New Trends for Hair...

Jonathan has been needing/wanting a haircut. But with his busy schedule he hasn't been able to get in to get it done. He asked me if I have ever cut hair, I told him with confidence that I had. It's never been hard for me to hurry and chop someones hair when the are so completely desperate to have an untrained hand do it. And not to toot my own horn, but in the past I have been pretty good at it. So today Jon grabbed the shears from his Mom's house and brought them home for me to do it. I wasn't anxious at all, I just started chopping away into the style he wanted. It was looking pretty good for the beginning stages.. I got the back and sides all trimmed up and grabbed to shears to try and tame the top before I shaped it. Well... how do I say this.... I thought I grabbed one guard.. and I grabbed the other short guard.. :/ went right to the center of his forehead and... There is was. A nice diamond of short hair.. he got really nervous when he saw my eyes get huge!! But when I started back into the cut he calmed down a bit.. I could tell he was trying to look into the window to see what had happened and how short it was. But he didn't have his contacts in so it was useless. He couldn't see the damage! I finished and cut it into his normal cut and let him go shower wear he able to get close to a mirror, which is when I heard him scream.. "YOU SCALPED ME!!!" I felt so bad but I couldn't stop laughing! He was nice enough to say "Thanks for trying, You did a great job." I knew he was just trying to figure out how to say "You idiot!! Short shear long shear!" So I went back to it, blended it, it's a little shorter than he would normally like. But thankfully my non schooled skills are okay enough to hide it enough so he didn't have to buzz it off. I refused to let him buzz his head. Two weeks or so it will fill in enough, then he wont need another cut for a month. It will all work. I hope.... On the bright side he liked the rest enough to say that I could do it again when his bald spot grows in.. ha ha ha.... I shouldn't laugh but I can't stop. I would have posted a picture, but Jon said that this is something that can be laughed at but it doesn't need a picture to remember it. So he wouldn't let me take one...:( Sorry.

As Good the Second Time Around as The First...

I looked at the calender this last week while trying to make a couple appointments, and noticed how far along into the year we were. The same feeling I had a year ago rushed back when I saw the month May. One year ago I was so excited my cousin and one of my best friends was going to get married. I was so happy for her! So happy to see how happy she was to start this new exciting journey in her life! I think May will alway have that effect on me. Then I flipped one more month and saw June. And all the giddy feelings of last June came back. These two months were so important to me last year! And again, I think June will always have that effect on me! A year ago I was so excited to do all this with one of my best friends. How many cousins (that are actually close) get to do all that together. Love ya Natalie Smoot!

Changes of Focus...

Since Jon and I found out we were approved to build our home random questions pop up everywhere, "Should our current black and white bathroom be in the guest bathroom, or in our room?" "Should we dark woods or light?" "Guest rooms, Office, Craft Room?" "Lawn mower, garden, trees?" "Stone or brick?" All while Jon is finishing up his EMT-B class and his Wildland Fire class. This summer is going to be so busy, so much work, and so much fun! The memories we will make while building our home will be amazing, as well as stressful at times. We go to the first time home buyers class this May that will officially be the first thing to do as we start. I hear it's a long 8 hour class that I will want to pull my hair our by the end. Hmmm... I'll have to bring Cherrio's for Jon. Yes, that will be a must!

....Things are Happening so Fast...

This last January Jon and I started looking at houses. We didn't want to buy quite yet we just wanted to be in the market for a couple of years. Well in true "Us" fashion someone else had different plans for us and we heard about Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing. Just for kicks we looked into it, and everything ended up falling into place. We sent in our application and after two long months of waiting today we found out we have been approved!! We are building our home! If everything goes according to plan we should be able to dig in June or July.. Happy one year to US! The thought of my very own yard just makes me giddy! I can't believe we walked into this. Jon and I have learned to just walk through the open doors until closer, then just choose another door. We are so grateful for this opportunity and I can't believe how lucky we are that it has come up! I will keep this updated with everything! Well I'm off to look at house plans!!

Love a Man in Uniform..

This past week has been a big one for Jonathan. He emailed one of the guys at the station my dad worked with about the wildland class. In a nut shell, just asking when the class would start and when he needed to get signed up for it. When he got a reply his eyes got wide and he said, "No way!" The email said that he had missed the class, it had already started but some calls had been made and the instructor (another guy from the station) was fine with Jon going into the class a couple weeks late. It also had all the numbers he needed to call to get his name on the lists, the email was ended with "You're lucky we like your father-in-law so much to have done this for you :)." He is so lucky!! He would have had to wait a whole year for this to come up again! Jon is so excited to start his Fire training. This week he starts, the instuctor gave him all the information he needed to catch up what he missed, and my Dad is also helping him on the side as well. We are so lucky to have these things work out for us right now. Now I will just have to enjoy my one night a week home with him.. since all the others he will be at one of his classes..

Something to Blog About...

It's been so long since I have been able to update our blog! I think the best way to go about this is to just do a bit by bit, here and there of what has gone on.

First of all Jon and I noticed our toilet kept leaking! Yeah not the funnest thing to come to day after day! So after trying to figure out the problem for a couple days, we decided the best bet would be to call our landlord, who is amazing by the way. He is always right on top of things! He sent someone right over to fix it. So we thought, after about a week the thing was leaking again!! So yet again, we called him up and guess what!? We got a brand new, never been used, totally clean toilet, sounds pretty lame, I know. But I have never had the pleasure of sitting on a brand new throne before! I thought it was pretty neat!

My dad has started a new therapy and we are hoping he will be up and walking in no time.. The only problem is the brace they have him wear is pretty painfull for him. I don't think he minds much if it means he will be up walking again. I can't blame him, if my legs were like his right now I think I would be willing to try anything about now too. I'm just gratefull he is still with us. I can't imagine what things would be like if this had all turned out differently.

This last weekend for Easter Jon and I took of to go see our sister Ariell and her kids. We had so much fun! We went to an easter egg hunt and played to our hearts content. Jon and Kaden even got to go have their "Man Time". Which the two of them really needed. We Colored eggs too! I havent done that for a couple years, and I must say that will be something I pick back up! I forgot how much fun it is! Jon mixed a few colors... okay ALL the colors and was able to get the perfect shade of Army green. We all did little things on one our eggs for Spencer. Who comes in about 24 days if I remember right!! WOOT WOOT!!

Another thing that has been taking over our lives is Shelf Reliance. It's a food storage company for those of you who don't know what it is. I have been to a couple parties now and am planning to do one of my own this month, I'm so far behind on it I haven't even sent out the invites!! Maybe that should be a HUGE to-do for this week! If anyone is interested let me know.. More the merrier right?

Today we found out our nephew Harrison (Lonna's son, and pretty much all around just a big deal of a kid.. I mean it, he's the bomb diggity!) broke his leg! The poor kid just asks his mom everytime he wants to be moved. While talking to her today We heard him say it and it was the cutest thing I have ever heard.. that is if the reason for it wasn't so sad of course! He will be getting his cast next week sometime. LOVES TO THE BARLOWS!!

LAST OF ALL!!! Has anyone else had spring fever as bad as we have?? Jon and I are getting ready to pull out hair. With this weather we keep getting teased!! Nice warm day, then BAM!! Six inches of snow on our front step! REALLY??! To prove out stir crazy we are, right now.. at almost 8 at night we are in sweats and sweat shirts laying outside on our front long huddled up in a blakent blogging.. we just couldn't take it anymore! So here we are.. Stickin' it to the man!! The weather man that is!!

Hopefully I will be a little better at this, and keep it up more often.. see you all soon!!