Maggie

This is our dog Maggie. She is now 11 years old. You can tell she's getting quite old and grey. She has a limp now. I checked her paw and she didn't wimper, so I'm thinking she might have a sore hip.

Karen took these pictures for her entry for the county fair. We chose the full-body shot you see up top.

Goofy boy, continued

Tonight, eating his tomato.

County Fair

Been busy getting my entries ready for the county fair. They are due Thursday.
The two pictures are 'macro' in 8x10. The scrapbook layout is 12x12 and is from Relay For Life. The frame is Artificial/Dried wall arrangement.

Bored, bored, bored

I am finishing day 3 of being totally alone with a non-verbal child. I'm miserable!! He has his good moments, but 90% of the time, I'm being yelled at, snotted on, poop cleaning, and sweeping/mopping/picking up/vacuuming after the rest of the time. By the time back up shows, I'll be doing this gig for 87 hours. Paul thought I'd enjoy the alone time. Not quite. I'm stressed.

BTW... Chris, don't read this.

My Boy and His Food

By now you've noticed my boy loves to eat. I think he got that from his Daddy. He loves chocolate, too. Just like his Momma.

it's a potato, in case you can't tell.

Bath time

I know these are out of order. I posted them in order, which should have been reverse order. ... Dinner, Dessert, Bath. oh well.

dirt for dessert

Kissy face!

Dinner!!!

More Food Please!!!

This boy loves to eat!!! Here are pictures of him finishing the green beans and the noodles from 2 separate dinners.

Zoom Zoom!

See what was in front of my house??

I would consider this to be my Sexy Momma car. Too bad it's not mine.

Bobby pins

I spoke with my Mom today. She had hoped I'd call on Sunday, Paul and my anniversary, so she could wish us a happy day, but we got home too late (2:00 our time, 9:00pm her time). So I called this morning, which is my brother's birthday. I mentioned using a bobby pin and she was surprised I had those. I buy a 'box' of pins every couple of years since I use them so often and lose them half as often. I'm not the only one who uses them, am I? I think they are great.

GoOfY

One of the many reasons I love being a mom: goofy grins.

Yard Sale

Today I had my first yard sale since being in M-F. I had 2 in CP and we lived there only 2 years. We've been in M-F for 5!

We had a great day, beautiful weather, and as you can see, lots of shade. I have 3 tables of girls clothes, 1 of boys, 1 adult, 1 kitchen, 1 LR/bath, and 2 misc. Five dressers/book shelves, 4 tables, 5 lamps, picnic table, 2 racks of clothes, maternity, and various other items. I'm pleased with today's progress and hope we clear out more tomorrow.

Time for the looney bin!

Curtis is driving me insane today! He's taking short naps. Crying when he's not in my arms or sleeping. or eating. I'm just on my last nerve with him.

I've been working on our huge yard sale since Friday. A couple hours a day. We have a LOT of stuff. We got several dressers, an entertainment center, headboards and several boxes of kitchen things. I went through 6 boxes of Karen's clothes and only saved 2 boxes that we can use for foster kids. We should be able to do $800 with our stuff. The church is bringing over 5 antique tables, so hopefully we can get anotehr $800 from that.

What's that feeling?

Oh, it's fresh air rushing through BOTH my nostrils! I love it! I praise God because I have gone 3 days without a bit of pain! I took some oxycodone thinking I would need it, but because of the narcotics, I puked it all up... and lost 2 pounds in the process. I got the packing removed today and it feels like an air tunnel in there!! It's wonderful. I didn't bruise like I thought I would.

So thank you to anyone who prayed for me. God guided Dr. C's hands and anyone else involved (I slept through it all and have no idea who was in there). I'm so grateful for my wonderful hubby who has been a saint and servant to me through this. He's taking a much-deserved nap right now.

Thank You Jesus!!

My Little Buddy

Curtis is now the big 18 months.







big change, eh?

**yawn**

I'm so bored I could slip into a coma.

It's 110 lovely degrees here. We spent an hour at the pool right after I got off work, then home for Curtis' afternoon nap. We'll eat a quick dinner and go back. Paul is in San Diego, so we don't have to wait dinner. And since I can't take them Wed-Fri due to surgery, I'm storing up my points.

I wish I had $500. I'd fly to Louisiana to meet my niece. I'd only stay a day...or two. I hear I have good visitor manners. I also make a mean baked mac-n-cheese.

Cousins...

Karen with Sabina, who just turned 3.

Curtis with Addison, who is 15 months.


They are up from Texas for the week while my brother is in Malaysia. We drove to Hermiston to visit and play. Lots of fun. :oD

Seattle Part II

Part of the trek and the park. It's so weird to be in a city big enough that more than one other family is at the park at the same time. Usually our parks are so barren, but there were 20+ families here. Here are our hosts, Coby and Kori. Karen adores Coby.

Seattle

Not too far from our friends' home is Carkeek Trail and Park, just off the Sound. It is quite a trek, especially with little ones. But the weather was lovely.