Monday, January 23, 2012

Finally some snow!



We finally had enough snow to play in today! It wasn't a ton, but believe it or not, it's the most we've had all winter! The kids were very excited. Shalise went down once with me and then informed she could do it by herself, which she did the rest of the time. It was so funny listening to her giggle all the way down the hill! And don't ask me where Carson got the snowboard that he is riding in one of these pictures, because I don't know, apparently he borrowed it from someone... They are hoping it snows more tonight so they can play again tomorrow, I hope this isn't the only snow we get all year!


Girl's Weekend

Last weekend, I went with a friend overnight to Midway. It was so nice to relax and have a girl's night! We stayed a resort, went to dinner, watched movies and talked. It was so nice to wake up in the morning and not have to get up or be anywhere or do anything! After we had breakfast, we headed up to the Outlets to see what kind of deals we could find. I scored big at Old Navy! Their entire store was 40% off which was great when all the clearance was under like $6! So I was already thinking that was an amazing deal. I bought a bunch of clothes for the kids for next winter. I had like 4 huge bags of clothes when I left. So when I got to the register my grand total before the 40% off was 260, after the 40 it was 160 and I was still thinking that wasn't too bad. Then she told me if I got an Old Navy card that I could get another 60% off! I was like what? Are you sure? So I did that and walked out paying only $62 for bags and bags of clothes! I felt like I shoplifted half the store and it was legal! Afterwards a friend of mine called to see what the sale was and I came to find out that she was only supposed to give me 20% off so it was 60% all together. I wonder how many people she gave that deal to and wasn't supposed to! Man did I pick the right line! :)

Here is a cute outfit I got for Shalise, head to toe, boots and hat and everything, this only ended up costing me about $7!


Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Happy New Year 2012!

We had kindof an uneventful New Year's this year. I think we were so tired from building the house, moving, Christmas, unpacking etc etc, we didn't really feel like a big celebration! The kids went to bed at their normal time and Jake and I watched a movie and were both asleep before midnight, oh well! Happy New Year!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy 4th Birthday Shalise!


Shalise's birthday was on Christmas, she turned 4! I can't believe she is getting so big! She wore her new birthday dress from Nana to church and looked so pretty! :) Happy Birthday Shalise, we love you!!

Christmas 2012

Well Christmas morning was a success in our house! The kids were happy with what they got and we had such a fun day. Carson got a green machine from Santa and a remote control car, Marcus got a new Spiderman bike from Santa and Shalise got a Barbie house from Santa. Santa also gave them all wiggle cars which I don't have pictures of yet...

We had church at 9am but luckily we were done opening presents and ready to go by then. We spent the rest of the day playing with the kids with their new toys, puzzles, books etc. Here are some pictures of the kids opening presents and what they got. It was a good day in the Gillen home!