Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

"Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum."
--Ansel Adams

So I was reading a friend's blog a few days ago. She had been "tagged" to post the fourth picture from the fourth folder on her computer. I love the idea of being tagged, because if I am being completely honest with you all, I sometimes have nothing exciting to blog about. The result of being tagged with specific instructions allows me the opportunity to either share the given information with you, or it gives me the jump start I need to get my own content idea. Well, I thought I would follow the instructions on the tag, when I got there this is the picture I found. I wish it was a close up, but I guess I can still tell the story ;).

For those of you who have never met my kids with long hair, this would be Noah. This was taken in May 2007. He was 5 at the time...with a mom who thought she would let him decide the length of his hair. Hmm. It was cute for a while. Until it started taking as much shampoo to wash his hair as it takes to wash mine. He loved the longer hair. Why? I'm not really sure, but everytime I bring up getting a hair cut, he says he wants to let it grow out. Yep. He proclaimed this last week. I'm not sure if he says this because he is already trying to keep up with the hair fad for boys of growing long wavy/curly hair (which he has neither type of hair...maybe I should break this to him gently) or if he just hates the sound of the clippers next to his ears. I should ask ;).

As I was looking for the assigned picture, I ended up going through many other folders to see what treasures I could find. Here are some other pictures. These are from two folders around the same time as the picture above.

Noah, I don't remember why you are crying, but this is the long hair I speak of. Too much shampoo needed.

Blake (Or as I call him, "Bigs") with long hair also. Only about half as much shampoo required, but still too much.

The boys. This was after the South Ogden Annual Easter Egg Hunt in 2007. They decided it would be funny to race each other without being able to see where they were going. Hmm...

...and this is how it ended up after they pulled themselves off their stomachs.

The boys with their dad.