anyone sick of these yet?

2 posts on a week? I know, I know!

maybe I should do this paper and pen thing more often!

brought to you by mrs. j's scrap paper pile

So here is the link to the cookies. I have no idea how I came across it or where I clicked the link, but yum!
Lemon Gems

[and now... the rest of the story]

Okay, so maybe Dustyn shaving his hair into a mohawk was a little out of character.
Maybe, just maybe there is a little more to the story.
Maybe there is a reason he went from this:

to this:

But honesty, I really do not mind this:

at. all.
I most definitely think I have one handsome husband.

So it all started with Dustyn's school doing Giving it Back.
The students do various activities and fundraisers to raise money for a family in the community that has gone through a difficult time or two and would benefit from the help a little extra money. (you can read more about this years family here.) It is an awesome program and the students really get a lot out of it.

Before they start the fundraising, the faculty and student council members pledge certain things in order to motivate the students to raise more money.
One male teacher pierces his ear.

At least one teachers is duct taped to the wall.

There is a limbo competition.

An elixir of death.

 And many various other activities.

All in all it is a lot of fun.

Dustyn decided to change things up and do something different this year. I jokingly said you should bic your head. The decision was made and he made his pledge. For $5000.00 he would be the new Mr. Clean.

A few weeks later, Katie and I were talking about how hot this guy is:

Swoon.

So I teased Dustyn... maybe you should get a mohawk.

He agreed.

I was scared. Very scared.

So the day came.

I was nervous. I mean... my 33 year old husband was going to actually really have a mohawk. Are you serious? I just might be married the the geek of the west here soon. Could he really pull it off? I won't lie. I surely didn't think so.

Well...

He so can.

I am so bummed that it will be gone soon.


Sad, sad day.
(there is always summer, right?)

And sadly for the rest of the week he has it (he said he'd keep it for an entire week if they raised over $100 at the assembly), he can't spike it for school. Sad.

And he's so much hotter than any dude in a high school singing club.
with or without the mohawk.

Dude, my husband totally rawks the mohawk.
and just in case you wanna see a few more photos:

and that my friends, is the rest of the story.

**a new roommate**

Yep, that's right.
We have a new roommate!

It is awesome having a friend to hang out with all day.

Make sure you check their blog out too!

Jace and Katie

hey you farns/dotson peoples

do you wanna see more of these?
or more of santa?
The whole 40th Anniversary shebang is now at thedotsonclan.shutterfly.com
if you need the password you can contact Amy. (or you can email me)

who knew Dust would rock the mohawk

we have a heart beat...

Yesterday Dustyn and I attended Rin's doctors appointment with her.

It was so fun to hear little g-baby's heart beat.
Everything is going well with her pregnancy.

Yesterday she also had to do the dreaded glaucoma test and get her rhogam shot... so I am sure the doctors appointment wasn't quite as exciting for her.

I am so happy we get to be a part of all of this.

Now she starts going every two weeks, hopefully we will be able to make it to most of them.

one-ten-ten

2191 days 52599 hours 3155942 minutes 189356547 seconds ago...

my life forever changed for the better.

I have a feeling that in about
84 days
2037 hours
122270 minutes
7336241 seconds


it will happen again.

I love that little face!

New Years Traditions

still

I seriously love this song.

I love that it's finally on Youtube.

I love that I can share it with you now. :)


*(by the way - I think I have come back and read my previous post about 20 times tonight. I can't stop looking at my pictures. So, so happy I found them.)*

fortune, anyone?

We went to a chinese restaurant on Saturday with the rest of my family.

The waitress gave me two fortune cookies.
They were both great fortunes.

One was that I would walk on the sand of many countries through out my life (or something like that). I have no problems with that at all. I love to travel.

The next one said that I would find something that was very important to me in the coming week. I giggled a little to Dustyn and in a sarcastic voice said, "Hmm... maybe I will find my pictures this week. ha ha."

(this is just a picture of a picture... i need to scan them in. I was just too excited to tell you)

Happy New Year!

(apparently Dustyn thought it would be fun to slobber on my cheek. :P)

Welcome 2010! Hoping for the best year yet!