Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Sooo...

After going to the temple, everyday life just seems so UN-blogworthy. But life goes on and our family has had some more big accomplishments and fun things happening that before all of this would have amounted to their own posts but alas, here we are with a month of no posts at all. So they all get their glory in one giant post I like to call "Blog Spectacular". Here it is:

Bryce can Swim!!! No pics yet but we have been going to the pool in our complex everyday just about and he will totally go under water and he swims with the aid of his tube. Anyone who knows Bryce will realize what a big accomplishment this is since only a few months ago he wouldn't even lay down in the bath tub! Way to go Bryce!

We got a BED!!! We have been sleeping on a raised aero bed since we moved in February
and we finally got a queen size bed that is oh so heavenly after having me, Eric, Charlie and Kensie sleeping on the air mattress. Eric can sit down on the bed without me flying off the other side. It's probably the most exciting thing ever!

Our Aunt Becca came to visit again and she stayed at our house. The kids LOVED it and this morning Bryce came into my room crying because aunt Becca had left and he missed her! While she was here we drove to Fresno to have a surprise 50th birthday party for our parents who were both turning 50 this summer. It was so much fun and we actually pulled off the surprise! Our whole family was together for about 2 days and I think everyone had a really good time! Then we came back home and hung out for another day with Becca. We went to shipwreck park, powell's sweet shop, and Cherry on Top yogurt shop. It's always fun to have becca around.

I am learning to cut hair to help cut costs of running a family that grows hair and requires maintenance. My mom gave me a set of hair clippers and attatchments and stuff. It even came with a cape and a training dvd. It showed you how to do all the latest hair styles with your new clippers. "The Flat top" and "the mushroom bowl cut" to name a few! hahaha it was copyrighted in 1990 so I guess those were the "latest"! anyway I practiced on Bryce's hair because I figured if I messed his hair up it wouldn't matter that much. It turned out as well as any other hair cut he's ever had so I was pleased. Then I moved on to Eric's hair and I was seriously almost finished when I decided to do a technique they showed on the training dvd that you comb the hair up and then use the clippers to trim it down. I kind of goofed in the home stretch and poor eric ended up with a little botched up spot right on the very front of his hair! I ended up having to shave it so you wouldn't see the "hole". Eric has never had his head shaved in his whole life and I totally started crying I felt so bad! He says he doesn't mind it but I feel really bad! Sorry Babe! Better luck next time I guess! hahaha

The blogger website isn't loading my pictures for some reason but you can view our summer in pictorial form on my facebook photo albums. Happy viewing!

5 comments:

Steve & Julie said...

Well, I am glad you finally decided to post again. Don't feel bad about the hair cutting. It is good you are learning how to do it. One time, I went to do Steve's sides and I forgot to put the bit on so he ended up with a shaved head. I cried then, too. Don't you just love to feel like an idiot! Anyway, yea for Bryce. I hope my kids will learn to swim before they are teenagers, ha ha.

Jilleen said...

Yes, you are not the only one who has made her husband shave his head. I guess I'm lucky Nate doesn't mind it and sometimes prefers it!! Sounds like you've been having a great summer!

Jess said...

Wow a whole month did go by. Great to catch up.

Greg has all kinds of dents (i guess you would call it) on his head from all that snowboarding. So, if we shaved his head he would seriously look funny. Plus, you would really notice those ears.

Stephanie Salmon said...

Hey Kim, I really loved this post!! I have been cutting Brandon's hair almost our whole marriage and I am very lucky that he lives by this philosophy: "The difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is two weeks." Ha ha ha. I love him.

Rin Valtay said...

Hi! I have a similarly named blog - musings of a mother (www.valtay.blogspot.com).

I know what u mean about the haircutting affair (I used to cut the kids and hubby's hair too!). I have four kids and need to juggle the expenses too. Wrote our the way we lead The Simpler Life on my posts.