A Bit Embarrassing but Funny.

Natalie had some of her hair up in a rubber band for a couple days. I took out the rubber band, and then combed it straight back, and she begged me to leave it that way. I tried many times to get her to change her mind, but she thought it looked beautiful. We came downstairs and I asked Lindsay if Natalie's hair looked weird, and she said it was pretty. I let Natalie go to school with this lovely hairstyle! Her permanent substitute is a woman in my ward who until now probably thought my family was semi-normal. Oh well, she was so happy when she walked out the door to go to school. You can tell from this picture that she is actually very proud of her new do! Natalie, you are absolutely adorable no matter how weird your hair is!

The Pet Store Gave Us Two Male Rats

...and now we have 13 rats. The babies are pretty cute, and the kids are so excited, but 13 rats! Dave and I came home from a basketball game when Jaron and Brayden informed us of the 11 new babies. My reaction was to just laugh. We had 2 "male" gerbils about 7 or 8 years ago, and they also had babies. I guess when you purchase little rodents, and you know very little about their anatomy, chances are, you may not get what you thought you had gotten. We are hoping the pet store is cooperative when we bring a bunch of rats back to them. Brayden wants to keep his rat: the mother, but we obviously have to get rid of Jaron's father rat. Bryce has also been begging for a rat of his own, so we will keep a baby for him and one for Jaron to replace the father. Hopefully we will be successful at getting all the same sex. I don't want another surprise litter, but so far this surprise has been fairly enjoyable.