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I missed this free sample last time it was up and was bummed! So, I am glad to tell you that you can again score a sample of Shout Color Catcher if you go here and fill out the form. I am super excited to try this out!!!

Friends, I just wanted to give you an update and let you know what has been going on. I apologize for my lack of deals but over the last week my husband has gone to Pittsburgh and Iowa (the whole family went to that one) for fellowship interviews. He apparently got sick while in Pittsburgh and brought it home. So, he has been really sick (he even took 3 sick days last week-he does not take sick days!). Than, we had our 1st grader home at the end of last week with a 103.7 fever (which Wes had as well). Both are still getting over this virus and now I am starting to feel terrible and over the last hour my 2 year old has developed a fever. I hope you are all avoiding the seasonal sicknesses! I am hoping to get up and feeling better so I can get some deals and stuff up here later this afternoon. I especially want to get the Grocery match ups done if I can. So for this morning, I am going to take a nap and hope this massive headaches leaves!!

FYI, My friend Angela posted the following on Facebook:

This is for all my SLC friends. The Osh Kosh store in Draper is going out of business on the 30th of Sept. There are some great deals (some not so great too), plus you can go to their website and get a coupon for even more savings! Check it out, I would be surprised if you can leave the store empty-handed!

Thanks to those that entered my newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package! I used Random.org to choose a winner and it came up with #61. So APRIL won with the comment that said...
subscribe via email left on September 19, 2010 2:55 PM


I have emailed the winner and April has 2 days to get back to me or I will have to choose a new winner.

I told you all here that I am going to be reviewing something from the CSN Store websites. And I told you all here that I ordered a couple things: a Sassafras Kid's Pretzel Making Kit, and a Sassafras Kid's Pizza Party Baking Kit. And guess what?! Just because I needed them, and because the CSN Store websites have just about everything, I also added a set of 4 Mr Clean Magic Erasers that I needed!

Well, last night my family had a family night activity and made the Pretzels. Before I tell you about the item itself, let me tell you a couple things about the CSN Store. First, ordering was quick and easy. Second, the items came QUICKLY! I was really impressed by that! My Mr Clean Magic Erasers were here the 2nd day after ordering, and the 2 kits were here the next day. It was so quick! I was very happy with the ease of ordering and the quick delivery!

That being said, let me tell you about the Sassafras Kid's Pretzel Making Kit. It is not an overstatement to say my kids LOVED it and I thought it was a ton of fun! What a great activity to do as a family! We were able to make our own "homemade" pretzels in a quick easy way thanks to this awesome kit.  There are a few things you have to have at home (like butter, water, baking soda and a mixing bowl), but other than those few things, everything else in in the kit. It made organizing this fun activity SOOO easy and we loved working on it together! ( I should mention that my husband and I did this with all four of our kids ages 2, 4, 6, and 7) Check out our adventure through pictures:

First, look at all the great stuff that came in the package:

In case you cannot see what is all there, it has nutrition facts, directions to make pretzels, measuring cup, wooden spoon, cookie sheet, pretzel mix, salt, frosting mix, cheese sauce, yeast, and the fought over apron. Look how cute that thing was:

We let the kids do the mixing:

Then I helped with the messy hand kneading:

After rising for a half hour we made balls of the dough and rolled them into long "snakes" to make shapes out of:

Each kid made their own pretzel snakes then shaped their pretzel however they wanted it on their own (ok actually I helped the 2 year old make her pretzel shaped pretzel after she rolled out the snake...)

The shapes above include 2 pretzel shaped pretzels, a W for Wes (my husband) and a B for Beckee (me).

And the shapes in that one are the ones the kids made.  A for Army, a heart for E Dawg, a moon shape for Sugar pup, and a pretzel for Cat.  While they cooked we made the chocolate frosting and opened up the cheese sauce:

When they came out they smelled SOOOO good.  And they looked pretty good too:

Are you hungry yet?  I know I was and boy did I enjoy my pretzel!!  See:

So, are you wondering what the kids thought? This should tell you:

Overall, we thought this was a fun project as a family and we loved having a treat at the end!! I highly recommend this product and I getting it through the CSN Store website was quick and easy! You should check it out here! We cannot wait to try out our pizza party making kit!!!

Have you entered my VERY LOW ENTRY newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package?! If not you should enter! Today is the last day to enter!!!

I LOVE the package I got! It is a fantastic prize with many ways to win amd VERY low entries right now (right now only 77). Please go enter here.

I am not sure whether I have postd about this before, but in case not, I thought you might want to know that you can head over here to request a free sample of new CINNABON CREAM OF WHEAT!!! How yummy does that sound?!