My BEST present...EVER.

I am trying to play catch up- and I CAN'T believe it has taken me this long to share this product with you guys! 

Let's start off with a pre-story story. For the life of me I have never been able to find a way to find a candle that would make my whole house smell nice. Back a couple years ago a good friend shared Yankee Candle with me and I fell in love. Then I fell out of love when they discontinued my scent. Not OK. 

I have a great friend in Vegas whose home ALWAYS smelled great, and to top it off she has three boys under the age of 4. She had a secret- I finally asked her about it and she shared what she used, but in my cheapo mind I thought I will burn through this product in no time...waste of $$.

It only took me another year to decide that I HAD to try it. My sweet mother-in-law got my new love for me and I am IN LOVE. 

What is the product? Scentsy. 

For those of you who have never heard of it here is how it works- you first have to purchase something like this: (And this is the exact one I got)

 That is your warmer. Then you purchase the wax that goes in it. This is where I questioned it, and figured I would burn through it in no time. I have had this thing on every day, for at least 5+ hours a day and have only used 2 wax squares. The smell doesn't stop, it always smells great...I just can't get enough!! I chose the following scents- they sounded great for the holiday season-

So far I have only used the Sticky Cinnamon Bun...and once again I have only used 2 bars! 
After finding this product I thought to myself- "self...you have GOT to share this" So here I am sharing this. They have so many scents to chose from, they even have little mini warmers to put in places like bathrooms (hello who doesn't need those in their bathrooms?) 
So HERE IS HOW THIS WORKSIf you are interested enough to buy- I am hosting a party! 

1. Go to this link 
2. See my name on the lower left hand side of the page? 
3. Click on it and browse the catalog. 
4. If you live local to me, it will ship free to my house and I can get it to you.
5. If you don't live local no need to fret- you can still order but you will need to cover shipping. (Which is reasonable and totally worth it!) 
6. If you want some great recommends for different products let me know- I would LOVE to help out!! 

Once again, THE.BEST.PRESENT.EVER!! Get one for you...get one for your mom...get one for your friend next door who has an issue with stinky house (She will thank you). 

Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we had the opportunity to head to Flower Mound (Dallas area) to spend time with my mother-in-law. We had so much fun!! First thing Saturday morning we headed to a pumpkin patch- 

 The weather was NICE and actually cool. It was such a nice change!

 Both older kids lined up to see how tall they were...Miles was ONLY interested in doing this (see below)

 Grammy finally convinced them to come with her for a hay ride around the patch.

 While we waited for the hayride I had to get a kiddo picture.

 Mr. Daredevil- loves climbing up as high as he can- and has NO balance.

 The kids got to go for a ride around the pumpkin patch- even Dad got to go along...

 By this point they were done taking pictures,

 I just can't get over how cute they are. (They do always seem cuter when they are sleeping...right?)

We had so much fun this past weekend- Dustin and I couldn't believe how inexpensive this pumpkin patch was!! It cost us $5 TOTAL !! The only thing you had to pay for was the parking, and the pumpkins if you wanted one. 

Another....

We found out today that we will be adding another BOY to our family on February 14th. Miles is excited (don't think he even realizes what is going on), Bennett (at the dr.) told us right after it had been announced "But I don't want another brother...I already have one!!!", and Halle asked "Why Heavenly Father didn't send a girl"...after a couple hours they seem excited, and WE are ecstatic. Bring on the boys- hopefully this one won't be bigger than Miles (seeing as he was 9'2) and my babies only get bigger. 

"breathing treatments"????

Miles wants to be just like his big brother... enough so that he found this and thought he needed to give himself a breathing treatment. 

 Too bad for him that isn't exactly what this is used for....

He thinks it is... and for another couple of months we will just let him believe! 

Bennett's First day of Preschool!

This cute little guy started preschool on Tuesday at a local gymnastics place. They offer preschool AND gymnastics lessons (one hour each preschool day). It is AWESOME! They go from 9-2 so he is exhausted by the time he gets home. 

 Miles had no idea what was going on and was so excited too..until we dropped Bennett off.

I think Bennett thinks picture taking is for morons...at least that is the look I am getting from him in all of his individual pictures. He loves it and looks forward to going every Tue/Thurs.
I can't believe what "freedom" only having one child is. We get SO much done during the day while the kids are at school. I remember having just one and not knowing how to get anything done...now that I have three I don't understand what my logic was!!! 

How to do florida CHEAP

We had so much fun in Florida. Here is a breakdown of some of the best ways to save $$ while going. 

1. Before we even left both Dustin and I applied for Chase Credit cards THROUGH disney. If you apply while they run certain promotions you get a $200 giftcard to use at disney. I think they assume you will use it to eat or buy souvenirs while at the park but we used it on tickets. 
2. We drove...even though gas does cost a lot these days, you have a car to then drive you around while staying at the hotel. You save money then by not having to rely on using the hotel to feed you 100%. 
3. We booked our vacation through www.familygetaways.com . At first I didn't think we had gotten a really good deal, but after hearing what our package included-we did. We had a "upgraded" room which had two double beds and a pull out sofa, valet was included, internet, and breakfast buffet every morning while we stayed. 
4. We ate at the hotel for breakfast, then for lunch we brown sacked it. Meaning, at the breakfast they offer fruits and breads. Well, I took enough bread and fruit to make sandwiches (made pb&j) and then had chips etc that we had picked up at our local store before we left. We didn't buy a single item for lunch and always had enough snacks on hand. 
5. We did NOT buy souvenirs inside the park. There is a super walmart RIGHT down the road that has a huge disney section. We went in there and let the kids each pick a shirt and a stuffed animal...you don't even want to know the price difference between what disney charges in park and what walmart charges. Each shirt was $7 at walmart and the stuffed animal was $5-$10. I am sure we would have paid triple that if not more in the park. 
6. In Destin we stayed in a Residence Inn (Marriott) they offer continental breakfast AND a managers reception for dinner on M, T, & Wed nights...which is like spaghetti, meatloaf..etc. Not the best tasting but free. 
7. At Gatorland we got a 20% discount because I am a member of AAA. 
8. We did NOT fill up with gas anywhere near the park. The gas station right by the park was $4.60 a gallon. 10 miles down the road we found a gas station for $3.40. 
9. The way there we drove through the day (big mistake) we had to stop easily every 2-3 hours to let someone go to the bathroom. (Bennett had a hard time with public restrooms at first...but got over it real quick when he had no other option!) On the way back we drove through the night and that was NICE. Everyone slept pretty much the whole way. 

Florida part 4- finale

On Thursday we went to Gatorland- an Orlando classic. I remember going here when I was little!! 

 The kids were nervous at first- but realized that this one didn't move.

Gatorland was fun, we got to see the gator show where they make them jump in the air (or as much as gators can jump). We also got to walk around the park and see just how many they have in their park...kind of eerie!!