Hair Cut

So, on New Year's Eve I decided that I was sick and tired of my hair- you might be surprised- I have always been quite proud of my hair - seeing it as "my one beauty"- but I have had it long for three years now and I was ready for a change.  Also, it was rather damaged from dying it, so I wanted to cut off the dead and damaged parts.  So, I cut off a good foot off of the top and layered it down to just past my shoulders- as you can see in the photo.  Also, I darkened the light blonde a bit and touched up my roots- I am starting to get some grey hairs- it is looking like I will be dying it from now on.  Anyhow, I actually really like it and I think it is a big difference- but apparently I am wrong because I spent several hours with my in-laws the following day, whom I spend TONS of time with, and no one noticed a thing- so maybe I am wrong.  What do you think?

I had to get a photo with Abby- she is so pretty!

And then, of course, we had to get a photo of Shawn and Lucas...aren't they adorable?

Ice Skating

We went ice skating for the first time with Sherri, Emma, Drew, and Emma's boyfriend.  We had an absolute blast- Lucas was really shaky at first, but by the end he could hold his balance- he was too afraid to ever move his feet on his own, but he would hold them still while he was pulled and he never got hurt from the many times that he fell down!

Abby did rather well- she never went out on her own, and mostly liked to be held by both hands- preferrably by Daddy (Mommy wasn't as steady on her feet), but she was at least willing to move her feet around, even if she never got the hang on balancing!

Here we are together- I am proud to say that I only fell once, at the very end, and I did NOT dislocate my knee- as happened last time I went skating over 9 years ago!

Abby got a gumball- I just couldn't resist adding this picture of it in her cheek- awesome!

Shawn's Christmas cartoon- Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Frisco Christmas Lights - Wizards in Winter

Now THAT's what I call a Christmas Lights display!!!!

I thought this was hilarious!!!

http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/VideoPage.aspx

Abby sick

I thought this was sweet- Abby was sick as a dog yesterday and at one point when she was sleeping on the couch Angus went and layed down with her- it is nice to think that maybe he thought he was taking care of her and could sense she was sick- most likely he wanted the warm spot!

Snow-YAY!

It snowed earlier this week- although it wasn't that much- but Lucas still tried to make a snowman!  The kids played extremely well together.  We got a bunch more snow yesterday and Lucas and Shawn played outside for about an hour yesterday- Abby has the flu, though, so she couldn't- poor girl!  I didn't get any pictures of yesterday, though, so I guess this will have to do!

Abby-ism's

"Oh much fun it is to ride..." isn't she the cutest?!

Lately we have been working with the kids on remembering Christ during the sacrament- teaching them to think of him and to sit reverently and even to say a prayer.  This past Sunday as soon as the sacrament began Abby crossed her arms really tightly and squeezed her eyes shut as tight as they would go.  She sat like that for almost all of the bread portion of the sacrament and even whispered to Lucas to "be quiet it was time to think about Jesus."  But by the time the water was coming around she wanted to play toys.  She came up to Shawn and asked for a toy and he said it was still time to think about Jesus and she said "I already did- I'm all done thinking about Jesus!!!"  She said it loud enough that most of the people sitting around us heard- it was funny!

Whenever Abby get's hurt she milks it like you would not believe- she will have barely scraped her knee- the skin isn't even cut and she will walk around with a limp for DAYS!

Another cute story- we have a couple of nutcracker ornaments on our tree.  Well, one day she took a fancy to one of them and was holding it when I asked her to hang the nutcracker back on the tree she said, very insistently "It's not a nutcracker- it's a ten-thousand shoulder!!!"  I think she got it from the story of the "Steadfast Tin Soldier" on Fantasia 2000.  She still calls it that, too, even though I tried to tell her she was wrong- that is another thing- she is NEVER wrong- everyone else is!  I am scared for her teenage years!!!