Thinking...

Im thinking about chopping all my hair off. Ive been letting it grow and do what it wanted since I was pregnant with Pax, and I have to say, Im not a fan of long hair. On other people, yes. On me? No way. Its way too thick and heavy and Im thinking a cut like this one would be perfect for summer...

Happy Birthday to my Hunny!

 April 27th was Jon's birthday (this post is WAY late). It was kind of a regular day. Jon went to work and did all his normal stuff. When he got home my family had put up a banner for him and the little boys all got him cute little gifts. They even did my family's traditional walk down the hall singing happy birthday.

After that, I took Jon out for dinner. I had pulled up online a bunch of menus for different restaurants and he got to pick where he wanted to go. Much to my surprise, he chose Claim Jumper. I thought he would have chosen a steakhouse or sushi, but we had never been and he wanted to try it out. Long story short, we wont be going back. Gross! Ive always heard such great things about Claim Jumper, but both of our entrees and even our appetizer were hardly edible, much less enjoyable. Oh well, the company was great and no baby meant a quiet dinner for two :)
We got back home and had cake and ice cream with the fam. The candles spell out "JON" but it's kind of hard to make that out.

Anyway, Happy birthday to my amazing husband, a wonderful father and an incredibly kind and generous person. You've accomplished so much already, and you will achieve so much in the time to come. This world is a much brighter place because of you and the lives who are privileged enough to cross paths with you are far better off because of it. I am so thankful that I get to spend all your birthdays with you now, and especially that I get to grow old along with you. Happy Birthday sweetie!

Misssing This Place

 Pinecrest, California is where I have spent nearly every summer of my life. Its just about the most perfect place in the whole world. Our cabin is located high up in the Sierra Mountains and the air smells completely amazing. Mornings are spent cooking breakfast on the grill outside, days consist of reading, nature walks and swimming in the lake and the nights are brought in with roasting marshmallows around the fire pit or playing card games around the kitchen table. Pinecrest is the kind of place you go to, but you leave all your troubles behind. Its the most peaceful place I have ever been.
Its about this time of year that I start to crave the trees and serene of the Pinecrest. Everything I smell reminds me of it. My entire life, I have looked forward to bringing my own family to my own special paradise. We weren't able to go last year because we were in Tennessee. Im crossing my fingers and hoping so much that we can make it this summer.
I miss it. I love it. Pinecrest, you are my Heaven in the Hills.    

A quick trip to Winslow

 Jon and I took a quick trip up to Winslow a couple weeks back to visit Nat and Roland and their fam. Its one of our favorite getaway places because we go, we hang out around the house, eat good food and laugh a lot. There's not much to do in Winslow except enjoy each other's company. A low-key couple of days was just what the Dr ordered!

 Pax and Lucy were SO STINKIN CUTE together! They instantly clicked and followed each other around for 3 days. On our last morning there, I walked around the corner to find them alone in the kitchen, HUGGING! How adorable is that?! Ive never seen 15-month olds take to each other so much.

Wee! Wee! Wee! That was what came out of Paxton's mouth the entire time he was on the swings.

this is Paxton's first time down a slide by himself. He loved it!

My brother Michael and his family, along with my sister Janice, were in Flagstaff at the same time and passed thru Winslow on their way back into the Valley. We met them at the Root Beer Stand and had a taste of yummy-ness together.

Boys and Sand go Hand and Hand!

I love the sand outline around his mouth. Why do they love to eat this nasty stuff? 

Washing down all that rough sand. Blagh!

This is his classic face. When we say smile, he does this! 

Shoes! Shoes!

Paz will normally take off his shoes the second he can get away from us long enough to sit down and pull them off. The other day we bought a 4-dollar pair of sandals from Wal-Mart because we needed a cheap pair for him to wear in the backyard. Um, Pax is basically obsessed with them. He wants to wear them all the time, has never once tried to take them off, and brings them to me or Jon saying "shoes, shoes!" all the time to put on him. One of these times was the other morning when he was in just his diaper. He played for quite a while in his dipe and "shoes".

A Quote Worth Reading

"Two people can accomplish anything in life, 

so long as one of them is the Savior"