The New Me

I FINALLY got a hair cut after over a year (thats right. I haven't had a haircut since right before we moved to Illinois in July of 2007!). I know you are probably looking at my picture thinking it looks exactly the same as it did before but I can assure you it doesn't! This is what it looked like before the cut:


Pretty different, right? Totally out of control! I think shorter hair makes me look younger. At the salon they asked my friend who went with me if I was in school (as in HIGH SCHOOL)!!

I am pretty sure I like it. Of course this is the first day and I haven't tried to do it myself yet. That's always the test for me. But I can still pull it back and I can still tuck it behind my ear (as seen above) so that is always good in case of an emergency (or laziness).

House Guests

We finally had our first house guest! We were so excited to have a visitor. We had a lot of fun with this possum.

You can come visit too and we promise we wont make you sleep in car park beams!

Parliament

On days when I don't start work until after noon we try to do something as a family. A couple weeks ago we went to the Parliament House.

wait mom, I have something in my teeth! - Liam

This is the view to the War Memorial (where we went a few posts ago)

The Australian Government symbol or logo I guess you would call it. Anything that has to do with the government has this on it.

Even the chairs had the symbol! I felt like I was important sitting in one.

We were hoping that the Senate would be in session. It wasn't. But this meant we got to take pictures inside. There were a lot of kids on field trips though. Don't you just love it when you go somewhere and there are 10 school buses parked outside? Yeah, awesome!

Cheese! Liam was really happy to be there.

The view of the the city from the top of the parliament building.

Sleepy heads

We have been thinking for a couple months now that we might need to put Liam and Jonas in separate bedrooms. Sometimes when we put them to bed at night they get really rowdy. We can hear them playing around all the way in the living room (its pretty far away). Sometimes we have to go in multiple times to get them to be quiet, fix their blankets and put them back in bed. We always check on them before we got to bed and more and more this is how we find them.








As frustrating as it is sometimes to calm them down and get them to sleep, it is so sweet how much these brothers love each other. Part of me would be sad to separate them but the other part of me just wants to be able to relax after we put them to bed. We'll see which part of me wins!!

(By the way, they do have their own beds. Jonas just climbs into Liam's all the time.)

Deep Conversations

Liam and I had a very deep conversation at about 8 this morning. It started out something like this:

Liam: Mom, I don't want to die.

Me: Uhhh... You don't have to worry about that, Bud.

Liam: But I'm scared to die. What will happen to me?

HE IS 4 YEARS OLD!!

The next 20 minutes were spent with me explaining The Plan to him while tears ran down his face. Eventually I figured out that he had a bad dream the night before. I can't imagine what kind of conversations we have in store for us in the near future!

I am Thankful

Nate, Liam, Jonas, Family, home, America, old friends, new friends, emails, phone calls, lowering gas prices, having a car, work, education, freedom, Primary, hugs, sunny days, chocolate chip cookies, dates, Family Home Evening, prayer, good health, staying in touch, books, parks, eternal marriage, motherhood, chocolate, sleep, the internet, comments on blogs, Jesus Christ, my testimony, Skype, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, music, dancing with the kids, reading with the kids, laughter, service, straightening irons, mascara, flowers, love, holding hands, chick flicks, vacations, the beach, fresh fruit, comfort, the library, sweaters, pictures, Temples, green grass, tall trees, the holiday season, going for walks, prophets, microwaves, back rubs, big family dinners, nature, cheese, technology, sense of humors, dishwashers, Relief Society, Enrichment, eating out, a fenced backyard, butterflies, cold water, warm blankets, free time, crafts, safety, naps, hot showers, babies, a clean house,scriptures, relaxing, snuggling, facebook, blogs, freshly baked bread, shopping, food, YOU...

Australian War Memorial

Last week we went to the war memorial museum and had a lot of fun. We have gone before but weren't able to see everything. The place is pretty big and with 2 small kids it wasn't an option to see everything all at once. This time we made sure we went to the "Discovery Zone" where they have all of their kid stuff. Here are a bunch of pictures.

This was a lights and sounds show of a helicopter. It was a little too loud for Liam.



Captain Blank flying the chopper with mom as his copilot.


There was a submarine replica. Here I am showering on the submarine.


Is it inappropriate that I have a picture of my husband showering on my blog? I just thought this was really cute.


Liam and Jonas have everything under control. I wish we had one of these at our house. It would keep them busy for hours.

The Roll or Honour

This is from the Hall of Memory where they have their Tomb of the unknown soldier. This room was amazing. The walls are covered in over six million pieces of glass tiles the size of one of my finger nails. This is another time when I wish I was a good photographer!



This is the view down to the Parliament building from the memorial.