long hair...such love

As of April 2004 I have had some sort of hair sweeping across my face.  Whether it be a short swoop, long swoop, full thick fringe or wispy fringe, I have had something covering my forehead.  Mostly because it's what's appropriate for a heart-shaped face.  Well, in the last 6 months or so, I have decided to grow out these bangs and just have some nice framing around my face.  So far it has been okay for a pompadour pony, 'dirty hair', or a top-knot chignon, but when I just want a nice sleek flat ironed style, it just looks awful!  I feel like I have done a lot to help blend it, but I also feel like if I anything else to it, I will have no hair around my face!  Part of me says, just do bangs!  But the other part says, try something new, it has been 7 1/2 years!  So, I will continue to let my hair grow longer, unless of course I feel the need to be spontaneous and cut it like Emma Watson :)

P.S.  I NEED Adele's luscious locks!!!  (As well as her soulful voice)

a few thoughts

Dear John-Paul...You never cease to fail me or my clients.  You are constantly doing wonders, not only with your color line, your fabulous products and your awesome brushes,  but with your marketing team as well.   I have such utter respect for this beautiful limited time Tarina Tarantino packaging (whom I must say is totally awesome!  Not only does she have pink hair,  she loves vintage Barbie and Alice in Wonderland, but she is also a friend of mermaids, the sea and Ms. Katy Perry)!

Cute kiddies on the way to school!  Wanting to send their dad (who is in Boston) a happy hello!

Loving my sweet baby boy Lucas :)  He will be 6 months old next week! 

gray hair, blemishes, and baby boys

Seems a bit ironic correct?  That's because it is!  As I was looking in the mirror at my drab of a natural hair color, ash brown, I thought to myself, man, I need a touch up!  And then as I was looking a little harder I was like, what in the!?  Referring to, of course, gray hair!  This is a horrible gene that I think my mother has passed along to me.  I just was so mortified as a began tweezing these gray hairs!  Fortunately, there were only four of them, and they were only 1/2 inch long.  It just makes me so sad to see that I am getting older....or am I? 

I have been blessed for about a year now without any type of skin problem, which I believe is partly due to extra hormones.  Well, while I was noticing these gray hairs, I also noticed two little whiteheads on the side of my nose, exactly where my sunglasses sit!  I just thought, could this be because I am using a horrible new face wash, or my sunglasses are really dirty?  Which, it could just be both.  But this is where I am confused.  I thought that zits disappeared once you turned 25? (Which is totally false, I think it's how your skin reacts to every day stresses.)  I also thought that gray hair didn't make it's way through the root until you were 30? ( Which I also know that is totally false, I just wanted to believe that I wouldn't start to get gray hair until 30!)  Oh well, I will just continue to follow my skin regime as well as color my hair because I am not now, nor will I ever be prepared to embrace the natural occurrences of life.

I also wanted to add this picture because I think it's the cutest!

Preston loving Lucas

Disneyland...it's self explanatory

First we make our way to the Teacups...

...of course!

Mark, Ryan, Shawn and I waiting in a dreadfully long line to see the Yettie (Matterhorn)

Does Payton looked scared on this wild train ride?

Jack, the Pumpkin King!

'Lifes no fun without a good scare...' The Nightmare Before Christmas (aka The Haunted Mansion)

Huntington Beach..Pretty sure the water was 45 degrees!  Crazy Payton and Easton were in there for like 2 hours!

Pretty Little Lady Bug

Payton and Savannah ready for a Disney Halloween

The best word to describe this picture?  AWESOME!!!

FL: Winnie the Pooh (Savannah), Peter Pan (Easton), Captain Hook (Elliott), Piglet (Sadie), Lady Bug (Payton)
ML: Wendy (HIlary), Tinkerbell (Olivia), Snow White (Ka), Thing 1 (Whitney) Cat in the Hat (Weston) Thing 2 (Cooper), Eeyore (Abby), Jack Sparrow (me) Jack's accomplice (Shawn) Skeleton (Lucas)
BL: Smee (Bear), Grumpy (Mark), Bee (Jack), Tigger (Ryan)

Island in the Sun.  Even though it was 101 degrees, Lucas slept rhrough it all!

"Magic Morning"

Mickey was wearing a Zorro mask 

Cute girls waiting in line for Alice in Wonder

Goofy's Flight School...he takes you on a crash course of death!

Shawn?
du du...du du...du du du du du du du du...JAWS!

Yes, yes, I know...total picture overload, but it was the best way to describe everything.  All in all, it was a lot of fun! Being there during Halloween time made it that much more awesome!