How cool are these?

Just having a little photoshop fun tonight. I learned a new trick and I love the results.

I just might print and frame these a cool abstract shots.

Long Point Beach

Seeing as we finally had a beautiful day this summer and the girls have been begging to go to the beach we decided to do that on Saturday. The weather was fantastic. Not too hot and not too cold. The girls had a blast playing in the waves. The water was fairly warm and the sand was perfect to play in. What more could you ask for at the beach?

The girls started by testing the water. Natalia needed a little help from Daddy because this was her first trip to a beach to swim. We saw the beach in Holland but never swam in it.

Of course we bought the girls some sand toys and we all took turns working on some sand creations. I thought Gerben's castle turned out pretty good.

This is what I like to do, sit at the edge and let the waves come over my legs. I must say that the waves were pretty high and the undertow was fairly strong. We insisted that the girls keep their lifejackets on.

The beautiful sky at the end of a fabulous day!

Coupon Crazy!!

Ok, so after I had my kids I was a bit of a coupon crazy mom. I refused to pay full price on things like diapers or wipes because you can ALWAYS find coupons. Well I had kind of fallen out of that scheme until I saw a website on the news. It's called Smart Canucks. It's AMAZING!! I can't believe how much of an idiot I have been. I didn't realize just how much money I could save doing this. I have saved a ton this week alone thanks to smart canucks pointing me in the direction of great coupons and great sales any ways to combine them.

For example, this week I saved 59.18 just for using coupons. I had a 25% off my entire purchase at Old Navy including sale items. That saved me $32.38 on Emma's back to school clothes. Plus another $6.00 off $26.00 at Zellers. This could get very addicting very quickly.

The funniest part was seeing my excitement when the smart source coupon clipper showed up in the mail today. Now I am off to figure out the best way to organize all my coupons and what to do with the saved money.