DC BBQ Fun!

After watching food network and perfecting his ribs recipe, AJ just had to go to the National BBQ Battle in Washington, DC!

We took the metro, spoke to some contestants about their smokers and rib rubs and stood in a hot, long line for 30 free samples (again frugel Bachmann's of course) as our lunch!

Oh, AJ got to stand with a few pigs too!

Free Meal Once Again

And the Bachmann's do the frugel move once again! We dress up like cows (2nd annual family thing... ) and get a WHOLE free meal, not just a sandwich but any full meal we want! We went on the way to work. Awesome!

YIKES It's Been a While...

Sorry everyone... so busy and then getting the pictures from the camera to the computer, then to the blog... anyway, most recent thing I'd like to share! My new found spare time fun... saving a BOAT LOAD on groceries! Yes, that's right, I'm slow converting to a coupon krazy woman, thanks to the encouragement of my sister-in-law, JEN!

I actually did my first sucessful trip to Safeway doing the coupon thing! See picture...

I got $106.81 worth of stuff, but I only paid $36.31 for it! It was so much fun! This first time did take me A LOT of prep time in and out of the store. But now I know how it works at the store so I will have things more organized and set up better.

I'm going to try CVS tomorrow where I should barely pay anything at all for a lot of items!

Now it's a contest to see how much better I can get at this! What fun!

I encourage all of you to be good stewards of the money God's blessed you with! It's a great feeling!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AJ!!!!

Happy 27th Birthday My Darling Husband!

You're just as young, even more wise, and 10x more handsome as the first day I barrowed your perfect solids lab exam Junior year!

I thank God every day I get to wake up with the "snuggle king!" You have been nothing short of an adventure since the day I met you! Always challenging, always giggling, always making sense of every situation you're in, and every situation I'm in... even when you weren't even there! God has really blessed you with success, happiness, a good job, a new car, a beautiful house, and much, much more! What is your secret to deserving so much of God's favor??!

I want you to know I'm praying for you every moment you cross my mind, that God would give you the patience in your every day life, the strength to endure the frustrations of this world (mainly traffic ;o), and the will to always do your best! Where ever you are, whatever you're doing, however you're feeling, God is with you and I'm thinking of you always!

I look forward to many more birthdays with you as I watch you get more gray hairs, pickup more words of wisdom, and expand your heart as God works in only His mysterious ways!

Have a great day my Love! Remember you have a loving Proverbs 31 woman behind you at all times!

Love,
Your Own Personal Cheerleader,
~cw girl

The Famous Cow

We finally got out of the snow and decided to go to Chick-Fil-A since I had cooked for like 12 meals straight! The Cow happened to be out and about cheering people up who actually made it out of their homes.

As we were in line AJ kept saying "go get your picture taken,... go stand next to him!" I was so embarressed and just tried to laugh him off... and said "no, it's ok, save it for the kids." He kept pushing me over to him and I was so mad and embarressed but I couldn't stop laughing... so he thought I wouldn't be mad.... so finally AJ walks up to the cow and says, "Can she have her picture taken with you?" AH! He tricked me so now I HAD to stand next to this stupid teenage boy dressed up in a cow costume. I was so mad... but I smiled...

So to include him in the fun, here is a picture of him from the time we dressed up as cows ourselves to get a free meal! Doesn't he looked cute with a snout?!

Next time we're at Hershey park I will make sure to get AJ's picture with EVERY dressed up Candy bar I see!!!!

Football Play-Offs!

The Ravens made it to the play offs! We were so excited for a long Saturday of football starting at 3pm and ending around 11pm! To celebrate and have an excuse to party, Melissa and Bob came up to visit.

The Ravens lost, but we still had fun watching funny things on YouTube, eating buffalo chicken dip and of course trying some drinks the boys experimented with. Thanks for coming up you guys!

New Years 2010!

So we went to go visit Melissa and Bob in California, MD for New years fun! We watched the ball drop and enjoyed a delicious steak on Bob's new grill! The next day we got breakfast at Denny's and then Melissa gave us a personalized photoshoot! It was so cold but still fun! We're hoping to get some of our favroite out for Valentine's Day to all our friends and family since we missed doing Christmas or New Years cards.

See more of my little sisters amazing talent here. Thank you Miss!