnic lunch. We sat by a stream away from anyone. It was quite and peacful. Jackson loved climbing on the rocks.

After Lunch we headed out to Slide Rock. It was full the first 2 times we went by. But the Third times a charm. We got parked, suits on and headed out. Slide Rock is a State Park. It is a natural formation. It Literraly has natural Slides in it.

COUPONS COUPONS COUPONS

WOW!!! I saved 67% on my grocery bill last night!! I got all my Lunchables for free, baby wipes for .49, Salad dressing for .69!!! I scored big time!!!

I just thought I would share because I get a total high out of using coupons and saving boat loads of money. Too bad you can't cash in your coupons. Otherwise I would be rich!!!

Just food for thought..

Jenny

Scrapping Part II

DUDE!!! ADDING PICTURES IS FRUSTRATING!!! FIRST THEY ARE TOO BIG>>>THEN THEY ARE TOO SMALL>>>>THEN THEY ARE DISTORTED>>>>

Ok...So I have figured out how to add all my photos....Or at least i thought I did!!!! As you can see I really didn't.... (who am I kidding???)

So I drummed up some pictures of me and Jules at Celebrate PHX earlier this year. We had such a blast!!! I have never cscrapped so hard in my life!! As you can see by the pictures we were crazy ladies.

First you standard: "Hi We are taking this Picture so we can Scrap it Photo's"

Then you have the Ok, We need to take a picture! We've been too envolved in scrapping all day! We havn't taken ANY PCITURES!!!





Then you have the "Hurry up lady, take our picture by the sign. we are exhausted picture"





JULES: Your job is to email me some pics to add here. Remember we took them ALL on your camera! I can't download them from CM.

So there are lots of pictures that i am missing...

So as you can see Jules and I had a blast!! I so can not wait until our Minneapolis one. We will have 12+ people! In our group. We will hopefully get a ton done. I have big goals...But you know that I am a talker so i just might not get it done..

Anne, Maria, Chrissy ---- ARE YOU NOT SO EXCITED FOR CELEBRATE MN!!!

Scrapbooking - Minnesota

Scrapbooking. My second passion in life beside my kids. I lost count of how many pages I have completed but I know it’s a ton. Scrapbooking is my outlet. It relieves my stress, makes me laugh, makes me cry and most of allow allows me to preserve my memories for years to come.

Right now I am looking forward to an upcoming Scrap in MN. It’s called Celebrate MN. One of my very best friends, Julie Bowen, flew down to AZ last year to take part in the Celebrate Phoenix one. We scraped for like 12 hours and finished between the 2 of us over 150 pages!!! Can you believe that? Crazy I know. So the Minnesota scrap is sure to be fun. My very friends will be there. Julie, Anne & Maria. Plus a whole group of others. From my mom, sister, Jenny J, and my sister in law Shanda from SD. It is going to be a fun fun time!!! I hope to finish Jackson’s Album and start on my 2006 Family album.

I am going to try and come up with a bet between a few of us to see who can get the most pages done in the 12 hours. I think it will be a little fun competition. So if any of you that are attending have any ideas, post a comment and we will discuss!!

Well I best be off and its late. Do note that my little boy slept in his big boy bed AGAIN last night. He is growing up WAY to fast!

Later ~ Jenny Mae

My Big Boy!!!

Well last night I rearranged Jackson's room. I put his toddler bed under the window in the hopes that this would help him sleep in his big boy bed. Well it worked!! He stayed in his very own bed ALL NIGHT!! He didn't get up once! Then when mama came in this morning he was sitting on his bed like a big boy! Oh how they grow up way to fast. Now if only I could figure out how to post pictures after I publish my blog I would be good. Because I have pictures, but they are at home and I am here...

Well I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Blessings,
Jenny

The Hines Family....

Welcome to our Blog! I thought I would create this blog to share The Hines Family Happenings. I thought it would be fun to let you in our crazy life here in Phoenix!

Tonight I sit here in the office while Jackson is sleeping in his big boy bed! I rearranged his room and he is all tucked in and having no issues!! (For those who know about our first toddler bed experience it was mommy who had the issues..:)) I am hopeful that he will sleep the night.

Nanny (Jamie's Mom) treated Jamie and Taylor to the Nickleback, Daughtry concert this evening. It was a special gift for the 2 of them since they both just LOVE music. So am am doing my best trying to hold my eyes open while I wait up for them to see how it was... My guess is that I won't make it.

I hope all of you have a wonderful evening. I want to try and end each entry with a scripture but I will have to add one to this post a little late.

Good Night All,
Jenny