Snowboarding for Gary's Birthday

 

Gary wanted Evan and me to take him snowboarding for his birthday. We went on Saturday before his birthday. The snow was too wet and heavy to really enjoy the slopes, however we had a fun time anyway. Julie, Dennis, Julia, Nathan and Jonathan all joined us in the festivities to celebrate Gary's birthday. We love birthdays in our house, usually birthday celebrations last for days. What can we say we show our gratitude for our birthdays and the members of our family by extend birthday celebrations.

Gary's Dragon

This is the dragon that has been drawn on Gary’s wall for the last 2 years. When we asked Gary what he wanted for his birthday he said simply “I would really like my dragon to be finished”. My sister stared drawing the dragon on the wall when we moved into the house; however she was not able to finish it. I have no artistic ability when it comes to drawing. After many months of watching Evan “doodle” in church I was easily convinced that he could finish the dragon. Of course what he considers “doodles”, I consider amazing drawings. Evan was able to finish the drawing the dragon in a matter of a few hours. All I could do was sit back and say “wow that looks great!” I had the task of painting the dragon. I was very concerned about painting it; I have never painted any type of drawing. With Evan’s encouragement and persuasion, I started painting the dragon while he was at a Boy Scout camp with Gary. Little by little I finished the painting the dragon while Evan was at work, with the exception of the wings. I did not want to destroy the nearly finished dragon by painting the wings in the wrong way. We completed the dragon 3 days before Gary’s birthday. Gary has been very pleased and excited that his room is finally finished and so are we. My Evan is so talented; I could have never finished it without him. He has been so busy with work, but in his spare time (which he has none of) he diligently worked to finish our son’s room to try to make his 12th birthday special. I am so blessed to have Evan as my husband and father to our children. He has been the father to them that I had always prayed for and the husband I have always dreamed of.

Shorter Hair...Love It!!

Yep, I cut my hair shorter. I am glad that I didn't cut it this short the first time, otherwise I may have freaked out. However, after spending 9 of the last 12 weeks since my first haircut feeling like a huge poof ball, I was so excited to get my hair cut. I have really enjoyed spending 5 minutes doing my hair, 2 to blow dry and 3 to style. No wonder so many women cut their hair off. I never understood it before, mainly because the first time my hair was this short, I really didn’t know how to do it properly. So, I was a short haired frizz head. One of the big reasons that I like my hair is because now on RockBand 2 Evan and I have real life matching haircuts to our characters in the game. I know, I know I am a spaz. I think that I am getting closer to 12 like Evan. He can do somersaults on the bed and I like to match video game characters. Yep…we are perfect for each other.