Haircuts

Ashlee and Cortnee got new haircuts. They always tell me they want to grow their hair out long but then they get antsy to change. So this is what they ended up with. I love both of them. Cortnee went in planning to get a trim. But what she ended up with looks so cute on her. I'm glad she did it. Oh yes, I took the picture of the two of them in our messy kitchen and then Cortnee in the living room and then my camera died......so no individual picture of Ashlee.

Ashlee and the BABY!!!!!!

When Ashlee first heard about the class where you get to take a baby home she thought it was so cool. I think the closer she got to actually taking a baby home she was a little more nervous. She named her baby Aidan. It has a monitor in it and the mother (Ashlee) wears a monitor on her wrist. This tells the baby that the mother is near. Periodically the baby will cry and need either a diaper change, a bottle or just to be cuddled and the mom has to figure out what it needs. Ashlees baby cried a lot at night. The first night she put the baby to bed and then tried to go to the bathroom. Every time she would get to the bathroom the baby would fuss. After a couple of times she was heard muttering "stupid baby". Marc and I just laid in bed and tried not to laugh. I expected the baby to cry in the night and Ashlee to sleep through it. But surprisingly she jumped right up. By Sunday night she was sitting in her bedroom crying and rather embarrassed to have been caught. But all in all it was a good experience for her.

Cortnee turns 13

Well she has been looking forward to this day for quite awhile. It is finally here. We didn't do anything too exciting as far as a party or anything. But she did get a pretty great present. Hopefully she enjoys it.

2008 womens conference

We had another great year at womens conference. Mom, Ruth Ann, Judy, Noreen, Jenni, Heidi, Rachel and Lance, Kelli and Melinda were able to make it. We of course missed Lora and Jeri. We just have a silly time. But we also hear some wonderful spiritual messages. President Monson spoke at the closing session. Each year we have lunch at the MOA (museum of art) restaurant. They have different food and it is always wonderful. This year the wives of Brother Oakes, Brother Bednar and Brother Clayton were in line behind us. I'm not ever sure how to address these brethren but I think everyone knows who I mean. Oh yes these pictures of Heidi and I are with Melindas hair extensions. I always wanted to know how long hair would feel.

Ashlees wisdom teeth

Well it has been awhile once again. Here is a picture of Ashlee with a little bit of swelling after her wisdom teeth were removed. It wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. But it is done and we have a surgery date scheduled for her jaw to be fixed. July 14th. Whew hoo (i'm not sure how to spell that)

New calling

Before I end, I should let you all know that I was called and set apart as the 1st counselor in the Young Womens Presidencey!!!!!! I was the Mia Maid advisor for 4 years prior to that. Needless to say I am not real thrilled. But I will do my best to do a great job for the young women of our ward.

Ashlee

This has been a big weekend for Ashlee. She had her wisdom teeth removed on Friday. We have been talking for awhile and asked her orthodontist about it. She has a huge overbite and she wanted to know if there was something that could be done quicker than the braces which don't seem to make much difference. Well he referred us to an oral and maxilofacial surgeon. We had a consult about a month ago where we talked about what it would take the costs and whether it would be covered by insurance or not. (Me being the pessimist, glass is always half empty kind of gal that I am) was pretty certain it would not be covered and that I probably wouldn't be willing to fork over half (because of divorce we would only have to pay half) of a 10,000 to 15,000 surgery. Well the doctor submitted it to our insurance and guess what? They approved it!!!!!!! So they gave us a 90 day approval time. So that meant that we had to get her wisdom teeth out immediately because they needed 3 months to heal before doing this other surgery. Whew!!!!! So sometime in July Ashlee will be having a sagittal split mandible and mandible anterior osteotomy. They will cut the jaw and put in an expander plate and do something similar in her chin. She will have to have her jaw wired shut for at least one week!!!!! Anyway, it has been a crazy weekend (which she spent at her moms) and then she has been home since Sunday night. She has missed monday and tuesday from school but I hope she can make it back tomorrow. In fact I need to get her up and taking a shower so she can start preparing herself.