Shearing Sheep

One of my pet peeves is when boys start getting little tufts of hair growing over their ears (like Luke Skywalker), which was beginning to happen to my sweet little Zachy. So I knew the time had come. It had been 2 months since his last haircut, the ear wings were a growin', and I knew I must strike quickly and efficiently. So I shaved it!

I honestly thought I had grabbed the 2, but after the first buzz with the clippers it was obviously much, much shorter. Whoops! But once I started I didn't really have a way to back out unless he wanted a mohawk...

I did learn long ago to cut Jon's hair, but it would take me at least an hour and a half because I was sooooooo slooooow. I think that's why a few years ago he decided to just shave it himself. Anyway, I knew there was no way Zachy would ever sit still that long for me to cut it, but I'm not prepared to pay $10 at some Great Clips place, so basically I chased him around the patio with the clippers. Then I finally realized he might be better if I gave him some M&Ms and voila! I sheared the sheep!

It was a LOT of hair. I wish it wasn't so short, but it'll grow back.

This girl was begging to be next, but at this point there is no way I'm going to be the first to chop those locks off. It would be like cutting Samson's hair.

Las Vegas Temple

Since General Conference ends for us now at 3 p.m. (versus 6 p.m. on the East coast), we actually had some time to take a drive after dinner! We drove the 45 min. to the Las Vegas temple, which is just beautiful. I hadn't been there since Jon's brother's wedding in 2007, so it was fun to go back and check it out now that it's "our" temple for the next year. The grounds are PRISTINE, and it was such an interesting contrast to be up on the hill at the temple and see the lights from the Strip. Kind of like waiting for the ball of fire from heaven to land on Sodom and Gomorrah.:) But really, I kept trying to find a spot to take a picture of the city but all around the temple are these thick trees blocking out the Strip-- so you'd never know it was just miles away. Pretty amazing how they've cultured this amazing oasis from the desert soil where nothing grows! Anyway, it was a very peaceful night, a beautiful sunset, a dad who was a) at home, and b) not studying, and a little 3 year old who was ready for her modeling debut!




This was the best view I could get of the Strip. Not bad, huh?