Crazy Hair

Every year the student council has a "crazy hair" day to show school spirit. Ellie loves to express herself, where Emersyn is happy being just the way she is. These last couple years though, Ellie has rubbed off onto Emersyn. Emersyn has decided it is kind of fun even though this morning as we were walking to school she told me she felt wierd.
I am not very creative when it comes to things like this. When I see things that are cute I try to make a mental note and use the ideas on days like today. So, a while back one of Kaelyn's friends had put a plastic cup in her hair. It was so cute. The girls wanted to try the cup in the hair for today's crazy hair day. To top it all off, of course, we had to spray their hair green. There is something exciting for the girls when they get to spray their hair a different color.

Preseason

All I can is....it's a dang good thing we had at least one boy and that this boy (Cameron) has a love of sports the way Marc does. Could you imagine if we had all girls? I don't know who would go with Marc to these cool events he gets tickets to. Marc and Cameron have become very spoiled!!!!! Take a look at these pictures to see just how close Marc and Cameron got to the Cardinals players the last pre-season game. Yep, they were down on the field rubbing shoulders with the players and coaches. They were not allowed to speak to the players or coaches though. So, even though they were right there they were not able to get any autographs or anything. When it was time for the game, however, they went up to their seats to enjoy the game.

Ombre

My little girl is growing up. For years Kaelyn has been asking when she can die her hair. Oh, I was not ready to go down this road. She is suppose to stay young and not want these sort of things. I started thinking of how old I was when I started getting highlights put in my hair. I believe I was around 13, which is how old Kaelyn is right now. All I can see is dollar sign with having 3 girls plus myself of course.
Kaelyn always wanted to put red, purple or blue into her hair. I tried to talk her out of it with no success. Of course, I am just the mom and don't know what looks good. Thankfully, I have wonderful friends and family who would back up my opinion. It just so happened not too long before school was starting I had an appt for my hair with some errands I needed to take Kaelyn on, so she had to go with me. Thank goodness for Darcy!!!!!!!
We discussed the desire Kaelyn had to color her hair. This is when we were introduced to a coloring style called "ombre". It is a form of highlighting with the highlights starting farther down the hair. Meaning the color doesn't go right up to the roots. I am sure you have seen actresses with sort of thing and simply thought they hadn't had time to get their hair done....lol :)
This is not a pain free procedure. As the hair is sectioned out, before color is put on the hair is teased first. This is how you get the distance from the hair line. I felt like this was a perfect way for Kaelyn to get her hair colored with the maintenance being minimal. You see the bigger the regrowth the better the style looks. I know crazy, but it looks awesome!!!!! As a matter of fact, I am loving it so much I am trying to figure out how to do my hair without looking just like Kaelyn. She may not approve of that.

Happy Love

On Friday Marc and I celebrated our 17 year anniversary. We don't make big deal of our anniversary, but we do try to celebrate it. After all, this is the day our eternal family began. Marc and I went to Charleston's for dinner. While we were gone Ellie kept calling asking when we thought we were going to be home. There is nothing unusal about this, as she often does this while we are gone. Long story short, after our dinner, Cameron asked us for a ride with some of his friends. We were happy to help (a chance to meet some of his new friends from Mesa High). I called home to let Ellie know even though we were done with dinner we were driving Cameron somewhere and would be home in a bit. She asked if we could call her when we were at the Sonice (almost home). I told her we would... wasn't too much later Ellie calls again wondering where we are, when we will be home and who is with us. We were on the freeway.... Marc and I laugh and wonder if there is something going on. When we got the final call of the evening wondering again where we were I knew something had to be up. It was only Ellie and Emersyn home, so I couldn't even guess what they could be up to.

As we walked in the door this is what we found along with an outburst of Happy Anniversary!!!! The tv was off, the house was cleaned up and the cake was displayed on the island counter. So, this is what they were up to.....

17 years

I can hardly believe it has been 17 years since Marc and I were married. We are definitely not as young as we were that day. Don't look too close as you will see all the wrinkles we have gained over the years. Nonetheless, we have enjoyed these years together and look forward to many more!!

Happy Anniversay Marc!

Grandpa Washburn

This is Grandpa Washburn. He is a great example to our family. Every summer he puts on a great family reunion for all of us to enjoy. We feel like the reunions are not going to be around much longer. Grandpa Washburn decided to pack up and move back to Blanding, Utah so he could be close to a temple. I say "back" because this is where Grandpa Washburn is from. The Boise, Idaho temple closed for at least a year and most likely a little longer than that. Because Grandpa Washburn's love is geneology and temple work he decided he needed to find a temple to be close to. After making some phone calls he decided Blanding, Utah was the best place for him to go. He is only 20 mins from a temple and the traffic is minimal. He has found himself a little apartment there to rent. I do think he is a little lonely though, he sends messages out to family members to get the word out "to come see him".

I am so grateful for these kinds of examples we have to look to.

Love These Boys

Hard to believe these two boys met when they were only 3 years old. Even though Truman's family has moved out of our neighborhood the friendship has remained. However, there was about a year or so where they lost track of one another. Anyway, these two have a bond between them that I hope lasts a lifetime. When they are around each other we find ourselves rolling on the floor laughing.

Thanks for laughs boys!!