A Little Laughter

We're currently in our car, driving to Utah to attend my fifteen year old niece's funeral. She was killed when the family car was hit head on yesterday. Clearly this is not a laughing matter, and everything has been rather somber for the last 24 hours. However, there are definitely still moments of joy:

- my brother in law and two nephews survived

- her parents were sealed in the temple and so they are an eternal family and will be together again

- my entire family is so incredibly amazing and supportive, I can barely contain my gratitude

- my beautiful son continues to remind me of the beauty and power of eternal families

- he also provides moments of light in a gloomy time, such as the following:

(He wanted a snack; I gave him a box of Craisins. He wanted another box but we're stopping for dinner in 30 minutes.)

Me: you can't have another box of Craisins. 

Ren: Why not?

Me: (First thing to come to mind) because they're napping and it's not nice to eat someone when they're asleep. 

(I shot a guilty grin at Robb out of the corner of my eye. Ren might have caught it, because he laughed and said:)

You're a goofball, Mommy!

I think we all needed that little laugh, so thank you, beautiful boy, for your keen observations. 

Adventures in Hairstyling

In the last two months my hair has gone from this:

To this:

To this (whoops!):

To this (taken today):

I actually really like it at present, but given my recent history, who knows what will happen next!

(PS: Every time I Skype my mom and dad they ask me if I've dyed my hair black. Mom, Dad: look at the last picture. All the [very dark] dye has been cut out. My hair IS dark brown, see?) :-)

(PPS: My default bedhead is now a mohawk!)

Phone Dump

So...um...all this stuff happened in June, too. :-)

Hanging out with cousins Violette and Zoe (late June). 

Being a "tographer", like Daddy. 

Saying goodbye to Grandpa Mike and Grandma Annie before they left for Idaho (mid June).

He decided Grandpa Harrison's shoe rack was a cot (mid June). 

This is what happens when he gets ahold of my phone: toddler selfies. 

Ren usually gives me a really hard time with hats, but on this particular morning (early June?) he noticed the hat on top of his teddy bear and told me he needed to wear it. When he was all dressed he informed me that he looked "very handsome." :-)