I did it!

So I decided the other day that I was going to be a blonde again. I got it into my head, so there was no changing my mind. After the kids went to school I whipped out the bleach and the 40 volume developer. I put it all over my hair and on the head. I cannot even begin to describe how bad it itched and burned my head. I think I made it for over 45 minutes on there, but I am not sure how I did it. I was scratching and itching and screaming while it was on there. I'm sure that Seth thought that I had gone super crazy. I was afraid that I was. Well I had to wash it off (of course) before the hair all fell off and then realized that I had to get Makenna a 3 ring binder for school. Good thing I have my trusty (not quite pink) Yankees hat. I threw that onto my orange hair and ran to the store. I forgot the mention that the roots were blonde, just not the ends. It was a beautiful sight. I wish that I would have taken pictures. I made it to the store and even to the school and then Helen called and wanted to go to Lunch. I still had on the hat, so I went to lunch too. It was so tasty. I haven't been to Los Hermanos in forever and I love that place. After lunch I went back to Anna's house and luckily for me my cousin Krista was there to help me put some more bleach onto the ends. It was a great idea (before) but who knows why I do these things to myself. Then I had to drive down to my moms house to say goodbye to Sarah (because she was leaving the next morning to go home to New York). Here I was driving on the freeway with bleach all over my hair and looking oh so nice. I thought after over a half an hour with more 40 volume and bleach that I should wash it out, and then it was peach. Not SO good. I was just a tiny bit bothered by that point. I had bought some ash to put on it because I knew that red is the hardest to remove, and I knew that I would need it, so I then put that on. There were some parts that took too well to the bleach because then they went purple. I had some really peach colored hair and some gray hair. I was really worried at that point. After I made it back to my house I looked into my stash of color to see if I possibly had any extra color and to my surprise I had a 10n and a 10bg. I mixed them together and this is the end result. It is a lot lighter than what I think I was planning to be, but this is what it is going to have to stay for a while, or else it will all fall out!!!

Fun at the Bean Museum

Oh what fun it is to play at the Bean Museum today! So this past week we had a chance to take (almost) all the grand kids on the Preston side to the Bean Museum to see the reptiles etc... We left baby Max at the babysitter. Jill was working. Sarah and her family are here in town from New York and we thought it would be fun to have the lady talk to all the kids about the snakes and turtles and to see them too. It was great. I haven't ever been to Bean Museum and (other than the smell) I found it rather fascinating. Nothing like the smell of moth balls to get ones sinuses working correctly, right? A fun time was had by all when after the museum we headed to Costco for smoothies and ice cream. That was the best part for sure. I am so glad that Sarah is here and that we got to spend time with her and her kids. They are so darling and I wish that we could see them more often.

Jen's Before and After

Before

After

I just wanted to take and minute and toot my own horn. I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself for being able to have lost 75 lbs and to have a before and after, so I thought that I would share it! Its pretty sad how big I was, but hooray for me. I still have more to lose, but we'll get there eventually. It's actually kind of hard to see in these pictures, but you can definitely tell in the face.

All Finished!

I have to say that now that I am officially finished with the "Twilight Series" I am kind of sad. Nothing left to look forward to in the vampire story. No, its a good thing that we don't have to wait another year for more of their story. Breaking Dawn was great!! I have loved all of her books. She is a fabulous writer and I can't wait for whatever it is that she is writing about now. If you haven't read the last book of the series, the what are you waiting for? Just teasing. You can always borrow mine if you don't want to go out and buy it. If you haven't even read any of them, then get on it. No, I would imagine that they aren't for everyone. I haven't met too many that don't like her books, but there are a few out there. Now I can finally get the house clean and the laundry put away, right? Doubt it. Anyone want to start a book club with me to chat about whatever it is we are reading, let me know. I love to read and love to chat, so what better idea is there? Now if I could only enjoy cooking as much as I love reading...

Marvelous Maddie

My sweet little Maddie sure does keep things hopping in our home. I debated whether or not to post this story, but then I thought why not? The title of this story should be "Watch out for Wild Maddie!"

A few weeks ago I was awakened by the sound of the garage door being opened. I jumped out of bed sure that Maddie had escaped and I found Seth using the "toilet" on the front dirt. That was fabulous! Can't take him anywhere. Anyway I took care of that problem and then asked him if Maddie had come outside with him. He told me that she was upstairs sleeping. (Hint: never trust a 3 year old.) We decided to watch a show until it was time to wake Maddie to get ready for her last day of summer school. When it was time I went up to "wake" her and couldn't find her anywhere. I panicked and awakened the great sleeping bear (aka Joe). We both jumped into our cars to search for the wandering Maddie. Have I told you all before that she wanders? Just checking. He went one way and I went another way and had no luck for a while. Then after I passed him on the road I thought that I would try another place. I turned down a street not too far away from our street, and I saw a little person walking down the sidewalk in her Dora jammies holding onto some kind of toy. I pulled over and gave her a "talking to" not that it helps anything, but it makes me feel better. She was hanging on to an Elmo toy and a dalmatian puppy dog. The worst part of the whole ordeal is that they weren't our toys. I don't know whose house she "took" them from, and whose house or houses she had been in. This had all happened before 7:30 a.m. If it was your house and you are missing any toys, please let me know. Needless to say we have a few "stolen" toys at our house. I came to find out later that Joe thought that I had locked the back door and I thought he had done it. So we double and triple check the locks before going to bed now.

The Dark Knight

Yesterday was my husband Joe's 34th birthday! He is getting up there in age (just teasing hun) and we went out to dinner and a movie. We haven't really been on a date since we moved to Lehi almost 3 months ago. (pathetic, I know) So, first we went to dinner at Tucanos. We used to go there when we lived in Orem and it was just as good as I remembered it was 6 years ago. Maybe even better since it had been so long. Then we were trying to decide what to go and see. Joe wanted to see a comedy and there really isn't a good one playing right now. I wanted to see Batman because, well Batman is hot! Also I was really curious to see how well Heath Ledger did on the joker. I guess I won, but I'm not sure why because it was his birthday. He just didn't care one way or the other. We went out to the Thanksgiving Point theater and saw The Dark Knight. I really liked the show. It was about a half hour too long, but it was great. Heath Ledger was so creepy but fabulous. No wonder he was having all the issues he had. It was really fun going out on a date with my sweetie and being away from the kids for a few hours. My sweet sister- in- law Anna watched them for us so we could go. She is the BEST! I just lover her.

Our Trip to Liberty Land

On Monday, my sister in law Anna and I took the little ones to Liberty Land. It is sort of like a mini amusement park for kiddies. Grandma Helen told them a month or so ago that she would take the to Boondocks (another place like that) and we hadn't gotten around to taking them. Well, we made the executive decision to take them to Liberty Land instead, because we thought it would have better rides for the little ones. Also it is in Lehi. Anyway, it was nice and overcast so it wasn't nearly so hot and we had a great time. The kids rode the bumper boats, the little airplane ride, the race track, this drop thingy, climbed up the rock wall and even got to ride a roller coaster. It wasn't Lagoon, but it was about the same quality as the kiddie part at Lagoon and sooooo much cheaper. I wouldn't say that it is great for kids over 10, but sure enough, they had a great time!