Happy Sunday

It's Sunday again, and I love Sundays. We recently started a new tradition with David's 4 cousins where we switch off making dinner every Sunday. It's WONDERFUL. I make dinner and then the next 4 Sundays I don't have to think about it.

On Sundays I also love watching classic movies after church...like The Sound of Music.

Wasn't Julie Andrews lovely?

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Happy Birthday, David (via the iphone)

I love that you are 31 years old today.
I also love:

That you are adventurous.


and hilarious.


and loving.


and mine.

Pretty scarves on Etsy

My lovely sister in law Amanda is an awesome knitter (is that a word?) and just started an Etsy shop. She asked me to take some photos for it and they turned out great.

Favorite Things

From my "lovely ladies" pinboard on pinterest. Do you have one?

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I think this is Alexa Chung for Madewell but I can't find the actual link.

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Martin's Cove

From James E. Faust's "A Priceless Hertiage"
"You who are among the descendants of these noble pioneers have a priceless heritage of faith and courage. If there are any of you who do not enjoy fellowship with us in the gospel of Jesus Christ, we invite you to seek to know what instilled such great faith in your ancestors and what motivated them to willingly pay such a terrible price for their membership in this church. To those who have been offended or lost interest, or who have turned away for any reason, we invite all of you to join in full fellowship again with us."

photo taken by David of Martin's Cove + the Sweetwater River on Christmas Day night with a long exposure

Campbell

We have three sweet neices. Most recently born to David's oldest brother is Campbell. I love this image we took of her back in November.

Pinterest

I can't stop talking about Pinterest. It's a site that lets me keep track of all of the images and links to those images online, so I can access them anywhere. It's so refreshing and easy. I also now get to follow all my friends pins they post on their boards.

Now I can easily reference back to my favorite things:

like this UP party

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these ridiculously cute moccasins

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and this sweet + simple baby's room

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Let me know if you join so I can follow your pins! It's too fun.

Granny Square Blanket

Thanks to the amazing Kari, I've been introduced with a new obsession. I NEED this. Well, I'll need it when I have a baby. I think I could decorate an entire nursery around this beauty- for a boy OR girl. Hopefully someone I know knows how to crochet...




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The Nicaraguan

I think my little brother who's on a mission is officially as tan as the natives.



It's good to know he's enjoying himself tho. He was always up for adventure, and I'm pretty sure that's what he's getting. Plus, he knows how to have fun AND work hard.

All natural cleaner + scrub

I'm over bleach. It smells so strong and burns my hands and costs a lot. I've started switching over to some more natural and less harsh but equally effective homemade cleaning products.
A good friend showed me how to make 'natural' cleaning wipes. I don't like to use the Clorox ones because they dry out my hands and have a ton of chemicals on them. She showed me how to use paper towels, vinegar, mint extract and tea tree oil to make homemade cleaning wipes. I love them. I'll do a separate post for those.
This post is about my miracle cleaner: baking soda + liquid soap.
Last weekend I cleaned the fronts of all of my kitchen cabinets (they're slightly beveled painted particle board basically that are impossible to clean), my entire bath tub and all of my doors.
The baking soda gets in the grooves of things and scrubs out the dirt, polishes the faucets AND doesn't smell bad. I'm in love. and I recommend you try it.

2 Tablespoons of baking soda
A squeeze of liquid soap...I used dish soap
A few drops of water
Add a few drops of tea tree oil if you want it to disinfect.
Mix. Use a cloth to scrub it on the surface and wipe it clean.