Mommy's Makeover

I was starting to feel like I had lost all things feminine about me. It's been too humid for me to do anything with my long hair and it's been easier to just borrow some of Robert's t-shirts than look through my own closet (a disaster area thus far). I felt more like a crumpled old napkin than a person (of course that could be because things get wiped on me a lot). Then I had an epiphany. Hiedi went shoe shopping with me and I got these drop dead gorgeous heels. When I came home--I chopped off my hair. I always wanted to give myself a haircut. Robert did help a little, though. Actually, that's another part of my makeover. . . I'm going to do one thing each week that I've always wanted to do. So far it's been super simple and I feel so good about life. Everyone should get to live this way!

The Children's Museum

There were a lot of neat things at The Pittsburg Children's Museum. I really liked the gravity room, these neat discs with sand that you spin, and some of the weird instruments. The drum thing Eenie is sitting on has holes in the top where you drop rocks and they hit nails as they tinker down the sides. There's another Children's Museum in Erie. I might get a membership if it's as cool as this one was.

Pittsburg Vacation

We went with Hiedi to see Pittsburg. In the hotel we all had Dead Sea mud facials from the mud Hiedi got on her trip there. The Children's Museum had a Mister Rogers Display. Joanna had fun.

Get That Boy a Haircut!

Need I say more. I'm so embarrassed that we let Eenie look like this. I cut his hair since Robert wouldn't. He thought we should leave it like this! I didn't do very well, but it's a lot better than this was. The difference is night and day. Of course I think he's pretty cute regardless.

Painting!

Of course Joanna wanted to help us paint. She did a pretty good job. We probably should have moved that pillow before she started, though. Oh well, nothing happened to it. We painted most of the house beige, but there's also some blue and green.

Gotta Love the Beach

JoJo is crazy about the beach. She is always saying, "I want the beach." She loves to wear her swimsuit, chase the seagulls and play in the sand. She never wants to leave, but of course we always have to.

Goodbye, Grandpa

Well, eventually we had to say goodbye to grandpa. Before we did, we went to the beach. It was beautiful.

Hill Cummorah Pageant

We hooked up with Hiedi for the Hill Cummorah Pageant in Palmyra, New York. It was nice to see her and nice to still have Grandpa Gardner with us. If you ever get the chance, you should go. It was amazing. Eenie was a hit with Hiedi's friends.

Down with the Wallpaper

Our new house was screaming to be remodeled. Wallpaper and white walls Everywhere! It took awhile, but we did get it all off. JoJo loved playing in the mess we made. We have to do it all again in the bathroom, but we'll wait awhile to do that.

Grandpa the Electrician

During inspection, our electrical box was considered unsafe. So, Grandpa Gardner took a day to replace it. He did a great job. As far as I can tell, he didn't get a single shock from the experience. We were certainly grateful. He saved us a ton of money.

We've got a lot of work to do

The Elder's Quorum came over and helped us get everything out of the trailer. Now where to put it all! It's all a little overwhelming. At least we have someone to do the yardwork for us. (Actually, she won't let us touch the mower when she sees us using it--it's Nana's).

We finally made it. After a grueling 4 day drive (literally eating and sleeping on the road) we arrived in Erie, PA. The kids had seen better days, but they did pretty well on the drive. We were lucky to have Grandpa Gardner accompany us and keep them entertained.