Bed Head

This little man gets bed head more than anyone I know. The first problem is that he mainly grows hair on the top down the middle--literally a Mohawk! But it is not tame either I can comb his hair in the morning after his bath and 10 minutes later he is sporting this look.
He has had 2 or 3 hair cuts already but they are not working. I think that I am going to have to shave his head, or at least give him a great buzz cut until the little guy can grow some hair other than just the top. Because doing a little boys hair about 10 times a day is ridiculous and he is not a fan of hats. So until I get brave enough to take it all off, this is going to be your future Luke!

His Legacy Lives On

We just returned from my Grandfathers funeral in New Mexico. I have not been real familiar with anyone close to me dying until now. The last funeral that I attended was probably Chad's Grandma Nielsen and that was in 2003. So it has been a while, and my kids have never been to one. It was actually a really neat experience, very sad and hard to see someone you love so much go on to the next life, but an amazing experience to be able to honor the person for life they lived. My Uncle's are very good at wood working, something that their dad had taught them and they were able to make Grandpa's casket and since the girls are amazing at sewing they made the inside lining. It was so amazing to see a part of each one of his kids put their final touch on their dad's life.

Painting Again

When we moved into our house the entire upstairs was smurf blue.....for those of you that are too young to remember Smurfs how about Microsoft Windows blue, so blue that it hurts your eyes. And I mean everything the ceilings, closets, light switches, heating vent covers, closet doors, inside the closets, everything. Someone had to have gone up there with a sprayer and went to town. The person who did this is still probably smurf blue. Anyway, in a hurry to move in I just picked a neutral color and painted it all. After we moved all of our stuff in I did not like the new color for Blake's room. I was a bit afraid to tell Chad because we had spent a week painting it that color, and I was the one that insisted on just doing one color for the entire upstairs. Anyway, about one year later I mustered up the courage to tell Chad that it had to go and for his day off "we" were painting!! Like that good sport that he is he agreed and took on the challenge. I think that it turned out fantastic and Blake loves it. And even better yet Chad has a happy wife...what a lucky man!