The Magic Eraser

I was googling the other day and came across a great product. I wanted to know what would take lawn mower marks off of vinyl fencing, so I went to google to find out.

One of the first sites that popped up was thriftyfun.com and it said to use the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I have used the magic eraser before, but only to get scuff marks off of the wall. I had no idea the many uses this cute little white sponge has.

Here are some that were listed: getting hair dye off of forehead and ears, cleaning tarnished silverware, removes soap scum in the tub and shower, removes marker off of cupboards, removes stains on leather seats, purses,etc, and the most intriguing, it cleans your tile floors.

I don't know about you, but my tile floors are the biggest pain to clean. I had a sponge in my drawer, so I decided to see if it really worked.



On the left you will see the sponge after I finished cleaning. On the right is what the sponge looked like before I touched it. I will admit, I probably should have stopped using it when I first noticed the holes, but I am cheap and wanted to get as much use out of it as I could.



Here is my floor after I finished. I was amazed at how much dirt that little sponge picked up. The only time (other than when I first moved in), that my floor has ever been this clean is after hours of scrubbing. It only took about 10 minutes to do this area in front to my cuboards.

Now if I can just get my son to go out and scrub the fence I will be in great shape!

A great movie...

Wednesday night my friend Jane invited me to see the premier of "The Errand of Angels". Jane's cousin, Erin Chambers, plays the role of Rachel Taylor, a girl who receives her mission call to serve in the Austria Vienna Mission.

The movie portrays the ups and downs of missionary work. It was laugh-out-loud funny in parts, and inspiring in others. It is set in some of the most picturesque places in Austria.

Heidi Johnson wrote the story from her own missionary experiences in Austria. She was there, as well as the Director Christian Vuissa, they both spoke before the film began.

This is such a wonderful movie, I highly recommend that you take your daughters/family/friends and see this film, I can't wait to take my girls.

Girl's Camp

This year the young women went to Reid Ranch for girls camp. It is a fun little ranch where they host family reunions, youth conferences, or just vacationers.

We arrived Thursday morning and started putting up tents.



After the tents were set up, we went down to the paddle boats.







Then we went horseback riding.





The weather was beautiful during the day. Dana and Roni are awesome camp directors, and had great crafts for the girls to do.



Friday was another full day of fun. My favorite part was the horseback riding, I went every chance I got. It was the first time I have ever been and I couldn't get enough.

Later that night we had skits before our testimony meeting. This is Bryce getting ready for them, (even though he didn't participate).



Rules for the skit: You have to use the words "Band together for personal strength" somewhere in it and it has to be sung to a primary song. Here is the leaders skit, to the tune of, "Saturday is a special day".



I thought the leaders skit was the funniest until Courtney and Tarah's group went up on stage.



We had a very spiritual testimony meeting and then had smores and more fun around the campfire.



We had a fabulous time. I love the women I serve with and the girls are incredible. We even had a lady compliment us on how quiet our girls were at night.

Special thanks to Dana and Roni for all the hard work and planning, and to Bryce and Aric for their great priesthoodness!

Sean's Blog

Yes, Sean has started a blog.

Let me just start out by telling you that Sean has a -- let's just say "different" sense of humor. I keep telling him that if you have to stop and explain your jokes, then they aren't funny.

Like, youretheblog, or your brain has a blog. What does that even mean?

I have a feeling that his blog is going to be like the time he told me that he was going to start doing one load of laundry every week. Yeah, he put a load of clothes in the washer. Two days later I put them in the dryer, folded them and put them away.

What is that saying? The road to _ _ _ _ is paved with good intentions?

Actually he does quite a bit around the house, I mean, have you seen our basement? That was all him.

(Don't tell Sean, but a lot of times I use reverse psychology on him. The only way I can get him to do something is to tell him that he won't do it. So hopefully he will blog a lot, because he is a pretty funny guy.)

Anyway, here it is if you want to check it out: youretheblog.blogspot.com

Jane

I just wanted to give a little shout-out to my BFF Jane. (She tells me that she gets on my blog all the time to read my posts.) She called me a few weeks ago and told me that she was moving back to Utah and was getting her old job back with us at the pharmacy. I can't even tell you how excited I am to see her again!

Jane, I know you are going through a hard time right now, but I just want you to know how thrilled Lyn and I are! We are so excited to work with you and hang out again, we talk about you every day! Know that we love you and we are here for you.

The Spudman

Sean competed in the Spudman again this year, broken tailbone and all. He missed the Wasatch Back and the MS 150, but he just couldn't bear to miss the Spudman. Amazingly enough he made record time on the bike.



I wasn't able to go because I had family in from out of town. I hate to say this, but I am actually glad that I wasn't there. Aimee called around 9am that morning and told me about the swimmer that drowned. It happened right before Matt's heat. She said that it was so devastating to watch them pull the body from the river. I don't do well with that sort of thing.




Thanks to Aimee for getting these great pictures for me! This is Andy, Matt and Sean. Andy's socks got wet, so he had to run without them and got huge blisters on his feet in the process. The blisters popped, and his shoes were a bloody mess. Sean said that he did really well for his first time. Everyone in Matt's heat had to skip the swim because of the accident, but they still got to bike and run.

After watching all the pain Sean went through after the accident, I didn't think he was going to be able to compete in anything this year, and even though I think he is super crazy, I am very proud of him.

The Wedding

What an incredible week. I don't think I have ever been more stressed out in my whole life.

Luckily everything went well. The desserts that Catherine made were delicious, and the cake looked amazing. All of our hard work paid off.



This is me and my big sister, Trish, before the wedding. (She is actually wearing 7 inch heels in this picture!)





Here is the bride and groom. Mackenzie and Alex. They decided to go with a renaissance theme, her dress was absolutely beautiful.



They wanted a wedding cake in the shape of a castle, and Catherine spent hours decorating it. It was incredible.









Big Al



This is my sister Michelle and her cute family.



This is Katie and my goofy brother Steve. I don't think I have ever taken a serious picture of him!



If you look really close you can see Steve's beady little eyes between Katie and I.

Halfway through the reception we changed clothes and had a little dance party.









Even Sean got a little jiggy with it!

We had so much fun. I was completely exhausted when it was over.

I told Sean on the way home that I would never ever cater a wedding again, then I waited a few seconds and said in a small voice, "Unless they ask me".

One word of advice...

Don't ever, ever cater a wedding!