The BAD haircut!

Ever since college, Jon has been having me cut his hair.  It takes me forever!, at least an hour to get it just right.  Well, lately he just wants it short.  This time I thought I would just buzz it all over maybe 1/4 on the bottom and 1/2 inch on the top and then I would go through the whole thing with the scissors and even it out.  Halfway up his head I realized that might have been a bad idea when I could see a patch of scalp.  I turned the clippers off and couldn't stop laughing. Jon was NOT laughing.  Taylor ran over to inspect and said "Dad, I can see your scalp!"  Well I switched it to a slightly longer attachment and did what I could to salvage it.  I have to say, it's not my best work, and if it was on my head, I would not be a happy camper.  Jon didn't say much but kissed me and said thank you.  Poor Jon!  He did tell me two days later that the guys at work were making comments about his short haircut.  When Jon asked one of them if he liked it, he said NO, I actually don't, I think you got a bad haircut.  It's shorter in some parts and some parts are sticking out.  This is the guy that Jon says reminds him of me with no filter. Thanks honey! :)  I would take a picture of him and post it, but I think he would be on to me and know that it could end up on the blog.

A NEW Cross Country Runner

This is at about the 1 mile mark, Jo was shocked to see that her sister was fast and was ahead of the pack!

Finishing up STRONG!

Taylor has recently started running cross country for her middle school.    Jon and I were ALL for her picking up running but wasn't sure she knew what she was getting herself into... Well...during meets she runs 2 miles for a time and during practice will run as much as 6 or so miles.  She is doing fantastic.  I've told her now she knows why God gave her those long legs. She was meant to run like her dad.  Her cross country girls team is broken into 2 groups for the big invitationals.  The top 7 runners from her team run against the fastest runners from every other school.  Taylor has a large team, so the rest of the girls run in the second race.  Well, Taylor's time puts her in the 8th spot so one of the fastest runners in the second group.  She has run in two invitationals and received two medals!  :)  In the first race she came in 18th, and the second 17th out of 130+runners.  She has definitely been bitten by the running bug and is SOOOO proud.  She runs about 8 minute miles which is too fast for me to comfortably keep up with...... Jon and I love going to her meets and running through the woods and fields to be able to yell encouragement to her as she runs by... It's my new favorite thing.  I hope she keeps it up through High School.

Before and After

Tahlia got her braces off yesterday!!!!!!!  Hoorah!  Her teeth look beautiful but they left the bands on in the back so she still has to wear her headgear but she is SOOOO stoked.  Her teeth look gorgeous.