New Bikes, Fences, and Haircuts, Oh My!

When taking Steven out to ride his bike at home following the guys' campout I noticed the chain guard was no longer there. I went online and saw that this was a safety hazard. Steven had been riding the hand-me-down bike with the seat up all the way and was coming due for a new bike. So he and I headed out. We found one at Target. Here he is with his new bike that is the same color as Rob's motorcycle:

It took about 5 seconds and he was riding his new larger bike with confidence at the school down the street:

This past weekend Rob's Dad, Larry, came up to get us started on the fence. Too bad Joan wasn't feeling good enough to come up too. We missed her. My Dad also flew in this past week and is with us until June 6th when he and Mom will fly back to Iowa. That made for quite a work crew.

We got a good jump on the fence.

I helped a little on Monday with the setting of the bricks for the mowing strip. My job was to be the anal retentive one, I mean detail oriented one, who made sure everything was just so since we have never laid brick before.

I have no idea why this text is underlined and blue it is annoying but oh, well. We still have a lot of brick to lay, pickets to hang, and painting. Dad said I'll have to be sure to take photos of it when it is all done. He doesn't think we'll get it done before he leaves. We'll see.

Yesterday Mom, Mackenzie, and I got our haircut. Mom also got highlights.

Me with my freshly trimmed do:



Mackenzie playing with troll dolls while she waited her turn.

I know what you are thinking...what hair was Mackenzie getting cut off? Well Holly trimmed her up a bit to clean up the wispy pieces. This way her hair will grow in thicker.



Here's a movie of the big girl's first haircut:



Then Holly worked her magic. First she blew her hair out using special techniques. Don't you think Mackenzie's hair looks thicker?:


Then a little product to give her hair shine:



Then she cut her some bangs:



Okay, I'm kidding, but it was pretty cute. Mackenzie, though shy at times, loved Holly. Here she is with Holly:

Now we are ready for Mackenzie's first birthday party tonight. Happy First Birthday Mackenzie!