New Beginning

Well I finally made the cut. I promised Katie a haircut and even let her pick it out. We went shopping on the Internet for hairstyles. She picked hers out and we printed it off. Little did we know that she had enough for a donation too. So Katie's first hair donation went to Locks of Love (link to the right). Mine of course went to Beautiful Lengths (see link to the right). Katie looks so cute and just loves showing it off. It completely suits her too.

With this donation of mine it makes a total of 38" of hair I have donated in the last 9 years. It takes me about 3 years to grow a good donation. So for me it is just a stepping stone. I would like to make one more donation and then I will stop. I wanted to donate a total of 48" or 4ft before I stopped. It is so easy for me to just let my hair grow. So starting today, I am on my next journey to getting another donation.

I am not sure what Katie will do. I agreed to let her cut her hair. I let her choose the style. The lady at the salon asked us 4 times were we sure this is what we wanted to do. I told her I made a promise to her now just cut it. Daddy thinks she looks just like Aunt Jenni. The cut is so cute on her I am not sure it will ever be long again.

We hope every one has a very Joyous Easter Sunday. As we start our new beginning we hope everyone will find one.

TTFN

The Zoo

We spent the day at the NC Zoo in Asheboro. Let me tell ya that was the most walking I have done in a really long time. We walked the Africa side twice because we missed a few things the first time. Then we went to the North America side. I have a lot of photos of the animals and some of the other sites. I will post those later. The photos of us, especially the kids turned out really good and funny. Patti and I took most of the photos. It really was a great day. The kids were pooped.

One little side note that only my parentsand brother and sister will enjoy. As we were waiting for the tram to take us to the parking lot I looked around and Jack was no where to be found. Phil ran up to the tram just about to take off and there was Jack siiting in a seat. Phil pulled him off. He just got mixed up in the crowd and followed the people on the tram. (He's tried the elevator trick but being an expert at that I catch him before the door closes).

Peanuts new trick

Maddie has been working really hard in her therapy and wanted to show you her new milestone. She has worked really hard and the therapist is just amazed at how fast she can get around. She has turned the commando crawl into the bunny hop trying to figure out how to make her legs work it is really funny. She is already getting so big and reaching milestones that I thought would take forever to reach. It is really great to watch. TTFN

The Park

Last Friday we picked up Patti and Joy at the airport. We had a great visit. One of the days they were here we took Katie and Jack to the park. While Phil was running a few errands with Peanut. Patti, Joy, Katie, Jack and I went to the park. It was a great day. I cannot ever miss a chance to get new photos of Katie and Jack.

10 years and counting......

Today is the day 10 years ago we bought our house. We did not expect to move in so quickly. We thought we were going to have to build. The memories already in the house is sometimes fun to think about......We closed on April Fools Day!!! The house was newly built so we are the only owners. All of the floors have since been replaced, every single room has been painted sometimes two and three times. Being an animal foster home for a while made for interesting finds when we came home from work.

Before the kids at our maximum capacity we had three dogs and six cats. The three dogs were Leia (died last year, she was 12 years old), Angel (adopted out), lady (still with us at 11 years old). Lady started having seizures when we would bring a new dog in so we had to stop and just kept Lady and Leia. The cats were Mr. Sophie (died, ill), Kelly (died, ill), Tigger (took from my sister and found a home), Sam and Boots(went to a new foster home), Forrest, Lt Dan and Bubba (went back to the shelter). We found out our son was allergic and we had to find homes for the cats.

It is still so strange to have a house with just one animal when the house used to be filled. Lady gets all the privileges and is spoiled rotten. But being a bigger dog and still occasionally having seizures she will only be with us for probably another year or two. I can't imagine her living past thirteen. Although our house will be very empty in one sense it will be very full in another.

Think about it in two years Kaitlynn will be 8, Jackson will be 6 and Madelynn will be 3. No need for the animals our house will be wild enough without any pets for a while. Phil and I always thought it was kind of funny we closed on our house on April Fool's Day. Later this year we will celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. Where has the time gone?????

Have a Great Hump Day!!!

TTFN