Crazy Hair

I've really gotten into making flowers and bows for the girls hair lately which means that I

have been MUCH better at actually doing their hair each day. One of the funny side effects is what their hair looks like at bedtime when they want all the pontail holders out. This night happened a couple weeks ago and Ariana and Alexis thought it was very silly to have this crazy hair. You can tell they had a lot of fun with their puffy locks.

1'st Day of 1'st Grade

(Eating her favorite oatmeal breakfast)

I was very torn about this new school year. I've seriously considered homeschooling and the debate went back and forth. Justin and I both decided we should let Alexis start again at Smalley and see how it goes. Alexis was REALLY excited for school. She was a little sad that we didn't let her get a new back pack but getting a lunch box made up for that.

The Saturday before school started my Mom, Catrina and I took the girls out to buy back to school out fits. We had lots of fun. Alexis found two outfits that were so cute that we let her buy both. The night before her first day Grandpa Frederick gave Alexis a blessing. Ariana not to be passed by immediately jumped up after Alexis and wanted her own. This was so sweet for me and two night later when Alexis said her prayers she thanked Heavenly Father for her back to school blessing from Grandpa I was overwhelmed with gratitude.

This year Alexis has Mrs. Mecham for her teacher. I love her. Mrs. Mecham is an

answer to prayer and I am glad that her good friend Hunter is in class with Alexis. Letting Alexis go to first grade has been really hard for me. I don't like that my little girl is gone all day. It is a constant reminder of how fast time is flying and I just want her with me. I was allowed to walk Alexis to her room for the first week and after the first day Alexis was ready to walk by herself but I just couldn't. I made her endure me walking her to the door every day the first week of school : )

(Ariana and Daddy waiting outside on the first day of school.

Ariana can't wait for her turn next year!)

Late Night

I love having my brother, sister-in-law, and little nephew live here. We've been doing family dinner on Sunday's. Its lots of fun. Last night we stayed up really late and Ariana tried to stay up late but this is how she ended up around 10:30pm.

My Rant on "Body Type"

I need to rant for a minute. I'm so frustrated with the world and in particular guys views of women's weight. I've watched the past few weeks the ABC show called dating in the dark (yes I know its not high quality TV) and I seriously want to beat the guys who after they see a girl who is maybe a size 6 or 8 say "well she's pretty but she doesn't have the body type I like." Seriously? Seriously! That is small!! I wish I was back in those sizes but guess what even when I'm not I'm still a beautiful women and so is everyone else. Not everyone can be a size 0 or 2. Being tiny doesn't make you beautiful. If you aren't it doesn't even mean that you don't exercise and take care of your body. I know this is just a show but this idea is everywhere! I don't want my girls to ingest this thought I don't want to let these thoughts in either. Please world stop feeding this idea to us, our girls and the men and boys out there!!!

Summer Rain

When we first moved to Las Vegas 5 years ago the summer rain was a new experience for us. The way rain just literally dumps for a few minutes, everything floods and then its gone. Tuesday we had a great storm, the first one like it, this summer.

It was blowing so hard away from our house that we could stand on the back porch and not get wet. Alexis LOVED the rain! Ariana was completely freaked out by it.

The view from the front of our house looking at the road.

Happy, Fun, Wet Day : )

The Fuzzy Truth

Sunday I looked down during church and realised that in my rush to get ready I had only shaved half of my left leg. Opps! I spent the rest of church trying to sit on my leg to hide the fuzzies : )

GREEN!

I am so happy! I have grass in my backyard. Justin promised that I could get grass this year and has worked really hard to make this happen for me. He dug the sprinkler system (I tired to help one afternoon and let me say OWW! My hands hurt for a week!) He also laid the grass barrier, leveled the ground, raked the rocks out which I've decided our back yard is a gravel pit, helped shovel the fill dirt in etc. I love how it turned out. Isn't it a beautiful thing to see green in the desert?

I need to also add how grateful I am to Brandon Bair for helping so much with our yard. He has done an amazing job with our new stamped concrete, retaining wall, helping shovel in dirt and to top it off the sod company told us they'd drop the sod off today anytime between 5-10am. I have no idea when the sod actually arrived. I slept right through it. Brandon showed up at 5:45am and just started laying it himself. Justin and I finally woke up around 6:30 and he had already laid about half of it himself. Sneaky guy ; )

After it was all in Justin and I sat out on the patio and just looked at it. AWWW..... green, you are a lovely color.