Makenzie's haircut

Mike convinced me the other day to take Makenzie and get her hair cut to her chin. I was definitely hesitant at first because for some reason I feel like all little girls should have long hair. Plus it has taken forever just to get Makenzie's hair past her shoulders. But then I realized that when her hair is long I never let her just wear it down because it gets so tangly and looks so blah. I always have to braid it or put it in a ponytail. Now that it's cut it is so easy to do and she can wear it down every day. We told her she was getting a princess haircut and so now she goes around telling everyone all about it.

Happy Belated Birthday Mike!

Mike's birthday was on February 7th. The kids had so much fun making his cake and decorating the house. We had to blow up every single balloon that came in the package, of course. Tyler decorated the cake himself- you can't see it but there are probably 10 different kinds of sprinkles on top. The best was that Tyler wanted to hide Mike's presents and make a treasure map for him to find them (this is what we did on Tyler's last birthday). And of course, when it was time to find them, Tyler took the map from Mike and said, "Let me do it Dad. I'm good at this. Just follow me." He's so funny!

Dreaming.......

This is what I'm dreaming about right now. My husband and I ... sitting in those chairs.... listening to the water and enjoying the sun. This is what I'm trying to envision when I close my eyes. Why? Because I absolutely detest this awful stretch of winter. January, February, March and even leading into April. It feels so blah, blah to me. Day after day of freezing weather with nothing to do but stay inside. And although today is a beautiful day for this time of year with temperatures almost to 50 degrees- to me it is almost a slap in the face because I know tomorrow it's just going to get cold again. So I can't get my hopes up yet for nice weather. I refuse to. It's way too early. But ...... I can still DREAM.

Stressed out

Do you ever feel like you just need to take a moment to stop, take a deep breath in and let it out? I don't know if I would ever be good at the meditating thing since sometimes I can't sit still, but I'm sure it would be good for me. I get stressed so easily sometimes.

I have been so stressed out lately thinking about everything that needs to happen before we move. Yea, I know I still have three months but I know it's going to go fast and worry is what I do best sometimes. Plus, we asked our landlord if we could stay an extra month since our contract is up in April and Mike doesn't start his job until June. He said only if we could find someone ourselves. We started asking around... at work, at church, at school and still couldn't find anyone. I was starting to seriously worry that come May 1st we would have to pack up and move in with my parents for a month. Not a bad option but that would leave us with nothing to do and no income for a month.

But today I put our apartment on Craigslist and KSL.com and had ten people contact me in the first few hours. One lady already said that she wants it and is ready to put a deposit down. Hooray. I'm feeling better about that. It will give us an extra month to stay and get things ready. So tonight I'm trying to do myself a favor by taking a deep breath and just relaxing.

Sometimes I forget that it will all work out.

That is one of my favorite quotes by Pres. Hinckley. "It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us, if we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers"