No more long hair!

Well I did it. I've been wanting to cut my hair for a while, but Paul said he'd divorce me if I did. He was working at the Cassia County fair and ran into a lady we know. He said her hair was short and dark and he liked it, so he suggested I cut mine. I wanted to do Locks of Love, which requires 10 inches from tip to tip, originally I thought it was 12. Anyway, I had already scheduled a haircut for the following week and told her I was going to color it, too. After walking around with a ruler next to my hair for a while, I decided I could lose 10 inches.

Before:

After:

I like it alot. It's different getting used to not pulling it out from under a hoodie or anything. Hopefully it makes me look a little older (that's what I was going for. I don't want to be confused for a high school kid anymore!)

Collage of our trip

Mexico

Here are some videos from the trip:

Dolphins jumping while we're at dinner.

It's a whale's fin and if you look closely you can see the spray.

The rest of July

Some bonding between Jack and Paul. Jack has to stay in the laundry room or entry way because it's tile and he's a dirty dog.

I got home from Vegas very early on Friday 7/16. That night we went camping with Jack. We also went with Jen and Kenley Nebeker and Chris Leiser and one of his dogs came. Jack slept in the tent with us and made it very warm- he puts off more heat than I expected! But he did keep my feet warm. It was a quick but fun little outing.

The next week was nothing special until Wednesday when Hyrum came home from his mission to Brazil. Paul took a pepperoni and olives pizza from Maxie's to the airport for Hyrum, but I think Paul ate most of it. Everyone was excited to see Hyrum and the gifts and stories he had from his strange country.

The following week, I went to Girl's Camp from Tuesday 7/27- Friday 7/30. It wasn't a horrible experience like I've heard some people have, but it was very different being a leader vs. a girl. I'm really there to be the "bad guy," making sure they get out of bed and to where they need to be. They did some neat things that were different from when I was there- I think they're food was way better! We had roast beef one night and crepes! (I didn't take any pictures...)

This week I have a math class from 8-4 everyday that the state is requiring, so they're paying for the 3 credits. It's hard coming from a Singapore Math Conference, which our school "believes in," to something the state is making us take and doesn't really go along with how we teach. Oh well, it helps toward recertification!