Monday, March 4, 2013
February Hot Dog Roast
So far in our 12 Christmases together Shane and I have gotten a real Christmas Tree. We've never been able to swallow the cost of a fake tree and we enjoy picking it out as a family and the way it makes our house smell. I'm not sure if it's a tradition that will last because it is getting harder and harder to find good real trees. But I digress. If we miss the weekend opportunity when the garbage will take the tree, it often sits in our garage for sometimes months. This year was no exception. About a month ago Shane decided he was going to just burn the dang thing in our charcoal BBQ. I gave him a hard time because the last time he burned one of our trees, he really did almost burn down the house. But that's another story for another post.
Along with burning the tree we decided to roast hot dogs and marshmallows for lunch. When it started to snow, I thought the whole thing would be postponed, but Shane was determined. We did it in the snow. It was so much fun! The kids really loved it and Shane and I did too!
I was afraid we would get too cold, but it turns out the fire kept us warm and toasty. We had bought these valentine marshmallows that were flavored strawberry and vanilla. They were SO GOOD roasted over the fire. We ate the whole package easily!
I thought this was one of the funnest things we had done as a family, and everyone else did too! I hope it becomes a tradition! That the first snow after the Holidays are over, we burn our tree in the backyard and roast hot dogs and marshmallows! (How redneck could we possibly be??)
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Yes. Yes. She. Did.
Sophie was born with beautiful, thick, curly, dark hair. I have always loved it. It's lightened up quite a bit, grown, and I still love it. She has come to really love it too. She calls it her "Tangled" hair.
Today she cut it.
She asked to watch Cinderella, I said yes. 10 minutes or so passed and I hadn't heard the movie start so I went to make sure she didn't need any help. It took me a minute to comprehend what had happened. There was a pile of hair, scissors on the floor and my daughter was missing a whole chunk of her hair.
"YOU CUT YOUR HAIR?????" I admit I did not handle this situation well. I screamed, yelled, grounded, banished and then cried. After I calmed down a bit this was our conversation.
"Sophie, you cut all your beautiful hair off! I can't believe you did that!"
"I don't like my beautiful hair."
"But now we're going to have to chop it all off like a boy!"
"I don't care. I want boy hair."
When she said this I realized she didn't realize what she had actually done because she freaks out if we ever tease her that we're going to cut her hair like Logan's or Brandon's. I took her into the bathroom to show her what she had done and she started sobbing.
I text-ed my good friend, Erica. She's a fantastic hair dresser and I wanted to see is she had any recommendations where I could take Sophie, secretly hoping she'd volunteer. Of course she did and I took Sophie over.
Sophie was really nervous the whole time, whining and asking where I was. Erica worked her magic and luckily the result is a really cute, really short cut. I wish I had recorded her reaction to the big reveal. It was a great one! She was so shocked. Mouth open wide, and then a huge smile. Sophie loves it! I will too.... eventually.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Daddy Daughter Dinner and Dance.
Our ward hosted a "Daddy Daughter Dinner and Dance". More specifically the Young Women hosted the event. It was a lot of work and fun to be involved on how to make this event a good one for the dads and girls in our ward. The first decision that was made, and I think it was the best one, was that this would involve ALL fathers and ALL girls ages 0-18. My girls were SO excited about this night and as I read posts from facebook that night, I discovered they weren't the only ones! Seems like everyone was writing and posting pictures about how excited the girls in the ward were about the dance! With all the RSVPs our YW Pres. got, it was going to be an almost perfectly attended activity. Talk about pressure!!! We spent a YW activity working on decorations and about 3 hours at the church beforehand getting everything all candied up. At first I was disappointed I wouldn't be able to stay and watch it all unfold, but I ended up having a lot of fun with my boys eating pizza and playing games at home. All the feedback was very positive!!! My girls had a blast, as did Shane. So many people also said how much they enjoyed it! It felt good to be a part of bringing the activity to the ward with the rest of the amazing Young Women leaders! And even a few moms to who stopped by in the morning just to help out! :) Hopefully we won't have to wait too long for our next one!
All decked out in black and white. Ready for their party!
One of my very good friends snapped a couple of pictures for me. (She is so handy to have around! ;) She also took some really cute ones of the girls' dance class.) I love this one of Lindsay and Shane - with his most awesome, ever present accessory the back brace. Sigh. At least it's black and "goes" with everything.)
And here is our Sophie dancing with the best of friends, who she loves dearly.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Family Pictures!
Last month the great and wonderfully beautiful Becky took our family pictures! It feels SO GREAT knowing that there will never again be someone missing from our family photos! Poor Peter hasn't been represented anywhere on our "Family Wall" since he was born. ( I know, I could be the worst mother ever). So we might look at a picture that was taken years ago and think, "Gosh. Peter was ONE in that picture. Now he's on his mission!" But at least all members of the family will be present and accounted for. And this makes me VERY happy!
When we are finished reading our scriptures and having family prayer, we have a little family huddle. We all put our hands in and yell, "WE LOVE OUR FAMILY!" Then give hugs and kisses. The kids really love it. Peter especially right now. We usually do it 3 or 4 times for him. It's one of my favorite traditions. This picture was taken to capture the family huddle. And I'm so glad to have it!
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