Memorial Day Pics

Here's our Memorial Day pics. We had a great time at the cabin. (Daddy had to stay home and study - but at least it was quiet for him).

Batgirl and spiderman

Ever wonder what batgirl and spiderman looked like as kids? Ta-dah!
Secret identities: Katie and Alex. Oops! Shouldn't have told ya.

Mothers Day and a cake

I had a pretty good Mother's Day. It started off with a free dental cleaning last Friday. My Dentist's office does free cleanings and other procedures on Mother's Day. They've done this for 5 years now. This was perfect since we don't have insurance right now. I did have to wait in line quite a while but it was worth it. I love clean teeth! Then on Sunday Chris and Katie surprised me with a cute Mother's Day Card (see pic above) and French Toast for breakfast. Yummy!

We went to visit Grandparents (both sides) Sunday afternoon. Here we are at a Mother's Day BBQ at my parent's house. Ummm it was good! Always so fun to get together with family. Katie wouldn't smile for the family pictures.

But we got her smiling here.



Here is my latest cake that I made today for some friends in our ward (church). It was the Dad's birthday and their daughter requested flowers on the cake. So I made them in the team colors of royal blue and white.

Locks of Love

Before
At the salon:

After the first cut:

Final cut and my hair donation:

If you donate to Locks of Love, many salons will give you a free haircut and style. Your ponytail has to be 10 inches long. I have a friend from church who works at a Hair and Nail Salon and she did mine. Her name is Tasha. Thanks Tasha!

Never heard of Locks of Love?

See the website: www.locksoflove.org

Here's some info from the website:

Who We Service

Our recipients are financially disadvantaged children, age 18 and under, suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Most of our children suffer from an autoimmune disorder called alopecia areata, which causes the hair follicles to shut down. In addition to the loss of scalp hair, many also lose their eyelashes, eyebrows and all body hair. This hair loss is permanent in most cases, and there is no known cause or cure. Other recipients have been victim to severe burns, endured radiation treatment to the brain stem as a treatment for cancer, or suffer from any number of skin disorders that cause permanent hair loss.

Why We Are Needed

There are several problems facing children who suffer long-term medical hair loss. Most wigs sold by retailers are made to fit adult heads, and are much too big for children to wear. They often require the use of tape or glue to keep them from falling off, and these adhesives can burn or irritate the scalp. Often, the styles of adult wigs are not age-appropriate and synthetic wigs can mat and frizz with excessive styling.

The hair prosthetics Locks of Love provides are custom-made from donated ponytails for each child’s head. They retail between $3,500 to $6,000. The hairpiece forms a vacuum seal, like a suction cup, and does not require the use of tape or glue. Only the wearer of the hairpiece may remove it, by breaking the vacuum seal at the temples. Children can dismiss insecurities about classmates pulling off their hairpiece, or losing it at recess. They can swim, shower and do gymnastics – in short, they can be kids again. Each hairpiece is made from real human hair, and arrives long, so the recipient may style it to fit their face.

Easter Pics!

Chris and Katie filling the Easter eggs.

All done!

Time for the hunt!

Ahhh - the spoils!

And now the egg coloring!

Aren't they pretty!

This gal's amazing!

This performance is from a charity CD she helped with in 1999. Only 1000 copies were made of the CD.

Check out her performance from the Britain's Got Talent Show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Sorry I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - you'll have to type in the link in your google or browser bar. Or go to youtube.com and type in: Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics).
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This was just last week so there will be more performances to come.

Thanks for the email Grandma.

Tall!

Katie and I were at Wal-Mart today. I was chasing her down an aisle and she paused for a minute and looked up at a man and said with the greatest awe: "Tall!" (He was pretty tall - probably between 6-7 feet). He laughed. And I laughed. (And I'm still giggling about it - it was too cute!)