A New Haircut?

Well, I've been thinking about cutting my hair for sometime now, wanting something more in style and edgy. So I took the leap yesterday and here are my results. I have to admit I don't know how I feel about it. After it was done, I thought "Oh, it's real short but pretty much what I asked for". Then last night I thought "I really don't like it, what have I done!" I did wear it yesterday the way the cutter styled it, which was entirely rolled under. It made me feel old I think. So after playing with it for hours today trying to make something out of it that I can live with, and adding highlights, this is what I came up with. Keep in mind I am cursed with having very thin, and a very little amount of hair. The hair cut I wanted obviously requires more hair than what I have on my head to make it manageable. So what do you think? I want honest opinions on what you think and any recommendations on what I might do to make it look better! To achieve my look I blow dryed my hair upside down and used a flat iron on it.

Happy 30th to Me!

So for my 30th birthday present to myself I took Eddie to Boston, MA to go see Bon Jovi in concert! I have for some reason always wanted to see Bon Jovi in concert and it was the one thing I regretted not doing while I worked for Jetblue in Utah. So since I've started working for Jetblue again I knew that going to see Bon Jovi in concert was definitely at the top of my list of things to do. Thanks to my sister Lindsay, who gave me the heads up that they were performing back east, I was one of the crazy people that sat online waiting for tickets to go on sale one morning to get seats to see Bon Jovi in Boston.

We left late Tuesday night, July 8th, flew through the night and arrived super tired in Boston Wednesday morning. Luckily we were able to check into our hotel, the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, early so we were able to get some sleep in before the concert that night. Temperatures in Boston were around 90 degrees and high humidity, so needless to say we were missing our Washington weather, and only survived in shorts and t-shirts. We packed very light, only what would fit in our backpacks. We rode the subway around most the time, which I highly recommend! We would have gotten so angry if we had rented a car trying to get around.

We had dinner at a small little Italian restaurant named "Antico Forno" which was recommended to us by someone at the airport. We had to go out for Italian while we were in Boston! I've never had Olive Oil that tasted so good.

The concert was so much fun!!!!! Bon Jovi really knows how to put on a show, and you can tell they love doing it. I want to go see them again. The All American Rejects opened for them and they did a good job, but I have to say I wasn't impressed and thought they were actually really weird during their performance. Atleast they sang the songs of theirs that I like! The concert was at the TD Banknorth Garden.

The next day, after sleeping in until almost noon, we walked around the city of Boston. We had fried dough for breakfast from one of the street vendors at Boston Common, and proceeded to walk along the Freedom Trail. We walked through the cemetery where Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and victims of the Boston Massacre are buried. We saw Paul Revere's house, and walked around on Old Ironsides in the harbor. Boston was so beautiful! I loved being able to walk through so much history and the city was so accessible using the subway. Eddie and I both agree that we want to go back and visit again.

Indian Reservation Fireworks

We got to experience illegal fireworks at the Muckleshoot Indian reservation this week. It was really loud and there were so many people. We went with my sister Lindsay and her husband Jeff and his parents who were in town visiting. They go every year. I was pretty nervous at first at how unsafe it seemed, but was told I was being silly. It was fun to see some fireworks with the girls!

Chuck E Cheese Party

Emma wanted to have her birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's this year! After having to reschedule it, I feared that no one could come, but luckily I learned that Emma didn't care who eventually came. She had a lot of fun playing the games, riding all the rides, and dancing infront of the movie camera that put her up on the wall of TV's.

We all had a good time! Leora used atleast 20 tokens riding the school bus, which is 1 token per ride. Leora was really good at a game that you punch ducks over to earn tickets, which when I tried it I did horribly. Eddie went around helping Emma win lots of tickets. They ended up with over 1000 tickets to use toward prizes.

It was a really fun day for all of us. Eddie even had a good time, although he might not admit it. Emma already wants to go back again. It will have to wait until I can get the tune of "Where a kid can be a kid!" out of my head though. I heard it sung atleast 100 times while we were there.

Another Zoo Adventure

Since the zoo is so close to our house we go pretty frequently, but here are some fun pictures of our last adventure in the new kids zone.

Farewell to Erik!

For those of you who knew my 28 year old brother in law Erik Rudy I want to let you know that he passed away late last night. His battle with leukemia in the end overcame his body. We are grateful for the 10 months of remission he enjoyed after the bone marrow transplant. We look at the last year we were able to have with him as a miracle and a gift. His funeral services are going to be this Saturday, June 14th in American Fork, Utah. Erik has left behind his wife Emily (age 26), and two sons Mason (age 5) and Milo (age 3). It is difficult to lose someone so young, with so much left that he could do in this life. Our comfort is that he has returned to heaven to fulfill the mission and calling that God has for him and that someone needs him there more than us. Eddie and I were lucky to share his last few days with him due to the support of the fabulous people we work with. We are grateful for all the prayers many of you have given on our families behalf and thank you.

Garbage Man Song!

Well, Emma announced to me yesterday evening that she had a funny song she wanted to sing for me. Her songs are normally pretty funny anyway because she makes them up all the time. However, this one had Eddie and I laughing a lot. Her song started out "I argued with the Garbage man down in the southwest!" She just kept repeating that phrase over and over in different tunes. We asked her how she came up with the words for her song and replied, "Well, I was talking to the garbage man at my school today and he was nice. Garbage man sounds good with southwest. The words just came to me and I sang my song to my friends at school." What a funny girl!