"March"ing in

Wow, I can't believe February is over already! January seemed long to me, but February was the blink of an eye.

We had a busy month, and I see no slow-down in sight. I hope to find more time to blog and get some pictures up in the coming week. In the meantime, here's a picture of my favorite Declan face. He never cries when he does this pout, he just looks sad and cracks me up every time.=)

more ways to eat out cheaply

Chili's: Free Chips and Queso

Sign up for the Chili's email club here and you'll get a coupon for free chips and queso.

Get a coupon for free chocolate fondue for 2 when you sign up for The Melting Pot's Club Fondue.

Sign up for the Texas Roadhouse email list and you'll get a coupon for a free appetizer.

cheap eats

IHOP will hold it's National Pancake Day Celebration today, Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Customers will receive a free short stack of pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. A donation to Children's Miracle Network is requested. For more details go here.

Quizno's is giving away One Million Free Subs. To get your Free Small Signature Sub or Small Everyday Value Sub, Click Here and register your name, email address, and birthdate. A link to a Printable Coupon will be emailed to you.

Get a free Roastburger with any drink purchase at Arby's through March 9th. Click here for the details.

There's still time to take advantage of TGIFriday's Buy One, Get One Free Entree deal. Click here for the coupon. You can also join their email club for a free appetizer coupon (up to $8).

Sign up for printable coupons from Fazoli's. Right now you can print a coupon for a free kid's meal with the purchase of an adults or get a free small spaghetti with a drink purchase.

Go here to get a coupon to receive two free tacos from Jack In The Box. Valid Tuesday, February 24, 2009.

Redbox Free Code Monday

If you rent movies from Redbox, they have a free code every Monday. We usually pick up a kids movie. If you return it before 9pm the next day, it's free. Otherwise, you will be charged $1 per day.



This code is good for Monday, February 23, 2009.


Choose Rent a DVD with a Promo Code & enter promo code S39XKT. This can used once per credit/debit card.

Two cute

Zane turned two on Monday. I'm having a hard time with it, probably because he didn't get to stay my baby very long. I had a gap of 4 years between Brenna and Aiden, and then almost that long between Aiden and Zane. So I felt they had plenty of attention as the youngest.

But Zane was merely 20 months when Declan was born. To me it felt not long enough. Zane jumped from baby to big brother seemingly overnight. Although he seemed ready for that from the beginning. He crawled and walked early and was always striving to do things he saw his older brothers doing.

He is very sweet to his baby brother and I think they'll be great buddies as they grow.

Unfortunately he felt very sick on his actual birthday. He's had a cold that keeps him coughing at night, and a runny nose. His cheeks are also pretty red. So we celebrated his birthday yesterday instead.

His granny and grandpa came down to visit, and grandpa brought a rocking chair he made just for Zane. He loves it and carries it all over the house.

Happy Birthday sweet Zane!! We love you!!

Valentine's party

Yesterday our homeschool group held a Valentine's Day party. My friend came up with some great crafts. Here is Brenna making a necklace:

Aiden showing off his candy Ipod:

Then they passed out Valentine's cards:


Finally, they decorated and ate cookies:

snow sculptures

A couple weekend ago we visited Breckenridge to view the snow sculptures from the city's annual competition. It was so nice getting out of the city for the day, and the weather was great.




















The kids posed with their favorite sculpture:

Declan stayed bundled, but looks like he enjoyed himself:

baby daddy

Zane feeding his "baby".