laundry tip

okay i've been meaning to do this post for awhile and finally remembered to take pictures while i was doing the laundry.

i don't know about some of you, but my babies onesies basically get TRASHED every time they wear them. between feedings and blowouts they seem to get stained really fast.

 see example below:

i tried every kind of stain remover out there until my mom recommended this awesome trick.

( NOTE: i DO NOT recommend doing this to anything that's not completely white! i mostly do this for onesies, washrags and any clothing that's totally white. please don't hate me if you try this and ruin something nice!)

so the first step is to put your laundry into a big GLASS bowl and fill it with water until it's almost covering everything.



then you need to put in some bleach (i eyeball it but it usually ends up being about 1-2 cups) and some dishwashing detergent (again i eyeball it but it's probably about 1-2 cups). it should be the dry kind not the liquid.



mix it all around with a wooden spoon and let it sit for about a half an hour to an hour. then dump the whole thing into your washing machine, add any other white laundry you need to wash and do a load of laundry like you normally would (including any laundry soap you might use).

your whites will come out looking sparkly clean!

prade

{ prade } definition: the way utahn's say "parade"

we went to the one in herriman yesterday and it was great fun!





until the fire trucks turned on their sirens. then it wasn't so fun anymore...



and my mom's fun car even made an appearance!

happy faces

elli has learned to draw "happy faces" and she's OBSESSED!

almost 3!

i did elliot's 3 year pictures today and i love how they turned out!

here's a couple of my favorites

pure mischief

this little guy is not quite crawling yet, but that doesn't seem to stop him from getting into a lot of trouble.





yes... my baby is playing in a cookie sheet full of water. that's what happens when you're too cheap to buy a baby pool.

i'm ghetto like that.

jenn & sean

jenn and i have been friends since we were in kindergarten and she is one of the kindest, most sincere people i know. she's extremely smart, genuine and caring. unfortunately after 7 years of trying to conceive she was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure and was given less than an 8% chance of ever getting pregnant.

she and her husband sean (who she has been with since high school) are hoping to adopt. if you know anyone who would be interested in helping them achieve their dream of becoming parents, please click on the button to the right and contact her!

i know she will be a wonderful mother someday!

lemonade stand

if you've been to our house, you know that it's the perfect location for a lemonade stand and yesterday was a great day to finally get out there and do one!

these gals made $20 in a little over two hours!

{can you spot thomas in this picture?}