Maddi's 1st Haircut

 Maddi's bangs were getting so long, they were really getting in her eyes. So I had to break down and give her her first haircut on November 21. Kimee was my photographer.

 Cutting her bangs...

 And here they are...

Now on to the back. She had this one little section that was over an inch longer than the rest of her hair. Dave called it her rat tail. It wasn't so obvious when her hair was dry and curled up a little, but when we washed it in the bath, and her hair was straight and flat on her neck, it was really obvious and funny looking.

 And that is it! 

 What a cutie!

She really is so pretty with those big brown eyes. 

We love you Maddilyn!

November 5

On Friday, November 5, we had a busy and fun day.

Dave took the day off so he could go to a reading date with Kimee at school.

It was also Red Ribbon week. At the end of the day, all of the kids got to let go of a red balloon. 

It was really cool (although not environmentally friendly).

But the funnest part of the day was right after school, when we drove down to Ephraim to visit Hadley. We drove past lots of sheep and cows and even llamas on the way. The older girls were so anxious to get there. It was a pretty nice drive, and not too long. You should have seen Maddi's face when we arrived and she saw Hadley waiting for us. She was so excited, saying "Hadley, Hadley!" Everyone was so happy to see one of their most favorite cousins.
Hadley showed us around her apartment, got a quick driving tour of campus, and then we went out to dinner at Roy's Pizza. It was delicious! Afterwards, we went back to Hadley's and met one of her roommates and took this picture.

Finally, we dropped Hadley off at her choir concert and headed for home. Seconds after Hadley got out of the car and she started walking away, Audrey said in the sweetest, saddest voice, "I miss her. I miss Hadley." It was so cute. We had such a fun time, we hope we can go for another visit in the spring.

On a side note, here's a story I don't want to forget. We only brought one movie with us, Night at the Museum 2, from Netflix, for the trip down. The kids didn't get into it that much. So we decided to stop at  Redbox on our way out of Ephraim. We picked up the new Karate Kid. So Dave took out the Netflix movie, put it in it's sleeve, and put it in the side pocket of the diaper bag. He put in the Redbox movie and we were on our way. When we got home, we pulled out the Netflix sleeve, and there was NO DVD inside. We searched the van the next day. A few days later I did an extremely thorough cleaning of the van, including removing all mats, seats, etc. It was no where to be found. A week or so later, I finally just paid for the missing movie. Luckily, they will refund your money if the DVD is found within a year, which I have little hope of happening.

We've got talent!

A few nights ago, Kimee held a talent show in our living room.
She wrote up a program, which she announced very professionally.

Here it is, in Kimee's spelling:
the tleants:
the master of papifres
the Empor of Books and
the qeen of rrefhments.
the Pro of swinging.

 Kimee displayed some art on the window and I think she did some gymnastics (but that may have been the night before.)

Audrey has a great talent for swinging. She even did a few tricks!

At the end, they did a special bow together.

On another note, regarding talents, Kimee entered a photo she took while we were up in Yellowstone into the school's reflection contest. She was so excited to win a trophy!





She was at her cousins' just before the program, so Mariah got her all fancied up. She looked so beautiful!

Pretending

Yesterday and today we have had really nice weather. Kimee decided to create a new house outside. This morning I went for a tour through the new house (made with a bunch of outside toys and some firewood). It even had a blanket to lay on. At the end of the tour, I was given flowers and a fruit snack as a thank you for attending. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the entrance fee was 10 cents.

Whenever Audrey wants to pretend that she did something or really wants to do something, she will say "With my other parents, I . . ." 

I usually say, "Oh, really?"

I think its pretty funny.