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This is my latest design – Springtime Hope. I love the butterflies and pastels in it. I designed it for a Virtual Spa Weekend over at the Inner Beauty Girlz blog.

Here is the description of the bracelet from my jewelry website:

The Springtime Hope bracelet is a gorgeous reminder of the hope every woman can still have even while going through infertility. It has genuine Swarovski crystal beads in four pastel colors and solid white Czech druk beads. All silver used in the bracelet is solid sterling silver. The bracelet fastens with a small toggle clasp, which may vary slightly than the one shown due to availability at the time of ordering. The Springtime Hope bracelet is available in lengths of 6 to 9 inches.

Springtime Hope Sterling Silver Infertility Bracelet
$25.99 at Hope of My Heart Designs

Since today was the last day of Harris Teeter’s triple coupons, I decided to stop in and see if anything was in stock. The other day there was hardly anything on my coupon list that was in stock, but today there was a good bit of the things I had been wanting to get.

I just blinked at the total when the cashier stopped entering coupons. Total due: $1.45. Wow. I’d expected it to be pretty low because I didn’t buy a whole lot, but this was far better than I expected.

For that $1.45, I bought:
3 boxes Huggies baby wipes (used a rain check from the last time they were on sale)
2 bags Grande tortilla chips
5 packets Ortega fajita seasoning
1 Suave deodorant

Those three tubs of baby wipes were worth the trip alone. And to be honest, they were my main reason for stopping in the store.

But getting so many items for so little – that was a real blessing.

Here are a few pictures from this past week. It was hard to narrow it down!

Birthday dinner with both sets of grandparents and Great-Grandma

A closer look at the cake – a frosted brownie with sprinkles, Matchbox cars, and crushed animal crackers for dirt and rocks

Grammy and Poppy took the boys to the park twice while they were here. Here are some pictures from those trips:

Sitting on Brother’s tractor at home

My parents and grandmother just left for home – they drove over 800 miles to come visit us for a week. This week was an absolute whirlwind, but lovely.

Now they’re gone and we’re attempting to get back to our normal schedule. The house seems eerily quiet now.

I’ve enjoyed this week, but it’s been really busy with extra people in the house. Then on Wednesday, I started getting sick. I’m still not sure if it’s a cold or allergies. You can hear it in my voice the most – what little voice there is left. I’ll miss them, but at the moment am grateful for the chance to rest my voice a bit!

Maybe in the next few days I’ll get a chance to post a few pictures of our crazy week. My dad took some great ones! :O)