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!

Brooke turns 2! 18 March 2010

Thursday Brooke turned 2! We enjoyed our traditional birthday pancake breakfast.....for dinner :)

Brooke continues to progress each day. We are grateful for every little thing she does! About a month ago she finally put something in her mouth....it was a chocolate chip....guess she knows what she wants. :) Brooke LOVES to walk...with some assistance. We are hopeful it won't be long before she is walking all by herself.

Here she's holding up (almost) two fingers to say, "I'm two!" She is such a sweetheart. We love her so much and are so grateful she is part of our family.

And, to finish off the day, we had angel food cake with fresh, real whipped cream and super yummy strawberries(just like last year on her first birthday)...this is the perfect time of year for strawberries here, so we have decided we'll make this a tradition!

Love this blog!...especially today's post :)

Ok...so, I'm not that great of a blogger...but, I do enjoy reading a few other blogs here and there when I have a moment, every once in a blue moon. And, today was the day :)....and I thought I'd share. I love this one. Hope you enjoy it, too.

http://lovelypraiseworthy.blogspot.com/2010/03/personally-id-rather-have-paint-box.html

Snow in South Carolina!!!

In the almost 5 years we have lived in South Carolina, the only snow we have seen was a random tiny snowflake or two that lasted only a few seconds in the air on one cool "winter" day two years ago. This time, however, was different....very different. Before the snow even began falling on Friday afternoon (about 3pm), the school district decided to send their students home early. The kids were all VERY excited to say the least. Quinn decided that we'd better have some fire wood ready so we could have a nice toasty fire to sit by and enjoy the snow. So he got right to work chopping wood. Savannah (left) and her friend Katelyn built a snowman with the neighbors as the snow fell in earnest.

The snow continued to fall pretty heavily for the rest of the afternoon and into the night. It was amazing! Here's Quinn, Brenden and Ammon with their snowmen later that evening.

Apparently, I got the above photo from the backside....this is the front of the snowmen....

The next morning, it was a winter wonderland!!!

Here's Ammon on our back portch.Brenden took the kids sledding on a fun hill nearby (at a golf course). They had a GRAND time!!!....I knew there was a reason we moved our sleds with us from Utah :)

Amazingly enough, the snow melted about as fast as it had come. By Sunday most of the snow had melted....and temperatures soon returned to the low 60's.....it was fun while it lasted :)

Quinn turned 7 today!

Christmas in Indy, Part 2

Ok...part 2 of our Indy trip....Christmas Eve we visited the Indianapolis Museum of Art. This is our favorite exhibit.


That evening we had a live nativity with all the cousins. Here's a photo of the shepherds. :)
The day after Christmas we enjoyed a trip to the world's largest Children's Museum. We got to go "sledding" down a two story slide....


have a snowball fight....brush Rudolph....




play in a snow castle.....
and play with other cool toys....
see a play in the Lilly Theater and meet Mr. Pumpkinhead after.....

see a show about the planets in the planetarium, dig for dinosaur bones.....

and, of course, ride the famous carosel!!!!
We had a lot of fun!!! We love the Indy Children's Museum.

Here's the promised picture with Cheryl and her baby, Lilian.
So, now there's also a Part 3....sledding on real snow! :)

13 years of published medical studies were FABRICATED?!

Ok.....so, I still haven't gotten to "Part 2" of Christmas.....and it may never happen with the way my life is going...NONSTOP. But, I just happened to come across this news today http://www.theday.com/article/20100115/NWS01/100119833/1047....I suppose it shouldn't surprise me....but, somehow it did and I felt to ask "who can you trust?" I am grateful for modern science/technology. I have been very blessed by it. However, I'm feeling pretty strongly these days that modern medicines/pills must be questioned. I know there are a lot of medicines out there that are helpful, but I also feel that too many are only there to make money....and after reading this article, to make money at the expense of the patient! Crazy. Sad. Even makes me feel a little sick. Here's to the Word of Wisdom!....we will, of course, have our physical trials and challenges, but we have comfort in knowing what the Lord expects us to do to maintain our health.