Tough Economy

Tarnation

Correction

Grandma Tolman was upset that her superpower wasn't displayed along with the rest of the family 2 posts ago. Well, I didn't think that the online community needed to know that she goes out sleeveless in the woods to fight crime. I want her to set a good example for her descendents.

However, as I don't want her to get mad and start slicing things, here ya go.

Two clips and pretty lady

SPOOOOON!!!

Lucy began glowing with an ethereal, nuclear radiance this weekend. So I guess her powers are starting to manifest. Hopefully, she won't give us cancer.
Most of you probably don't know that most members of the Tolman clan have super-human abilities. Here's a sampling.


Becky has beams of energy that shoot out of her eyes. It's great when our knives are dirty, it helps with the squirrels out back, and she can shoot my clothing off from 50 yards.

Grandpa Tolman has a sonic scream. Inconvenient during the NCAA tournament.


Samantha probably has the most potential to end up in a cape on the front of a lunch box. She started flying several months back, and she mostly just flits about pretending to be a fairy. It's a good thing Mom has her laser vision, or we'd never get her to come down.

You don't need to tell me that telekinesis or colossal strength would have been cooler. Invisibility certainly would have been easier to photoshop. Oh, well. At least I get back at Becky for blasting my clothes by peeking over the shower curtain.

Get With It.

For those of you that ignored my ravings about my friend's couponing blog and have yet to visit her site or others like it, I'd like to show you what I bought on my very first trip with my newly acquired skill:

And this is how much I paid for it:

$1.07

That's 7 steaks for $1.07.

Seriously, are you gonna check it out now?

http://savinglikecrazy.blogspot.com/

Also, today I bought 4 huge packages of Huggies wipes for $1 each after coupons. Nice.

Lucy was so excited about it that we had to put her on oxygen. Poor thing. The bargains are just too much for her.

Sam thought it was stupid because there were no princesses in wedding gowns.

And Nora.

My Man

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Thank goodness for my man.

Ahhh....

Note to self: Put away all crayons while showering.

NEW TOPIC:

My friend has started a coupon blog. She gets tons of things for free. Check it out here:

http://savinglikecrazy.blogspot.com/

Also, be sure to click on the links on the right, they have great deals too.

This is the day

For those of you who knew the two of us before we were married...

This might have surprised you

This probably shocked you

This just might have sent you flying off your rocker

So hopefully you've become accustomed to us as a couple so that you can handle this:

Can you believe that Jon Tolman & Becky Thorne have married and created these three little things?

Oh, and yesterday was Nora's 1 month birthday.

Happy Birthday little bugger.

Seventeen Crumpets

Nora was blessed this last Sunday. Grumpa Wendell and Grandma Deanna spent a little more than the weekend with us. Grandma reached back into the creative recesses of her brain and produced a blessing dress without a pattern. Though we would obviously never sell the thing, I find myself wanting to take it somewhere to see how much they would have charged for it. Of course, I have the same thoughts about my daughters sometimes.

Becky's dad is taller than my dad, and Becky's mom sometimes wears a green jacket.

This is Aunt Emily, who did a spectacular job with Nora. You wouldn't think a girl with werewolf ancestry could be so gentile.
The Thorne clan has always eaten in perfect synchronicity. The men are also on the same hormonal cycle.
These are Nora's paternal grandparents, proud that they finally have a genetically perfect descendant.

This is Aunt Emily, being casually led to the truth.

This is Grandpa and Sam, who have a healthy respect for American history and obese people.

CVA

Life is beginning to develop something of a routine with our three children, if by "routine" you mean mom and dad popping blood vessels in their heads every few minutes.

Becky is making spectacular use of the electric breast pump, which is both intriguing and difficult to watch. This is what she looks like while being pumped covered with blankets.


Nora has actually slept for a few 6 hour stretches at night. In order to accomplish this, we've given Satan exclusive use of our shed.

Here is me, experiencing a cerebral hemmorage.
Here is Samantha, who has cute hair and who causes about 64% of the intercranial bleeding.







And this is what we're talking about.