The Mullet

Caitlynn has always had long, beautiful, curly hair. Until last week that is! She decided to cut 4 to 5 inches off the entire top layer of her hair with some spots being even closer to her head than that.
If you look at the picture, you too would think that she looks like Joe Dirt. It isn't really a mullet, but it looks like it. Every kids cuts there own hair at one time or another, and I did it to myself and others several times when I was little, but that still doesn't make it any less of an event for us. Thanks to a good friend and some luck, we were able to get her a cute hair cut that disguises the few spots that are only about a half of an inch long.

Caitlynn says that she has learned her lesson and that she will not cut her own hair ever again, but we will see, won't we!

A Long Weekend

Well, here it is. My eighth wedding anniversary. It wasn't easy, getting here, but we did it. I am not sure that making it through the weekend was any easier...

Friday was fun. My mom and Lance took the kids overnight so that Trevor and I could go on a date. We went to Famous Dave's. It was so yummy. We then went to Old Navy and got me a new pair of flip flops for my present. It is funny that he hates when I wear them, but that is what he wants to buy me for a gift. We rented a movie from Redbox and went home to watch it. Pretty much a cheap, but fun date.

Saturday, we got up and did some cleaning, then headed up to my mom's to relieve her. They were just hanging out, having lunch when we got there, and Andruw had been hanging out with the neighbor boy, Gabe. I am not sure what it is about kids, but they are not nice to each other at all, but they want to play together, and insist that they are friends. I don't think that I would like it if my friend said that I couldn't do something because I am an idiot, but hey, apparently that is the way that they roll.

Sunday was awesome! We went up to Logan to my grandma's, and had a good time playing games and eating yummy food. Shane and Sandra also found a video from 1987..good times :)! It was neat because that is before I was in that family, and I got to see things that I may have missed out on forever, like seeing Grandpa Rockwood. Also, Caitlynn decided that she would talk the entire hour there, and the entire hour home, and this caused my mom and Lance to get into a fight because Lance was irritated.

Yesterday was mostly a lazy day. We played some games, and then came home, and Trevor had to go back to work. He didn't want to go back at all, much like it was hard for me to come back today.

Lazy Times

Tuesdays are my "day for me". I watch all my favorite shows and just sit around. Well yesterday was expecially lazy. I didn't even want to get up to find the remote to change the channel to the shows that I like. Instead I watched 4 hours of House. I have never watched it before, and I have to say that it isn't half bad.

Caitlynn painted herself with my makeup today. When she was done with her punishment, Trevor asked "Are you ever going to do that again?" and she answered, "Uh huh" while she nodded her head. Kids really do say the darndest things.

Work was okay, but I am missing the sparkle lately. I just don't feel the happiness of it. Funny because most people don't even get to be lucky to like what they are doing, and I love my job.

Oh, and I am never making homemade Mac and Cheese again! It was NASTY!!!!

Monday, Sweet Monday

So, today was..Monday. I spent the day at work, trying to get through all the tasks that I have, and still have time to answer phone calls. Don't get me wrong, I love my job. It is just very busy on Monday's.

I wasn't sure what I was going to find when I got home because usually it is a tornado and/or hurricane. What I found was a living room that had been picked up, dinner in the oven, and my kids room was SPOTLESS! I am sure that aliens have kidnapped the family, but I will take it!

I was so proud of Andruw because he did that all for me. He was just beaming, waiting to tell me that he had cleaned his room all by himself. He is such a good boy most of the time!

Caitlynn wanted to make her mark on my day too, so she put on the last of my face lotion and then clogged the bathroom sink with toilet paper. What a little pill. She also got in my closet and pulled out the space bag with her baby blankets in there and got her "flower softy" out. She is going to be like me with my "wooby".

Welcome to Our Life!

As the 8th anniversary of our family looms over us, we are reflecting on the things that have happened to us, both good and bad. We have had a lot of good times, and a lot of crazy times, and a lot of bad times.

I am not going to take all the time in the world to relive all the times now, but start to document the times in the future.

This weekend was fun! We were planning a Friday night at home watching the series finale of Prison Break, but the power went out! In true "adventurer" style, we went to Walmart to get flashlights, and went home and sent the kids on a "camp out" in their room. We just sat there until the power came back on after that. I talked to Katie on MSN from my phone and read my book, but the whole time, Trevor was trying to talk to me. The power came back on around 11:30-11:45 and we watched what recorded of Prison Break before the power went off, then I went to sleep while Trevor spent the rest of the night watching movies and plotting out the great fishing adventure he wanted to go on Saturday.

Saturday morning, we were going to clean our house, but Trevor woke me up and said that he was ready to go up to Clinton so that he and Andruw could go fishing. We drove up to my mom's and while Trevor and Lance finished constructing the awesome new swingset, Caitlynn and Andruw played in the water, and my mom and I went to Walmart to get a present for the neighbor boy that was having a birthday party later that afternoon. After the party, Caitlynn and I went to Tremonton to spend time with my dad, and then to go to Katie's going away party at Pizza Plus. It was fun for us to have "girl" time, and we had too much to eat! Trevor fell asleep and Andruw played video games, so there was no fishing trip, but no one seems to worried about that.

The rest of the weekend was spent playing cards with the parents, but isn't almost every weekend? We came home last night and I got a little laundry and cleaning done, but it looks like the rest is left for today!