What's the trick?

For 4 years now, since Corky and I have been married, I have owned a large round brush. For 4 years now I have been trying to figure it out! I admit that I don't use it very often so I can't say I have really practiced, but every time I try to use it I get totally frustrated. I have friends who don't go a day without using theirs. They can't imagine life without it. I just don't get it. I always have an excuse for not using it. Here are a some examples.

1- My hair is too long (which is not the case any more)

2- My hair is too short (again, which is not the case anymore)

3- I get too hot using it. The blow dryer seems to blow right in my face making me sweat and making me feel like I need another shower or some strong face astringent.

4- I can't get my hair to wrap around it.

5- Loose hair wraps around, getting tangled in the handle.

6- Its just faster to blow dry my hair all the way and either flat iron or curl it.

7- My arms get SOOOO TIRED! Isn't that pathetic?? I swear, I work out. My arms aren't all that wimpy but using a round brush to blow dry my hair completely kills my arms.

8- My hair is too thick and I have way too much of it.

9- My hair is too wavy (although I hear a round brush can help with that...but I don't know how to do it)

10- I don't get that "Just left the salon" look that everyone else seems to always get so I just don't try.

Excuses, excuses!!!

Anybody got any tips besides just chucking my brush out the window? It has been taking up space under my bathroom sink for 4 years now and I don't intend on keeping for another 4 years unless I can really figure out how to use it! By the way, my brush is the pink one on the right!

Its finally summer!

Gracey and I played in the sprinklers for the first time EVER yesterday. She wasn't too sure about it at first but once she saw me jumping over the sprinkler, she joined right it. Though Corky didn't think we needed it, I insisted to him last weekend that we get her the cute little "Dora the Explorer" sprinkler. She really liked it but was just as happy with the regular sprinkler head. I could have saved ourselves 10 bucks!! I should have known though. We didn't have any fancy shmancy sprinkler head when we played in them and we still loved them! Oh well. Lesson learned. Emily just sat on the sidelines this time and observed. She is good at that!

and just for fun...Here is Emily eating her toes today! She had to get shots this morning and so she hasn't been a happy camper this afternoon. At least she found comfort in sucking on her feet! I wish I was still that flexible.

The final verdict...straight!

Okay, it is only taking me 4 days to finally get my pictures on the computer!


We had a way fun time at our banquet! At least I did. Its fun to get all dressed up every now and again. Corky isn't a girl, so he doesn't understand! :) Because of time restraints and that fact that my mom wanted me to wear straight hair, I went with straight hair. We had a great dinner and great entertainment. When I mean entertainment, I don't mean a live band, comedian, or anything else like that. I mean, being the only ones sober in a room full of people who didn't put a limit on their wine intake. The drunker some people got, the less I tried to hide the fact that I was laughing AT THEM! Some people are ridiculous.


Thanks to my little sister, Bailey for letting me wear one of her prom dresses. I took my usual velvety black dress to wear as back up but I was really hoping that one of my sisters dresses would work for me. I have worn my black dress to every formal event for the past 4+ years. Even though it is only worn once a year at the most, it is still refreshing to change it up. Nothing about Corky's uniform changes, except for rank or awards, and so it will be nice to not have us looking the exact same year after year.


You can tell in the picture that I was in desperate need of some powder on my forehead and my posture could definitely be better....but at least its a picture. I hardly ever can get a picture of Corky in his uniform. There's usually a bribe or something involved.

A little help...

Hey Folks! Got a quick question....Tomorrow night I am attending some formal banquet with Corky and I don't know what to do with my hair. My hair is shorter than normal (at least that's my excuse for not knowing what to do with it) so I don't have many choices. Should I wear it straight? Or should I wear it with a little bit of curl? I straighten my hair on a daily basis, so that is normal for me....but I think the curl may make me look to teenagerish??





Will you all still be my friend after that curly haired picture, please? I took that about 5 minutes ago...and I feel dumber trying to be all cute for a picture than if I just make a stupid face.

Nice and Sweet

Well, wouldn't you know that the week I create my blogging account I become incredibly busy...which makes me look like a slacker in the blogging world. Not too much to update on though.

My birthday was last Friday and I had a great day! It started off first thing in the morning. Corky took care of the girls and I slept in until 9:00am! It was awesome! When I came downstairs I saw a big organizing bin and some shelves for all my craft junk! Corky had gotten up early that morning and gotten into my craft box...which literally was just a big box with everything thrown in it...he organized EVERYTHING I have into these shelves. He did a great job. Like my dad said later that day on the phone when I told him about it "Corky is a brave man!" It was great! Now I can see exactly where everything is and just pull it out as I need it, rather than pulling everything out just to find one tiny thing.

That night Corky and I went to dinner. We went to the only sit down restaurant here at Ft. Irwin and the food has never tasted better! Dinner always tastes a little better when you aren't having to worry about food being thrown or dropped, like it is normally with the kiddos. Anyway, it was our first night hiring a babysitter and so that was exciting too. When we go visit family in Utah, we usually always take an evening out and leave the kids with family but we don't get that opportunity a lot here. Notice the picture of Gracey in front of the television? She is sitting in Emily's infant bumbo sitter just watching Cinderella. She is a goof!

After dinner we came home and had a humble little birthday party for me. Corky wants me to make sure that I let everybody know that I requested to make my own cake. About a week before I told him not to plan on making me one or ordering one. I love baking cakes and don't always get the chance to because I don't want to eat the entire thing. I made a super tasty coconut cake that adds 5 pounds to your body weight with each piece. It was SOOO GOOOD! Gracey and Corky sang "Happy Birthday" and before the song was even finished, Gracey blew out my candles! I told you she is a goof! It will be interesting as Emily gets older and won't want Gracey's help to blow out the candles on her birthday. Oh boy...can't wait for those days!

I say that I have been busy but it is full of mom, wife, and church duties so nothing that I think will interest most! Life is fun but I hope to take a few minutes every few days to get on here to catch up with everyone else and to update on us Whipples! Until then...enjoy the pictures!

Jumping on the Bandwagon!

For the last month or so (or 3 or 4!) I have been a blog stalker! I have had a ton of fun browsing some old and closest friends blogs and so I figure if I just make my own I won't feel so much like a "peeping tom". I am so excited to be back in touch with so many people who I figured I would never cross paths with again.

Very brief summary on us Whipples:

I moved out to Connecticut to be a nanny and I met a super cute cadet from West Point Military Academy that was fresh off his mission. We dated for just under 2 years before finally tying the knot. We had a summer long honeymoon because he didn't have to report to his training for 6 weeks after he graduated. We moved to Virginia for 4 months and then it was off to California. We were expecting our first baby, Gracey, in November 2004 only to have Corky leave for a year long deployment 2 weeks later. He came home safely in November of 2005. We had another cute baby girl in December 2006. Her name is Emily. We are once again living in The Middle of Nowhere, California but I personally am loving it. As long as there is a park, pool, and grocery store....I am fine and dandy!

How brief was that?