just call me mrs dugger.

no, i'm not pregnant but i did do something that they (the dugger family) do. years back vance and i were watching their show and they were making homemade laundry detergent. vance thought it was an ingenious idea but i on the other hand said i would never ever ever do that, a total waste of time. well, never say never. too often it seems like its time to buy more laundry detergent for....twenty dollars!!! there has got to be something more cost effective so, here i am, doing something i once thought was ridiculous.

i followed this recipe...
2 cups borax
1 bar fels naptha soap finely grated
2 cups washing soda
1/2 cup oxyclean
-the original recipe calls for FELS NAPTHA soap. i used ivory soap, for some reason the fact that (fels naptha) is yellow freaked me out...maybe i'll try it next time.

and i did a whole batch for about TWO DOLLARS! we've been using it for about 2 weeks and have yet to be disappointed.
..and for some odd reason it felt very satisfying doing this. (who am i?!)

grandma gwen.

i'll start with this picture because this basically sums up all of last week. grandma love.
grandma gwen (well, lane calls her bamma. sometimes it sorta sounds like obama but whatvever:)) came to help out while vance was gone for the week. i became nonexistent in lane's world, he was giddy to have bamma here. (i didn't take him to the bathroom for a whole week, he wanted only my mom's help, fine with me!) at any rate, it was a fantastic week. all three of us loved having her here!!

waiting for bamma at the airport.


skyping aunt dana and addie&owen.
we took bamma on a hike. we went on a loop right near our house, its a little challenging at first but we were up for the challenge.
...going back for the camera lens cap.


gage ate his way through the hike. every tree he'd grab a handful of leaves.





picnicking after the hike. ...look at gage's little hands, oh, those dimples!
at the local yarn/fabric store.

grandma FUN!





football!! ...he LOVES football these days.
rise and shine.
shopped out.
playing with sweet gagey boy.



my mom has a new hobby...making hats. she does an amazing job!! you'll have to check out their blog to see some others.




bampa came for a quick (maybe) 24hours. ooooh boy, was lane happy to see him. all week lane kept saying "bampa, come, bit" yes lane, bampa is coming in a little bit. he loooves his grandpas.



such smiles to bampa. happiness.
thanks for coming mom, we love you!

boys are (so) fun.