Crazy Hair Day at Awana

Katie had Crazy Hair Day at church last night. I knew she wouldn't go for anything that made her look weird or ugly, so I just added lots of color with ribbons from the Dollar Tree gift wrap section then added body glitter.

 She loved it. She said all the kids at church were trying to pull the ribbons and play with it.

 She's such a model, with all her funny poses.



Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee - Inspirational Video Movie

Live Simply. :)

Sweet Harts and my Sweetheart

We went to Sweet Harts Sweet Shoppe in Sherman Oaks this weekend so Katie could ride in a Cinderella Carriage.

She wore her Cinderella dress and we waited on Benedict for the carriage to arrive

Katie loves to pose for pictures now.

She loves dressing up

She got excited when she saw the carraige arrive

And she looked like a princess in it

The carriage took us around a couple of blocks to Sweet Harts, where they were doing a huge promotion.  Jamie Priestly from My Name is Earl was there, along with Melissa Joan Hart and some others.  I recognized one of the HGTV Design Star 2009 contestant, Lonni Paul there. I think she was actually the winner of last season. I don't know if she was there to promote, or just lived in the area. Her family was with her. Katie was playing with her kids on the slide.

She stepped out of the coach like a real princess

While we were waiting for the coach, we took a few pictures

It was so nice and warm out

She went up and down the slide all day

Heather really wanted a picture with Melissa Joan Hart but she was too shy.  One of Heather's friends came along too and also wanted a picture so I asked for one and she was very nice about it. She's much thinner in person and she was very nice and excited about her shop.

We had a great day.  Afterwards, we drove to Covina and ate at The Hat.  Chili Cheese Fries with Pickles. YUM

Suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line

That song has always reminded me of Desiree.  I guess because she was the oldest of the kids and I saw her growing up. 

This past week she moved to New Mexico with Thomas, David and Sam.  She's been gone 9 days already. David's already in a new school, Ranchvale.  They seem to be doing well and I'm glad for them, but it seems strange. 

Desiree won't add me on Facebook or her blog so I have no way of seeing the kids anymore, unless she emails me a picture. It's hard because I used to see them almost daily and now I have to wait for a morsel to be sent. :(  That makes me sad.

Heather drove to Rosamond with Desiree, to get the truck weighed

I watched them drive away. I had to go to work.

We left at 2:00 in the morning.  Sammy was awake

But David was sleeping. He woke up soon after and then stayed awake the whole rest of the day.  I think it was a lot for him, but he did good in the car. He played with his DS most of the  way.

My mom was up at 2:00 a.m. to say goodbye.

after we dropped them off, we slept then got up the next morning, uppacked and started back for home.  We spent the night in a Knigt's Inn in Flagstaff, and woke up to 18" of snow.  The roads were closed, but we went through anyway and made it back home about 4:00 p.m. Sunday

The drive was beautiful but scary.  We saw a trailer cut in half on the road, with all it's contents exposed. 

Sara Evans - Suds In The Bucket