Happy Halloween

Since I have been sick on and off for pretty much the entire month I have spent a lot of time at home doing crafts. Unfortunately I can't share any of them because they are mostly Christmas presents except for these very cute Halloween jars that I finally finished! I got the idea from notsoidlehands.blogspot.com which is a craft site I really like- check it out for lots of fun ideas!

Magazines

Since I haven't been working since we moved to Texas I have had a lot of free time on my hands. I have been able to spend time during the day checking blogs and finding good deals! I had gotten a few subscriptions to magazines for free in the past years but lately I have been able to get a ton! Right now I am currently subscribed to O Magazine, Shape, American Baby, Parents Magazine, Glamour, Business Week, Woman's Day, Elle Decor, and Travel and Leisure (just to name a few- I know there are a few missing from this list) and I haven't paid anything for any of them! When I was telling my mom about a magazine she was excited and wanted some for herself so I thought maybe everyone would be interested to know how I found them all. Most of them are from a service called RewardsGold but I have found them through links from the coupon blogs that I read. Most of them are listed to the right of my blog in the "Coupons and Giveways" section. I recommend checking them out so you can get free magazines too!

Other products I have received free from these blogs range from free meals at restaurants (from special coupons), free computer fonts, free toiletries, free microfiber cloths, to free Glidden paint! Some of the blogs offer free fridays so they will list all the free items you can find online on Friday. The magazines go quick so you should just check in whenever you have a minute. Most of these blogs also offer information on how to save money in many other ways with coupons or sales listings. Some of them even offer giveaways that you can enter. I would recommend using an alternate email for anything you sign up for just in case they send out some spam with their free offers. I have just updated the list with the blogs that I find useful or particularly interesting. Good luck on finding fun free stuff!

Mom and Dad's Visit

A few weeks ago mom and dad graves came to visit! We had a ton of fun and visited lots of San Antonio locations. As you can tell they brought some nice pacific northwest weather with them which made it a lot easier to spend all day outside! Unfortunately the day we visited the temple was not a very good day for pictures because of the weather and the fact that all the water features are off because of the current water restrictions. We did get a lot of pictures at the Spanish Missions so take a look!

Nick at one of the Spanish Missions modeling the cactus and more pictures of us at the Missions

One pic of the natural bridge caverns. It was hard to take pictures inside so you will have to just go to the naturalbridgecaverns website to see more or visit yourself!

And of course no San Antonio trip is complete without Sea World!

We had so much fun showing them the city and have already thought of more places to take them next time they make it out here to Texas. Hopefully sooner than later!!