Steve's challenge about my hair!

Ok, when Steve saw my posting about growing my hair out he said, "I don't know if you can do it. I don't think you have the patience to grow your hair out because you are always changing it." I must have given him a look because he said, "I just think it will take awhile to get it that long and I don't think you will, I challenge you."
I said, "O BROTHER, you know I have had it that long you just know I can't say no to a challenge and you like my hair long!" (Men and their long hair fantasy-whatever!)
SO, the challenge is ON! I still have to get it "done" which means I have to color the gray every 6 weeks and thin the heck out of it so it doesn't turn into a bush! Poor Steve will still have to pay to have my hair "cut" even though it will be growing long!

Time to change my hair!

Ok, my friend Alison said that when my daughter, Kaitlyn put a picture of Victoria Beckham on her website and told everyone that was how she wanted to get her hair cut, she said it was sooooo-ME! SO, I thought it mind as well be and here is a picture of how I want to grow out my hair, like Meg Ryan's which means, I will just let it grow and let it curl!

Now, this is not the first time, I wanted it to be like Meg's. How many of you remember her adorable hair cut in "You've got Mail"? That cute little whispy layered cut?

I loved that cut and tried that cut and I ended up looking more like Kramer from Seinfeld than Meg Ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully, I will have better luck this time! I am off to bed!

Did you know I knit-kind of?

This is what I am attempting to knit right now. I haven't knitted anything since 8th grade when I had the chicken pox and tried to knit some leg warmers. I never finished of course, my younger sister Stephanie did...of course!

Kaitlyn was reading some books about girls who knitted and she wanted to start. My Auntie Carol taught her last summer. She checked out three books at the library and this book comes from the "Yarn Girls" who have a yarn shop in New York and all the stars that knit go there-ok, I can only think of one, Julia Roberts.

But I thought this poncho was totally cute and I am using gray wool (Kaitlyn said I have too much black and purple would make me look like the blueberry girl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!) It is really easy, even though I have had to tear it out at least 15 times! I was almost done with my first two balls of yarn (you have to double it up) and I saw towards the beginning where I knitted where I should have pearled or vice a versa. So I tore it out and I am almost back to where I was. ( I will need to use 8 balls of yarn) The problem is that I would rather do this while I watch the Olympics than say fold laundry, do the dishes etc. So, I am a little behind.

If it turns out, you will all get ponchos forever! If it doesn't, Maren gets one!!!!

Mama Mia-Friday's Hot Date!!!

Steve and I decided to go on a "real" date on Friday which our kids call-"mom and dad's Hot Date". We went and picked up Hollie from cheer practice first and she announced to her squad, "oh, my mom and dad are out on their hot date!". Her friends asked, "what do they do on their hot dates?" to which Hollie said, "oh, go to Winco or Save Mart or Kaiser to pick up medicine"

So, as you can see it has been a while since we have gone out and I wanted to go see a movie. We thought about seeing the Dark Knight-not that we are big Batman fans but to see something and then I mentioned that Steve needed to see Mamma Mia so I could share it with him (I saw it the week before at my roommate reunion) He just rolled his eyes and groaned.

But when he printed out the tickets and handed it to me, they were for Mamma Mia! Steve said, "How could I refuse when you said you wanted to share it with me?" then he muttered that it started a 1/2 hour before any other movie.

As we were walking to our seats, Steve mentioned to me that he doesn't even really like ABBA songs! I just started laughing and said that it would be a LONG movie for him! As it started and the girl starts singing, he whispered to me, "this is love, remember this is love!" I leaned over and said, "this is payback for Dumb and Dumber!!!!" Over all, a great HOT DATE!!!!!

First Day of School!

Don't my kids look excited to start school?!?!?! It's a good thing I wasn't in the picture because I would have been crying! You might notice that Hollie isn't in the picture, she already left for band and missed it!

Chasie's kindergarten teacher is named, Mrs. Kirschenman. Chasie likes her but was put on the "naughty chair" the first day because they made a fish and he played with it! Heaven forbid you play with something in kindergarten anymore!!!!!

Swim Awards!!!!

We weren't planning to go to the end of the year BBQ/swim awards banquet, we were going to go to Santa Cruz for the day but Maren really wanted to go.
I am so glad that we went! Maren won two 3rd place medals at the championships and she also won the trophy for "most points won" in her age group.
McKay won "most improved" for his age group and he was thrilled and so were we.
What a way to end the season!