Quick catch up

Before we get to the Fourth of July celebration, I found a couple old pictures I need to catch up with. First is my haircut. Damon took this pic of me holding my 9 inch ponytail. I sent it to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths, which does wigs specifically for cancer patients. FYI Locks of Love makes wigs mostly for kids with alopecia, which is a worthy cause, but not something I have experienced personally, which is why I went with Pantene. I don't love my hair (I think the layers sometimes look funny), but I'm getting used it. It's just hair, and it grows back.

Oh, and here's the before, in case you wanted to see just how much there was to cut.



This second picture is from a couple of weeks ago. Jeff and I spent the morning getting the garage cleaned out, and now we can park both cars in! It is hard getting in (our driveway is pretty narrow), but I am getting better at it after only one scraping of the side of the van. Oops!


And here's one Allie took of herself. Allie was completely worn out from the Fourth of July festivities. Yesterday we were at Seven Peaks and she started looking really tired around 5:00. She fell asleep on the way home, and there was nothing I could do to wake her up. Finally, around 7:00, I put her in her jammies and took her to the potty, sure she would wake up sometime during the night. She slept until after 6:00 this morning. Wow, she must have REALLY needed some rest. All those late nights, coupled with the constant waking up scared really caught up to her!

And one funny story. I gave her an old MP3 player that she has been listening to, and pretending is a phone/camera. One morning at breakfast she was playing with it, and I said, "Allie, you need to hurry and finish your breakfast." Her response? Just as any teenager would, she said, "Just a sec. I'm texting."