Wordy Wednesday

My daughter who is in 5th grade this year, was part of this AWESOME FLAG.  

This picture, I was playing with a long shutter speed, 

and doing zoom out motion (I think).  

At any rate I loved how this photo turned out. 

It was so fun, to sit here and listen to the songs that were sung, and know that we do live in 

an AMAZING country.   Not perfect by any means, but the values upon which it was founded are 

awe inspiring to all around.   This flag is made up of fifth grade.students in Utah County schools in Utah.

It was the Hope of America program which is part of Provo's Freedom Festival.

PS. 

I arrived at this event a few minutes late because I was getting pampered over at the church by 

they young women who were doing pedicures and manicures in hopes of raising money for 

girls camp this summer.  It was so nice, and so worth it!!  It was part of my Mothers Day gift.

Here I am soaking my feet. 

A last minute hair affair.... ???

Okay so this isn't quite last minute, but I was wondering if there was anything that I wanted to do that was "WILD AND CRAZY" before I have my birthday on SATURDAY!!

and my mind went BLANK..  That's right, completely BLANK!! 

For one I'm not the "WILD AND CRAZY" kind, until I get around a bunch of my friends at different gatherings we all go too, then things get kind of crazy.

So I've been thinking some more and well, I'm sorry to say I have NOTHING in mind.

As many of you know I have LONG, LUSCIOUS (at least I like to call it luscious) Brown, slightly wavy hair and it's a complete difference from when I was married.


One of my Senior Pics ... and I still have the jacket.    This was fall of 1995!!!  So for those who don't want   do the math... I graduated in 1996 so I've been out of school   FOREVER now.  Can you tell I didn't want to do the math either... I hate the reminders that I'm getting older everyday!!   

So my hair wasn't extremely long, like it is now, but it wasn't really short either.  

Then: circa 1998 (to be exact June 24)

  

This was Fall of 2005 before I got this haircut I had long hair at least to the 

middle of my back. So I liked the hair cut like the first day, and then I hated it. 

I couldn't duplicate how she styled it at the salon, and then ... well I like my 

hair longer.  So I grew it out, and it grew, plus I got pregnant with my 5th kid and 

my hair grows a little accelerated then, and ....

.... And here I am circa 2010 -- nearly 12 years later.  (To be exact March 20, 2010) 

My question then is .... Do I do something extreme to my hair?

Would you, if you were in my situation? 

And what's your take on coloring hair? 

Do you let your daughters do that?

I want to go lighter again, but I don't want to 

explain to my tweens why they can't, if I do that.

So back to the first question... do I be daring and bold .... ?? 

  ** Hint:  NO WAY IN HECK!!!

See what did I tell you.. I'm not WILD and CRAZY 

all by myself but put me in a room with other attention 

starved ladies and we can all be quite a riot. 

And that does a body good. 

And PS... don't knock the pictures, we only used disposable cameras to take pictures and I really REGRET 

that now, do you hear me... I REGRET NOT HAVING A PHOTOGRAPHER  on the professional level 

there to capture our special day together.   So it wasn't a very good image to begin with, but 

it's all we have. And for that I am grateful. 

Secondly, the current picture is taken with my piece of junk point and shoot camera that is on 

it's way to camera heaven ... just as soon as I get a better one. (Crossing my fingers..remember 

my birthday is on Saturday -- just two more days )  Oh my.

So I'm now curious as to "Extreme" hair changes for you over the last 12 years.  

So go ahead and create a crazy post like this one, and show us the changes you've been through with your hair, and what you did or didn't like about it.

Tag I'm it....

So I'm it again, this time I'm asked to post my 10th picture in my first picture folder.  Do I dare??  

Okay so this wasn't too bad... the first few folders were actually scanned pictures of my in laws stuff, so I didn't want to use anything there.  But this is from pictures sent to me from a teacher at the school that my kids go to, and this was from when they did their Chinese Dragon, for the Chinese New Year.  And luckily my number 3 daughter is in this one.   Her best friend is in it also.  Now to let you know who she is....

Going from the front of the picture to the back my daughter is the 2nd girl with a white shirt and blue skort, and her best friend is right in front of her, with a red shirt and blue pants. 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday..... Trip down Memory Lane!!

Baby Ethan

Kaylee when she turned 2 (It's my Elmo cake that I haven't shown off yet, I don't think)

Kaylee on her 8th Birthday. I love to "disquise" their presents.  By the way I was nursing at this time, Ethan was only 2 weeks old when this took place.

Extra points if you can guess my child that's hiding under there.

Like Father Like Son.

And this is my lovely little Sunshine, who'll make a beautiful bride someday!!  Well, of course, all three of my girls will, but she's my baby girl, and there's always something different with the "baby girl".  This was about a year and half ago.  Plus she dressed up as a "bride" for Halloween this last year in 2009.

Wordless Wednesday, Mostly ....not.

A picture from my recent trip to California.

 We visited my Great Grandfather, and here the two of us are!! 

He's turning 90 this next August (2010) and I'm turning 32 in April.

5 GENERATIONS!!!

My Mom and Grandma just had their birthdays while we were there too.

They turned 51 and 70.

And my oldest daughter is turning 11 this year come April.  And except for Papa Jones,

all the females are the first borns.