Locks of Love

Today I donated my hair to Locks of Love. The hair is used for wigs for children who loose their hair due to chemo or various illnesses.

I donated 11 inches!!! Here is the photo journey: Above is Before.


Getting my hair washed.
Prepping for the chop.
The chop...(Actually it took many cuts to cut through my very thick hair)
EEK... It is so short, but feels sooo good.
The braid that I will send in to Locks of Love
Almost Done
The finished product! YEAH. I should have taken a pic of the back it is way cute and SHORT. Jen got her hair cut too and our friend Donna came with. What great Moral supports to have during what could have been a traumatizing experience. But thanks to Diana (the stylist) It was a great experience.
What a fun time!

Halloween evening

After a full day at the state fair we still got home in time for trick or treating. We just went up and down our street, but Isaac decided he liked passing out candy better and after our candy ran out proceeded to give away all but two pieces of candy from his own bucket.

You can tell from the pics that we have two tired babies!

Gobble Gobble

So Matt decided to teach the kids that the turkeys will gobble when you make a loud noise. So Matt would clap his hands next to a Turkey and then it would gobble. A few minutes later, this is what we witnessed...

Obviously roaring at the turkey works just as well. You would think Isaac would be scared of a bird that is bigger than him...

Arizona State Fair!!!

On Halloween Day Fred and Jen Harris took us to the AZ state fair for Matt's birthday!!! THough it is not as amazing as the Iowa state fair it was very fun and plenty for the kiddos. Above is Isaac 'milking' a cow. Real milk came out!


I think Isaac's face says it all! This is how excited he was in the animal barn.
Natalie, Jack and Isaac petting a goat.

Very Very happy boy!

Happy 30th Daddy!!!

So I am extremely behind on posts! Sorry it has been crazy around here. Here's a little catch up. Matt turned 30 on the 30th and we celebrated with his traditional homemade apple pie:) YUMMY. Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Ernie came up for the celebration.


"hey daddy, I think you need some help blowing out that candle"
Anna, that is how it is done, hopefully you can do it now when you turn one!

We only had Isaac's left over 3 candle so I improvised and used one of Isaac's letter cookies to make a 0.
One big happy family. Family pics are getting harder and harder, in this one we have 50% looking at the camera;)

The carnival games!

First of all the costumes were not a big hit for all the kids except Jack so they were soon taken off and strewn about the house:) At least we got some cute pictures! Above is the awesome pin the tail on the donkey that the Harris' made! This was my favorite one, Jack put it right on the eyeball!

Next was the who can roll the easter egg to the other side of the room using your nose the fastest. Half-way through Jack decided to whip it across the room. It was pretty funny.
Last but certainly not least our version of bobbing for apples. They had to get the apple as it was hanging from a string. The whole 'no hands' concept was very hard for the 3 and under age bracket:) But boy did we have fun. And prizes for everyone when it was over.

Everyone all dolled up.

Here are the kids on Friday at our in-home halloween carnival. from left to right. Sam, Jack, Natalie, Isaac and Anna!

The Harris family. Kind of a fairy tale theme with a clown thrown in for good measure:)
Snow White...Isn't she adorable. No wonder Isaac likes her so much.
Eye eye matey!

Only the Harris'

Only the Harris' could get daddy to dress up! Here he is as a Pirate! Mommy dressed up too. Here is the family!

My Cuties!!!

Friday we had a pre-halloween costume carnival at our house. Here is Anna the Bee and Isaac the cookie monster!!!

Anna

She is just sooo big now! I can't believe she is sitting up in the bumbo this well.

Here is a video of her laughing:) Gotta love it.

Don't forget us!!

Elijah and Anna were with us at the pumpkin patch and butterfly garden. Here they are stretching out. Elijah 5 weeks Anna 4 months.

They are sooo cute!

Butterfly Garden

After the pumpkin patch last Friday we got to go to the Butterfly Garden. Here are all the boys pointing out butterflies!
Even Anna was enthralled with them:)

Best Buds!!

Johnathan and Josiah went to the pumpkin patch with us! We had such a great time!
Here we are in 2007!

WE have grown so much

Family picture in the hay maze

The Petting Zoo

Isaac LOVED the petting zoo and was in there longer than any other child! He hugged a pony, goat, pig and also loved the chickens!
The lady running the petting zoo helped him pick up this chicken. You can tell he LOVED it!

Pumpking Patch

Above: Anna being adorable on a bale of hay.

Below:Blast from the past! This was Isaac at the same pumpkin patch in 2007!!! Who knew he was ever this chubby and little:) How cute!!

2 years later picking out his own pumpkin! What a big boy.
Just a side note, only in AZ do we slather up with sunscreen before going to the pumpkin patch! Gotta LOVE it.

Hay Ride!

Here is everyone on the ride out to the pumpkin patch!
Isaac loved it so much he was laughing in excitement the whole way!

First Ice Cream Cone and 4 Months Old

Isaac has had PLENTY of ice cream, but this was his first official ice cream cone! As you can see he LOVED it. He did a great job. This was also the first time he wanted any other type of ice cream besides the 'white icecream' He chose pink (strawberry) this time and loved it.


Anna is 4 months old today!! WOW time sure does fly. She is as cute as ever and doing new little things every day. Today she was just laughing and laughing at Isaac. It was so precious.
Almost DONE! Yum Yum His first bite of the actual cone was very small and tentative, but after that he got the idea:)

Sushi!!!

Monday we went out for a very early b-day dinner for Daddy!!! He will be 30 on the 30th!! So that is going to take a LOT of celebrating. This was mommy's first attempt at actually eating sushi and it was pretty good. Daddy LOVES sushi and Isaac thinks his fried rice and chicken was sushi so of course he liked it:) Here he is discovering how to use chopsticks so they work for him...Just stab it!
Mommy and anna

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles...

Here is what happens when a three year old gets a hold of the soap bottle! Isaac's comment "daddy, it won't come out any more" meaning he dumped the ENTIRE bottle of bubbles into the bath!!! Daddy made it fun and taught him how to make bubble clothes, beards, and hats:) Might as well have fun with it!

She's a PRO

Within the last week Anna has become a PRO at rolling over from her back to her tummy. She is so fast in fact that daddy had to hold her still while I pushed play on the camera otherwise she would already be flipped:) She is what you would call a proficient roller. and at only three months of age! We think she is rolling so early because she is just trying to survive amidst her crazy brother and the other two kiddos I watch during the day. Now she can even sometimes flip back over from her tummy to her back. Soon she'll be rolling across the floor! I do not want my baby growing up that fast! Enjoy the video.

Too Cute!

Last week anna was really working on trying to roll over! She grabs her little feet and then rocks back and forth. She is so adorable.
She is so cute we can hardly stand it!
Here she is working VERY hard to roll over. She is also 'talking' in her new gargle coos. Too cute