10 Reasons to buy a Hanes white shirt

I consider myself pretty average...

I'm average height and at the moment probably average weight for my height (probably even a bit over)

Something that is not so average right now... 

 I'm nursing (my poor bosoms are 4x their "normal" size).

Due to this fact of life called womanhood I don't fit in most my shirts, well very good, 

well at least I don't think so. 

I don't want to feel like I'm busting out of everything but I also live in an apartment and don't have room 

for a whole another wardrobe (or money). 

I could just not wear clothes but ehh... that would be pretty scary.

  My solution?

White Hanes shirts

They cost about $9.00 for a 3 pack. 

Yes, they are in the mens section. No, that doesn't bother me.

Especially when the average shirt these days is over 20 bucks!

I love Tees and these plain white tees are my favorite right now. 

So if you are in the exact same boat as me or are just looking to down size your wardrobe,

I'll give you 10 reasons to fall in love with them.

Reason #1. They are modest

Can I tell you how annoying it is to have to wear a tank under every shirt??? And even then I still have to worry if everything is covered... Its also not tight, and especially right now tightness is not my friend.

Especially white and tight (I just feel like barbie)

Reason #2. They are GREAT for nursing

 its way easy to nurse with these tees (at least for me) than any other nursing shirt. I have a Hanes shirt that is stretched out on top and I can pull the V neck down to feed my babe and not have to worry about my back being exposed. Maybe its just me but i prefers tees when I'm nursing.

Now for some pictures... I am having a bad hair day and have only eye liner on. (don't judge me) But I really want to show just how easy these shirts are to wear and how even I can pull it off.

 

Reason #3.It looks good alone 

Why not? Jeans and a white tee have become an American icon. Don't I just look totally American? 

Remember "average Jane" here. I'm not a model so don't laugh too hard at me or my sweet bike in the back.

 Reason #4 Your favorite Blazer stands out

I can't button any of my blazers right now. (Why does anyone want big boobs?) But thanks to my wonderful Hanes shirt I can still wear it and actually make the blazer stand out even more.

 Reason #5 Scarves look Excellent

You can wear your favorite scarf and have everyone staring at it instead of... ok you get the picture by now right?

 

Reason #6 You can dress it up

All my skirts have gotten quite a bit tighter and I love wearing my white shirt with them because it is more flowy. I also rolled my sleeves up a bit and like that option on these tees. You didn't even notice did you?

Reason #7 Long necklaces look fabulous 

 Did I mention how much I miss my blazers right now?

 Reason #8 Looks great with any sweater

I choose a neon zip up one to take a picture with but really even a pull over kind works too. 

I have a lot of sweaters that need an undershirt of some kind and this is my go to.

  (even when I'm not nursing) 

P.S. I decided to quit looking at the camera I did mention I'm not a model right? (as if I needed to tell ya)

 Reason #9 Wear it with a vest

This "vest" is actually a scarf! I found a tutorial on how to make a scarf into a vest. 

Such a money saver! Vests are so in right now but I don't want to go out and buy any. 

i happen to be a scarf hoarder and this is an easy fix to my wanting a vest problem. 

the tutorial on how to make your scarf into a vest is here

 I absolutely love it! Sorry I choose a more cream colored one I hope you can see it.

 

Last but not least...

 Reason #10 Best Undershirt

 All these darn sheer shirts you gotta wear something underneath them. This shirt I'm wearing is actually a shirt I wore while I was pregnant I just love it though its pretty deep for me and I have to wear something under it. 

I hope this helps you. I really don't see why people go out and spend a ton of money on nursing clothes. I plan on nursing for another 6-8 months and in the meantime want to still enjoy my cute clothes. 

 

4th anniversary!!!!

What a weekend! Adam and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. 

4 years together and 2 kids later, we still feel like newly weds. 

We spent our actually anniversary preparing for our weekend in Bountiful so we could have lots of fun.

Adam got off work early so we could celebrate something else very exciting...

My baby sister graduated high school!!

Here we all are together rejoicing in her accomplishment. Its funny how as all the kids become adults we seem to get as close as when we were kids. 

Age doesn't matter again. She plans to attend USU so she will be up in our neck of the woods. 

Speaking of woods... 

That is where we decided to spend our anniversary. 

We actually ran into a neighbor on our way out and she had to make sure that 

we were going camping for fun. 

I guess we are crazy. We usually do a hike to celebrate things. There is just something rewarding to us

about conquering a mountain or in this case getting to see some beautiful lakes.

Here we are at the beginning of the trail, all nice and pretty.

This is the Lake Blanche trail we did this hike last year as a day hike with Thayne. 

This year we thought we would try backpacking. Please check out my beautiful backpack...

I don't know why but i always love buying backpacks.

This trail isn't long mileage wise but holy smokes it is steep!

Here I am trying to use Adam to show how steep the trail is. Yes, its pretty much like this the whole way.

But its so worth it! Look at those mountains!

This is my favorite stopping point to take a picture because you can start to see your destination. If you look closely there is a waterfall behind us and it is actually the one we used to get our water from. 

Here is Lake Blanche we actually camped about 1/4 mile away from this point towards the 3rd lake.

Adam setting up camp. I picked the spot so I got to snap some shots.

Well... I may or may not have had some sweet fire pictures... 

We found out the hard way that fires are NOT allowed up there... EVER. 

So please ignore our fire pictures don't plan on having one up there.

Can I brag about my amazing husband for a minute? So I tend to get upset and can't think straight if

things don't go according to plan... my husband on the other hand doesn't freak out and quickly comes up 

with a solution. 

Somehow silverware did not make it into our backpacks.

Needless to say I was pretty upset complaining about how we had beef stew and no spoons.

Adam calmly found some wood and began carving spoons for us. 

I love him.

After I ate my food with my new cool wooden spoon I was very happy...

Making both of us very happy...

 

Here is Adam getting pics of our campsite... again ignore the fire. DON'T have fires up there. 

$250 fine... not worth it!

Ya I engulfed my food... never has freeze dried food tasted so good!

remember that waterfall? Here it is! Adam wanted me to get the water but I told him I was better 

at taking pictures.

Ah I just can't get over that view! Great way to start a morning!

Although we had loads of fun, we needed to get back to our kiddos! 

Thanks honey for a great anniversary!

And making me fall back in love with the outdoors. Everyday I grow closer and closer to you. I will never tire of your unfailing love for me. I don't know what I would do without you. Lets never find out ok? 

Labor Day

This is not your ordinary Labor Day post.

We are crazy remember? 

My mum, sister, and husband decided to do a sprint triathlon in the morning.

Thayne and I went and supported and took pictures. 

While at the race I met a guy from ebay who bought a sweater from me and

asked if he could come and pick it up.

So I met him there at the race. (I felt confident to do that because I was in a 

very public area.) And he bought an abercrombie "S" I could probably take him down

if all else failed. 

Luckily he seemed like a nice honest guy.

Anyway... so family runs the race does amazing!

Thayne saw the camera and immediately wanted a picture of him taken.

Shortly after this picture I had a guy yelling at me telling me that Thayne was rolling away!

(A nightmare that I have quite often) we weren't on a hill or anything we were actually in a parking lot so I don't think he would have gotten very far but it was enough to make my heart skip a beat.

Adam on the run part of the race!

Mom and Lauren sprinting to the finish line.

Everybody is an Olympian.

Then afterwards we all head back home. 

Adam starts doing some homework then after a while suggests that we play catch.

We get our gloves and ball and head outside and start playing just the two of us...

My dad (who is aprox. 16 at heart and head) wants to jump in. the only problem is he is on the upstairs patio. He finally convinces us to throw the ball up to him clear up there.

Here is a picture of how high up it is. 

So Dad throws the ball to Adam and in my parents backyard there is a little ledge. Like 1ft high.

And Adam wanted to catch the ball so bad he went OFF the ledge into the neighbors yard. which is actually a bit of a drop. Enough that he was very lucky the only damage he got was this...

His toes were a bit bloody and he has a huge bruise on his back. 

Oh and a scraped up leg. 

Luckily Adam knows how to do flips because he said he was head first towards a rock when he thought to tumble. 

Crazy kid he was pretty shaken up.

Did he catch the ball? YES

Did he scare the crap out of me? YES

this is also another nightmare I have that someone will fall off that ledge and go into the neighbors yard.

Reenactment. This is where Adam falls off our ledge and goes into the neighbors yard.

After Adam calms down and realizes the consequences could have been a lot worse we all decide to play a nice game of croquet. 

While playing croquet I realize that I now know where Thayne gets his recklessness from.

His DAD!

Then I realize that from stories from Adam's Dads younger days were also pretty 

reckless. It must be a Hassell thing!

Somehow Russ and Adam survived so I can sleep a little better at night I guess. 

Thats our Labor Day. It got a little scary and luckily no serious injuries occurred.