While Mommy is Away, the Children and Daddy Play!

One major perk of living with the parents, is the built in baby sitting that takes place.  It was nice being able to go to Conference  and the girls could just stay "home" with Grandma while Daddy went to work each day.

I did however get a terrified call from my mom the day after I arrived in Minneapolis.  I had stupidly left some scissors out in full reach of Linaya who decided to play SALON!  Up to that point, none of our children had cut theirs, or anyone else' hair.  My mom felt so bad, but it wasn't even her fault at all. With as urgent as she sounded on the voicemail to call her back, I was relieved it was only about HAIR and nothing more.
Though this mama couldn't help but be a little sad..Her finally growing out locks, with their perfect natural curling ends were suddenly, no more.  She gave herself quite the hack job but my mom was able to take her to the REAL salon and get it fixed into an adorable, but VERY short, bob.

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After: 

That weekend Luke took the girls up to our STILL NOT SOLD house in Santaquin to bring some more items home and check on things.  While there they enjoyed the Orchard Days festivities, including a parade and a car show. 

 And lastly, this hand holding picture just melts my heart.  Luke is such a loving daddy.