Phone dump

Here are some pics from our cell phone cameras...a little glimpse into what we've been up to recently:

In an effort to squelch our Hawaii withdrawals...we went to a lake.  We wanted to spend an afternoon chilling by the water.  It was not bad.  It wasn't Hawaii, but it wasn't bad.

Behind the scenes at a TV interview for work.

We spontaneously decided to go to a Bee's game.  On our way to buy tickets a nice couple offered us two free ones!  They turned out to be on the front row, talk about luck!

More work- these guys were great sports and signed hundreds of posters.  Have you seen the movie yet? 

Cutest picture of them all, our niece at the fair.

 

At our favorite local Chinese place, the Mandarin

A pic for my Twitter account that I totally took myself.  But I want you to see my short hair!  I'm loving it!

Scott sent me this pic, he saw this little guy on campus yesterday.

An updated family pic (my side).  This was taken back in March, but I just saw it this week.  I love them all so much!

That sums it up: work, play, family...sounds like the usual!

Trees Galore

Scott has never been to the Festival of Trees before, so that was at the top of our list of things to do this Christmas season.

Actually, we really do have a list.  We wrote down 25 things we want to do this month- some of them big things (like the Festival) and some very small (kiss under mistletoe).  We have checked off five things so far.

The trees were all incredible. We looked at every single one!  Our friends Kory & Amy came too, we always have a blast with them.

 

  My own lumberjack brought in our beautiful tree.  We had a lot of fun decorating our house for Christmas.  It's all silver and ice blue, our little winter wonderland!

Did I?

Yes we all did it :) Here's the three of us a day after our haircuts! It feels great and now I am just wondering why I didn't do it sooner. Ashley ended up cutting 13 inches and I cut off 10. We donated our ponytails to Locks of Love. I still haven't got on the scale to see if I really did lose 'weight' by cutting it off but I swear my clippings weighed 2 pounds.

My friend Brittany who did all the work is great so if anyone in the Layton area needs a cut she works at the Old Mill Salon! We all recommend her :)

And here is a cute picture of little niece Claire today (just for fun).

I'm going to. Most likely.

In the past month or so I have been complaining about something quite a bit. My hair. Like I've said recently, it is the longest its ever been- which is cool. I haven't colored it in about 2 1/2 years, so I imagine it's pretty healthy. But I have reached the point where it is driving me crazy. Here are a few of my gripes about it- maybe some of you can relate:

1. It is so extremely thick that it is heavy! Oh man when I wear a ponytail (which is often...see #3) I get a headache within an hour that lasts all day.

2. I shed like crazy and it is kind of sick to find 16 inch hair all over.

3. It doesn't lay straight or go completely curly- so I either straighten or curl it every day. Since that takes too long I actually usually end up putting it in a ponytail.

As you probably guessed by now- I have decided to cut it. I'm doing it a little sooner than I expected because my sister Ash and sister in law Marilyn are cutting their hair on Saturday. (Ashley's is even longer than mine!). We decided to all do it together.

Scott has seen me flip flop about this decision all week. I know it is silly and seriously not a big deal, but it is still kind of emotional for me. I do LOVE having long hair when I actually take the time to do it.

So Scott called me on my way home from work today and told me that he had a surprise for me...a sort of hair-cutting-party. He told me he had made dinner reservations for us at a nice restaurant in Salt Lake. He told me to go home and put on a dress and fix my long hair all pretty 'one last time'. How fun!

Here are some pictures of me going-out-with-a-bang


I straightened my hair...






I put on these shoes...




...and we went to Bambara, the restaurant in Hotel Monaco.
It was beautiful and the food was divine! We had 3 courses and it was great to take it slow, enjoy our food, and talk (not just about my hair I promise).







Here's my goodbye picture. Or I guess you could say it's my 'before' photo. Check back next week to see the after shot (or after shock).


Unless I chicken out.

Then & Now

Frank took some pictures for me last week, it's funny to compare them to my senior pics from 2003. Check out my ratted hair and dark make-up...times change. It's also funny to think about my hair cycle- six months after the 2003 pic I cut it short and kept it that way till last year. Now it's finally grown out to the same length- took me 5 years!