I'm having problems with my camera so it won't let me upload my Priest Lake pictures. I'm really sad. I will try again but for now oh well.

Cameron Did It

So Cameron decided he wanted to shave his head before we left for our summer vacation to Priest Lake. He had been asking me for a long time and I didn't want him to, but I finally gave in. So he shaved it all off with the help of Amanda.



Before



Amanda getting ready to help



Amanda helping.



Amanda helping.



Cameron "bic"ing it afterward.

My blog picture

So I'm really retarded and had some trouble changing my picture and then realized I can't do it the way I was trying. But by the time I figured that out, I'd already saved the changes. So for now, there is a really small picture of my family until I remember to come back and change it again. Man, I really am not very good at this blogging thing. :)

Family Pictures

My sister Kelsey took some family pictures of us around Pocatello. I liked them and thought I'd post some on here. She does a really good job. I hope you enjoy them.

WICKED!!!!!

I'm really excited because last week from Wednesday to Saturday my Mom and Dad, Kelsey, Morgan and I left Pocatello and drove to Omaha, Nebraska. We went and saw the Broadway Show WICKED. It was so good. I loved the music before, but now there's nothing that compares really. I left Cameron and Amanda together for the 4 days, and they learned a lot about each other :) I think it was good for everyone. We also saw my Grandma and Grandpa Rhoades while we were there. We stayed the night at their home. It was so much fun and I recommend everyone go and see that show at least once...if not more. I vowed to go again and take Cameron with me this time.

Couldn't get better than this.

India Wedding

I'm finally getting around to updating my blog. It's been awhile but I have some cool pictures of Amanda and a wedding. Cameron and I have some neighbors in our apartment building that are from India. They aren't members and we just became their friends. They started taking missionary discussions, although nothing came from it. However, they decided to get married. They asked Cameron and I if we would be the Maid-of-Honor and Bestman. Amanda was the flower girl. It was a lot of fun and they are great people. They are going back to India soon and we hope to still stay in touch.

Because I was in the wedding, I got henna done on my hands. It's an Indian tradition for the women involved in the wedding. It was really fun and it stayed on for about a week.

AMANDA AGAIN

Another Amanda moment...when she wants in or out of a room or if someone else is in the room and she wants in she will start knocking on the door. She was in bed...again...and we hear these knocks on the wall. We go peek in and she is standing up trying to tell us that she wants out. So now if we don't respond when she calls for us, she starts knocking on the wall.

IT"S BEEN AWHILE

Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated. I even have some really cute pictures I need to put on here. But I don't have my camera right now so it will have to wait. However, I do have a funny story. If you ever hear wierd noises coming from your kids bedroom...don't panic. Cameron and i had just put Amanda down for a nap and all of a sudden we hear noises and think she has gotten her foot caught in between the bars of the crib. When Cameron went to investigate he found that she was perfectly fine...she was just singing along with the blues. We put music on for her and she was wailing away with the rythmn. It was really funny. So now we don't worry as much...I just hope her singing will improve when she gets older and it won't continue to sound like she's in pain. :)

MY NEW HAIRCUT!!!

So I finally did it. I called Terri Oborn and asked if she could cut my hair and she asked me when and we did it that day. First I picked a picture from the internet, asked Cameron which one he liked best and then took it with me. I got before and after pictures taken. It was really hard for me to take this step because I haven't cut my hair short in over 8 years. It takes a long time for my hair to grow back, so this was a big deal. And yes...I did cry the first time I washed the following morning. Cameron comforted me and we laugh about it now, cause it's not that big of a deal. Anyway, Terri did a great job so I recommend her highly. Here are my before and after pictures.

This is my before...not too good.

This is my after... much better... I know!!

JUST AMANDA

I took these of Amanda a little while ago and thought I'd post them. We made crowns for Family Home Evening that said I am a Child of God. So, she thought wearing it around the house was a lot of fun. Then we had some problems with our water heater and we couldn't fill a whole tub of warm water to give her a bath, so we gave her one in the kitchen sink. She likes to help Cameron cook so he lets her stir occasionally. I also have recently been putting Amanda's hair up in pig tails. They stand straight up, she doesn't have much hair. I think it's cute. I recently did get my hair cut, but I'm waiting for the before and after pictures from Kelsey, so I'll post it when I get them.

New Hairstyle

So I've decided to cut my hair really short. I haven't done it yet, but I will as soon as I find one that I like. I found a really good website and blog that has a bunch of pictures of different styles for all types. If anyone is looking to change their own look, check out this blog, I put the link under hairstyles on the right of my own blog. Enjoy and be daring. :)

A Great Christmas

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. It was the first Christmas that Amanda could open presents. Last year she was only 2 months old. We woke up around 5:00 am and started with what SANTA brought us. Then we opened the rest of our presents from each other. We also got new pajamas on Christmas Eve. We didn't have time to go back to bed because our day was booked. We spent the day over at Cameron's parents house and had some fun with everyone there, then that night we went to my parents house for our Christmas game. We had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of this years Christmas.