For Alyson

So you can see how tall it is, it hits right below my knees

On the bright side, at least my hair isn't magenta . . . .

Here I am, trying to make the most

of my "different than what I thought I was getting" haircut

(forced smile - I was trying, right?)

By the way, you should know, most of these hairstyles are purposely bad

:)

I was trying to be funny

This new cut really brings out all the natural wavy

and curliness of my hair - that's a nice little perk



That is some BIG hair, sistah

Trying to look like Aftyn in her pigtails

Big LDS mother hair

I apologize if your hair looks like this

I was copying my mother, not you or yours :)
Love you Mom!

Hey - I'm starting to recognize a few of these hairstyles! :) Yay!

This is what my hair looks like if I let it air dry after washing it

it felt like it was HUGE

This is what I looked like after actually trying to

style my hair in what felt like a somewhat normal style

Not too bad

Here I am with an added little POP. :)

When you've got bows, you have GOT to use them, right?

Overall, I agree with everyone who commented on my bad haircut post. I just needed to

experiment with it. I never cried over it, but sometimes it's hard when you realize you've been

trying to hide your somewhat wide face behind your hair. Now I have no hair to hide behind and

you know what? I have a wide face. Fact. Of. Life. :) Get used to seeing it.

Thanks for all the encouragement everybody!

REALLY Bad Haircut!

I just got a haircut

The Stylist looked at my pictures to get an idea of what I wanted

She saw this:

And she saw this:

And she came up with this:




How in the heck do I fix this!?!

I could really use some ideas.

Where the heck have we been?

We've been experiencing those moments in life that are all-encompassing, take up all your time and thoughts and energy which leaves very little thought for blogging about it at the time.

We've been enjoying 2 of my brothers in town who normally live out of town. VERY out of town. We've enjoying lots of eating and visiting, some games here and there, and lots and lots of hugs of both the "hello" kind and the "goodbye" kind.

I've been enjoying a few runs here and there, but alas I am currently unsure as to the state of my knees for running and so I have backed off a bit. I miss my runs, and my running partner who had a gift for the gab. We had some great talks.

Reed has been working his hiney off lately. Lots of overtime hours in the hot hot sun. He comes home most nights with a red neck and a thirsty throat. Aftyn is just excited to see daddy and daddy is equally excited to see his little Aftyn girl.

Reed also accomplished a major undertaking a few weeks back - with lots of help from our awesome family,
he managed to put sprinklers in our backyard! Woohoo!! He deserves a major vacation after that undertaking. Alas, we still need to put our grass in after about 20-30 yards of dirt are also brought in. So the vacation will be put on hold a little while longer. :)

Aftyn is growing and learning more and more. Today she is 14 months! Wow! She is currently learning how to climb on anything and everything and even manages to get down on her own too. Usually a little scary to watch, but she manages to not hurt herself. She just picks herself right up afterward and carries on. Currently, we are having a hard time finding a variety of things she wants to eat. Ugh. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve so hopefully this problem will be short lived.

In the next few weeks, I've got a niece getting married and then her wedding reception, so I may or may not find time to post. We'll all just have to wait and see! :)

Dress Up

She got a pretty good kick out of me putting this wig on her -

she even wanted to walk around in it in spite of the long hair!

D-Day Has Come

I'm a little anxious.

Tomorrow is the big day.

Last Saturday when I ran 10 miles, I got a big blister on one toe

AND

walked around like a grandma the rest of the day

(due to sore joints, not the blister)

On the positive side, I was totally pumped toward the end of the run

and felt like I could have kept running

thanks to:

good music on my mp3 player

AND

lots of sisterly support.

Let's hope I find my rhythm for tomorrow and can get my groove on while I run.

At least I know I'll have the support of a good friend.

3 Years

Here is a small portion of what I've been blessed with