Saturday, May 19, 2012

Haircuts

Elaina and I have been growing our hair out for a long time now so we could donate it for cancer patients.  Aunt Jenny (my sister-in-law) joined us on Wednesday for the big night and had hers cut too!  Here are the before and after pictures:
Before....

Ponytails!!  This part was a little wierd, actually.  I will miss Elaina's curly ponytail- hope it comes back if she decides to grow it long again.  Mine had been longer than I liked for about the last year, so I was not sorry to see it go.

I was so proud of Elaina for doing this with me.  She said the next day that she was sad at first but that now she is used to it.  I think she looks adorable no matter what length her hair is!  I hope that it helps some people who need it and that she has learned a valuable lesson from this experience.  We said a prayer for the person who would use our hair, and we are thinking about and praying for all of our family and friends battling cancer.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Perfect Afternoon

I love when we the kids get an extra day off from school!  Owen had Friday off so I took the kids to Phipps Conservatory for the afternoon.  I wasn't sure how it would go, but they loved it and I loved spending the afternoon with them there.  It was the perfect start for Mother's Day weekend!



The butterfly room was one of the highlights




Thursday, May 10, 2012

Congratulations, Erik!!

Erik completed the 1/2 marathon with his brother on Sunday in just over 2 hours and helped raise money for a great organization called Urban Impact.  I wasn't able to be there to cheer him on and take pictures, but I'm really proud of him!!

Dizzy!!

Elaina picked out a new toy with her birthday money from her Colorado cousins and she is LOVING it... here is some video of her in action:
                 I did not record this on fast forward- she can really go this fast for this long!

    I didn't expect for it to become like monkey bars either, but leave it to her to figure it out: