I've had many different hair styles and looks in the past. Now I have a dilemma! But first I'll show you the many looks of me.
During the early years, I have a wonderful mother to thank for these hair styles, some of them looked "cute".
The last picture is of the first and only perm that I had. My sister Kay, the cosmetologist, used the small rollers and this is what my hair came out like. Barely any curl, that's just how my hair is, doesn't take curl well.
This next hair style is the shortest I've ever cut it, back in 6th grade, and let me tell you it didn't work for me. This picture is after it grew out a lot. I don't have a picture of how short it was but you can see the drawing on the upper left corner, that's how my hair looked.
And when I say the cut didn't work I mean it. My friends told me, after it grew out, that it really didn't look good. But hey, give me credit for trying new, bold, & different things with my hair.
Next we have high school, where my Freshman year I high lighted my hair for the first time. During those four year it looked pretty much the same, with a few inches off here and there. The last picture, my senior picture, I added that for fun since many of you that didn't know me back then probably have not seen my hair like that. It was fun, I just hardly ever do it anymore!
These next two are just the way it looked most of the time, these are from my senior portraits.
Here we have during my college years where I went more and more blond.
Next is the way my hair looked when Sam and I started dating. Long and high lighted.
Then I had some fun and went brunet like I've always wanted to do. I just love brunets, I think they have a gorgeous color and their hair almost always looks fantastic.
But......... Sam hates this. He says he thinks I look like a completely different person. He didn't know what to think when he saw me with this new due.
So when he asked me to marry him, I figured it best I change my hair so that Sam liked looking at me on our wedding day. So I went with stripes!
That was pretty tough to get that dark out!
On our wedding day! I LOVE the way my hair looks from this view, so fun and different. Sam said he really liked this hair "colors".
Then after a little bit I went with all blond.
Then blond on top dark on bottom.
After a while of that I decided to try and get back to my natural color!
Sam loves the way I styled my hair in this picture, just a side note for later in the post.
The natural color lasted about a year or so before I got bored and did another extreme to what I have now.
Well so here's my dilemma. I really like this blond, I'm not bored of it yet but can not continue doing it because my hair is breaking. I think it has stopped but my hair is apparently tender hearted and isn't able to handle this extreme process, believe when I say extreme, it is, and it burns!
So now I'm faced with the question, what to do? I love the way my bangs look here.
Do I go back short, or continue to grow it out longer?
I saw this picture blog hopping, Ginger if you recognize this person you should, I found her link off of your site, hope she doesn't mind.
But I love the look, I can't tell if her hair is thin like mine which would be necessary if I want to get this look. I'm curious if I could still flip it out, like the picture of me in the pink polka dot shirt, above.
A friend suggested I try going red, which scares me a lot but here's an old photo where my hair looks a bit red. Try really hard to look past the really horrible photo.
Mostly I'm thinking I should give my hair color a break so it can gain some strength back. I could give my hair some low lights to try it make it more of my natural color but would love something fun. I just love doing fun spunky looks with my hair, it's just who I am I guess!
If you're still reading congrats, I know you must be sick of this post by now. So, what do you think?
I've been going through and trying to organize our video's for some time now and came across this video a while ago and have been wanting to put it up here because it makes me laugh. This took place while Sam and I were engaged. Two things come to mind about Kent in this video, first, I think this was the only time I remember him leaving the apartment other than for church (very out of character for Kent, for those of you who don't know him) & second, this reminds me a lot of this last Thanksgiving when the guys weighed themselves before and after Thanksgiving dinner to see who gained the most weight from that meal.
Enjoy! Even though it's long I did edit out as much as I could, so, sorry, it is long!
Sam finally did a photo shoot for me last Saturday, I had been bugging him to do a shoot with me and the kids and then switch and I would do him and the kids since November. He finally was able to commit to last Saturday & since the weather was bad that day I were worried it might not happen. But, we had a small window of opportunity between the end of the rain and the starting of the crazy wind. We didn't have long but Sam still pulled through and got some good shots. My new picture on the top left is from this shoot too!
Preston:
Carlee:
me and kids
Sam and Preston:
I seriously feel a bit selfish putting this on here, but I have to say a HUGE thank you to Sam's parents. I can't even put into words how excited I am about this new bed, so, thanks a million times. For Sam's college graduation gift (one class left to go, he'll be done very soon, woohoo) his parents got us a new bed and mattress. See, when we got married we found a great deal for a used bed and mattress for $100, well there was a reason for that, & I would recomend to anyone never to do what we did. The mattress was bad! Many many a night Sam slept on the couch because he couldn't sleep on our bed, for many reason; not comfortable, I'm a bouncer at night and this bed multiplied that. Anyway, we had been sleeping with the mattress on the floor for several months because Sam was playing with Carlee on the bed and busted it, none fixable. Anyway, with serious generosity from his parents we got the dream mattress for Sam and the dream bed for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
the assembly:
the finished product!
I know, I'm spoiled, I know!
Everything about it is perfect the bed is way high up, standing up next to it Carlee isn't even as tall as the bed! I love the canopy, picture two sheer white pieces of fabric hang across the top and down the sides. The mattress, oh, so comfortable and the best part Sam doesn't feel me rolling around at night. Thanks a million we really do love you & not because you spoil us!
I feel I need to do a little update, but I can't remember what about!
Preston:
~ We went to the doctor on Tuesday and his RSV is all cleared up, no more breathing treatment, I'm so thrilled about that.
~ He was biting on my fingers this morning.... oh my goodness, he has a tooth coming in. Totally caught me by surprise (Carlee didn't get hers till she was one) but the only sign he had was a temperature but it all has happened at once with everything else. He didn't have any swelling or anything to show me, came at perfect timing since I quit nursing last week
Carlee:
~ I mentioned that we weren't going to let her watch TV at all last week. It went SO good, the first few days were a little tough, time goes by so quick & I get to being busy with things, I didn't realize how much TV she was watching. But her attitude has been better she'll play more or help me do thing and she loves it. Still likes to steal from Preston, but I guess I can't ask for too much, lol!
~ Since she wasn't watching TV she is saying SO many more words on her own, I have been so impressed. One that sticks out in my mind; in nursery this last Sunday they got to play with bubbles, so after we were back home from church I was changing her diaper & she says bubble!
Sammy:
~ His last day of working at Olive Garden will be tomorrow, yahoo!! Probably a good thing for me too since he just got hit on all night last night with a table of 7 women! I was totally laughing at some of the things they said to him, agreeing but laughing! They seriously said things to him that put me in shock!
Heidi:
~ I went to the doctors office last week and got medication for my sinus's & I have been clearing up so much I'm amazed
~ I have been sleeping SO well, I don't know what the big difference is, maybe clearing sinus's or maybe the kids sleeping through the night but seriously can't remember the last time I slept so well and for so many nights in a row, I literally haven't been waking up in the middle of the night at all!
Here's a pictures just because!
