Happy 33rd Birthday to ME!

This is my new haircut by the way

So, I just had a birthday. I am now 33. I was very spoiled on my birthday. On Friday after Chris got done with work we picked up our rental car, went to Las Herraduras and had lunch then went to California. We checked into our hotel and hung out for a while then went to Souplantation to eat dinner. It was really heavenly
. The next day Chris dropped me off at the San Diego temple and I did a session there. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong I was trying not to ball. I didn't have a Kleenex either which was a bummer. I sat in the Celestial room for a bit and meditated which was amazing. I love that temple.
 after I left we went to the garment store and I got some maternity garments which make a huge difference. We went to the church building there and met some ward members to eat lunch that was provided and then we went to Deseret Book and got the kids a picture Book of Mormon to read to them. Emma also got a set of scriptures to take to church. I just need to make a scripture case for her to carry them in. Everett got a CTR ring that was super cheap. He loves it. It has a car on it. Emma got a CTR bracelet.
 I want to get a CTR ring for myself. When I was in the temple I was contemplating the meaning of what we promise while we are there. There is a lot that we covenant to do. I was thinking of CTR and came up with my own meaning. It is "Commit to Righteousness." I am going to commit myself everyday to live a righteous life and to make the necessary changes so I can be worthy of the blessings promised to me in the temple.
After the bookstore we went to La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya) beach. We saw some Pelicans, seagulls, and Sea Lions. It was a lot of fun. we collected sea shells as always and put our feet in the ocean. It felt really nice.After the beach we went back to Souplantation and ate dinner. Yum!!!
Chris was super excited about my birthday. He always asks if he can give me my gifts at least a week before my birthday. So he did. I really wanted the books shown in the picture and he surprised me with a Note and it has a pink cover because he knows I love pink. I love it. It is so much better reading from that then my phone. My eyes feel strained after a while. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and best friend. I love Chris dearly. He definitely spoils me.

Mother Nature's creatures

So last night I was awakened by my husband who said he just shot a huge snake by our porch. He was walking to his work van and as he was walking back noticed he was walking right by this snake. He grabs his 22 single shot bolt action rifle, loads it and shoots the snake. His heart was racing. It doesn't look like a very old snake to me but it is still big. Luckily it wasn't a rattler. He then got a shovel and planted it in the snake in the ground. That snake wasn't moving anywhere.

Emma wanted a haircut. I wanted to cry. Darn tangles!

 Emma has such beautiful long blonde hair and I LOVE  to braid it and fix it up for her. The only problem was she hated the tangles that came along with brushing it. I asked her one day if she wanted me to cut it off. Her reply was usually "NO" very assuredly. But this time her response was "Yes, I want to look as pretty as you." I was completely surprised. "Okay, we will do it tomorrow then" came my reply back. I asked again the next day and her answer was still a strong "yes." So off we went. I came upon a place and said this is it. Lets do it. She wanted me to get my haircut first so she can see how it is done. I did because I was planning on getting mine done as well. .

 Mine was finally done and now it is her turn. She hops up on to the yellow seat on the chair.

 The guy was good and very friendly. I was impressed with my haircut so I knew he would do a good job on her.

 Her hair is up ready to put the cover on. She didn't freak out at all. All was good.

 He is putting her hair in a pony tail getting ready to chop it all off. I still couldn't believe that all that beautiful hair was going to be gone soon.

And it begins!

 This is what it looked like afterwards. He took the hair up front. We were donating it to Locks of Love.

 She is still happy.

 We decided to do an A-Line cut instead of a bob because of how it was all cut off.

And the finished Project...

 All of that beautiful hair!

 But she loves it and that is all that matters.

I have asked her if she misses her long hair and she says "No!" She loves having no tangles and I am happy I don't have to hear her complain about her hair being brushed anymore.