It's a HAIRY situation

Ok everyone, I promised a picture so here goes. Keep in mind that my hair was only 2" long and they normally require at least 3" but we gave it a shot anyway and I think it turned out pretty well. It is much cooler than a wig and I will be able to get a cute short cut when It grows out. The nice part is that the extensions don't damage the good hair so it will just let me grow it out more gracefully.
We are taking a short trip to the DC area this weekend and hope to catch up with a few friends and attend a temple session. Kelly will be on pioneer trek which is like a reinactment of the pioneer companies crossing the plains with handcarts. She is VERY excited about it as you can imagine! Actually, we were a "Ma and Pa" when my oldest daughter Jordin did this and it was a wonderful learning experience as well as physically challenging. Hopefully she will take some pictures we can share. Well, this is a short one but I am loving life and feeling good. It is nice to be able to spend time in my prayers thanking my Heavenly Father and praying for others.

Seeing my son in the sunshine state

I can hardly believe it but my son has completed his two year mission for out church. He was in Ogden, Utah. Chris flew out to get him and toured his mission with him and my daughter Jordin. They were able to meet many of the wonderful people who meant so much to him and who he grew to love. They surprised him with a car and laptop which he will be using summer semester at BYU and then it was off to Florida to meet up with me and Kelly. We could not go out to Utah since it was Kelly's last week of school. So we had all the family together for the first time in 2 years. It was a whirlwind of activity. The men went spearfishing one day and we all went scuba diving in the keys another day. There was also a day dedicated to getting Steven some new clothes and meeting up with old friends. Steven, Jordin and her husband Jeff also went to a couple of clubs in South Beach Miami to dance the night away with some friends they have kept in touch with since high school. They had a great time. We also spent time at the beach, played beach volleyball and lots of cards. Steven was also able to give his homecoming talk in the church we attended when we lived there. I have included a picture of our old home there that Kelly took. We sure do miss Florida. It was a great vacation and we all had a wonderful time together. Steven is thinking of pursuing a career in dentistry but has not completely made up his mind yet. Dentists seem to run in the family so I guess time will tell. He is still adjusting to life outside of the mission.
I also did something fun. I got hair extensions! I have been thinking about it for a while and my hair was really to short to do it but the hair stylist said she would give it a try and so far so good. I just hated to have my son see me looking like I had been sick. I feel so good that I just want to look good too! I am such a girly girl that I just could not go for the short short hair look. I figure this will give my hair a chance to grow out some. I justified it by saying that I have not spent a dime on my hair for nine months so what the heck......give it a try. Anyway, it has it's pros and cons. It is real hair and is much cooler than a wig but not as cool as two inch tresses. I figure it will buy me some time and let my hair get longer with some dignity! Oh yeah, one more negative......10 hours in the chair.....can you say torture! Anyway, I survived and was able to go to Florida with some new locks. I will publish a picture as well as more from our trip when we get them all organized.
One more thing....sorry about not blogging for a while. My daughter changed her password so I could not log in and could not figure out why......I am up and running again though and so excited to have Steven home.....kind of !!!