Archive for June, 2008

Free Blog Templates

My hubby found me some sites with free blog templates when I expressed wanting a change on our family site. Here is a few links for some freebies with fun designs.
http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates
http://matiekay.blogspot.com/ http://www.leeloublogs.blogspot.com/
Where did you find your unique or creative template?


Bath and Body Works

Free anti-bacterial hand gel of lip favorite with any purchase. Expires July 6th.

OR get a free 2 oz. lotion with any purchase. Coupon is here. Expires July 16th.
I always check out their website to see what is on sale and that I don’t need a coupon for before I go.


Updates and more

Okay apparently Toys R Us is no longer accepting the free train coupons. Sorry folks- not sure if they ran out of trains or what.
Amy found another great reading incentive program through Barnes & Noble. Read eight books, fill out a form found here, and kids get to pick out one free book at the [...]


Utah State Fair Read and Win Program

The Utah State Fair is sponsoring the Read and Win Program for children ages 6-12 (as of September 1, 2008) this summer. All you have to do is read 10 books, fill out the Reading Record Form, have a parent sign the form and mail it in on or before Friday, July 25, 2008. Those [...]


Provo America’s Freedom Festival

We have never attended the Freedom Festival in Provo, so if anyone out there is an expert on any free events during the festival please e-mail me and let me know the details…
The main web site for the festival is here. Here is some of the free family activities I have found online:
Thursday-Saturday July 3-5 [...]


Free Book Download *Ends Friday June 27th!!*

Starting now until tomorrow evening you can download Suzie Orman’s Women and Money book free off of Oprah’s web site here. Just go to the link and scroll down until you see this icon:

Then click on the Adobe PDF icon to download. This book retails for $24.95. Here is a description from Amazon: [...]


Wiggle Cars

We first saw these cars at the Utah State Fair priced at around $90 each. What a joke right? My kids loved them so I cam home and found them on ebay for less than half. Well now Overstock is selling them for $39.99 plus only $3 [...]


Free Thomas the train at Toys R Us

I know it looks cropped, but if you click on it it will open in a new window for printing. If I make it smaller it won’t be the same size as the original and then might not work. Enjoy- it expires July 5th!


Peppermint Place in Alpine

Take a free tour of the Kencraft candy company and then visit their factory store the Peppermint Place and receive a free treat as well. You’ll learn how peppermint sticks, lollipops, taffy and chocolates are made. They also have a self-guided observation area for people to watch the candy-making process. The plant is open from [...]


Discovery Park

One of Pleasant Groves best known parks is the Novell Children’s Discovery Park located at 1550 North 100 East. (If having trouble finding it or if you have questions call the recreation department at 785-6172.)
Discovery Park is broken out into “zones,” and each zone has something unique for the kids to do, see, learn, and [...]