Flashback Friday

My mum as a little girl. She was really cute.

Hair, Hair and more Hair

So my mum suggested I do a blog about the hair in our family. Sounds funny right? But really it's so weird. I started with a couple pictures of me. I went from having really short hair (not shown here) when I was in school, to REALLY long hair as an adult. You can see pretty well how long it was in my wedding picture below (keep in mind this was only 3 years ago). Then this last year I cut a foot off. A lot of people were surprised that I cut so much off at one time. I actually really like my hair now. So let's go through these pictures:

Me with LONG hair.

Next is a picture of myself and Baylee. My hair, the shorter length. And then there is my first born, Baylee. I spent literally 12 years battling her frizzy hair. It took forever to blow dry and even when it was dry I had to run a flat iron over it to make it presentable. So she spent a lot of years with hair in braids. Then about 6 months ago I decided to throw a little gel in it, spray a little hairspray and let it air dry. To my surprise it looked FABULOUS. Baylee has always gotten tons of compliments on the length of her hair. Now it's constant, people LOVE her curls. It's the easiest thing. I've gone from having to assist her in washing and styling it every day, to her being able to wash it herself and also being able to do her own gel and hairspray. How did I not think of this sooner?? So she's the first of my children to have super curly hair. However, I really didn't know this until she was 12 years old! She didn't have curly hair as a baby at all.

Then there is Jackson. He was born with curly hair! He has never been mistaken for a girl ever. He is all boy under those curls. However, I can't tell you how many people actually asked me whether IIII curled it??! Really? Do you think I would spend time to curl my baby BOY's hair? Umm, no. Even at 3 years old now Jackson has curly hair when it starts to get too long. I loved his baby curls so much that I waited until after his first birthday before I actually cut them off. Now his hair is thick and wavy.

So people ask me all the time where my children get curly hair from. Here is a picture of my mum and her brother. As you can see my Uncle Glyn has curly hair. It's easily as curly as Jackson's was as a baby.

And then there is Wyland. His hair is as straight as Jackson's was curly. They are polar opposites. Ironically enough I think that his hair is so straight in a unique way that it's equally as cute. He's kind of got this long bob looking thing going on right now. Throw a beanie cap on him and he looks like all he needs is a snowboard and he's a stereotypical Utah ski bum.

As you can see all my kids have very different and unique hair. None of which is really like my own. Neither of the boys have hair like Jeramie either. So all in all I think they're pretty cute!

Wordless Wednesday

Flashback Friday

Mike and I, around the time of the Los Angeles Olympics.

Wordless Wednesday

The Wedding - Evan and Rachel

On January 9, 2010 my brother Evan married the love of his life Rachel. They got married at 10:30am at Tuscany Restaurant. It was beautiful location to get married. Really quaint inside with lots of windows. So you could look outside and see all the snow covered ground. Such a winter wonderland. Their colors were plum, cream, black, and kind of a sage green. Rachel had some serious dress drama but it turned out just fine, her dress was absolutely beautiful! They were married there at Tuscany by the minister from her parents church. They had a really nice sand ceremony as well where they involved both sets of parents. Another really nice touch was that they had displayed in frames pictures from their parents and grandparents weddings. That was really fun to look at. They did all the traditional stuff, toasts from the maid of honor, best man, and Rachel's dad. Bouquet toss, garter toss, first dances, you name it and they did it. I commend both Evan and Rachel for walking through the entire restaurant to visit with all of the tables (something I should have done a better job at at my own reception). They both looked really happy as well. I'm still speechless that my baby brother got married, but I couldn't ask for a more lovely person to bring into our family. It was a beautiful ceremony and a really fun reception. Here's a boatload of pictures .. keep going when you're finished because I'm sure all my posts from tonight will continue on to a following page and I don't want you to miss anything (you should make it all the way through to the rehearsal dinner). Happy reading!!

Myself and Jackson (he was a ring bearer).

Winter in her new wedding outfit.

Owen and Jackson

Gun-slinging ring bearers!!

Zarley (Flower Girl)

Baylee (Flower Girl)

I will also add that if you look at Zarley's store bought dress

below is Baylee's that my Mum duplicated from scratch.
She did SUCH a good job!

They held up a sheet while Rachel passed through the restaurant.

Look how happy they look!

They walked out as husband and wife to a non-traditional song.

You're My Best Friend by Queen

Pretty tables.

Courtney striking a pose.

Parents with the Bride and Groom

Both immediate families combined.

Evan's Godfather - Norm with Wyland (came from California)

There I am!

My mum and Baylee

The outside of the restaurant.

I just think this picture is precious.

Rachel and Zarley

A little cake anyone?

THE Cake

One layer was FunFetti (sp?)

Evan and Rachel had this great idea of taking a picture

of just their wedding clothes with their ski boots.

Then they were going to blow it up real big and frame

it on their wall. I thought it was a super cute idea!!

Their First Dance

Grooms Mum

Grooms Parents

Vern taking Baylee for a spin on the dance floor.

Now this is a sign of a REALLY nice guy!!

It's a long standing family joke that Mike and Amber have

reception pictures of Alan doing a strip tease. So Mike set Alan

up with the song from the Full Monty and Rachel proceeded

to receive her own strip dance. It was hilarious!!!

Here comes the bouquet!
Evan .. always the jokester.
There they are leaving their reception in their matching sweats!
Mr. and Mrs. ....
Howard

Congratulations Kids!!!! May you have a lifetime of happiness.

The Car - Evan and Rachel

I will start by telling you that Evan had a hand in DESTROYING my car after our wedding reception. I can also tell you without a doubt that what was done to his car was not as bad as my car. My car had DEAD FISH!!! And since Evan had participated actively in decorating my car he knew what he had to look forward to. Rachel on the other hand ...... not so much.

Ingredients to decorating a "Just Married" Car:

1. Streamers
2. Silly String
3. Sausages
4. Rice Krispies (they are a nightmare to clean up!!!)
5. Window paint
6. Condoms
7. Dead Fish (apparently optional)

The antenna.