Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Slippin' in the Sun
Lots of sun.
Finally.
But no air conditioning.
Okay. So now I understand
why some of my Washington-er young women
whined when they heard
the forecast would be 80-90 degrees this week.
When you don't have ac,
it is the inside of your house that is 87 degrees.
interesting. horrible.
I never knew.
But we took advantage of the sun
when our friends invited us over to play.
I totally had as much fun on the slip n slide
as the boys.
Can't wait to do it again.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Fireworks
I've never experienced a 4th of July weekend quite like this.
Because we live in "unincorporated" land,
our neighborhood had the freedom
to go crazy with the fireworks.
And they did.
We started out our 2-day celebration
with a BBQ and S'mores.
It was sooo cold Saturday when we set off our fireworks
with our neighbors.
We wore coats and bundled up with blankets.
to go crazy with the fireworks.
And they did.
We started out our 2-day celebration
with a BBQ and S'mores.
It was sooo cold Saturday when we set off our fireworks
with our neighbors.
We wore coats and bundled up with blankets.
It was a spectacular show.
Oh, yeah and because that was actually the 4th of July.
Huge fireworks shooting up into the sky right over our heads.
Since Jacqui and Josh showed up on our couch
after the fireworks and festivities that night,
we had to do it all again the next day.Oh, yeah and because that was actually the 4th of July.
From about 3pm to Midnight
we were in a war zone.
The fireworks and explosions were constant.
When we walked outside around 9:30pm
it didn't matter which way we looked
there were fireworks bursting into the air from every direction.
Happy Independence Day!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
I Heart
She surprised me
with him
and came to visit.
I was crazy surprised to see them sitting on my couch
when we got home from fireworks last night.
They were in cahoots with E
and Stef
to make this big surprise possible.
It makes me happy to have family here
to play with for a few days.
that amid the craziness of so many people in the house
they all decided to nap at the same time.
So now Jac and I get to play with him.
And take pictures of everyone sleeping.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Play Ball!
Kyler got a free ticket through his school
so we all headed to a ball game.
We watched the game, cheered, ran up and down the bleachers,
got autographs from the team mascot
and everyone else sitting around us.
(Good thing they were all families from Kyler's school).
We stayed up WAY past bedtime to watch the post game fireworks,
not getting home until midnight.
T-ball season has also begun!
Kacin
Kyler
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I was 19 the day that Eric and I got married and I had my whole perfect life PLANNED out—a time table, a list of goals, EXPECTATIONS, and dreams. But LIFE gave me something EVEN BETTER than my limited vision and plans: a chance to learn and grow and BECOME by experiencing infertility, foster care, adoption, special needs (autism) parenting, breast cancer, and more. Our lives are often challenging, PAINFUL, and complicated, yet it is no doubt that they are GLORIOUS, wonderful, and exciting, too. Our EXPERIENCES, the ones we DELIBERATELY seek out and the ones we would never have picked but we have to MUDDLE through anyways, SHAPE us. We CHOOSE what that shape will look like in the end by our ATTITUDE and our willingness to EMBRACE the moments of life. For it is the MOMENTS that DEFINE us. I choose to WALK FORWARD in the BRIGHTNESS of hope by noticing those moments, LEARNING as much as I can, SEEKING the good, and TRUSTING in a loving God.
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