Raising Three Little Princesses

In a lot of areas, Utah’s cost of living is quite low but right now one annoying thing is that Utah’s gas prices are over 20 cents a gallon higher than the national average. According to gasbuddy.com, Utah’s prices are the 4th highest in the nation! Last year it cost us on average $20 to [...]

This is my mothers day picture, it was taken a week late but at least I got one! I look huge but that’s ok   The discomforts of pregnancy and craziness of toddlers and preschoolers is a small price to pay to be a mother of precious little girls. JJ and I happily give up [...]

I always try to do our taxes as early as I can. I am so happy that I was able to finish out taxes yesterday. Turbo Tax makes doing taxes so easy but still, I was ready for a nap after finishing! I tried using the free version last year but still doing everything for [...]

Like many other women who started their families young, I never did finish the course I started at University, I actually went to three! I took a semester break after Sariah was born and then planned to go back but then I became pregnant with Rebekah so I gave up on that idea. If I [...]

One of the great things about living in Utah is that there is a very low unemployment rate. Even though my husband will be paid for his BYU grad studies for at least 5 years, I still feel a sense of security living here that if really needed it wont be too difficult to find [...]

Over the last few years JJ and I have found some ways to lower the cost of our car insurance. Here is a list of what we did to  lower our car insurance payments. Get Married – This isn’t something you can really control if you are single but it was the first car insurance [...]

A Boston Herald article jokes that “fees for using airplane restrooms may be around the corner”.  However airlines raising their fees and cutting flights are no laughing matter. American Airlines is now charging $15 for each passangers first piece of luggage. For a family of 4 with 2 pieces of luggage each would be an extra $120 [...]

After arriving home from taking my girls to the park this morning I remembered that it was the 9th today so I quickly turned my computer on and logged into my online banking account and I found out that I received my $1,200 Economic Stimulus Payment from the IRS! We got the $300 per family [...]