Adventures with the Lamberts

On thursday this past week,our family spent the day with Cutter and Larae and Araena,we went out the thier property and Josh helped Cutter and Mr. Degerland and Ross with some concrete work (Cutter is building his house this summer).They bought property close to the Benson family,and we just had a nice day of work and fellowship,food and fun.after the work was all done,the Bensons shared thier awesome blueberry patch with us,and we all hiked down the power line and picked blueberries for a few hours.Mac LOVED eating the blueberries,as you can see from her little purple face,and we had a really fun time(:

Alaskan girls(:

the bounty(: 15 bags!!!im so exited to have alaskan blueberries in my freezer!!!

Mr. Benson let us ride his 4 wheeler back because we were super tired by the time we were done for the day!!!Carl and Florene Benson are some of the sweetest people i have ever met.they are those kind of people that are a "behind the scenes blessing" THE BEST KIND!(:

HERES A FEW FUNNY SHOTS OF MY KID...SHE LIKES TO PLAY WITH HATS AND SAYS SHE'S PRETTY WHEN SHE PUTS THEM ON(: WHAT A HAM(:

Daddy's little helper

hanging the curtainrod for mommy...(:

my so called life

im an insomniac lately.i hate it.but im having issues sleeping tonight so i figured id write an update rather than toss and turn and keep Josh up.so here i am.

So the big news is that got all our debts paid off this month.Weve been snowballing them for about ten months now.Our debt snowball is pretty much over.Whoo-hoo!!!We do have Josh's student loan that we are working on,but we arent gonna snowball that until after we take our vacation in october.So now we are actively working on our vacation snowball and heading towards an all expenses paid Hawaiian vacation!(: yay!we are very very excited and should have our tickets by the end of the month!:P We finally get our long awaited honeymoon,after three and a half years!

So me and Jenn ran the midnight sun run in June and finished our first 10k in about an hour and ten minutes...it was an awesome experience,and a ton of fun.I couldn't bare to stop my training though,so i figured hey!i need something else to push for,the summer is only half over...
so im going to attempt to run the north pole half-marathon in august.Im loving the challenge of the training...i ran 8 miles for my long run yesterday,and my short runs are averaging 3-6 miles several times a week...next week i will attempt a 9 miler for my long run...my legs are killing me today,but i love it!a half marathon is 13 miles,so i have a ways to go yet.

Ive been experimenting with mixing my own grains and making multigrain gluten free breads,and thats been pretty awesome.im playing with spelt,(my fav.)barley,millet,quinoa,
amaranth,oats,flax,wheat,buckwheat,...and xanthan gum is my new best freind...im sure your all convince that im a hippie now,but i still wear deoderant,and you might think different if you tasted my bread :P

Im reading a great book right now too,its called A Woman after God's own heart.Its been very helpful to me in my spiritual walk lately,and if you need something to read its pretty basic but pretty awesome!Bek recommended it to me and im so glad she did.

Mac is changing every day.her favorite words are..."poop","no,no,no","tori","roo"(rueben),and "cracker"...she says alot of other stuff too we just cant decipher it quite yet...but it wont be long.
shes very much into climbing and extremely independent.she likes to sing and starts dancing every time she hears music.she cracks herself up by walking around with both her fingers up her nose and laughing like a maniac.she will sit in the back of the van and have a full-on un-decipherable conversation with herself and cackle between avery word like she thinks she is just sooooooooooo hilarious...i just wonder what she's talking about that so funny(:

Josh is doing great...just working like a madman as usual and getting super excited about our vacation...he started working out again to get his bikini body for hawaii,and has even taken up running some...(: he hates running,so i think its funny(: but he's doing awesome at it(:
He bought a nice mt. bike this summer and weve done quite a but of riding as well.Not as much as we'd like,but he's been working lots of overtime to accomplish our goals,and im super proud of him for working so hard.i love my man(:

Well i think im finally getting tired,so im out.

mac n cheese

IT had a rough morning...

"hey,did you seriously just take a picture and laugh at my pain?"

we got her these cool little golf clubs,but she rarely uses them to hit the golf balls...

they are her ninja stick...shes always popping around the corner and shell just go crazy and beat me or josh with one whilst cackling like a maniac....

let the beating commence...

and while she beats us with her ninja sticks...her face usually resembles this...

this was the position she assumed to take her morning poo today...im not even joking...i was sitting at the table and looked up and saw her squatting on the stool and said"hey shmeigle!what on earth are you doing....?"

...so i take a picture and she gives me this look,and then turns back around and starts grunting...im like"are you serious?"

this is the favorite place to be while im cooking these days...shes discovered she can reach whatever food might happen to be on the counter with the use of this handy contraption...A STOOL...yesterday she drug it all over the house with her...im in trouble now

smoothie time with mommy...our favorite breakfast...

you pretty much cant pry her lips off of this straw until its gone....

New McKinley pics

When Mac wants josh's full attention,she climbs up on the couch,gets on his lap,turns his face towards her,and gets as close as she can until she has it...just like this...(: i love it.i think shes really onto something(:

shes very much into forks right now.she stabs her food like a wild woman and wont let me help

look at these long legs!!!!

this one was taken today...i just thought it was cute the way she was sitting(:

now the next few im gonna call "attack of the chub"

i was laying on the floor trying to get her to pose for me and she climbed on top of me and wouldnt get off...i started laughing and then she started laughing and it resulted in the following attemted photoshoot...man she really lights up my life(:

health,wealth,and ...laundry detergent???

ok so ever since we've gone organic,ive been trying to figure out how to save more money,while at the same time being as helthy as possible.laundry soap has been one of the hardest things to swallow...i just couldnt jutify paying 10 dollars for a tiny bottle of seventh generation laundry deteregent.but then i also couldnt justify the health risks i was putting my family at by washing our close in toxins such as aluminum.aluminum is used in laundry soap and deoderant,and is very much suspected to be the main factor in breast cancer.so what do you do???

well ill tell you what I did.i began researching how to make my own laundry soap.what i found amazed me,and it was so easy!and cheap!i made a batch of laundry soap in about 10-15 minutes,and it should last me for months...it made about 2 gallons total,and the main ingredient was water(: the website i got it off of broke down the cost and your paying less than a dollar for an entire batch!and it should last months!plus u have all the ingrediants on hand for your next 10-15 batches!how do you like that?i tried out my soap the other day and my clothes came out smelling super fresh(: heres the recipe if anyone is interested in saving a ton of money and being super healthy!(i found all the ingredients at fred meyers in the laundry section)

1/2 cup of borax
1/2 cup of washing soda
1/3 bar fels naptha soap
you can use ivory too but it takes the whole bar
if you want to add a scent,add any flavor of essential oil you want...lavender,sandlewood,lemon...

grate and melt soap in 6 cups of warm water in pan.add washing soda and borax and stir until dissolved.remove from heat.pour four cups hot water into a big bucket...now add soap mixture and stir.then add one gallon and 6 cups more water,stir,and let gel for 24 hours.use 1/2 cup for one load of laundry.

my next experiment will be deoderant...ive been reseaching it and it seems pretty easy to make as well.they say all the lumps they are finding in womens breast's are along the outside edges by the armpit where you put your deoderant...probably from the aluminum.ill let you all know how this next experiment goes.

forgot this one...

For those not on facebook...

Heres a few shots of Heidi's wedding reception.it turned out really nice.(:

The Race is on!

One of my new year resolutions this year was to run the midnight sun run...its a 10K...exactly 6.2 miles...i asked Jenn to train with me,she really likes to run...so anyways ive been training since the snow melted in april,and we are now running 5 miles at time...the race is next saturday and we are super excited...running a 10K is a pretty huge accomplishment and im super proud of us for what we've accomplished this summer!!!

I LOVE THE PROMISES IN GODS WORD!

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,and his ears are open unto their cry.

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry,and the Lord heareth,and delivereth them out or all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Many are the afflictions or the righteous:but the Lord delivereth them out of them all.

He keepeth all his bones:not one of them is broken.

Evil shall slay the wicked:and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants:and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

-Psalm 34:15-22


I READ THESE IN MY DEVOTION THIS MORNING AND WHAT A PEACE THAT CAME TO MY HEART AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THESE VERSES IN LIGHT OF THE TRIALS IN MY LIFE.I DONT KNOW HOW PEOPLE SURVIVE IN THIS AWFUL WORLD WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD AT THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES.I LOVE GOD'S WORD,AND EVERYDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT GOD IS GOING TO SHOW ME NEXT!