Pinewood Derby 2010

Ben participated in the Pinewood Derby last night with his scout troop. He did really well. He is very proud of his car. He won one heat but lost 2. He had fun and so did everyone else that was there last night. Yeah, BEN!!

KayLeigh's Haircut

Last night as the kids were getting ready for bed and finishing watching their movie they started, McKayLeigh apparently found the scissors and started cutting off chunks of her hair. Ben calmly came into the office where I was checking my email one last time for the night and told me, "KayLeigh cut her hair." I immediately went and found her and asked her what happened. She said, "Nothing." But a mound of locks from her head proved her wrong. I then went and got out the haircutting stuff and started fixing it. The poor thing...it was about 9 pm and she was falling asleep during her haircut. It looks choppy, but cute and the most important thing...It will grow. It's just hair!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I have been meaning to post something for a while, but working on my blog just seems to keep getting pushed further and further back to the back burner. But I found some time now and just did it. To recap...we had a great Thanksgiving here in Florida. We stayed here for Christmas as well. We had a few friends over for dinner and Christmas Bingo on Christmas Eve. It was so much fun. Then we went up to Atlanta for New Years. On New Year's Eve, my Uncle Scott was a DJ at a dance they had for their stake. They wanted all the families to celebrate together. So there was music from the 50s through the 2000s. It was fun to hear all the mix. Our kids had a blast dancing and running around. They had some refreshments and we thought KayLeigh would never stop eating the grapes. She loves them!! Zack discovered he likes the little cheesecake bites they had there. Ben thought he was TOO cool for any of that. We did ask Ben to dance with KayLeigh and he said No, he didn't want to. So we told them that he HAD to, or he would sit right by Adam and I. He then asked, "For how long?" Meaning he would much rather have the punishment. It made us laugh so hard. KayLeigh kept dragging Adam to the dance floor and DEMANDING that he dance with her. It was so cute. I didn't mind sharing. We are now preparing ourselves for Adam's deployment. He leaves on Wednesday for Iraq. He will be there 4 months. I am fine with it, because it is NOT 6 months. Meaning 4 months gone now trumps 6 months being gone later. But the extra money we get from him being gone will be nice no matter what. I am looking at 2010 one bit at a time. This first few months will be hard, but by the time Adam gets back it will be close to summer and the end of the school year. Time keeps running on.