On Easter Sunday, Brenden and I had some very special news to share with the kids, so we decided to tell them in an unusual way :)

We hid plastic Easter eggs in the back yard. Most were filled with candy, but there was one egg for each child with their name on it. After all the eggs had been found, we had the kids come in the family room and open their egg that had their name on it. In each of their "name" eggs, there was a small piece of paper with a word on it. Their task was to put all the words together to form a sentence. At first they struggled....

And, looked to us for clues....And, then, together they discovered the message....

And they were surprised and excited!!!!! :)

The message was.....

"Will you help us name number 8?"

Yep! We are expecting a new baby! Official due date is November 12th, which means I may have this baby around Halloween....maybe even on Brenden's birthday! We will find out if it is a boy or a girl probably sometime the end of June. Brenden thinks it's a boy.....time will tell :)

Locks of Love

Yep! I did it....said goodbye to my long hair!

Kylie and I donated about 14 inches each to Locks of Love....for girls under 21 who are going through cancer treatments and lose their hair, Locks of Love provides wigs for them to wear through donations like ours. Here's before...

and here's after....

It took some getting used to, but I have to admit...I am loving it :)....and I think Kylie is, too. It's a nice change of pace. I have to wonder, though, if I will ever have long hair like that again...hmmm...time will tell. Here's our hair all packaged up ready to mail....hoping some little girl enjoys having it!