Holy Cow!

The other day while I was at Wal-mart I found this Holy Cow cleaner on sale. I bought 2 bottles and was totally impressed. It is completely organic and biodegradable. We use it on everything in the kitchen, bathroom, our cars, carpets, and walls. It cleans far better than any other cleaning product we have bought.

I have been so impressed by it that I mentioned to Carl last Wednesday that we should buy a case of it online. That same night Carl was in Wal-Mart and found 22 bottles of it on clearance for $1.00, regular price here is $2.48. He bought all of them. :) Needless to say I was very excited. We have it stockpiled in our pantry.

Well, to make the story even sweeter we had our missionaries over last night. One of them saw the Holy Cow bottle and shouted out, "Holy cow, you use Holy Cow." Come to find out his Young Men's President in Sacramento, California, invented and manufactured it with his wife. So not only are we saving money, we are keeping our house cleaner and our kids safer, and helping another LDS family at the same time. WOOT!

I promise I am in no way affiliated with Holy Cow. I will receive absolutely no compensation when I suggest that you look into and purchase if possible this product. Here is a link to their website. Holy Cow

By the way, if you have used this product or if you do, let us know what you think.

Who's Who?

Ericka wants to have a little contest. Below are three pictures of our three boys, Andy, Joseph, and Taiyari. See if you can identify who is who?

Inspirational Thought

Always remember, it could be worse.



For those of you interested Snopes did confirm this as actual video footage.

Fun in the Sun

Thanks to a great deal I found on Slickdeals, the kids were able to have a little fun outside in the sun yesterday. For those of you interested, this fine little contraption only cost $5.97.

Here You Go Casey

Casey, here is a present for you. Heidi, are you sure you don't want to reconsider?

The Same People

Anna Quindlen’s article “The Same People” can be summarized by the following statement, “[i]f two women in white want to join hands in front of their families and friends and vow to love and honor one another until they die, the only reasonable response to that is happy tears, awed admiration and societal approval." Ms. Quindlen used the word reasonable. She acknowledges there are responses to gay marriage other than approval and admiration, but in her mind none are reasonable.

Contrast her statement with that issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God… we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.”

If one believes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to be Christ’s church. And if one believes that His apostles and His prophets are ordained to bring forth His teachings. Then one must accept the proclamation to the World to be Christ’s doctrine. One must also accept that God has ordained marriage only between man and woman and that marriage in any other form will bring about the calamites foretold. If my logic is accurate, and please let me know if you think it is flawed, can a member of the LDS church respond to gay marriage with happy tears, awed admiration and approval? Most importantly is a member of the LDS church unreasonable for not doing so?

Ms. Quindlen also writes "[s]cream, shout, jump up and down. No matter. The gay-marriage issue is over and done with. The upshot: love won." She continues "[s]omeday soon the racas surrounding all this will seem like a historical artifact, like the notion that women were once prohibited from voting and a black individual from marrying a white one." What do you think about that assessment?

My New Wheels

So I recently decided to upgrade my auto and bought this bad boy (please take notice of the incredibly cool splash guards). Figured the best way to spend some of our rebate was to make a purchase that would allow me to break the flaxen cord that the oil companies had on me. Gas mileage is awesome. After doing some figuring on gas, oil changes, maintenance, and gym memberships we decided it would save us about $1,000.00 a year. Not too bad an investment. It has been a real fun way to get around. Traveling to Kearney can be rather tough though (80 miles round trip), but luckily I don't do that more than once or twice a week. Only problem has been trying to figure out how we are going to carry our food storage when it comes time to move to Missouri.

Oh yeah, in answer to my Mother's pressing question, I am incredibly hot and sweaty when I get to work, but when you hang out with criminals all day, who cares.

I Told You So

My family didn't believe me when I told them it was flooding. So here are the pictures. And this is with less than 24 hours of rain with another full week of rain expected. As further proof check out all the warnings on this page. Need to Buy a Boat

My Linebacker

Joseph, our two year old, has been showing some real potential as a linebacker. Let me explain. It is common in our family for Joseph to stand in the back of our hallway and then to start running as fast as his uncoordinated legs will allow. When he gets about a foot away from his target (usually Andy) he jumps and tackles the unsuspecting person. He then stands up and walks away while yelling "I got you" and laughing his unusually large head off. Although he has persistently tried and failed to take down the "Big Dog", that is what he insists on calling me, there have been times I have found it necessary to quickly grab something so as to prevent myself from falling.

You can imagine how elated I was when Ericka told me the following story: She took the kids to a local playground. Andy, our five year old, was playing with another boy about his age when the boy hit Andy in the face. While Andy was standing there perplexed as to what just happened, Joseph started charging toward the kid from behind. As is his custom, when he got about a foot away he jumped towards the kid. Before Andy or Ericka knew what was happening the kid was flat on his back with Joseph on top of him yelling "I got you." Needless to say the kid quit playing with Andy.

Ericka's Birthday Present

For a while now Ericka has wanted to make a loan through Kiva.org. For her birthday we decided to invest some money in el Grupo Delicias 3. They are pictured above. If you are interested in reading about who they are or what they do, follow this link: Delicias 3