Homemade Febreze

I stumbled upon this "recipe" today and just had to share it. I am obsessed with Febreze but I hate paying so much for a bottle of it so I was excited when I found this recipe. I had a bottle that was almost empty so I cleaned it out and made a batch up and was so impressed. Here is the recipe:

What you'll need:

1/8 Cup of fabric softener (I used Downy Simple Pleasures in the blue and green bottle)

2 tablespoons Baking Soda

Hot tap water

Spray bottle (I used my empty 27 oz. Febreze bottle)

Preparation:

Using a funnel, pour fabric softener and baking soda into your spray bottle. Fill spray bottle with hot tap water and shake well. Don't forget to twist the nozzle over to the LOCK position if you're using a Febreze bottle. 

Enjoy!

Thank you

We want to thank you all for prayers for Jeff. He had physical therapy today and a doctors appointment after and the doctor is pleased with his recovery and released him to work. He has just been riding and with other workers and help unloading the light boxes. I know he will be glad for this to get back to normal. Again, thank you for your prayers!

The little things

Today I was having just one of those days where I couldn't wait for everyone to go to bed so I could just be alone. Kaylee was very whiny and grumpy today for some reason. Bedtime rolls around and Kaylee does not want to go to bed. I finally give in and let her come in the living room with me so her daddy can get some sleep. When we sat down she asked me if we could pray. Talk about melting my heart. It's funny how I can have the most horrible day but my sweet girl can say something like that and makes anything I was stressed about go away. Kaylee likes to pray for each person in our family individually so we spent about 20 minutes praying and when we were done she got the biggest smile on her face and said thank you mommy. Thank you Lord for using my sweet, sweet daughter to show me that what I needed wasn't alone time after all. I just needed to make time for you.

Prayers for Jeff

Jeff went back to the doctor today about his back. We found out that he will not be able to return to his regular work schedule this week. The doctor is still worried about his back becoming inflamed again so she wants to keep him on light duty. She scheduled 6 more physical therapy appointments and will see him again when those are done. Please pray for healing of his back so he can return to a normal work schedule and that he will not be in pain anymore! Thank you!

Camping

We haven't been camping in a couple of weeks but it has become one of our favorite pastimes. I was so afraid that Kaylee wouldn't like it the first time she went but she had a blast.Her favorite things to do are to dig, go for walks and sit with the family around the campfire! Austin loves to either go walking or playing basketball. I have always loved camping since I was a little kid. It is a passion of mine that I got from my dad. Here are some pictures from the last time we went camping.

Austin out by the water

She always has a blast.

Austin and his beautiful cousin Carlee

 Doing what she does best!

 Isn't this gorgeous?

 She loved the tire swing

 Hanging out at the campsite!

Cute kiddos

I had to share this adorable picture of my kids after church today. They are growing up way too fast!

Swimming Party!

 Kaylee got to go to her first swimming party this past Friday at church with the kids her age. She was shy at first but one she got used to everyone she had a blast. They had a water side and sprinkler but she wasn't quite ready for the water slide. Her Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Karen, gave her a cup and she was in Heaven. She spent almost the whole time filling the cup up with water and dumping it out. It made my heart so happy seeing her have so much fun with other kids. With me being a stay at home mom she doesn't get to spend much time with kids her age. We couldn't have been more blessed with such an amazing church family!

Leaving for the party!

Playing at the sprinkler.

 Love seeing such a big smile!

Starting something new

I have finally jumped the "band wagon" and created a blog. Hopefully this will be a good way to keep my family up to date with things going on with us and the kids. I hope you enjoy and I will try to keep updating daily with new pictures and stories! Enjoy!