Note to self.....

...... never, never try to cut your own hair again! The result is an uneven, mullet-like, hairdo that wouldn't flatter a gorilla.


P.S. Be grateful that your hair is still long enough to fit in a ponytail. Sort of.

Spring has sprung!

Look carefully at these pictures.

Do you see it?

Yep, its a SUNBURN! (Shame on Mommy for forgetting the sun screen.) But Spring is FINALLY here! We spent our whole day outside today and it was fabulous!

Happy Easter!

Easter was a lot of fun this year! Emma understood the jist way better this year and was way more into it. Mya seemed to enjoy it as well. Even if she didn't understand that the eggs shake because there's good stuff inside, or that the eggs we colored are not actually balls ( thank goodness they are hard boiled, right?) It was fun the watch them have fun.

See all those fun little toys? She didn't care, all she wanted was this tootsie roll!

Mya's Aversion

I have decided that Mya has some sort of aversion to getting her picture taken with Emma. We have had two formal photo shoots within the last 3 months, and out of over 100 pictures taken, we do not have one good picture of the two of them together. Largely in part due to Mya. She is happy and even poses a little when you try to take her picture by herself.

But when you put her next to Emma, you get this....

...... and this......

..... and this.

I don't get it. I just want one nice picture we can frame and put up on the wall. Is that too much to ask?

Pictures

I had some 1 year/Valentines pictures taken of my girls. Meg Hall from Meg Hall Photography got some great shots. Especially since Mya was a major stinker for much of the time! I realize it is now Easter time, but better late than never, right? Sadly, I seem to live by that motto.

This is about the best shot of them together.

Excuses, Excuses

Well, I've been a less than attentive blogger lately. My good friend Amanda told me oh so nicely that she didn't check my blog anymore because it was boring. So, for fear of becoming too boring I will give blogging another try. I have forgotten how much fun it is to be able to record things via the blog. Since I'm a horrible journal writer, scrapbooker, etc. This helps me to record the special events in our lives. A lot has happened since Halloween ( go figure!) Here are a few hightlights:


Mya turned 1.

We had a great Christmas! ( In which we unfortunately did not take many pictures.) We did get some pictures, however, of this sweet doll house Santa made for Emma. Santa waited a little too long to start it, which made for some very, very, late nights(you could even say early mornings!). But it was totally worth it to see the look on her face!

We got to go sledding for our cousin Ashlyn's birthday party, and it was a blast!

We were not too sorry to see 2009 end. What a challenging year for us! But we have learned a lot and we are so ready to move ahead as 2010 seems to be very promising!

Annual Cupcake Party

My sister is the cutest aunt ever! She does this Cupcake party every year with the nieces who are old enough. They got to go eat a pumpkin pizza, decorate cupcakes, and then they watched Monsters, Inc. It was a blast. Emma was so excited to go. Thanks Tiffy for such a fun time!

So proud of her work!

Halloween pics

My friend's sister, Megan Hall of Meg Hall Photography did mini Halloween sessions this year which was such a great idea! It worked out so well! As always she did a great job. Here's my Princess Cinderella and my little pumpkin!

We were able to get a picture of all the grandkids.
Top row: Hannah Montana and Ariel
Bottom Row: Cinderella, Fairy Izzy, Pumpkin Mya, and Cinderella

Why I Smile!

1st day of Preschool!

Today was Emma's first day of preschool. She was so brave! She was a little shy and teary-eyed at first, but it didn't take too long to warm up to " Peter Pat", who is actually Teacher Pat. I was proud of her for doing so well (she did better than mom, who shed a few tears!). When I went to pick her up her exact words were: "I not scared of Peter Pat anymore. Her is so nice!" I think Emma is going to like preschool!

Seriously, Mom, you are taking another picture?!

I'm so glad Emma gets to experience preschool with her cousin Ashlyn!

Emma and Mya

Props to my friend Amber who took these pictures and made them look the way they do!

Bowhunt 2009

This trip has been a year in the making, and it comes and goes so fast! It was so nice to get away! Even if we did have to rough it in a tent this year! My highlights were watching my girls have so much fun, being able to just sit and read, getting my butt whooped in settlers over and over, and Emma actually asking to go to bed at night. It was hard to come back to the real world. But we've already started planning for next year, and we are really looking forward to it!

The kids loved being pulled around in this little four-wheeler trailer. They would sit and yell "Here we go!" over, and over, and over.....

At the "beach" of Moon Lake.

Izzy and Brad building a sand castle.

The water was FREEZING! I'm surprised she got in this far.

Nothing like a bath in the sink! Classic camping picture.

Here Emma is demonstrating how we all felt when it was time to go home.