I cut my hair

So, just a quick note on the baby we were supposed to get through the adoption agency we were working with. We flew all the way down there, we were actually in the parking lot of the hospital, met with our agent, went to the store to wait for the news and got a call from the main guy who said "our birth mom" was never pregnant. We are heart broken and stressed, because we have already paid so much to them and were so ready to bring that baby home. Hopefully this nightmare will all work out and eventually we will get a baby out of it.

The next day after we got back I chopped my hair and donated it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. It was just so much maintenance and with a young family (and not much time for myself) it's much better to have short hair, it was also so heavy and made me hot. I can actually style it real quick now that it's short.

Here are just some quick pics. I know the one with me with long hair, I am in a nightgown I got from my Grandma and no makeup. I tried to make the final result look better. Ha ha.

It kind of makes me sad to look back on that first photo. I was hurting so bad that day.

More Family Fun

We went to our Packer Family reunion in the middle of July and had a blast, we went up the canyon with My brother and sister and their families, plus last weekend we went up boating with Wes's family. We have had a busy July! Our kids loved knee boarding and playing in the water. August is going to be a lot slower pace that's for sure. Especially if we get our baby soon.

It has been a great summer already!

I just thought I would post some fun pics of us this summer so far. We have done so much. My sister Liz and her family came up for a few days and we got together with my brother, sister in law and their sweet boy too. We have had a blast! I have to take advantage because we all go back to school in the fall, Byron in 2nd grade, Ethan in Kindergarten and Lilly in Preschool and I will be teaching preschool. It has been nice to have this time off.

Another failed adoption pulls at our heart strings

Today we were told that our birth mom is going to keep her baby. We are really sad, because we have never gotten this far yet. We had all our bags packed and our baby stuff ready to go. Any day now we were supposed to fly out to Georgia, because we were chosen. It is tempting to just give up, so we don't have to keep getting hurt so bad. But, we have felt inspired to adopt. I guess we will just keep trying, for at least another year.

Healing power of honey

Yesterday we went to this local ladies house that sales natural honey she makes from her bees, I believe. I have been doing research online about the medicinal uses of honey. I didn't realize that doctors used to use it back in the day before antibiotics.
The main uses I have found that honey can be used are:
For infected wounds, cuts, or burns, because microorganisms can't grow in honey. It has hydrogen peroxide in it.
Soothes coughs, colds and sore throats.
Helps with seasonal allergies, because the bees pick up little particles of the pollen and plants around your area and then when you ingest it your body produces antibodies to fight off the allergens. They say it kinda works like an allergy shot.
It has antioxidants and nutrients to help keep the germs away.
It has to be all natural honey, because when it is processed the heat kills the good stuff in it.
I have been doing research on the antibacterial properties of honey and how you can actually use it to help heal acne. Through doing my detox I have gotten some blemishes, so I am going to try it. Their are many different concoctions you can find online. Like I have found a recipe for a cinnamon/honey mask. Some say you can add lemon juice to it for a mask. I'll try it out for a while and see if it works. It's worth a try.
It is also great to use for a natural sweetener, because it has good stuff in it like nutrients and antioxidants that sugar doesn't have. But, it still is a sweetener so I can't have too much with my new diet.
P.S. Just make sure you don't give honey to kids under 1 year.