The Mane Event: Blake's Haircutting Party!

We are so excited to post these pics.  A little background for anyone wondering "who is Blake and why are you cutting his hair?"  Blake is our neighbor, our very hairy neighbor.  He has been growing out his hair, just for fun, for the past 10 months or so.  He is getting ready to graduate and get his mission papers turned in, and he knew he would need a haircut eventually.  He auctioned off the rights to cut the hair at our Ward service auction back in January, and we won!!  We've been planning and scheming for a few months now, and here are the results!!

First, we set up our arsenal:

People came!  We counted about 65 guests, but I think a few more showed up at the end, so a good turnout!!

strange women came...

school friends came...

part-time models came...

pretty girls came...

the mother of the beard came...

Young Women came...

confused people came...

hair aficionados came...

babies came...

teachers came...

YM leaders came...

little cuties came...

thugs came...

and at long last... drum roll please... the guest of honor arrived!!

Here are some before shots of the overgrowth and furry face.

Whoa!

First step:  let's straighten it out and see just how long it really is!

Blake's hair is so curly!  It was tough to get it to straighten!

love the expression Kori!

Yes, it did resemble Sawyer hair.

Lookin' good so far!

Next, Wes worked on the beard.

Blake, meet razor.

We couldn't believe what a difference it made to see that jawline!

So long, stache.

Hey Brock, yeah you in the background, see this razor???

You would have been such a stud in 1977!

Blake's dad conveniently escaped when the razor came out.

And here it goes!  Clint made the first cut!!

Michelle continued on with the haircut.

I am no expert, but it's looking pretty good!

The look of disgust as the new 'do is unveiled.

Can you say MULLET!?!

Blake, you're a handsome guy no matter what hair you have.

You have such good hair Blake!  I love how it just perfectly styled itself with a bit of gel in it.

And nice that it's wavy, so you can't really tell how unevenly it's cut.

If anyone can pull off a mullet, it's this guy!

Isn't he cute?

Blake, thanks for being such a good sport and letting us make a big deal out of this haircut!!!  We hope you enjoy the mullet for a couple of days, it should get some attention!  We'll be excited to see the official missionary haircut too.  Best of luck to you as you get ready to graduate and turn in your mission papers.  We have enjoyed watching you grow up, as well as watching your hair grow, and we can't wait to see what your next chapter holds.