The Man of 1000 Hairstyles

This is what Mike's hair looked like when we got married. I know it is kind of hard to see, but his hair was short with no facial hair. Since then the hair covering his face and head have been in constant flux, like the phases of the moon. This is partly due to the fact that my mom got him a set of hair clippers for our second Christmas.


He's done the "one length all the way around" look


The "short hair long beard" look


The mohawk (after which he shaved his head completely bald when I was napping one day - I didn't take any pictures of that)


He usually goes for a short period of time without a beard


But it always comes right back (this time with long hair)


He's had a handlebar moustache -- twice (once with long hair, once without, both times he looked like a trucker)



And he even did the "vampire with a ponytail" one night wearing a black silk shirt



But today he got his business/entering the real world/interview haircut, which means that he actually paid $12 to get his hair cut at a shady looking establishment called "Men's Haircuts" which was right next to "American Food Mart."



I like the new haircut, he looks hotter than Daniel Craig in the new James Bond. Now I just hope he can get a job.

Goodbye Dan and Welcome Home Kim and Megan

For the last three months we have had Mike's brother Dan coming to visit almost every weekend while he's been stationed in San Antonio for some sort of officer training. Although it has been hard for him to be away from his family for so long, we've loved having him here and he's kept Mike entertained while I work on Saturdays. As you can see from the top picture, he eventually won Megan over, which can be a difficult task for any strange males to accomplish, uncles or not. He graduated from his program yesterday (second in his class), and hopped straight in the car to make the 24 hour drive home to his kids. We'll miss having him here.



For the last two weeks Megan and I have been in Utah visiting with family and helping my grandparents move from Colorado.


It was great to see everyone, Megan especially loved seeing her cousins and playing with her grandparents.




Although we planned on returning to Austin after a week or so, the flights didn't look very good. With all the weather back east, spring break, and the SXSW music festival in Austin, we weren't able to get a flight when we planned to, so we caught a plane going the other direction and went to Reno to see Alisha and Cory instead. It was the first time that we've been to see where they are living while Cory goes to graduate school, and it was a lot of fun. Alisha taught Megan about eating "cheeseburgers plain" at In-n-Out Burgers.


And one night we left Megan and Noel with Cory and went to the Chocolate Bar. It was fantastic.


We even made the short drive to see Lake Tahoe, which was beautiful. The girls had a great time playing on the beach, even though it wasn't that warm.


It was a great trip, and we loved seeing everyone, but it's always nice to be back home again.

Happy Birthday Megan