hair cut

I've always had long hair (besides that phase were I wanted to be a boy in 5th grade) and since having children my hair has gotten really thin, pretty much non existent and coupled with also having baby fine and frizzy hair makes for terrible hair to have. When I was a kid I would go in and get a cut and they would blow dry my hair half dry/straight and I would leave home crying until I got home and finished drying/straighten my hair and realized it was fine. **not everyone has hair that just blow drys straight people!!!!!** So I have always just kept it long and trimmed it myself once or twice a year. I don't like salons. I got a gift card coupon from city smart a few months ago for this nicer salon and decided to treat myself. I got the cut, full highlights and style for 35$. I have been looking at pictures after picture trying to find a haircut suitable for my face shape and hair thickness and decided I might try short??? was worried but was willing to give it a try. The hair guy didn't suggest cutting it too short since it was really thin and would be really hard to manage. We settled on this length. sometimes I don't like it, sometimes I do. haven't really had much time to test out how hard it will be to do each morning but so far I am glad I cut it. Craig has ALWAYS said he liked long hair but today I ask him if he liked it...YES (of corse what else would he say :) ) but then I asked "do you like my long hair better?} .... um, NO! WOW, never thought I would hear that, so that makes me feel good. apparently you are suppose to get your hair cut like every 6-8 weeks...thats what the hair guy said when trying to get me to make another appointment...um no, more like once a year for me thanks :) The cut and color was a special treat, I don't do this often.

Braxtin's Sealing

My brother Justin and his wife Wendy adopted a little baby boy 6 months ago. At 6 months it becomes official and he was able to be sealed to them in the Salt Lake Temple. It was a great day.

Braxtin Allen Rickertsen

Justin, Wendy and Braxtin Rickertsen

Soren 5th birthday celebration

5 years ago this labor day weekend I was in LABOR with Soren. I can't beleive he is already 5. He is such a sweet little boy. I promised him a few weeks ago that I would take him to chuck E cheese as a family for his birthday. His birthday feel on a Sunday this year so we decided to go on Saturday. We went to a lowes building workshop for kids a few weeks ago and the kids had a blast. I found how home depot was doing there's on Soren's birthday celebration day and thought he would like that. They were making football display stands so I decided to get him a football for his birthday. Kaydence came along and made one too because she just loves crafts no matter what it is.

On friday we got a last minute invite to a birthday party from a kid in Kaydence's class. It was the first week of school so anything would have been cutting it pretty close :) So We took kids to Home depot at 9.30. Then straight to Chuck E. Cheese after. Then took Kaydence straight over to her friend Julian for his party. His dad invited us ALL IN so Soren got to play as well, and Craig and I got to chat with some parents from Kaydence class and got to meet some people. It was such a nice breezy day. Julian's dad had rented one of those huge bounce houses and had a trampoline as well so the kids had a blast. It was great, I was actually imagining throwing Soren a party very similar but just nothing seemed right when in preparation to plan. Both my kids birthday's fall on holidays and it's just so tricky to plan anything around them.

So anyway... it was nice that Soren got his big party with a bounce house and cake and ice cream at someone else's expense :)

We finished off the very busy and fun birthday celebration with Soren opening his presents. He was SO excited when he opened up the football. He said "ooooooooooh THANKS MOM!!!!! as he pulled it out of the bag." He got so excited about everything even thought it wasn't much. He got his "big" present last week with the trampoline, so I was a little worried he would have felt gypt on his big day. Also as I was walking around stores and looking online for something I couldn't think of anything to get him!!!!!

We didn't do a cake because he got cake and ice cream at julian's party but on Sunday when his grandparents came over they brought him one!!!!! It was perfect, I even had a 5 candle just sitting in my drawer. Everything worked out great this weekend and we still have tomorrow (LABOR DAY) to be as a family.

Kaydence is now in 1st grade!!!!

Kaydence started 1st grade this week. While most moms have been crying about this day, I have been waiting for this day for the past 6 years!!! She thrives on routines and crafts and busy work and I just can't keep up sometimes. Well the week before school started, it dawned on me that she was going to be gone ALL DAY. I would see her less in the day than she would be at school...which means others are going to influence her more than I will. All I wanted was to be able to do the dishes and not come upstairs to find a whole ream of computer paper and 5 glue sticks used up in one sitting. I think all I was needing was maybe 1 day where she was gone all day. When it hit me, I started to tear up myself. I really didn't think that would happen. Well it's too late now! It's friday and she is at school finishing up her last day of the first week of all day school. SHE LOVES IT, which I knew she would. And it has been nice to spend some quality one on one time with Soren. He starts half day school next tuesday so when he is gone I will get one on one time with just Ivan. A LOT of commuting back and forth taking the 2 to school and back but it will be nice to give each child some proper attention for a change.