FHE

Yesterday we had to run to town to get Dallin some new shoes.  He only has 2 pairs.  One pair he has worn through the back and a funny little plastic thing is now digging into his heals.  The other pair hurt his feet when he walks.  So he NEEDED new shoes.  We also were getting me some new ones because about 2 weeks ago we announced to our YW that we will be walking the 10 miles from the stake center to the temple as a ward as part of our girls camp.  So....I NEEDED some shoes to walk in. (Ryan doesn't think flip flops are shoes and that's what I've got! :)  As we were in and out of several stores I had a couple of little kids that WANTED everything in site.  SO FRUSTRATING!! and we left several stores in tears because of it.  So for FHE last night I got out the dry erase board and we pulled out the bills in my TO PAY pile and we listed them all out.  The total ended up being $38,000 I owe right now.  Just this month! (Mostly because of farm fertilizer.  It worked great for the FHE lesson though!)  Then we pulled up the text that the bank sent me this past friday telling me how much was in our account $3,100. I explained to the kids that the difference was almost $35,000.  I told them bills were due friday and asked how they thought we were going to get the money we needed to pay them.  Dallin, as sweet as ever, says "PRAY?!"  Ryan and I giggled.  :) I think Heavenly Father might fall off his chair if we started praying to have $35,000 by friday!  So we told them that was a great answer, but that we also have a loan at the bank that we borrow from when we have big farm bills and explained a little of how that works to them.  They were amazed at how much in bills we get each month.  We also talked about how much we pay for their different activities like swimming lessons, clogging, gymnastics, etc.  THEN....we talked about NEEDS AND WANTS!  We again listed things on the dry erase board.  I went around and asked them all something that they WANT and then asked them something that they NEED.  When I got to Laiklie I asked what she wanted and she said, "Make-up....I can't live wisout make-up!" Again Ryan and I laughed.  Did we mention that she is 5 going on 17!!!

Anyway - the lesson went very well and I think it clicked with them that we have to use our money wisely and not just on anything that we WANT or we won't have it for the things we NEED.  I loved the cute comments by Dallin and Laiklie and wanted to remember.  So...onto the blog they go!

We have been super busy with some fun things that I promise to post when I get a few minutes!

Go Ahead and Say It...

I look like my sister Jenny!!

 I decided it was time for a haircut.  How did I decide this? WELL....when your hair gets stuck in the car window over and over again because of the wind, or when it rolls up with the seatbelt when you take the seatbelt off, or when your husband has to be woke-up night after night because he is sleeping on it.....well....then.....it is time for a haircut!  I decided to go with the "just cut it all off then" cut.  This before picture is NOT ATTRACTIVE, but she wanted it wet when I got to the salon and I wanted to show just how much I cut off.  (Which, she cut off about 4+ inches a few weeks ago thinking it would help the problem...NOPE!) So....it is what it is!

 And here is the NEW DO!  See....JENNY!!! When I first walked into my bathroom when I got home and looked in the mirror I said, "I look like Jenny!"  I went out to my parents that evening and my dad after doing several double takes said, "Heck, I thought you were Jenny!" :)  This is how I fixed it for the afternoon at the sanddunes with the kids.

 SO FUN!!

And today we are going with the spiked out look for the weed whacking around the grain bins! LOVING SUMMER and the laid back schedule! :)  I PROMISE my hair spiked out doesn't look quite as dramatic as it does close-up in the picture.

I am still not quite sure how I am feeling about the NO HAIR thing.  I think it will be a nice change.  Rhett however was very clear about what he thought.  When I first got home he said to me, "Mom, your hair FREAKS ME OUT!!! What is the bishopric gonna think about this?" ;) I laughed and laughed! I guess if the bishopric also thinks it "freaks them out" they can definitely go ahead and fire me! Ha, ha!!