Works For Me Wednesday

I know, I know. It's not really Wednesday, it's Tuesday. However, I think I'm going to be to busy tomorrow for our vacation to be able to get on the computer. So here is my WFMW a day early.

Another use for baby wipes: They are great for removing lipstick (or any other make-up) stains. There is nothing worse than trying to get lipstick out of your shirt. After you get a stain - before you wash it, just take a baby wipe and blot at the stain and you'll be surprised how it disappears.

They also work great for those awful deoderant marks left on black shirts. Give it a try!

One final use: washing your face when camping. It is so hard to try and wash your face while camping and so easy to carry some baby wipes with you. I can't stand all the dust and dirt that collects on your face (and arms and legs) while camping. I seem to continually be taking a baby wipe to my face. It always feels so good. They also work good to remove make-up from your face at home for a quick cleansing before bed!

I will probaby be gone from the blogging world for the next week or so while I am visiting with my family in Seattle!

Getting Ready

Well, we are trying to get ready to go for our trip to the Seattle area to visit my family. We leave on Thursday and, boy, are the kids excited. We are driving to Sun Valley and then flying the rest of the way. Austin has never been on a plane, and Jaden can't remember we he had flown - so this is a pretty exciting thing for them. I'm constantly being asked "Is today the day we get to go on the plane?" and "If the cars will look like ants, - what will the houses look like?" It's been difficult to try and answer all these questions when I'm trying to get 'caught up' on laundry. Whatever THAT means. I don't think it is really ever possible. There is always something dirty! It is just completely never-ending.

The other thing about trying to get ready for vacation is that you can't pack until the night before or the morning of. For example, you can't pack make-up, toothbrushes, hair combs... until that morning because you need to use those. I don't know about you, but I don't have enough clothes to be able to pack those much in advance either. I always have to do at least one load of laundry the day before. And then there are toys. What do you pack for the kids for the car ride, the plane ride and to have at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We are trying to pack light and it is so easy for me to over pack. I have a very hard time making decisions!!!!

Anyway, those are our "getting ready" woes. I'm sure Wednesday will be a busy day and a long night, but we are sure excited to go visit home and family.

Works For Me Thursday!?!

I know I'm a day late getting this out. I didn't get a chance to get on the computer yesterday - The woes of having only one computer... which is my husband's laptop which is for work... at least we are lucky enough for them to let us use it for personal use as well.

Anyway, back to WFMW (or WFMTh). I don't know about you, but whenever I am finished putting my make-up on in the morning, I end up with a thin film all over my counter and sink. All my make-up is in powder form, from my foundation to my eyeshadow. It can make a real mess. That's where my most beloved invention comes in.... Baby Wipes. Yes, baby wipes. I keep them everywhere. Including my bathroom. I find it very helpful to just take a baby wipe and wipe down the counter and sink after I'm done. It makes it easier to keep the bathroom clean. I have also found that they are also very good at getting rid of your husband's unsightly whiskers he left in the sink. Anyway, it works for me!

Baby wipes are good for so many things. I'll have to write about some others for later WFMW. I highly suggest for everyone to by a tub of baby wipes whether you have kids or not. You will find many uses.

Diet Coke and Mentos

You might be wondering what someone can do with Diet Coke and Mentos. Well, this is the answer. My husband saw this on Yahoo! and I just thought it was hilarious. If anyone has been to the Belagio in Las Vegas - or even if you haven't - I think you'll enjoy this. I hope the video works. If not got to eepybird.com.

(I tried to embed the video, but I just don't want to take the time to figure it out right now!)

I don't think the video will work. I'm still trying to figure out all this blogging stuff. However, I did finally figure out how to use links!!! Give me some credit. Anyway, go to the site - it's worth it.

More Strep and Something Cute

Well, Kaylee is feeling so much better - back to normal - no more sleepless nights!!! That was until last night when Jaden woke up with a fever! We took him to the doctor this morning, and yes, he does have strep. He seems to be taking it better than Kaylee - maybe we caught it a little earlier. He is on antibiotics, so he should be feeling better soon. He had to miss his T-ball game today which made he feel pretty bad. It was his turn to bring the drinks and treats. I assured him that he will be able to take them next game since we traded with another kid. Well, that's the more strep part - now for the something cute....

Yesterday, I walked in to Kaylee's room where she had been playing quietly for a few minutes. I sneaked up on her so I could see what she was doing when she thought no one was looking. I peeked through the door and saw her sitting on the floor with her little baby doll (completely naked) on the floor in front of her. She had found a baby wipe and was cleaning the baby while she repeatedly and dramatically said "ewww, ewe, P.U." and "gross". When she was satisfied the baby was clean enough, she took one of her diapers and attempted to clothe the doll. It was so cute!!! I think it is the most fun to watch kids when they think no one is looking. Anyone else have any similar stories? I'd love to hear them!

Here's the right link

Sorry, that link didn't work, let me try again!!! Chilihead.

Monday Memories

I got this Monday Memory idea from Chilihead to write about how my husband and I met.

I was at college - my very first year - and he came by my apartment that very first week. I had previously met a couple of his roommates who seemed nice enough, but from the moment I met my future husband I knew I would be seeing more of him. My roommates and I were all in our pajamas and watching While You Were Sleeping when we heard a knock on the door. In came Guy with one other roommate and they finished watching the movie with us. Guy and his roommates were our Family Home Evening brothers and so we got together with them once a week to do something fun. Guy, being such a social person, organized many of things we did. Some of the most memorable was hiking in to hot springs and going to Mesa Falls. It took a while for him to actually ask me on our first date. It was a great first date however. We went to a Clay Walker concert. It was great and we had a fabulous time. Consequently, we don't have a song we have a singer.

It took him a month longer to actually hold my hand. It was on Halloween and we had gone to the Haunted Forest (I know it sounds really cheesy!!!) and it was a cold night. That was officially the day we started dating. We had so many wonderful memories and some not so great ones that helped us become stronger and better friends. Maybe on another Monday, I'll share some more.

Visiting Teaching

Kaylee is back to normal... almost! Her fever is gone, her throat is still hurting, but she seems to be doing great. She is playing and having a good time. Now, I have to clean house and it's really bad. I haven't been able to do hardly anything while she had a fever, she was so clingy. It feels good to be able to walk around the house without her in my arms!!!

On to things other than my kids - I have a hard time blogging about anything different, they are my life after all! Anyway, the other day my visiting teacher came (she comes alone, her partner is very busy and they have a hard time getting together). My VT is great. She is having a very hard time right now, her husband got into some trouble and she has actually been living in Utah for quite a few months. However, she still makes a point to come visiting teaching to me every month when she comes up to check on things here. She has never missed a month. She is just so wonderful and caring and thinks of nothing else but me when she is at my home - even with all the hard times she is going through right now. I, on the other hand, have not been so good with my visiting teaching and have decided to commit to getting it done. I was just given a new partner and it is a good time to make sure we go every month. It's not that hard, yet seems to be sometimes. Anyway, I know it's important and I promise to get it done. It's not fair that I have such a great visiting teacher and I am so terrible about getting it done. My ladies deserve to have one as well.

Strep Throat Nightmare

Hmmmm... let's see. Where do I start? The past four or five days have been a complete nightmare! Kaylee came down with a fever Sunday night and has had one ever since. When she didn't get better, I took her to see the doctor Tuesday and she was diagnosed with strep. She was given an antibiotic and I was told just to keep giving Tylenol to help with the fever. They had to give her a different antibiotic since she has had to much amoxycillin for all her ear infections. This one doesn't seem to work nearly as fast! I took her in to see the doctor again today. I'm just so worried about the fever. I can't seem to get it to go down past 99.5 degrees. The doctor just told me to keep up on the fluids and he increased her tylenol dose a little bit. If she doesn't seem to be better by Saturday, I'm to bring her in again. It sometimes takes 4-5 days for the antibiotic to take control. Anyway, I'm just so tired. I haven't had any sleep since Sunday night. Even when Kaylee is asleep, I'm still half awake listening for her. I'll just be glad when this is over. If anyone has any ideas on reducing her fever besides the medicine and luke-warm baths, I'd love to hear and try them out.

Nursery Frustrations!!!

Aaaaaaggggghhhhh!!! It seems that there is major drama between the nursery leaders and the primary presidency. Luckily, I've been able to stay out of it pretty much, although it is driving me crazy. In the nursery, we have four leaders when really two would be sufficient, although I really like having three. One of the leaders is 8 months pregnant and is asking to be released. I don't blame her!!! Poor girl is having a hard time sitting down on the floor with the kids and she is just super uncomfortable and is getting no sleep. Also, it is very difficult to be in the nursery with a newborn. Which brings me to my next point. They just put in a mom who had a baby 3 weeks ago. This mom is so great, but is having a very difficult time right now. She is not sleeping and her beautiful new daughter has not been easy on her. She ends up having to nurse her baby most of the time during nursery and the other time she is so tired. She has told her visiting teacher (which is also another nursery leader) that she just doesn't think she can do it, but is too embarassed to ask to be released. Her VT talked to the primary president about this and she responded by saying "What do people think? That if they have a baby, they just don't have to have any church responsibilities? A baby is no excuse - besides, nursery is the best place for them!" I was told it was said rudely and I just feel so bad for those two nursery leaders. I had been bummed I had been asked to be in the nursery, but I don't have nearly the issues as these two moms. I just feel that the primary president needs to be compassionate with them. We would be fine in nursery with just the two of us and they could get another to make three. I just don't know what to do for them. I feel so bad. We have been telling the one with the newborn to go ahead and go to Relief Society since we can handle it. The pregnant leader has not been showing up. It's just going a little nuts and the primary president is losing a lot of respect from people. I just feel helpless.

A good thing though is that a little boy who is having a hard time in the nursery and doesn't let his dad leave is doing much better. I suggested to the dad to just go and leave him last week because I thought he might do better if his dad wasn't there. Sure enough, we were able to calm him down and he did do pretty good. He has a hard time being nice to the other kids, but without his dad there, he listened to us more and we were able to separate him from the rest of the kids when he was mean. He decided he didn't like that as well and decided to go back and play. He did great the rest of the time. I think that his parents try hard, but they have different parenting styles and are never home together with him. Recently they have started to discipline him by squirting him in the face with water from a spray bottle when he misbehaves. I think this is a terrible idea. It reminds me of what someone might do with a cat or a dog. I can't imagine this helping him at all. She even told me that if he doesn't do well in nursery, she'll bring it for us to use. I told her that we wouldn't need it, but don't know her well enough to tell her I didn't think that it was good plan for her either.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings about nursery. This blog is just a good place to get out my frustrations.

Welcome Home

MomRN2's daughter is home!!! What a relief for her and her family. I hope she continues to get well. I hope she knows of all the prayers that went out to her and how loved she is. If you would like to tell her welcome home as well, visit
she-lives.typepad.com/she_lives/2006/06/she_celebrates.html.

Once again, sorry about the link.

Camping Trip

I didn't know what to write about. Nothing exciting has happened, but I haven't written anything for a while so I thought I would talk of our little camping trip over memorial weekend.....
We had a great time. We packed up the kids and met my husband's family south of Pocatello. We had a great camping spot with lots of room and even a little meadow for the kids to play in. The weather was wonderful and the kids were having a blast with all their cousins. We even got a great nights sleep in our tent with the kids. We woke to a slightly cold, but beautiful morning. The kids continued to have a great time playing, as did my husband and I. By evening, it started to get a little bit colder and continued to do so. When we went to bed, it was quite chilly, but still bearable. By morning, it was cold.... and snowing!!! I couldn't believe it. We were camping in the snow. What a miserable morning. I am not a die-hard camper, never will be. I never went camping growing up (not counting Girls Camp - which wasn't really camping anyway) and couldn't stand the cold. My mother-in-law and also my sister-in-law each had campers. The adults went to one and the kids went to the other. Guess which camper I was in. That's right - I was stuck babysitting everyones kids in the one trailer. Not very fun! The kids were actually pretty good and still had a great time. After two days of yucky, rainy, snowy days the weather actually cleared up and became nice again - just in time to pack up!!!
The weather may not have cooperated, but we had a good time. One positive thing that came out of it - my husband now agrees with me that we need to find a trailer (even a small one) that we can escape to. We are now searching for one. It may take a while to find one we like in our price range, but we will do it!!!!