My baby eats everything-even grass!
8 Months old!
Dressing up like Daddy:)
Missing teeth
This is one of Tate's favorite hobbies. Yes, it's dangerous (he actually started a cracker box on fire once)... But I let him have fun with a magnifying glass under my supervision.
Me and my baby sharing a licorice
We (Bryan, Tate, and I) went to Rocky Point this last weekend. It was amazing, not at all scary! I don't know what everyone is talking about being too afraid to travel there... but I felt safe there and that's saying something. Anyways, we had so much fun playing at the ocean for 3 days. We rented a jet ski on the first day and got to go riding out by the dolphins. They were swimming all around us and it was too cool! The second day we drove downtown and went shopping. We got a bunch of sombreros. The third day we rode a boat out to bird island where there is a colony of sea lions. We got to go snorkling with them. It was amazing! We will definitely want to repeat this vacation sometime.
Samuel learned how to drink from a sippy cup on his first try. Surprised me and drank it all gone!
Playing ball-already.
Cinco de Mayo
I couldn't find Tate one day, so I checked out front and 
My sister Christina, her husband Joseph, and their two boys came to stay with us for a few days. It was awesome! Samuel got to meet his cousin Tyler who is only 3 months younger.
Tate tells me that he is already a scientist. He's ALWAYS performing experiments. Here he is trying to make electicity with water, a copper wire, and aluminum foil. Notice the gloves and goggles? He told me that he didn't want to get shocked or hurt.
Sam loves his toes. He plays with them constantly and even sticks them in his mouth sometimes.
Adorable!!! I love this picture of Sam.
I got a bike trailer for Mother's Day:) It is my newest favorite thing and we use it all the time. Samuel enjoys it. Tate prefers to ride his own bike which I'm glad about. It's less weight for me to pull and a great energy releaser for him.
We went shooting as a family in the Superstitions. It was only my second time shooting because I'm kind of terrified of guns. Anyways, I was proud of myself because I faced my fears and was the only one to hit a bullseye.
Playing in the dirt. Actually he was looking for cool rocks.
Bryan teaching Tate all he knows about shooting.
Sam and Bryan hanging out on the tailgate.
Our little family.
The entire Manning family (all 27 of us!) I can't believe how much we have grown.
Tate survived T-ball for his very last time!
Brothers playing together (Oh it makes me so happy!) 
Couponing only gets better over time. I've learned a lot of things so far... Like Fry's is my favorite store. Walgreens (almost always) makes me mad because they usually mess up! I always seem to blow the budget when I shop at Walmart, etc. 4 Bags Mahatma rice
2 pkg. Dole salads
2 Reach toothbrushes
1 Butterfinger bar
4 Jars Ragu
2 Boxes Cheez-its
6 Bars Safeguard soap
For a grand total of -$.01!!! Yep, they actually owed me a penny! Of course Fry's isn't allowed to give money back. But that's okay! I'm pretty much extatic over couponing and everyone probably thinks I've gone mad or something since that's all I've been talking about lately:):):):)
Purchased:
Total Price Paid: $32.35
Total Saved: $51.01
Purchased:Total Price Paid: $19
Total Saved: $74.72
Okay enough of my bragging! I'm just so excited!!! Have I convinced you to coupon? Would you like some pointers?
The top three blogs that I check for good deals. http://www.thecentsableshoppin.com/ , http://thekrazycouponlady.com/ and http://www.iheartthemart.com/
I get a lot of really great coupons through facebook. When you LIKE a company, a lot of times they will give you a coupon towards their product or even free samples. I usually find out about the facebook deals through the blogs above.
Here's a few links for some online coupons... http://www.grocerycouponcart.com/print-coupons , coupons.com , http://www.couponnetwork.com/ , http://shortcuts.com/printablecoupons .
I mainly shop at Fry's. For a limited time Fry's will match every coupon up to $1 and they will also match other store coupons. Click HERE for a link to Target's online coupons. Just print, take to Fry's and they will accept it. HERE is a link for Fresh and Easy $10 off of $50 spent. It works until May 2nd. Fry's will also accept this coupon.
Here's me attempting to feed Sam some oatmeal. He has NOT figured out how to work his tongue properly when eating. It mostly just comes out of his mouth again. 
Here's Bryan feeding him backwards. Too cute! 
Even though he's six months old... I still swaddle Samuel. He almost always gets out by the time nap time is over, but he is still very content with going to bed all wrapped up. 
He's practicing sitting up. He usually makes it about a minute and then get's distracted, looks up at something and falls over on his noggin. 
Playing trains together (sorta) 
Tate's playing t-ball again. And he hates it just about as much as last year. The only reason why he wanted to play was because every day after school when he wanted to play with his friends, they couldn't because they had some t-ball something going on. 
Samuel and his wild crazy hair. Everyone kept calling him an old man so I buzzed it off! And I'm glad I did too! He looks much better. 
We heard about this BALD EAGLE family (from someone at Tate's school) that had built a nest in some huge trees on the corner of Brown and McKellips. One afternoon after school we went to go see them. It was so awesome! 
Tate had this idea to build some sorta wooden car. He drew up a design on paper and showed it to Bryan who designed it further using auto cad. Then they went to Home Depot, bought the supplies, and started building it together. Tate's already named it the AMAZING CART. It's currently in our garage half finished. Maybe sometime soon they will have time to complete it. 
Bryan's aunt (Cheryl) passed away. Sad day:( We will miss her tremendously). This is a picture of Sam on the way home from the funeral that was in Wyoming. It was a long drive and we entertained him by letting him suck on Wheat Thin sticks. YUM! 
I got to go with Tate on a field trip to the Children's Museum of Phoenix. We had a fun time. He's already talking about going back.
