Haircut & Spring Festival 2007

Finally enough time to do another post! So...after our LONG flight back to Washington, we ended up at my Mom's, late, late on Thursday night. I was so desperate for a haircut, that first thing Friday morning my dear sister-in-law, Melanie, cut my hair. It hadn't been cut for about 15 months! Anyway, here's the pile. I know it's gross, but had to show it. I think Melanie said it looked like a little dog or something. Unfortunately, I didn't take a before and after picture and I haven't been able to find a picture to showcase my new hairdo. I feel like a new person having some style to my hair again!

The next thing we did was spend the day at the Moses Lake Spring Festival on Saturday. We planned to come home in time for this so that Tom could play in the basketball tournament with my brother Milo, and friends Brady and Richard. I really wish Tom would play in a normal t-shirt or something. He always has to wear these stupid, ugly jersey tops.

Tom pushing to the basket and Richie blocking out.

Here's my brother, Milo standing behind the guy in the maroon shirt. I'm not sure what he's doing, but this is the only picture I had of him. I only brought the camera out for about two minutes for one of their games.

I've seen A LOT of Tom's basketball games. I still love to watch him play!!!

Crazy Brady passing the ball to Tom. When I first saw Brady I had to laugh. He had these huge bushy sideburns and if I didn't know him, I'd think he was a little weird and crazy. Okay, actually he is a little weird and crazy and that's why we love him. But aren't we all just a little weird and crazy? I know I am!!

Here's my nephews, Malcolm and Quinn playing a little basketball. My sister, Shaila's husband, Matt, was originally supposed to play on the team with the guys instead of Richard. He was cut because Richard was better. Sorry, Matt! I still feel really bad that the guys did that to you. The guys took 1st in the tournament!!!

Here's some of the kids playing at the park. They had so much fun together and they all got so dirty!!

We had a little barbecue at the park between one of the games. All my Mom's children and theirs families were there and my cousin, Annelise and her family came with her sister, Kayce. It was nice to see a lot of people in one place since I hadn't seen them all in so long.

So Far Behind!!

I have been wanting to do some catching up posts all week but haven't found the time. Labor Day weekend we went camping with Tom's family and so I've been playing catch up on the house and my church calling. Will post on the reunion soon hopefully!!

For those who don't know, I'm the primary music leader in our ward. I absolutely love it, but it's a lot of work and is completely stressing me out right now! Little did I know when I accepted the calling that the Children's Sacrament Meeting Program would be at the end of October. This can cause a person some serious stress when they've never, ever done anything like this before!

Really, it's not too bad, although I stress because they still struggle on quite a few songs and we have such a small primary. So small that we combine junior and senior primary together. I am taking suggestions!!!

So, this is a big part of the reason why I haven't had a chance to do some posting, my time is consumed with primary stuff and of course, my family!!!

The Longest Flight...EVER!!

So, since I haven't blogged in 3 months, I thought I'd do a few catch up posts first so that I can give an update of what we've been up to in the past few months. So bare with me until I have a chance to catch up.

First of all we left England on May 23rd and had the longest plane ride ever! A few days before we left, Mason got sick and started throwing up. Jayni started the night before we left, and Mason threw up all over himself and his car seat as we were heading to the airport. What a great smell for the rest of the trip!

We got to the airport plenty early but no one was to be seen to check anybody in. Finally they opened an hour before the flight, we got checked in and by the time we made it to the terminal, we missed the flight! At first we were told we were going to have to buy another set of tickets but eventually when they determined we weren't the only ones that missed the flight and stuff, they finally booked us on a flight and at that point by the time we were to arrive in Chicago, we would miss the flight to Seattle.

I ended up being completely useless as we flew to Chicago because I started feeling sick and kept throwing up. Sorry if this is grossing anybody out, I just want to prove how awful the trip back to Washington was. Mason was a little fussy but ended up falling asleep on Tom's lap. It was so cute!

Jayni ended up falling asleep on my lap at one point.

So, once we landed in Chicago we found out that the flight had been delayed and luckily we were able to get to the terminal in time to make the flight. Finally, some luck on this trip. Unfortunately during all this we never had a chance to call Tom's dad to let him know that we'd be late. Thankfully he was there when we got off the plane! Thanks Tom, for all your help with the kids and with me. It was greatly appreciated!!

I Really Need to Start Blogging Again!

I feel so out of the loop! We've been here about 3 months now and I still haven't felt like I've had a chance to update my blog. Things seem like they're slowing down finally and we've figured out a routine that has been working well for us. This summer has been packed with lots to do and things should be slowing down after this weekend. I hope anyway!

I will be updating soon with all that's been happening with us lately and I'll be updating myself on all your blogs too!! So far behind! Until then....