Casen's 2nd Real Haircut!

 I usually cut Casen's hair after his first proffesional hair cut! But then this weekend he asked to go get his hair cut at a barber shop. He wanted to have it "SPIKY" he told us! He can be a pretty shy kid in new situations so we were surprised he wanted to do this. He was brave and got up on the chair all by himself while we sat and watched him.

 He loves it. He keep asking, "Is my haircut still there??" It's too cute!

Jocelyn Lost Her FIRST Tooth!!!

 Today our Baby Girl lost her FIRST tooth ever! I never thought it would happen since she's already 6 1/2 years old! Ha! But after seeing a photo of myself at 7yrs old still sporting my baby teeth, I knew she would have awhile! We knew that the bottom 2 (1st two to come in too) were getting very lose! But then this morning one was SUPER lose. However, Jocelyn refused to let us near it. Steve and I knew it wouldn't make it to the end of the day! Sure enough around 10:30 I got a text saying the tooth was out!!

Teacher lunch

 Jocelyn earned a lunch out with her teacher today! She saved up her points and earned a dollar-which meant she could have lunch with the teacher off campus! She was only the 2nd student to do it! She got to bring a friend and of course picked her bestie Taylor!

2015 Nutcracker Photos

 She got selected for the All Cast Photo!

 Her favorite pose in the candy cane dance!

Our Aunt Kristi

 It's surreal to write this but our Aunt Kristi passed away this weekend. She was only 58 years old. When it's so unexpected it's really hard to let it sink in. She was our youngest Aunt so this was not something we thought we'd be dealing with right now.

She was a self taught seamstress even making her own wedding dress! I remember her making this dress vividly as we had the privilege of her living with us for a few years when we were kids. After she married and had her own kids we still saw each other almost every weekend! We have such great memories of those weekends! I'm so glad we got that time with her.

Her very last text to me was her asking about Jocelyn. She was sick and yet she is asking about Jocelyn. She was so selfless and always willing to help anyone no matter what time of night it was or what they needed.

 It's so painful to think that we lost one of our amazing aunts! We love you so much Aunt Kristi! Your heart was so big and you had so much love to give. This pain and overwhelming emotion comes in waves. We know you are in Heaven with your Lord and Savior now! Singing the amazing songs and in no pain! It's just hard for the ones left on earth to deal with not having you here.

We love you Merri Kristen....AKA Aunt Kristi! You are with Grandma Jane now!!

Aunt Kristi, Aunt Cindy, Aunt Cherie, Mom and Aunt Dianne. Five wonderful people!


Update: Added Photos from the Memorial Service 2 wks after Kristi passed away.

 My cousin and I put together frames with old photos.

 We had her bible out at the front table as well. Also had a section where anyone could leave a message for her or a story about her if they wanted. My mom and I created a scrapbook that we will pass down to the kids with these messages included.

 My cousin delivered a perfect message!

Her grandsons! Our hope is they will remember her and have great memories of her!