Happy now?

Wow...my eyes look evil in this picture. ;0)

Anyway...here! Now you know what it looks like. Are you happy?

Painted Black

Though I do love that song.....I'm not loving the color right now. Let me explain.....

So, I like to change my hair. I do it a lot. Whether I cut it, layer it, dye it, perm it......whatever. I'm always feeling like I need to do something different. Anyway, I was born a blonde. Which is pretty obvious if you take a look at my kids. They are both blondies....well, after 28 years...my hair has slowly faded into brown. I've dyed it and dyed it for 10 years now so that I could be the blonde I was born to be :0) but I've just about had it with the upkeep. So, I decided several weeks ago that I was going to return to my "roots" and be a brunette. Chocolate brown is what I was going for. So, since I usually do most of my hair dying in the comfort of my own bathroom, I went and bought a box of color from Target. The box was for Chocolate brown hair. Yay! Put it on, did the whole thing, rinsed and did my hair....and it was still blonde. A darker blonde...but blonde nonetheless. Sigh. Nobody could tell the difference. NOBODY! Not even my sister! And girls notice this kind of stuff.
So, yesterday I went and bought a second box of color. A different brand, but still for chocolate brown hair. Put it on last night night....did the whole thing.....and now my hair is BLACK! What the crap! And I'm not kidding. Jaysen is trying to be nice about it...but I can see through it. Landon is worried that he's going to get lost if we go somewhere because I don't look like myself. Sigh. It's ugly. So, this morning I called my friend who is a stylist and asked her what I could possibly do without further frying my hair. And guess what? I have to have black hair for two weeks before I can dye again, otherwise I might as well shave my head for the frying that will occur if I dye a third time. And even then, I can only add chocolate brown highlights. Sigh. So, I have black hair....for two weeks. There will be no picture on the blog about it. And I won't be leaving the house much......that's what I get for trying to be a brunette.

I guess I'm just too much of a "blonde" to figure this stuff out. ;0)

First Day of School

Sniff. Sniff. This is my baby Landon just before he turned one. Isn't he a cutie? So small, so much fun............so small.

And this is my baby Landon this morning just before I took him to his first day of second grade.
Still a cutie, still fun...but so big! When did he get to be so big? Almost 8 years old? Second grade? It makes me so sad to see him getting so big so quickly. But, also so excited for the fun things that come with having an 8 year old.
Anyway, he was sooo excited for the first day of school. I didn't even have to wake him up. He was up before Jaysen! Which was good though because we had to get to his school early so I could drop off the Open Court Reading books we put together for the third grade this past weekend and then also pay his lunch money. So, we were there when the doors opened at 8:00 this morning! He got 30 minutes of playground time this morning! ;0)
Anyway...we'll be having his favortie for dinner tonight, as is our usual tradition for the first day of school. Chicken Alfredo, or as he calls it...Noodles with White Sauce. ;0) I hope he has a good day!

Boondocks

Every summer Jaysen and I have taken Landon to Boondocks up in Boise. He looks forward to it every summer. Unfortunately, our summer has been so hectic with moving and everything else that we hadn't made it yet. With the last weekend of summer approaching we knew that no matter what, we had to take the trip. So, we went up on Saturday. We took our neice, Genea with us too. It's always more fun for Landon if he's got a playmate. ;0)

Anyway...after our usual round of miniature golf, Landon and Genea went for a ride on the bumper boats and got completely soaked. But they had a blast. Here they are shooting water at us. The stinkers! Actually, it felt pretty good. It was 95 degrees on Saturday!
Then, since Landon is tall enough, he was able to drive the mini karts by himself for a race. He did a good job too for not having a license! ;0)
Since you can't ride two to a mini kart, Jaysen took Genea for a ride on the "real" ones instead. She had a blast too! Just enjoying the ride as you can see.

And this is my Mackenzee. She was so mad that she couldn't participate in anything outside besides the miniature golf. She soooo wanted to go on the bumper boats. She was peering over the gate at them, and so I thought it would be a cute picture. She didn't apparently want to be cute, she wanted to be mad. So she hid her face from me. What do you think? Still cute huh?

All in all, Saturday was a blast. The kids got to play till they dropped (and so did we!) and it was a really fun family day. (even though I'm a really mean mom)

Open House

So, tonight was the official "Open House" for Landon's school. We got to go meet his new teacher, Mrs. Grubbs, and check out his classroom. Which, just so happens to be the exact same classroom as last year. ;0) Where his 1st grade teacher decided to start teaching in Burley where she lived, it opened up that spot. So, 2nd grade moved in!

Anyway, he got to pick out whichever desk he wanted, and he chose the second to the last row in the back. Yeah.....Oh well. And...he got to put everything in his desk for his first day of school on Monday.

I love that we do this at his school now. His first year they didn't and the first day of school was a mad house. Letting him meet his teacher and get comfortable with his classroom makes such a difference on that first day. So, we're ready for it! Bring it on!

Playgrounds and Picnics

Since this was the last night that any cousins would be here visiting for a while, Papa decided we all needed to go to Rock Creek Park for Family Home Evening for a picnic. It was such a beautiful night too. We ate some good food, and the kids played on the swingsets and ran around. Too much fun....We even walked the trail almost all the way to the end. By the time we were done, poor Mackenzee's little legs were so tired. But, being the Mackenzee we all know and love, she (of course) kept up with everyone else and would not be held...she was as big as everyone else. Sigh. And all the boys wanted to do was pick up sticks and hit each other with them. Sigh. ;0)

But, we had a good time. And tomorrow they all go home. School is coming! I need to finish getting ready. Maybe tomorrow.....

Happy Birthday 'Lina Mae!

My neice, Alina, just turned two last week.

She and Mackenzee are just two months apart. They have so much fun together, and hopefully will forever. Right now they are so alike, it's fun to watch them together. Both love to play dress up (which is why I got Alina lots of dress up jewelry for her birthday), and both love to wear their dresses in the dirt! ;0) Tomboys through and through. You gotta love it!