#15 : The New Doo

These beautiful, long, curly locks....are gone!



Curiosity finally got the better of Audrey. After clipping pictures out of the newspaper, she walked in the kitchen sporting a new, more 80-esk, mullet hair-doo.

After a trip to the cool kid's "hair cut store" Audrey looks adorable again, and more grown up than ever.

# 16 : Little C. Henry's B-day

Now that it is officially fall, I decided to do a summer highlights list. Mostly to remind Christian and I what fun was keeping us busy all summer. Christian suggested that I do one highlight at a time to make it more exciting. So Chrissy-Pooh, here they are...starting with the most recent.

Waiting until the end of the day for a one-year-old's birthday celebration is not the best of choices. He was pretty cranky. However, not too cranky to enjoy a little chocolate cake (minus the frosting...he just tried to get rid of it by wiping it on anything he could find).




Derek is repeatedly chanting in the background "Destroy it!"

Done! and ready for bed!

The Orange Bears

The Orange Bears (D-rock's T-ball team) won the Salt Lake Bee's "Field of Dreams" drawing. So, he and his team got to go to a Bee's game, go down on the field, meet the players and stand next to the players during the National Anthem, introduce themselves over the mic on the field, and tour the dugout and underground workout/practice facilities. Not too shabby for Derek's first year of playing baseball! Derek was quite taken by the fact that they had bed's in their locker room, and that they get to sleep underground!



Also, they had the kids stand in the position they played during the season (during the National Anthem), and although the T-ball kids didn't really have positions Derek was sent to home plate. After the Anthem the referees formed their huddle around him to discuss the game. It was sweet. Too bad Derek had no idea what a great privilege that was.

May Day

Now this post has officially been sitting as a draft for almost a month, but it is too beautiful to simply delete. So as we approach June, here is my May Day post. (May Day) we went to the Tulip Festival at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Lehi. Let me just say, that place is like heaven on earth...the grounds are gorgeous, it is a quiet and peaceful place to enjoy the company of family for hours, and the kids can roam, run, and thoroughly exhaust themselves while admiring the beauty of the earth. It is simply the best!

Myah & Audrey in their matching princess coats

Mama, Mom. and some handsome stranger

What's New?

This last month has been a full one. We have had lots of fun with family and visitors, on vacation, with home beautification projects, and with life in general. Although it is not comprehensive, I posted some of the fun things we have been up to. I will post some before and after photos of our home projects when they are done (so hopefully soon).

A Bit Scary

...need I say more.

"I Don't Need These Anymore"

This week all my kids seem to be growing up!
Tuesday was warm, so we spent the morning playing ball, and riding bikes. Then, after our picnic lunch I went in to clean up the kitchen. A few minutes later Derek walked in and handed me his training wheels--that he had taken off himself--and said, "uh, I just don't need these anymore."
A bit shocked, I explained the risks of learning to ride a bike without training wheels and agreed to "teach" him if he was ready.
Well, it turns out, he didn't need "teaching." I told him how to start, held onto the back of his seat two times, and he was gone! He now rides like a pro--fast, slow, starting, stopping, turning...all without crashing (way to prove all my warnings about falling wrong!)

Audrey must have felt like she was lagging behind, because she too told me "I don't need this anymore." She realized that having a railing on the side of her bed was too childish, and she was ready to be a big girl. So, I explained the risks of not having a railing on your bed (falling to the floor because you are a crazy sleeper), but told her she could try if she wanted. It has been three nights, and no falls (again, way to prove mom wrong).

As for Zorba the Chad, he is eating food! I have been trying to get him to eat solids for a while now, but he was NOT interested. I tried a variety of fruits/vegetables with no luck until...plumbs. Not just any plumbs though. He finally ate the plumbs that I was pureeing and freezing for baby food while I was in labor with him. (All that hard work paid off--6 months later) Hooray for solids!