Product Placement

In going with my "things I love" theme (hence, every blogg is about my family or things I use) I decided to write up a little ditty called...

THINGS I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT, SUMMER 2009

Topping the list we have this new aaddition ESV Study Bible. I read it every day (almost). I've read NIV and NLT study Bibles before so I wasn't so stoked to open this one up but my oh my - I should have been! It has great insight to everything and awesome maps and really really cool stuff in the back. Highly recommended.

Next I present you with Old Navy coral sandals. Not much I can say about these, but I love them. Got them on sale at the beginning of the summer for 5 bucks!

I know Oxy Clean was on my "As seen on TV" post, but I can't get over it. We use it ALL the time for EVERYTHING! Even clears up warts! :) But seriously, the last time I used it was when Travis rode his bike home in the rain and splashed mud all over them. Like a genie.

This is what gets me out of flossing. The Crest Spin Brush rings in at $6 and spares me the agony of daily flossing. The last time I went to the dentist I totally fooled them! I can't imagin actually BRUSHING my teeth anymore. It's great. Just move it around a little and the whole job's done.

Munchkin Sippy cups have been good to us. I know a lot of people that use NUBY, but savannah just throws those down and they spill everywhere! More like "drippy cups" for us. The Munchkin cups don't pop open on us and are a perfect fit for her little hands! Love them!

Now I realize that my hair is less than lacking most days. I'm just too lazy/unmotivated to go through the whole hair due process on the average day. BUT I'm lovin the Big Sexy Hair products. I've loved their hair spray for years, but recently got into their boosting gel and shampoo. Mix these winners with any hair dryer and VAVOOM!

Save the best for last, right? This is kinda personal so look away if you don't want to know - I've always had those razor bumps after I shave. Always! Finally this summer I saw this product and had to have it. I'll try anything. Got it and wouldn't ya know - works like a charm! Ya gotta use it for a couple days after shaving, but it really does away with the unsightly rash. Good deal.

One product I would like to try is called "Wrecking Balm". I think it would make my list if I had it. It's a tattoo remover cream/system I saw an ad for on tv one day. It claims to painlessly remove your tattoo when applied every day for 60 - 180 days. I would totally have it but it's like $140 for a two month supply. If you would like to use me as a test animal I would gladly take any Wrecking Balm you may purchase in the future and try it on my skin before you use it on yours. Just let me know.

Thanks for caring.

reasons why I haven't been blogging #2

Travis ran in 4th on the 4th ( a 4k race at Ada Hayden) and got 3rd place in his age group.

The week before that his brother and wife and kids were here. Here they're "playing" with the girls at the park.

Sav and cousin Lani on the slide. Savannah isn't as skilled as Lani yet. They had a really fun time playing together. Lani taught Savannah all kinds of new things to do. I think I need to get her around older kids a little more often.

Just another day at Big Creek Lake.

I'm lucky to have a baby and a husband who love spending time in the water as much as I do.

Heart Breaker. I'm going to miss this face in Panama.

If you look close you can see the drool on her chin. She's been teething the last couple weeks. We never had trouble with teething before but this time has been extra rough!

Still alive

I felt like it was time to let you all know that we're still kickin - just not online too much these days. Here's some high lights:

1. Travis is done with his summer classes. Two more out of the way and two more closer to getting his masters!

2. Savannah learned to take her diapper off. I'll spare you the details. Use youre imagination.

3. Travis' brother, his wife, two kids, and their friend Megan came to stay with us for a few crazy but really fun days.

4. I started reading through Genesis.

5. Travis is leaving in a week for a trip to Minneapolis called "STEM" - it's a student missions trip with our high schoolers. He'll be gone for 4 days.

6. The following Thursday I will leave for Panama for 10 days! Travis' parents are coming to help out with Savannah. I have so many lists of things to do/buy/lists to make ect.....

See ya soon!

reasons why I haven't been blogging #1

I know that my public has been waiting for almost a week for more blog from me. Thank you for waiting so nicely while I live my life.

No really - we've been way busy this week doing fun outside stuff so I haven't had time to blog or anything else inside. Our house is a pit too. So for those of you who actually look to see what's up with the Pierces - here's some of it.

We went boating today for Father's Day. We have had an annual Family Fishing Tournament for probably at least 7 years now. I always win. Only day of the year I fish and I win. It really frustrates my dad and Travis.

Savannah enjoyed the lake today too!

I'm teaching her to swim (float, kick, and hold her breath). This was step one to floating..in a life jacket.

This picture pretty much summarizes our family. We love summer.

Nattie came over - we got all the cool stuff in our back yard. Come on over!

Savannah LOVES brushing her teeth with me. It's cute.

Here's proud Travis with a radish from our garden.

We've been taking Savannah to Carr Pool to swim some in the big pool -

And to Brookside to play in the wading pool.

She loves to find and play with all the other kids and not with mommy.

Until next week....or so....

saturday o fun

We started the day with the hospital's Run For Hope going right past our house! Savannah and I sat on the porch and waved at the run

ners. I have to admit, I felt a little guilty sitting in our jammies while a hundred or more people RAN by... but Savannah enjoyed it. Maybe next year...

We spent the rest of the morning at the park enjoying the celebration. Savannah loved it! Way to go Hospital for putting on a fun family day.

It ended with Savannah pushing her stroller backwards most of the way home. Then one of her first real toddler fits (not pictured). I carried her screaming and wiggling for two blocks. Everytime I put her down she laid on her face on the sidewalk and cried. Here we go...

She wants to use the spoon herself!

In other news - here's what's up with us this week:

Savannah grew 2 shoe sizes in the last two weeks. I just got her a new pair of size 3 crocks (the target kind, not the real kind) and today I noticed that they were falling off a lot. I took her into Payless at the mall, where they measure the kid's feet for you and turns out she's in a size 4 now. So they were having a BoGo and Sav got two red hot (pink hot rather) pairs of summer shoes.

Also - still working on the formula/soy milk and bottle/cup switch. It's rough going. I really didn't think it would be too hard but the soy milk is messing with her tummy/diapers and she wont sit still and drink a cup of milk.

Along with that comes some weird sleep issues. Earlier this week she was sleeping like crazy. Today she's not so much. Both times I laid her down for a nap it took her at least 30 minutes to get to sleep and tonight she woke up for an hour about 45 minutes after she went to bed. I hope we're not in for a long night.

On an up turn, Travis was playing "I'm gonna gettcha" tonight with Savannah on the porch. I we sitting on the steps with my arms open telling her "come to mommy". Every time he chased her she would look right into my eyes with a big smile and run straight to me. It was the best. Then I chased her and instead of running to daddy, she ran in circles. It seems that when daddy gets her it's much worse than when mommy gets her. I'm okay with that.

Out with the old

Last week one day I got all upset with MediaCom and canceled everything we had with them.  I wont go into all the details (although I kind of want to just to give them even more of a bad name) but let's just say their customer service was lacking... a lot....because they don't have any.  So like I said, I came home and just canceled it all.  

I then signed up with Qwest for our internet and two days later with Dish Network for our TV.  It's all working okay, Travis and I are both not only lazy, but also a little ignorant when it comes to technical stuff like this so we have cables going everywhere and have yet to figure out how to get the DVD player to work without unplugging the Dish box and I keep having to reprogram the remote. Also, the qwest guy said he gave us a wireless modem, but I can't figure out how to get past the login / password.   HELP!  :)