Overheard

As the girls were going to bed...

Rori: I wish someone was sleeping with me tonight.
Cadi:  Well, Rori, if you sleep with your Zulie Zebra and I sleep with my Zulie Zebra, we'll be sleeping with our zebras together.
Rori:  Okay!

And that's what they did. :)

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..." ~Cinderella

This is what I should be doing today...

But I find that all I'm actually doing is daydreaming about this...

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." ~Walt Disney

Rori's Valentine Hair, pt. 3

This will be the last of our heart hairdo's... for now. ;)

I only did it today because we actually did this on Sunday but I forgot to take pics, and I really wanted pics. ;)

This was another one that I copied, and I found it on The Story of a Princess and Her Hair.

The only thing we did differently on Sunday, was that I used normal braids for the pieces that formed the heart, while today I did twist braids, and we used a flower instead of a bow because it matched her outfit better.  Cute, easy, fun! :)

Rori's Valentine Hair, pt. 2

Yesterday's do was something I came up with myself, and I think it turned out really cute!  It even held the entire day at school, which isn't always the case with these extra cutsie dos. :)

Today's do is totally copied; I could never have been clever enough to come up with it myself! lol  Here is our attempt (mine isn't as neat and tidy as the original, but I think it still looks pretty good), followed by the link to the blog with instructions on how to do it.

Shaunell's Hair: Valentine's Hairdo Contest Winner

Rori's Valentine Hair, pt. 1

Rori doesn't love for me to play with her hair, but she endures it because 1) I love it, and 2) she loves all of the compliments and attention she gets when we do something extra cute/fun.

For Valentine's Day, I had a couple of ideas.  Okay, well, I had one.  And then I stole a couple. lol  Yesterday I used one that I stole, but I forgot to take a picture, so I will just have to recreate it later this week and post a pic later.

But, today's hair was my idea and I think it turned out cute!  It was super easy, too. :)

Directions:

Pull top half of hair into a pony, divide the pony into two equal sections and braid each.  Join both braids at the ends with an elastic to keep them together.  Then pull each braid up a little and bobby pin into place to form the top half of the heart shape, allowing the ends of the braids to hang down, naturally forming the bottom half of the heart.  Gather remaining hair, along with the braid ends, into one low pony.  Secure with elastic and add a bow - Super easy!  And really quick. :)

Cadi's New Cut

Cadi is sporting a new do!

Before... well, more like "during", but close enough...

and after...

She LOVES it! :)

A Day in SLC, With Friends

We usually go to Idaho for a weekend before Christmas to see our friends and have our annual Christmas party.  But this year, circumstances were unique and instead we went for a few days during the week after Christmas. 

I always get anxious about this trip.  It is long, over mountain passes, in the winter.  Our biggest car problems have occurred while we make this annual trip.  But this year, the roads were competely clear the entire way there and back!  Good for us, bad for the region.  The mountains just aren't getting enough snow this year. :S  But during our drives, I was very grateful for clear roads. ;)

I don't have very many photos of our time actually in Idaho.  We did a lot of hanging out and the kids played together.  I do have these photos from when the guys took some of the older kids back into the hills to do some shooting.  Acadia LOVED it!

But even though I don't have many pics from Idaho, I do have lots of pictures from the day we all spent down in SLC...

We began at the Joseph Smith Building and watched the new Joseph Smith movie.  Then we went to the church office building and went all the way to the top to get a bird's eye view of SLC and Temple Square.

After that, we journeyed over to the Conference Center for a tour of the building, including the roof.

We wanted to be down on Temple Square for the lights once it was dark, so we headed over and visited the North Visitor's Center first.

By the time we finished that, it was just dark enough for the lights to come on... it was beautiful!  We started right outside the visitor center where they have a huge nativity scene displayed and had the scriptures of the Savior's birth played over a speaker with beautiful music accompanying it.  Then we walked along the grounds, looking at all of the beautiful lights.  The weather was very cooperative and even though it was cool, it was not freezing and we were able to take our time to enjoy it.

Finally, our stomachs told us it was time to go.  We loaded into the cars (right after I got to have an "orchestrated chance meeting" with a very good friend that I haven't seen in a few years :D) and headed towards home, with the intent on stopping for dinner along the way.  That is what happened, but not without a little excitement.

It seems that along with our tradition of getting together every holiday season, we also need to have car drama.  I admit, I was SO GLAD it wasn't us this time!  But I felt really bad for our friends who's car's power steering completely gave out, leaving them stranded.  Stranded, but not alone.  The guys made a quick run to a store to do a quick fix right there in the parking lot, which allowed everyone to travel home in safety after dinner, then they spent the next morning giving it a more permanent fix.  If you've got to break down, they picked the right friends to break down with. ;)

Next year, we'll most likely be back to our usual routine of spending just a weekend together right before Christmas, but it was fun to try something a little different a new this time.  :)