Thanksgiving in Zion

Oh it was freezing! We have so many memories, it made it all worth it! We went hiking a few times, sat around the fire a lot, and ate a lot. Also we went to Las Vegas and stayed a night. Here is a list of some of the exciting things we experienced:

• Almost hit a deer, I mean we had to swerve around it.
• Dogs everywhere!
• Eating Thanksgiving dinner at the camp ground. Turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and pie!
• Hiking in the ice and slipping all over.
• Charlotte wanting to play with everything on the hikes, stopping for snow balls, and rocks and everything.
• Charlotte loving it in Grandmas tent.
• Charlotte throwing rocks into the river.
• Playing Agricola in the hotel room.
• Miga and Olive wearing ridiculous clothes.
• Playing Chess with Charlotte and grandpa.
• Eating at the Wynn buffet in Las Vegas.
• Staying in the nicest La Quinta Inn I have ever been in Vegas.
• Sitting in traffic on the way home and Charlotte having a freak out!

Dishwasher works again!

It is funny because lately my post have all been about cleaning and such. Goes to show you how exciting my life is.

Anyhow my dishwasher wasn't getting anything clean and leaving the worst soap spots all over everything. I hated doing dishes and they I kept having to clean all of them by hand. I seriously thought the dishwasher was broken or clogged. Once I washed the same load 5 times. Oh it was miserable.

Finally I decided to get Martin involved, since he kept complaining that the dishes were all dirty. He researched and found out that since our water is so hard we needed a detergent with phosphates in it. It turns out that almost all name brand detergent are phosphate free. I guess if you have a water softener then you have no issues but we don't. Online people recommended trying a product called Lemi Shine.

Off to the store to get some Lemi Shine! I was seriously amazed with the results. I can't believe the difference. It was drastic! I am so happy to wash all my dishes now. Eventually we will invest in a water softener but until then Lemi Shine will work for us!