So, this is Saige, the angel.  This picture was taken yesterday while we were waiting for Mommy to finish shopping at JCP.  Today is her 7 month mark.  We are so proud of her.  She has grown tremendously, mostly in the tummy area (the scale at the doctors yesterday read 21 lbs and 11 oz).  She learns new tricks every day.  This week it was scooting along the couch to get the remote control. 

I had an experience this week that has made me appreciate Saige so much and value the precious gift that she is to our family.  Sometimes we don't realize how fortunate we are until we see others who have not been as fortunate.  It still isn't easy for us to think of the difficult times we faced in trying to get Saige here, but we are so blessed to have her as a part of our family.  We love our little miracle!

So, the Grand Opening for the hotel finally came.  It was a great event.  The people in the picture include people from the Chamber of Commerce, two of the owners, Joseph (the GM) and myself.  It was truly a lot of fun to plan and organize.  I would like to say that I got a lot of help, but really I was flying solo. 

Each person that entered the hotel got a passport.  The passport told a little about the hotel, had a welcome from the GM, instructed guests to visit 3 indicated areas of the hotel to receive a stamp, and finally once they got all the stamps they could be entered into the raffle.  The grand prize was a two-night stay, second was a one-night stay and dinner at Da Pineapple Grill, and third was an iPod shuffle with the SpringHill Suites logo engraved on it.  We had orange sherbet and sour blueberry jelly bellies (which matched the hotel's color scheme) for each of the guests.  There were root beer floats and sushi from Da Pineapple Grill provided for all. 

The local radio station was there and I was interviewed twice.  There were also other dignitaries there from BYU-Idaho and other local businesses. 

Overall, it was a lot of fun and I think we had about 200+ people move through during it. 

The CUT!

Ben's hair got really shaggy and needed a cut.  He usually goes somehere to get it cut, but really wanted to savemoney and have me cut it.  I have never cut anyones hair before and told him that I really did not want to cut his hair.  He kept asking and asking so finally I gave in. He walked me through the three stpe process and I was shaking the entire time.  I really did not want to mess up since the Grand Opening of the Hotel is this Friday.  Well, I got done and wiped off the sweat.  Here is how it looked!

Not too bad, Huh!