Pieces Of Us.

In Love With Her

WARNING:

DO not open this with kids around, OR if you are easily offended. 
Bad language!  But, very, very funny in a sick twisted kind of way!

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Some things

1. The kids and I set out on a treasure hunt, today.  We went to some garage sales, and the brand new antique store that opened up on Elm Street.  Today was their first day.  I am IN LOVE.  If I was rich, I would give her lots and lots of money, and have them come in and decorate my whole house.  So, So cute in there, and awesome prices.  Go There!  You will love it.  I am obsessed with antique stores, and have been stalking this one, waiting for them to open.  It is packed full of good stuff, and decorated ADORABLE!  I will be going there, often, you should too.  The owner, Paula, is the Mom of Anouk's best friend from here, Kara.  She is so nice, and has been working so hard to get the store all ready to open, so go there, and say HI!

2. We didn't get too much today at garage sales, the girls' big finds were purses with their initials on them.  We went to one yard sale and Madi found a purse with an "M" on it.  ( Thanks, Michelle )  And then, we walked right across the street and Ashlyn found one with an "A" on it.  Score!  So, they were happy as can be!


3.  I finally got our Disneyland ticket and our Sea World tickets bought, AND our hotel booked, TODAY! 
We are leaving in 3 weeks, and I pretty much have nothing planned, so it is time to get on it, I am sure we could have done better, if I would have started earlier, but...  Well, there is no time like the present.  We got a suite HERE . Looks cute, and close to Disney.  There is going to be 6 of us, so we couldn't get a Disney Hotel, cause you can only have 5 people per room in all of those, and there was NO WAY were were booking 2 rooms, for 3 nights at those prices.  So, we found this cute suite, that we can all stay in one room.  It has a bedroom with 2 queen beds, and then a living room with a sofa sleeper.  I am excited and relieved to have a plan. We are going to fly to San Diego on Sunday, rent a van, and stay at Jeff's house, then Monday, we will drive to Anaheim, and check into the hotel.  Tuesday and Wednesday, we will go to Disneyland and California Adventures, and then, Thursday, we will go back to San Diego, and stay at Jeff's house...  and then fly back home on Monday.  Somewhere in the we are going to Sea World.  How cool does that sound?  I can't wait!  Poor John, he works the day before we leave AND the day after we get home.  No rest for him!



4. Anouk is coming in like 21 days.  We leave for California in 23!  Very Cool.  And, I just realized that her Birthday is in just a couple of days...  I guess she gets Disneyland and Sea World tickets, from us!

5. I am up to 26.8 pounds lost, in 12 weeks.  I feel so different.  So awesome.  My cloths are all TOO big, and I just feel better.  I have at least 23 more pounds to go...  And then we will see how that goes.  It is weird to go from 50 pounds that I wanted to loose, to 20.  20 seems pretty manageable!  So, that is cool...  Hoping for 30 pounds, before Disney.


6. Stopped and bought cherries, cucumbers, peaches and fresh sweet corn today.  Fresh fruits and Vegetables make me feel happy.  I love the colors, and textures, and tastes, and that they are so good for us.

7. Summer rocks!


8. Oh' And, I almost forgot.  I am LOVING this song, playing on here! 
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My View, Today

Today, I was pretending that I was here-

But, really, I was here-

Laying on this balnket, reading some magazines, watching my kiddo's swim!  They had so much fun in the pool.  We just set it up last night, and it was FREEZING!  FREEEEEEEZZZZZING!  But, they LOVED it!

Thankful today, for cool water, happy kids, relaxed Mommies, and Summer Break!!!

We *heart* Vicky

It was a special day today!
Ashlyn's babysitter took all her daycare girls to get manicures!
Ashlyn misses Vicky and all her little girlies SO MUCH, already! 
So sweet of them to think of Ashi and invite her, even though she isn't going there right now.  Ashlyn loved it and her nails are SO PRETTY!
We really do have the bestest babysitter in the world!

How cute are they???  Loved seeing all these little girlies getting pampered.

Thanks Vicky!

The Boy

The Sweet, Sweet BOY!

His hair is getting whiter and whiter by the day.

He loves to play outside.

He looks JUST like his Daddy, and acts like him, too.

He is smart.  And Sweet.

He drives his big sister CRAZY!

He is smack in the middle, between 2 girlies.

Every little girl should have a BIG brother, just like him.

He loves his little sister and his Mommy.
And toads!   :)

Pike Place Market

I went to Pike Place Market, in Seattle this weekend.  Oh' how I wish we had a place like this in Hermiston.  Or even the Tri-Cities, for that matter. 
Love, Love, Loved it there.  Love all the sights, smells, and most of all colors!  It was awesome.  Seattle is awesome.  I can't wait to go back when we have more time.  But, for now, I will dream of being able to go to a place like this to buy fruits and vegetables.  If we had a place like this, I think I would become a vegetarian.  It was so funny to see all these kids walking around...  eating carrots and cherries and apples and all sorts of healthy stuff. 

Striving for...

The Simple Life.

I have this sitting in the middle of my dining room table, right now.
Simplify is my word. 

I got a new CAMERA.  I have been wanting a smaller camera for awhile and with our Disneyland trip right around the corner, I figured this was a good time.  It is the cutest little thing.  I haven't had too much time to play with it, but it seems like a fun new toy.  I won't need to go the chiropractor after packing it around all day, that is a plus.  My neck hurts from carrying my 20D and the lens that I have on it, if I carry it for too long.  And, it will be nice to have a baby camera, for just grabbing and shooting.  Man, there are so many different digital cameras on the market now days.

Anyway, my goal is to shoot more everyday things.  Just leave this little one sitting out, for easy grabbing.  We will see.

The Simple Life. Loving that!

A Celebration

Tonight, the kids and I celebrated the ending of the school year, at Scott and Sue Smith's house.
We had so much fun, and it feels SO good to know that we are done, for another summer!  Hard to believe that I just wrapped up my second year at McNary.  Hard to believe that my kids are now considered 2nd and 4th graders.  Hard to believe it is so sad to say good-bye to the kids from my school.  Hard to believe that we are now on our own time, to do whatever we want. 
I will miss work.  I really will.  I love it there, but I am SO looking forward to getting some house and yard work done and chilling with the kids.  Hoping the weather is nice tomorrow, so I can find some relaxation in the hammock! 

Happy Summer Break, friends!
Here's to awesome weather, free time, family time, B-B-Qing, relaxing, and the occasional Coors Light, in the bottle.  Yep, it's that time of the year!

And- a few more pictures from the party-











And, Mr. Young, a fifth grade teacher at McNary-

Harvest

And because she is the cutest dog in the world, and because we managed to keep her alive this weekend-

And, her cute smile-