Summertime Hair Cut

Savannah has been asking me to cut her hair for a long time and I just have a hard time doing it. Not because I find the task of cutting her hair difficult but I somehow equate long hair with little girls. My Daddy never liked it when I cut my hair - he always preferred my hair long and I always seem to go back to it.

I think it may be the right of a parent to inflict their styles on their children for a while but there comes a time when we have to understand that we each have our own style. She didn't want pink hair (though don't suggest it to her since it's her favorite color she may be tempted), she didn't want spiked hair - she didn't want her head shaved, she just wanted it short so that she didn't have to worry so much about tangles.

****sigh**** so I caved, I wanted a happy daughter, I wanted less hassel about hair washing & brushing, I wanted, I wanted, I wanted .... no .... this is what SHE wanted.

Presenting my grown up little girl.

Our Fall Tradition

We had a great time as always at Walden Farm. Every year since before Savannah turned one we have gone to get our halloween pumpkins. I try to dress the kids in their costumes for a photo op and then change them into their play clothes and we just have fun. Some years we take others with us, sometimes it's just Nana and us. This year it was just us but three years ago Annette and Jen went with us. We got the cutest picture of Savannah and "Christopher" in the pumpkin/scarecrow cut out so we've made that part of our tradition.

2006

2007

In 2007 we had Connie join the tradition and had baby Allie & Maddie in the cutout.

2008 - Christopher was too hot and tired to cooperate

2009

Here are some more pictures of our fun this year.

Thomas - The Day After

Had to post this one - this is how he went to church today. (not in the toy car LOL)

A Day Out With Thomas

Nana treated us to "A Day Out With Thomas." Christopher has come to love playing with the Thomas the Tank Engine Engine and Nana is great at indulging their loves. We spent the day playing with trains, riding a real train and bouncing on the bouncy toys.

One more day showing Nana's spoiling of the kids, and we are so grateful.

Happy Birthday, Daddy

Today my Daddy would have turned 72 years old. Up until the time the cancer kicked in he was the most youthful and strong man that I knew, especially for someone in his 60's. Nobody ever guessed my parent's ages because they have always looked and acted so young.

I miss Daddy now as much as ever and look forward to the day when I can hug him again. Until then I'll just hug on my kids so that they will know of my love for them as I always knew of my mama & daddy's love for me.

Jessica said it best on her facebook post today:

One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.

Soon Daddy, in the grand scheme of things, soon.

Feeling Overwhelmed

It's been an incredible week. I feel especially humble with the evidences of the Lord being mindful of me and my family. Savannah has been doing a great job making good choices. First off we were able to get some help with food, then Lakin found out that he will be able to get the Hope scholarship starting next semester which will be a huge help. Then on Tuesday I got a phone call from Manpower and scheduled a job interview for Wednesday. I hadn't even made it home on Wednesday and was called and told they wanted me to start today. Also, this week Christopher has had several breakthroughs in his speech saying several new words and his enunciation is improving by leaps and bounds. Christopher's speech therapist knew we were struggling with bills and made an anonymous announcement to her church that there was someone struggling and needed help with bills. She handed me a paper with cash in it.

Heavenly Father pours out his blessings. How grateful I am for those who are instruments in His hands, how humble I am to be the recipient of these blessings.

Charlie

Tonight Heaven is a much brighter place because Charlie is there. He left his earthly family tonight to be with his Heavenly one. We will miss him so much and our prayers are with his sweet family.