Haircuts

The boys really needed their haircut......so out came my clippers and scissors this morning.

I think Trevor was a little nervous that his Aunt was going to be the one cutting his hair.

This was the conversation that took place between the two of us:

Trevor: "Who taught you how to cut hair?"

Aunt Jamie: "No one taught me, I've just been doing it for a long time."

Trevor: "Who did you practice on?"

Aunt Jamie: "Mostly your Uncle Mike at first, then I started cutting every one's hair in the family."

Trevor: "Have you ever cut anyone before?"

Aunt Jamie: "No. The only one I have cut is myself."

Trevor: "Oh, okay."

Trevor: (about 1 minute later) "Are you sure you have never cut anyone before?"

This conversation repeated over and over through the whole haircut.....I don't think he believed me. You would have thought I was Edward Scissor Hands or something.

If I say so myself.....these two look mighty handsome. I'm glad I didn't take any body's ear off. Whew!




Last night I checked on the boys before I went to bed, this is what I found Jacob doing to Trevor in his sleep. Mike thought I'd wake them up with the flash.....thankfully they slept through me just having to capture the moment.


Sleep tight Mr. McKean and Mr. Layton!

Fun With Our Cousin

My nephew Trevor came to stay with us for the weekend. Jacob and Trevor have been having a blast together. The boys are only 1 month apart. The day started off with an indoor soccer game for Jacob.....Trevor did lots of cheering for the team. Then we had lunch at Costco and then went to the park.

Mike got a pain in his neck after this.....we're getting old!

The cousins.

Buds.

We hope we get to see Trevor more often, we've had a great time with you buddy.

What I'm Thankful For

Happy Thanksgiving from our little

family.

Count your blessings instead of your crosses

Count your gains instead of your losses

Count your joys instead of your woes

Count your friends instead of your foes

Count your smiles instead of your tears

Count your courage instead of your fears

Count your full years instead of your lean

Count your kind deeds instead of your mean

Count your health instead of your wealth

Count on God instead of yourself

~~Author Unknown.~~

Lights

This year I decided that we needed some Christmas cheer that we can see from in the house. So on Monday when it wasn't raining, I went out and wrapped the tree in the backyard that we can see from our family room. I also strung some lights along the fence.

Jacob came out to watch what I was doing.....do you love the outfit? Snow hat, soccer shorts, and his Seahawk's jersey.

A little bit of candy cane on his face too.



I can't wait to do the rest of the decorating. Jacob is hanging off my shoulder....he wants me to tell you all...."HI".

Our Little Annie

Emily was in the play Annie last week. She played the part of Annie.

She is such a little doll.....we were so proud of her.

She can be a little shy, so it is amazing that this kid has the guts to get up in front of a large group of people and belt out the songs.

You did a great job Miss Em....we love you!

Twilight Love

I haven't read or seen Twilight, but Kelsey has read every Stephenie Meyer book at least 10 times...and I'm not exaggerating. Kelsey has decided that Jasper is a real hottie. I guess I need to see the movie or read the books to decide for my self what all the excitement is over. Kelsey went to see the movie on Friday with a couple girl friends. She came home giggling with her friend Nicole and had to print out a whole bunch of pictures of Jasper. Emily is going tomorrow with her friends. I guess maybe the girls will get to see the movie twice, because I want to find out why everyone is obsessed with these books.

For The Love of Pink

The last two weekends, I have been organizing and painting Emily's room.

Emily LOVE'S the color pink.

She picked out this cute flower lamp.

Zack and Zoey are enjoying her new decked out room as well.

I still plan on painting her dresser white to match, but that will be some other weekend......the rest of the house is in need of my attention.....it looks like a bomb went off.

Earlier this week I was laying down to rest while Mike was working.....we were chatting and I told Mike...."I'm so mentally exhausted"....Mike said..."So am I." Emily was sitting on the bed and she says....."Oh, me too." We all just started laughing......thanks Emily, I think we needed that.

The big 13....

It's official.....she's 13. I can honestly say it's gone by too fast. She will be driving before I can blink twice, so it seems anyways.



She is growing up to be a smart, pretty young lady.

We had a giggly group of girls over for the night. We watched movies, and ate pizza. (Kelsey had her own special pizza with no cheese....she hasn't outgrown her dairy allergy yet.)

There was an on going game of balloon volley ball for almost the entire party.

Happy 13th Birthday Miss Kelsey...don't grow up too fast....your mother won't be able to handle it.

Love you!!!