Remind me to hide the scissors!!

OK, so I need to preface this post by saying that Friday was already a busy day. We were finishing up some landscaping and getting ready for a wedding. That said, Alison had been chewing on her hair all day. I told her that if she didn't stop chewing on her hair we would have to cut it all off. The next thing I know, she came out of the kitchen looking like this:

Notice the chunk of hair missing on the right. Naturally I started hyperventilating! Her explanation was that she was just cutting off the "spit part".

Luckily, we were able to get her into a salon within the hour. She had about 6 inches cut off to make it even.

The finished product. Like she really needed a haircut to accentuate her round face!

We still think she is pretty cute. I just need to hide the scissors! We have made her promise to never EVER cut her own hair again!

Time Out For Women

I haven't posted in a few weeks because things have been crazy around here, but I wanted to do a quick post about a great event that I attended last weekend. Deseret Book does of tour of LDS artists and authors that do a two day seminar all over the nation. Well, Nashville was the last stop of the fall tour. Last Saturday I went down with 5 others from my ward (we met up with 6 others there) and I have to say that it was AMAZING! There were probably about 1500 women in attendance from all over Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. Some came as far as Texas and Florida. Anyway, it was so great to be spiritually uplifted by both music and spoken word. My favorite speaker was probably Emily Watts. She talked a lot about motherhood, so I could obviously relate. I also loved hearing singer/songwriter Hillary Weeks (see photo below). I was really touched by the entire experience. If you ever get a chance to attend I would highly recommend it!!

This is me with my cute mother in law Rosemary. She was actually kind enough to save us seats. Thanks Rosie. I have no idea why this picture is so blurry.

Me with singer Hillary Weeks. A really sweet person on top of being a great singer!

more progress on the house

In the last week Rachel's new furniture arrived and Nathan painted her room green. We think it turned out pretty cute. Today the furniture FINALLY arrived for my bedroom. It is still a work in progress, but let me know what you think!

Trick or Treat!

Most of you know that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love the costumes, the candy, even the scary movies. However, this year I must say that I am pretty glad to have it all over with. Halloween should be a crazy, fun, ONE day event. This year for some reason it was celebrated all week long. By the time Halloween was here my girls had already dressed up three times. Alison and Rachel were bored of being the same thing, so they manged to dig out new costumes from our dress up box. Whatever makes them happy I guess. So, you will notice that the costumes change by the end of the festivities.

We kicked off Halloween week with our annual pumpkin carving. Here is Rachel showing off the "pumpkin guts--eew gross".

The masterpieces

Wednesday we went to the trunk or treat at the church. There was a huge turnout and as always, lots of food. This is the first time I have ever had BBQ pork, baked beans, and potato salad on Halloween. You've got to love the south!

This picture was taken after the trunk or treat. The girls ended up filling two bowls with candy. Most were giving Hailey extra candy because she was trying to say "trick or treat" and she was just too cute.

Alison at her pre-school party on Thursday

Halloween night. As I already mentioned, Alison was tired of being a princess. She decided that she wanted to be a cheerleader this time. Rachel switched from Cinderella to Sleeping Beauty. We went trick or treating and then went to a party at our friends' house (Chris and Amy Hughes). We had more great food and then sat around chatting and letting the kids run around outside. It was a beautiful evening with great company.
At the end of all of the parties we managed to fill three large bowls of candy. I am going to slowly start throwing it away!

Saturday we were invited out to the Waldroup's house to have one last BBQ this year. I had to take a picture because notice the kids in their short sleeves. 72 degrees on November 1st. This is my kind of fall weather. We had a blast and then were able to go to the church for a baptism. It has been an honor to witness 5 convert baptisms since we moved here. Each time it strengthens my testimony.

Anyway, things are always so busy, but I hope that you all had a fun and safe Halloween!!!