Ode to Old Navy-Updated

Let me first say I love Old Navy. Our Old Navy here in Fayetteville is only so so but the store in its self I love.
Here is what I love about it.

• Every 4 months they run a clearance on their clearance and I get really cute baby shirts for as cheap as $1.
• They have tons of outfits that let me baby look like a miniature teenage. You will not find Keeley in shirts with characters, it just not me.
• Their pants have adjustable waist bands for my 15 month old who just barely hit 20 lbs.
• Their online selection is amazing and shipping is always only $7 unless you catch a deal and then it is free.
  
• They have crazy good sales. Like this week. Most long sleeved baby shirts are $5 each.
• Because this week I got a coupon for $75 off $100 purchase. YAY!!!!!!!!! And so Keeley got all of this for $40 out of pocket and that includes tax.
  

our finds include: 6 long sleeve shirts. 2 sweatshirts. 1 winter jacket. 1 dress for church. 1 pair of tights. 1 pair of the most adorable shoes. That is an average of $3 per item.

Here is a closer look just in case you can't see how cute my little girl is going to look in these cute new tennies and this jacket. We are ready for winter!

UPDATE: I have had a few requests for details on the coupons, here is how it works. Old Navy updates their web page every week. CLICK HERE. Sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday. You never know when. I have been known to wake up at 2 in the morning to see it has been updated so seriously anytime of day is game. When it updates they hide coupons. You must find the coupon before they run out. For example this week they updated on Friday around 9:30am. The best coupons was $75 off of $100. There was only 250 available for the service area which I assume is world wide, because the q's are sold on ebay as well. I had to take lipstick out of the pocket of the girl shown on the right side of the page and apply it to the girl on the left side of the page. Try it out you will see what I mean. Those coupons were gone within 1 minute of when they loaded the page. So, long story short, It isn't an easy task and I have been trying since April to get the high value coupon so be patient. You can usually still get a decent coupons most of the week. So always check there before you go in the store. If you look at my coupons section on the right side of my blog one is A Full Cup. They have a big Old Navy following if you want to check them out.

July is Next

Okay July was a big month for us. So bear with my long winded stories.

4th of July
Keeley got sick after our flight home from Philly. She ran a 105 fever for 5 days. We had her to the ER, the doctors 3 times and nobody could/would do anything for my very ill baby. I held her all day and all night and the poor little thing would just moan in my arms. For the fourth of July we spent our time with Mark and Gail who came up for a visit. We took turns trying to get Keeley to drink. And every evening contemplating whether we should take her back into the ER. Keeley weighed that same as she did at nine months when the week was over.
Her fever finally broke and with it came a rash. One doctor had even seen when she was still feverish and didn't recognize it as Roseola. Other doctors had looked at her said, chicken pox, small pox and a variety of other not fun disease. In the end it really was Roseola. Anyway, not an exciting time for us, but I was exhausted.

Trip to Idaho
Just as Keeley's rash was clearing up we headed to Idaho for Sean and Ashleigh's wedding. The trip was long but Keeley really was a trooper given the circumstances. We left at 4 in the morning and arrived at 2pm into Salt Lake then took a 3.5 hour drive home. As soon as we arrived we quickly changed and Keeley and I loaded up with all the other women to go to Ashleigh's bridal shower. The food was divine and as I sat on deck talking to the other women I heard my daughter start screaming. I had been watching her play with a stick on the deck just feet from me. She apparently stuck that stick into a wasp nest hidden underneath the deck. Keeley received 6 stings within seconds. Her arms were swelling all the way to her shoulders with in 5 minutes. Obviously I didn't bring any benadryl so our dear friend Jen runs out the front door and starts screaming down the street for anyone who has baby benadryl. Fortunately she found some one. We gave Keeley a dose then headed to the ER with a pediatric nurse in tow. Matt meet us there and by then I had her almost calmed down. By the time the doctor saw us the swelling was almost gone. Thank goodness it wasn't any worse. I just got the bills for the eventful night. It is unbelievable what they charge you to wait in their waiting rooms.

The Wedding
This truly deserves a post unto itself but because I don't have any pictures (sean and ash, we are hoping to receive them soon!!wink wink) this will have to do for now. It was a great weekend all together. Everything worked out wonderful the weather was perfect and Ash looked amazing. The only pics I have are of Keeley but she is pretty darn cute too. Keeley is with Dakota who was the flower girl and is my not exactly related niece. But we call them family.


Downhill Biking
My one request was to get to the Mountains while I was in Idaho. Everybody gave up a weekend to indulge my request. Mom kept Keeley for an entire day while Sean, Ash, Simon (Matt's brother who was going to school at BYU-Idaho), Dad and I headed to Targhee. For an arm jolting day of downhill biking. I had such a great time. I am truly my happiest in those mountains. Here is Simon, Dad, Sean and I on our venture down.

I might add Dad and I were the only two to survive the day with out any blood drawn. Usually we are the ones launching over a mountain somewhere. Plus I finally mastered hair pin tuns with steep grade. I only came off 1 time all day.

Boise
After almost 3 weeks in Idaho Falls I meet up with my sister in Law, and best friend, Mackenzie to stay with her parents in Boise. Wow that was a mouth full. Boise is my old romping ground. I attended college there for 2.5 years before I transferred to BYU-Idaho. SO I was excited to go back and see it again. We had a fun filled week. We make tutus and hair bows. We went to the splash park. Kenz and I always have a great time together and it was a lot of fun to have Wilma, her mom, with us on this adventure.

This is taken just seconds before Keely runs square into the pole. It was my fault I asked a 2 year old to help her go through. My bad.



Keeley, Me, Kez, and Hailee. I'm glad we got this picture.

Me and My Girl.
Okay go take a rest because August is next and it won't get any shorter I'm afraid.

June

So, I'm behind. Lets go back to June.

Pilot Mt

We trekked up to Pilot Mountain the middle of June. It gave us the opportunity to get outside and hike one last time before the weather got too hot. It was the first time in over year I had been able to climb so I was excited to take advantage or the rock.

However with eight kids in tow we got very little climbing done. Carry Keeley was the greatest pump Matt got that entire weekend. Ohh, well I guess we will have to return :)

Philadelphia
The end of June I took a trip to Philadelphia to celebrate with my (ONE and ONLY) cousin his graduation from high school. My mom met us there and we had a little reunion of sorts. Congrats Alex! We don't have any pictures of this weekend, our camera broke. Aunt Jan will you send yours.

Non-Blogger

It seems everyone is taking breaks from blogging, even Cjane is on leave. If Cjane, who is a self proclaimed professional blogger, can take a break then I won't feel so bad about mediocre me taking a sabbatical. Blogging just hasn't been at the top of the to do list for several months but when the weather is back to being crummy I think I'll kick into gear once again.

I must say today has been a great day. My little Keeley has been such a delight. I found her creeping into my brother and sister in laws room and as I approached she was removing two handfuls of prizes from their night stand. I quickly blurted "Put it back!' and to my dismay she did just that. She returned all the item to their original location a left the room. WOW!!

She is quite the talker these days as well. Her words include NO, ball, bye-bye, me, NO NO, thank you, more, NO NO NO, mama, dada, nana, wow, owe, uh-oh, and did I mention NO. Plus she has really caught onto the idea of signing. She is able to sign more, milk, all done, and others too but I can't think of a single other one as she screams into my ear for this post to be done.

I think my great day has come to a halt. Happy SABBATICAL everyone!

Speaking of Food. . .

You NEED to try this. It will forever change your life. Or at least it did mine.
It is easy and so delicious!! My "no sweet eating" husband even thought it was great and had seconds, and that is saying something.

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

INGREDIENTS

1	package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2	cup sugar
1	egg
1/2	cup coconut, if desired
1	roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

DIRECTIONS

1.	Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in coconut.
2.	In ungreased, 9- or 8-inch square pan, break up half of cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of dough over cream cheese mixture.
3.	Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store in refrigerator.