Shopping for Cars

This was my favorite car at the Atlanta car show that we went to over the weekend, a brand new Corvette.  Stephen had the brilliant idea to head to the car show to see all of these amazingly cool creations.  What a blast we had!  Some of the cars you could sit in and some of the really expensive cars were simply untouchable, placed behind a little fenced in area.  It was great to see these cool cars up close.  I sat in the 2 door Jeep and that was great!  I could have fun in that one.  We saw a new Honda car that was similar to the CRX that I owned back in the late 80's.  I loved that car and was so sad to sell it when I got married and couldn't afford a sports car. 

 I sat in the Honda and it really did feel like the one I had.  It brought back memories of me zooming down I-15 on my way to Provo to see my boyfriend!  Easton took a lot of pictures so I am posting some of his favorites.  I would label them but I don't know the names to most of the super cars.  They just look good to me!

Easton's favorite car at the show! 

 This is the car from the show, Zombie Apocalypse that is filmed in Atlanta.  I've never watched it so it didn't mean anything to me...

 This is the Jeep that I loved.  Seriously, I could have fun in this!

 This is a 2015 Mustang.  It was sooooo cool.  I loved the back end how they made it more rounded.  Can't wait to see this one on the road.  Stephen said it was his next car in 2015!  I think I would have to borrow it!

Just Chilling

A dad, a thirteen year old boy, a puppy and a bag of popcorn make for a fun time watching a little March Madness Basketball.  I love my guys and love that they like to spend time together!

Moving Up

 Easton had a successful scout Court of Honor last week.  He earned THREE rank advancements and the Fishing merit badge.  We are finally moving in the right direction and getting things done.  Our next goal.....the rank of Star!

Again???

I know you have all heard the saying, "Three times the charm."  Well, we're hoping that is true over here in our neck of the woods.  Easton started wearing glasses a few weeks ago and it's taken a while for him to get used to.  Sometimes he forgets to wear them.  Sometimes I forget to remind him to put them on because I'm just not used to seeing him in them. I simply don't even notice that something is amiss.   We've had challenges with the glasses fitting properly and we've also had challenges with the glasses breaking.

I posted a story about the first time they were broken on the blog.  Remember when they simply fell off of Easton's face onto the floor at school at the same time that a friend was walking by?  The spectacles were stepped on and the nose piece broke off.  Thankfully that was an easy adjustment and they were fixed by the next day and back on his face.

The second time they broke was kind of a fluke.  Easton had set them on the kitchen table.  He went to grab them and accidentally dropped them on the floor.  As they dropped to floor his foot just happened to be moving in a walking motion and stepped on the falling glasses as they landed with a thud.  They were accidentally crushed and literally snapped the frame causing the lens to fall out.  It was a bad day for Easton and he felt awful about it.  I took the pieces to the eye store the next day and they were able to fix it for no extra charge because it was within the 90 day warranty window.  They took his lenses and popped them into a new frame and we were on our way again to having improved vision.  As I handed him the new eye pieces I reminded him to be extremely careful with them.

I received the following text from Easton last Friday while he was in school.  You're really not going to believe this....

YEP!  The glasses were broken again.  DEMOLISHED!  The text message you see here pretty much sums up the status of his glasses.  He said after his friends' jacket swiped them off his face he couldn't even find where they went.  It was so bizarre!  Some girl found them on her chair and saw that she had been accidentally been sitting on them.  What are the odds of that?  I picked up his glasses from school and headed over the eye glasses place because I wanted to get them fixed so that Easton wouldn't be without his glasses for the whole weekend.  As it turned out, they didn't have his frames in stock and they had to be ordered.  We should have them by the end of the week.  UGH!  The eye glass lady was able to place his lenses in a temporary pair so he could see over the weekend but they were a really dorky pair of glasses that he would never wear in public, just at home.  So as you can see the third times a charm around here!  I hope there are no funny phrases about the fourth time out there.  We need to fix these glasses and let's hope we are through with destructive glasses incidences for a long time!

New Do!

Okay.....last week Easton requested a haircut.  Now that's really something!  He actually requested it!  It usually takes a little prodding to get the haircut to happen.   He just has never been a fan of haircuts.  The picture above shows the old style......now take a look at the new Easton below!

 We walked into the haircut place and Easton said he wanted to try something new.  Well, alright....He went for the chopped up messy look.  When we got home he tried to style it with the gels that we had on hand and he was feeling pretty good about it.  The next day after school and PE class it was looking a little out of control.  The next morning we tried just doing a little bang spike in the front and that seemed to work well.  But, PE and a long day in school made it go flat and Easton was not happy about it.  I went to CVS to get some serious product to put in his hair that would give it some awesome HOLD!  We basically wanted glue and that's just about what we ended up getting.

With a little experimenting Easton got it the way he wanted and when he came home from school it had been a successful hair day!  The hair was still intact and looking good!

Easton even tried a faux hawk one morning and that was kind of cool too.  He is finally getting the hang of his new do and how to make it work.  I like being able to see his sparkling eyes and good looking face!

Toasty Warm Slippers

I've been working on crocheting some Converse slippers for Easton.  He saw them a while back on the computer and instantly wanted me to make him a pair.  He picked out the color and found the directions for me online.  They were pretty easy to make, just a little time consuming.  They are officially done and I think they are a hit!