A new 'do!

Shelby has been begging me for about 2 or 3 weeks to cut her hair short. I said I wouldn't do it above the shoulders, we would have to ask Aunt Stacy to do it. I was hoping she'd kind of forget about it. But we had a Hansen birthday party for the girls and she mentioned to Stacy that she wanted her hair cut. I had made my appointment, so Stacy said she would fit Shelby in while my color was processing. Shelby was SOOOOO excited! I checked her out of school so that she could go with me. She loved going to the shop. Since my hair was processing, I asked Stacy to take a few photos for me.

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The cut is actually very cute on her. I was most nervous about her having it done because she's always been picky on her hair. However, she knows what she wants and you can't change her mind. Thanks Stacy for the great cut!

Birthday Girls!

I cannot believe my babies have turned 7! It seems so unreal. They are beautiful little girls and bring such joy to our home.

Our blonde haired-blue eyed sweetie. She is such a talented little girl. So many things come naturally for her. She loves piano, singing, dancing, and doing the splits. She has always been one to watch intently and then when she is ready to try something, she does it perfectly. She did that as a baby before crawling or walking. As soon as she was ready, she never fell. Dancing at age 4, she could keep up with her dance teacher. Her piano she has sailed through and even passed up Colby who'd been playing for 8 months with a different teacher. Her latest and greatest accomplishment and successfully wheeling around on "Heelies" without falling.


Our brown-haired, brown-eyed beauty. This little one is going to keep us busy. Casey keeps telling me he is going to take a 6-year sabbatical as soon as she's a teenager. She's a fashion diva. Has to have her clothes just so, has to do her own hair. Has massive attitude that I never thought I'd hear from a 6-7 year old. She is strong willed. If she wants to do something, she'll do it. At 3, she broke her wrist because she was positive she could do the monkey bars. Then 2 weeks after getting her cast off, she went down a slide and had to have stitches from cutting her lip open. She wants to have fun in life and doesn't care about consequences.

Happy Birthday Girls! We are so blessed to have you in our family.

Denise's Update

Denise had her first chemo treatment on Feb. 27. Her husband had to work that night and so she called to see if I would be willing to spend the night with her. When she'd gone through this before, the meds they give her at chemo knock her out so she was afraid she would need help with her kids. Siena had a late night party and Brad's sister took Isaac, so I had Taegan and Kambree to take care of (I picked up Siena around 11 pm). Denise however, did awesome! She was a little tired, but she stayed up for mine and Taegan's "late night" party. We watched a movie and played a little Wii. Kambree only wanted her mommy to take care of her so that was a little hard. On the 28th she was even up to going to two baptisms. Her neighbor's little girl and our niece. By the end of lunch, she was exhausted. So she took home Kambree to get some sleep. Between Michelle and I we took care of Taegan and Siena. I took them home late that night. Monday was a difficult day for her, she was very sick. She started losing her hair about the middle of last week. She called me Monday night and said she'd had enough so she went up to our sister's home to have her head shaved. The kids all got a chance to cut off some hair and shave a little. She'll have her next treatment on the 20th. Hopefully she does just as well. She's eating just about everything, except our beloved chocolate.