Girly girl stuff

Lauren got her first hair cut by Rachel Faulkner. She did a really cute bob that I think looks great on her but to me, reminds me that my little girl is growing up! Since the cut she's looked all grown up.

I wanted to post some cute pictures of Lauren's very closest friends. These girls have had a ton of fun playing, learning, and growing up together because they live so close to each other. Cute girls! We love em!

Some Happenings...

I have to look at our photo albums to recall what we've been up to lately. Well, I forgot to post about Easter in there, that happened but I didn't blog about it. Then there was the fun train train convention that Lauren and Jim went to with Jim's Dad, and Lauren got her first pair of roller skates. Adventuring on another ground was Jim with the Boy Scouts. Jim went on a couple of trips with the Boy Scout troop he is currently serving as Scout Master. He has been doing as best as he can with his work schedule needing him to work overtime lately during the week (no complaints there) and serve in this position going on Wednesday nights to help the boys work towards earning merit badges with very little experience doing that sort of thing. Well, from the pictures I've seen and from what I've heard, he's doing great. They went on a snow camp out and then a camp out on Catalina Island. No one froze, they didn't starve(well almost j/k), and they all got back safely. ;) Jim and the leaders with him did a great job and the boys had a great time. Jim took some great pics. Again, sorry for the backwards pics.

Funny Girl...

At this age Lauren has let me know that the Wiggles go with us everywhere. So, I guess my daughter has some imaginary friends? She likes telling jokes, and tries to make people laugh when she gets in a silly mood. She now can chew bubble gum and assures me that she won't swallow it. We love her so much! See if you've heard this one before:

Lauren had her 4th Birthday!

Lauren turned 4 and had a really fun time celebrating. She got to celebrate at pre-school, then on her birthday we went to a local theme park together as a family. Then we had a few of Lauren's friends her age over that night to eat Lauren's favorite: some pizza and have ice cream cones. They had fun playing pin the number 4 on the cake and enjoyed every minute of it. (Except for the part about not getting the 4 right on the cake the first time around, but once she got the hang of it, she was pretty content with where ever it ended up.)

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For her family birthday party we had all of my siblings and my Dad up at Jim's parents home for a dinner, cake, cake and ice cream. It was great to have everyone together. We were missing a few people to really have it feel complete, but it was really great to get together.

Jim's sister helped me frost and decorate Lauren's requested "purple kitty cake. She wanted a purple and blue kitty cake. So we went with a lavender kitty with a blue collar made out of salt water taffy. She probably forgot all about the detailed request, but nevertheless Mom went to all lengths to produce what was requested. I thought it turned out pretty well. Thanks to Penny we were able to have it come together just in time! Lauren loved all her presents. From a fun harmonica, cute clothes, fun toys, much desired sleeping bag of her own to her very first 2 wheeled bike, this girl had a very BIG 4th Birthday. Thank you, everyone!

We love you Lauren!

*The pictures are in backwards order. I'm still trying to figure out why it won't let me select the pictures and move them around like I used to be able to do. Now I use Picasa. Can anyone help?