I FINALLY Did IT!

For the past few months I have been having a mental debate as to wether I should cut my hair or not. I have had few problems with the long hair: 1) For some reason Anna absolutely hates when I wear a pony tail (which is what I wear about 75% of the time) 2) Quinn's little sticky fingers are so quick to pull out hand fulls of hair while my hands are full of other things.

So because of these 2 reasons I have been in a little predicament. For the past oh 10 YEARS I have had the same long hair. It has varied in length and has had some differing layers throughout the years. However yesterday I cut my hair off. About 12 inches in all. The last time I cut my hair "short" I called Sarah P. to come with me for moral support. Danielle did an awesome job and I absolutely love having short hair. Anna has said countless times how she just loves my short hair and she is so glad that my pony tail is gone! I am relieved that I am finally bearable for my 3 year old to look at! Wheew!

Our New Home

For those of you who are interested, here are some pictures of our new home!
Enjoy...

Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna's Birthday Began the day before when we had the Calverts over for dinner and a little party. I thought it would be fun to put all the presents on the ottoman in the basement and when we were done with dinner we would watch her open presents. Well during dinner I realized Anna was missing. When we went to find her, she was in the basement opening all her presents in the presence of Josh, singing happy birthday to herself while opening. At least she was happy! We went to the zoo with Grandma and Josh and played with alot of presents. I think she had a great Birthday. By the way, I am in complete denial that my baby is three!

Small Ears Hear So Much...

These past few weeks have been incredibly busy for us and I am planning on blogging about it all as soon as I get some pictures taken, however I wanted to tell of this little experience I had with Anna.

The past 5 days Adam has been sick, really sick. I think he got the virus the kids did only it was about 5x worse. I was getting really worried. I took him to the urgent care a few days ago and then last night I was in SL when he called me home. He was really sick, having difficulty breathing. He needed a blessing fast. I called 2 of my brother-in-laws who came to my house within 20 minutes. As I have had a lot of time to think about life and what our priorities should be, I have had many conversations with Anna explaining why daddy is sick. We have said many prayers for him. Now... all of that being said this is why I wanted to post; after saying a prayer Anna said to me, "But how does Heavenly Father hear us? Is there a hole in the floor so that he can hear what we say? But does he really hear me?" I then on the spot got to have a little conversation with her about the power of prayer and why it is so special. I realized this week that my little girl is growing up and I am realizing that my part as a Mom is beginning to become even more vital. I now get to teach her to the best of my ability all that I have learned to be true. I am so very grateful to my heavenly father for entrusting me with my 2 beautiful children to raise despite my imperfections. I promise to do the very best I can to teach my little children all that my Heavenly Father would have them learn.

And incase you were concerned, Adam is feeling alot better and hopefully will continue to improve as the days go by.

I am grateful for the times we fall so that may be a little taller and stronger when we stand back up!