Juicy Juice

Thanks to the great folks at House Party, I was able to have another party. This one was sponsored by Juicy Juice. We had a wonderful play date where I was able to share Juicy Juice's newest juice. They have no added sugar, no artificial flavors or Preservative and come in a really cool 33.8 oz container. There is Juicy Juice Immunity with Vitamin C and Zinc to help support immune systems and prebiotic fiber for healthy digestions. The other is Juicy Juice Brain Development with DHA.

We got to try the apple, berry, & grape. They were all very good, but we were all surprised by how good the grape ones. One of the mom's who came said she was not much of a juice drinker, and really did not care for grape juice as it tastes like cough medicine. I convinced her to try the Juicy Juice and she loved it, she was sold, she said it had a very nice mild favor.

Beside the wonderful Juice we were also given a water bottle, re-usable shopping bag! We need to take care of God's beautiful nature any way we can right? We also received a fun growth cart to keep track of how fast our kiddos are growing, coupons for more juice now that we are all excited to go our and buy some. The kids got a coloring book and a small deck of cards! Both great brain activities :)

All in all we had a fantastic afternoon. I encourage you to give the the new Juicy Juice a try, you won't be disappointed. Also if you have not looked around the House Party website do so. It is a great way and reason to get your friends together!

Blessings

God is Good! Our Family has been blessed tons this last week and I wanted to share them with you all.

We are home safe and sound after a wonderful time in Grand Rapids, MI with my family. The flight home was not as good as the flight there. Josiah was in my lap for both legs of the trip, but it could have been worse. Cassie and Kira were great, they have become pretty self sufficient when it comes to flying. Cassie even sat in the row behind me for part of the flight, she orders her own drink, took a nap and even went to the bathroom on her own! Kira's stomach as bothering her so we took a few trips to the bathroom, but we made it home without any puck or poop on any of us! After hear some of my complaint words coming from Cassie and Kira, I realized I must have been doing a lot of complaining, so after reminding all of us that I choose not to pay for a seat for Josiah so we could not complain about him sitting on my lap as it was my choose to not buy him a seat. (We are big on living with our chooses around our house these days!)

I came home to a very clean house. Cleaner then I had left it, I try to make sure things are picked up so that when I return from a vacation it is not to overwhelming but it was really clean. A missed placed toy here, a bed made there, vacuum marks in my bedroom, no dust on my dresser, things that made me go hmm? Someone has been in my house? My new friends are the best, they cleaned my house for me while I was gone. Thank you fellow Mall Walkin Mommy Mobbers!

While on vacation I got an e-mail from my commanders wife telling me about this wonderful nursery that was giving Christmas trees to Military Families with Deployed spouses. WOW a free Christmas tree! So after church on Sunday the kids and I went to Green Acres Nursery & Suply in Roseville, CA and got our free tree and poinsettias! Thank you so much Green Acres you are AWESOME! They wrapped it all up, cut the end off and even tied it to the top of my van!

My wonderful neighbor from across the street came over and help me get the tree down from the top of the car and into the house. We got it up and sitting straight in the stand. So nice to be in such a wonderful neighborhood.

Before I left I notice a slight squeak when I would step on my brakes of the van. So I had it in my plans to have them looked at when I got home. Well as luck would have it the sliding door on the van also stopped working, so no excuse to not bring it in now. The wonderful people at the dealership take such good care of me. I was bracing for the worst and ready to pay BIG money. Well the brake are fine, actually the guy said they look very very good! And the door was something very simple and I only got charged labor! On top of all that, they have a wonderful van shuttle that brought me home and then pick me up this morning when I needed a ride(see next blessing), they even drove by Kira's school so I could drop her off.

Having brought the van in yesterday and not knowing it would be done in a day I was planning on using Kevin car to bring the kids to school today and all the other stuff I do! I got all the car seats in the car and then loaded the kids in. It would be close to getting to the bus stop on time but we just might make it. I put the key in and the car won't start, it is dead as a door knob! Great neighbor #2. The family next door also has a son that goes to Cassie school so they brought Cassie this morning, he also brought his battier charger over and we got Kevin car going!

God is so Good even in the mist of bad/hard things he send blessing.

House Party

I tried something new. I was referred to this website via a friend. I was very skeptical at first. But it was a lot of fun. There is a website called houseparty.com. You register for free and then you can look at the available parties they are offering and apply for them. If you are chosen to have a party you get a box of goodies to give to your guest and some to keep for your self.

Well I just hosted one last night and it was a blast. You can go to my party page directly at http://www.houseparty.com/party/75980 and see some more photos. But is was a Canon party, so I invited a few friends over to scrapbook and craft. Canon sent me a free photo printer! YEP FREE! it is the Canon SELPHY CP770 Compact Photo Printer.
I let my guest play around with it and they loved it. I am so excited about it too. Some of the cool features are that it is totally portable, it all fits in the case for easy carrying. I love some of the other features also like being able to print more then one photo on a page, it shrinks it for you and everything. Way cool and we loved the quality of the picture too!

I am so excited about my new printer. Thank you Canon! I am already looking for another party to apply for to host, I hope I am chosen for something again. It was a lot of fun and very easy!

Dentist

The girls had a dentist appointment today and both did great! They made the no cavity wall of fame! This was the first time we have used this dentist and I am very, very happy with office. It has a Disney theme to the decor, has a little play room in the waiting room. In the back it is open feel and it has T.V's on the ceiling for the kids to watch while they are in the chairs. Way cool, if I would have had that growing up maybe it would have been easier to get me to go!

From just our first visit I would recommend Dr. Robert Ripley, in Yuba City.

Photographer Review

We recently had our family pictures taken and I LOVE THEM! Danielle Cain was great, she was very patient with our kids. She really has a very good eye for what will look good. She was also open to suggestions we had. She does a little of everything in her photography, from model head shots, to family, children and weddings, She even photographs the rose garden at the California State Capital. She does some traveling as well, having done wedding from Chicago to Seattle. I am definitely going to have Danielle do more pictures for me in the future. Here are two of her websites if you want to check out some of her other work.

Eden's Vision (under construction)
Super Models