Memories....

I was searching through some things [mountain o' boxes actually] and came across these two pics. I post them because they are two of my favorites of the girls when they were younger.

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The first is of our youngest on the occasion of her first Easter. She is 7 1/2 months old.

This is her older sister in first grade. She is 6 years old.

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I love digging around in all our stuff. We haven't unpacked a lot of it because we thought we would've purchased a home by now and I don't like putting a gazillion holes in the wall in a rental. I do love where we live now, but I hope we find a new home soon so I can gaze at these pics and others like them all day in a home we own.

Road Trip Pics

We had the best time! The driving part didn't seem long at all, the hotel was just great and the college was lovely. The oldest seemed to really like it, especially the full tour treatment she was given [It wasn't planned and such a big surprise!] and she loved the library. It was a nice addition to her site seeing pleasure that the lacrosse team was playing on campus and we had both a college hockey team and a wrestling team staying at our hotel. She may have turned the corner into "boy crazy" this weekend. There were cute guys at every turn. Them and her 6'3 father dogging her every step.

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I had to do something to occupy myself while the family ate lunch, right?

It was too cold to leave Spootie in the car alone so I volunteered to keep her company and the car running for the heater. Of course we opened the window for the photo-op [and Spot could growl at the passers-by.]

True fact: VA is the number one state in the US for number of personalized license plates.

We saw our share, but this one was our favorite.

JST UNME
We were all awake at 5 am, so sleep came around mile 200, at least for the youngest.

It was a crystal clear day.

The military spent the morning on excercises decorating the skies.

It was neat to watch.

The view, even in the stark winter, was spectacular the whole trip.

Many, many mountains. The homes built into the mountains were the most intense.

We saw hundreds of farms.

There were herds of cows, bunches of horses and even a few goats.
I can imagine how lovely this drive will be in the spring and fall.

All in all an incredibly successful, albeit short, trip.

Haircuts and Bananas

Everyone [but Momma] had their hair cut this weekend. Usually a yawn fest, but one was pretty dramatic so I thought I would put it up for posterity.

This is our oldest.

Before:

During:

12" of Love

After:
She remarked that she can't believe how light her head is now that it is all gone.
It is an adorable haircut and the first time she has had bangs since third grade!

And finally: I posted this because when I opened our mailbox today I had to laugh out loud [see the postage? $1.51 from Maine!] I was sent a plastic banana in the mail, naked. No box, nothing. I know some of the other swappers sent things like a jar of peanut butter and a pair of socks.

I sent a $1 fake silver tray. The guys at the post office loved it!

Just so you don't think I am cheap - we had to purchase something at the $1 store and try to get the post office to mail it. It wasn't supposed to be valuable in case it was "lost"/stolen, hence I am now the proud owner of a plastic banana.
Spot doesn't seem real thrilled with it tho'.