Halloween and a Haircut

Here's a picture of Kadie's new haircut. Her hair was getting kind of shaggy and I wanted to get it cut a few months ago. She was excited to get it cut, but the first salon we went to had intelligence issues when it comes to actually serving customers and we weren't able to get it cut. After that I took her somewhere else and got her seated in the chair, but she started to cry and I couldn't get her to stop so we just went home. We were finally able to accomplish the deed by taking her to the house of a friend and getting it cut in her home. She initially cried quite a bit, but I was willing to stick it out in a home rather than a business. (I also threatened that we would shave her head to look like daddy's if she wouldn't let the lady cut it. Nice mom, huh?) After the woman started cutting her hair, she did fine and now her hair is a little easier to do since it isn't as long.

This year for Halloween the girls wanted to be fairies.
Here's are close-ups of fairy #1:

...and fairy #2:

The fairies together:

We had to improvise a little since both sets of wings were originally for Kadie's costume. Taylor decided at the last minute that she didn't want to wear a princess dress and wanted to be a fairy as well, so we shared the wings and found another skirt. Here's Kadie getting ready to trick-or-treat at a library event.

We took both the girls to a Halloween party at our church where they had dinner, games, and trick-or-treating. After trick-or-treating, they turned on music and let everyone dance in the middle. The girls had a blast dancing and jumping around and it was adorable! They both certainly have some moves!

Happy Halloween!

We're so glad when Daddy comes home...

Lee isn't often home to put girls to bed so they snagged a rare moment and had him read some of their bedtime stories. Our current favorite is the Mama Llama series.

And not to be left out, Cocoa is always super excited to see
Lee whenever he is home. Lee is the one who plays with Cocoa
the most and the dog loves every minute of it!

Montana Trip

Back at the beginning of the month (I'm way behind in blogging), my mom and I took a trip to Montana to where she grew up so we could visit family that still lives there. I had not been there since right after I graduated high school, so it was REALLY nice to visit family. We visited a lot in my youth, but I hadn't had a chance to visit since starting college and then later a family. The car ride was long for my poor pregnant body, but it was totally worth it and I had fun introducing my girls to relatives they had never met before!

My mom and her Uncle, Hubert:
It was a really sunny day so we are all squinting but here is 4 generations:
The girls had fun playing with my great-uncle's dog and in his huge backyard:

This is the face I get for asking Kadie to smile:

The huge backyard that I am SO jealous of:

After visiting with Uncle Hubert, we stopped by my
Aunt Lynda's house. Here's a shot of the sisters:

My Uncle Lee, Aunt Lynda,
cousin William and his two children
and my cousin Christopher:

We also got to visit with one of my mom's brothers, Uncle Rodney. Here he is with my cousin Carrie and her family that were able to drive up for the day to visit as well:

Taylor went off to pout about something and my Uncle decided to join her. He's really good with the kids and she wasn't able to stay grumpy for long:
Cute shot of my Uncle with Kadie...
it's almost time to go home and it's totally nap time:

Target Practice

A couple of weeks ago we went to visit Lee's family.
He and his dad went out to shoot some of his guns and we all tagged along.
Lee wanted the girls to try shooting guns for the first time.
Taylor really liked it and was a little trigger happy.

Kadie was a little more nervous and spent her rounds
staring at her gun rather than the target.

Whoever wasn't shooting with Lee had to sit in the van with me. Lee also took a few turns alone with the louder rifles and the hand guns. It was fun to watch!