What Am I Doing Wrong?

It's time for this to stop! I am completely laundry inept. I have no idea why! Every time I do laundry I end up bleaching something. This time it was my brand-new shirt! Why is this happening? Right away Ryan learned of my laundry handicap when I somehow tie-died his favorite pair of jeans. He immediately asked for a solemn promise from me never to use bleach again. I haven't even bought a bottle of bleach in about nine years, but yet I keep somehow bleaching all my stuff. I always use color-safe detergent, I put the detergent in way before I put my clothes in so that there's plenty of time for it to start dissolving. I always use cold water so that I can keep my colors safe. I don't dry my stuff in the dryer! What is going on?!?!? I am seriously desperate to figure this thing out! I really can't afford any more bleaching mishaps! :(

Why School, Why?

I'm going to go off on a really quick little rant. My girls are constantly coming home all excited about something they got at school. It's usually a ticket for a kids' meal or a flyer about a fabulous prize they can win. In the past two or three weeks we have had four such experiences. On Monday my girls ran through the door yelling, "Mom! Mom! We can get a free Scooby Doo T-Shirt and a pair of sunglasses! All we have to do is mail these out to our grandmas." They were soooo stoked! I took the packet from them and read the fine print. Yes, they will get these prizes if they can get two or more relatives to subscribe to a magazine! Then I'm left to break their hearts and try to explain to them how things that sound too good to be true usually are. They were devastated and I felt so bad for them. I don't think it's fair.

Then yesterday they each brought home a ticket for a free kidsmeal begging Ryan & I to take them out for dinner. Again, I read the fine print... First of all the restaurant is clear up in Layton! Second of all, it's with the purchase of an adult meal and drink and when I looked online, the meals at this place are $20 a plate! Again dashed hopes and broken hearts. Why, oh why must they be so sneaky and do this to my little babies?

Cake Decorating May Not Be Our Cup of Tea (But we sure had fun!)

If any of you are avid readers of my blog, you know that when my sisters & I get together things always get a little bit crazy. Recently my mom came up with the idea to all get together once a month and have a girls' night. Last Friday was our first! Mom decided it would be fun to teach us all how to decorate cakes since it's something she is interested in and has taken classes to do.

Here she is being the cutest mom and making five little cakes for us all to decorate. Isn't she sweet?

For some reason we all thought it would be fun to pose with our cakes and pretend we were in a really cheesy commercial.

Here's Jill. Doesn't she look like she's right out of an Orbit commercial? I was tempted to add a little white sparkle to her teeth. This cracks me up!

Here's me trying really hard to get a good pose, but by this time we were all laughing a little too hard.

Here's my fav. This is Lauri. She gave us a good valiant effort, but that darn morning sickness left her feeling pretty crappy. This looks like an ad right out of Good Housekeeping. All you need are the little ones running around in the background.

And let us not forget our dear, sweet Kristy.

Oops I kind of cut out the cake. But this would have been the winner for sure!

Spoon Eyes!!!!!

Here we all are lookin' so cute and having some good ol' fashioned cake-decorating fun!Some of us had better luck than others....

Luckily Dad stepped in to save the day! Thanks mom for going to all the work to make this happen. And thanks to my sisters for always being willing to let loose and be fun and crazy! I'm looking forward to next month!

Thank You Sun

Thank you sun for waking me up today in your bright and shiny way. We've missed you around here.

A Lesson I Learned Today

Today I learned a little something... I thought maybe I'd pass my new-found wisdom on to you all.
If you find yourself eating a delicious Chocolate & Oats Fiber One bar, and your 2-old-catches you in the act and begins to beg and cry for you to give her one... Whatever you do... don't give in... even it it stops the crying. That is waaaay too much fiber for a 2-year-old, and about 5 hours later you will very much regret your moment of weakness.

Kitchen Beautician

I totally played Kitchen Beautician today and cut my own hair. What was I thinking? I don't know. I just felt like I needed a change, and I'm very impulsive and I didn't want to drag Audrey to the hair cutting place with me and there was no way I could wait for Ryan to come home... so there it is. Anyway... everyone seems to be doing bangs these days and they're so dang cute so that's the direction I headed. And yes... I did totally try and copy you Melissa. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that you take that as a compliment and aren't super annoyed. :) Here's the new me! (we can thank Nicole for this lovely picture)

This Historic Day

I felt like I should take a minute to record some brief thoughts about yesterday's election. I'm feeling a bit patriotic at the moment, so pardon me for that. I think that we definitely live in some tumultuous times, and this country is in serious need of a change. Could Barack Obama be the answer we've been looking for? I'm really excited to find out. We've known for a few weeks that our dear republican party was going to get squashed in this election. I have been reading articles and researching debate topics in an effort to educate myself about Obama's stance on many important issues. He doesn't plan on doing things the way they've been done in the past, and the thought of change has made me nervous. But last night I found Obama's acceptance speech to be really inspiring. And how amazing is it that our country could finally put aside all the hatred we've felt in the past and elect our first African American president? This day is destined to go down in the history books.

Also... I just read on the internet this morning that proposition 8 will more than likely pass! It means so much to me to know that so many other Americans appreciate the importance of a conventional marriage! For the first time in a long time, I'm feeling hopeful and optimistic about our country's future. God Bless America!