Oh the trauma

Look what happened today...


Addi cut her own hair. Oh, I was so pathetic. I just started bawling my eyes out. Of course then Addi started crying. Then Mason came into the room and joined in on the cry-a-thon. There was hair everywhere. Every time I looked at it, I just started crying again. So sad. I was upstairs putting stuff away and when I came downstairs Addi had pushed her chair over to the counter, climbed up on top of it, opened the upper cabinet and got the scissors out. So after I calmed down a bit we went to Supercuts to get her hair fixed.







Now she looks like this:


It turned out a lot better then I thought it would. Luckily her hair is curly so the "layers" blend in pretty well. Those bangs...oh those bangs....well there wasn't a whole lot one could do to fix them. I had the stylist cut some of her grown out bangs to sort of disguise the 1 inchers. The shorter do does look really cute and it was SOOO much easier to come out tonight after her bath.

She keeps saying that she'll never "tut her own haiw adain." And that she's sad because she wants "way, long, big, big haiw" but I keep reassuring her that it will grow. Dang she is so cute!

Nothing too exciting

I always plan things for "when things slow down." Well, that never happens. Life just seems to get busier. That's why I have such a hard time posting to my blog. I wait until I'm not busy. hahaha!

My poor little Mason. I guess I wouldn't be a mom if I didn't worry, but he can be so difficult. There has to be a more effective way to discipline him. He is such a sweet, sweet kid but it so stubborn. Man, it's so hard. I need an instruction manual.

I've been reading a really good book that I recommend. It's called, "If momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy" by Lindsay O'Conner. It's a book for Christian women, especially mothers. It explains exactly how I feel. I know I am blessed to be able to have kids and stay at home, but sometimes that doesn't make my job any easier. She gives some really good insight in how to deal with our emotions and find the joy in every day. It really helped me to know that I'm not alone in my struggles and I got some great advice to make me and my family happy. So good!

I don't know if I'll ever get used to living here in Tennessee. It's already so hot and humid. Yes, it's only 80 degrees but it's so humid that it necessitates running our air conditioner. Today I can actually see the moisture in the air. So crazy. Last night I had a meeting for church(at our stake center that is 1.5 hours away) that got out after dark. I walked outside and expected to feel a crisp breeze. I almost chocked. Yes, it was cooler, but still soooo humid. And the bugs, oh the bugs. We were coming home, after our meeting, on the interstate. The hugest, biggest most disgusting bug hit the windshield. We all thought it was a rock or something because it was so big and so loud. But it left a big gross smoosh mark so it must have been a bug. ewwwwwww! Crazy Tennessee. But on the upside, it is absolutely gorgeous here! The trees are so thick and so green. It's so pretty.

That's it for now!

Happy Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend.

*we had an egg hunt with our neighbors.
















*we colored Easter eggs (yes, Mason is in his underwear!)















*we got lots of great prizes from the Easter bunny. Addi: Polly Pocket, princess playset. Mason: leapster game, matchbox cars. Chris: speakers for his mp3 player, electronic chess. me: new camera bag, new sd card from my d50








*Mason learned to ride his bike without training wheels!

technology and other stuff

So I finally came into the 21st century (that is what century we are in, right?) and got an ipod. I am so not good with technology. It actually scares me. But I bit the bullet. Ok, so I love it! Yeah! I can't wait to take it to the Y to work out!


*I did my first photo shoot ( a REAL one) over the weekend. They chose 3pm, so the sun was way bright, but I think they turned out ok. Here is my fave. My goal is not to just do "school picture" cheese photos, I want photograph relationships too. That is why I love this picture, because it shows the little boy, holding his dad's hand. I am trying to come up with a name. It will probably be candice schenk photography unless someone can come up with something better.

*Mason lost another tooth for a total of 2.

*We've still been going to the Y doing rally well at going. It's worth it just for the childcare. And all of the treadmills have tv's in them, with cable, so all you have to do is plug your ear phones in and go. Fabulous! I actually get to watch the shows I want, have someone else watch my kids and exercise all at the same time. Couldn't be better!!!

*It's official-Chris got a promotion. He is the manager over the "tech refresh" project. It's a team that will go through all of the HCA facilities to update their computers. He's been working a ton of course, nothing has changed there. But supposedly he's supposed to be traveling less. Yea, he's only going to Florida tomorrow for 1 day in stead of a week.

*Addi has been so funny lately. She talks with her hands a lot and is sooooooooooo dramatic! Cracks me up. Her and her babies have made many imaginary trips to Ootah lately to see Gramma and Papa and Gramma Sylv.

*As for the blog, I think I have decided to keep doing it. But I am not going to go too nuts with posting. I'll try to do so at least once a week. Hope that's ok with all of ya!

to be or not to be

So in the spirit of evaluation, which I have been doing A LOT of this year, I have been evaluting this whole blog thing. I totally get why people do it and I think it's great. I don't know if I'm doing it for the right reasons though. I don't like that when something great happens in my life and I can't wait to blog it. Not tell my family or write it in my journal. That is a bit messed up for me. Not to mention, it takes up a fair bit of time. Time that could be better spent writing in my journal. To me, the hand written books are so, oh I don't know, authentic. I don't print out my posts from my blog and I don't know of any of my family that actually reads it so whats the point??!! So I am going to go on a hiatus and think about this for a little while! If anyone does read this (I know K and Angie do but I will still keep in touch with them of course) and wants me to keep updating, please comment. Thanks!!