The Beatles-Birthday

Happy Birthday to Miss H. She's 9 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Psych

Love this show! I am trying to find a clip of the second episode from this new season, they reference Ferris Buellers Day off.

The car is dead

Today, we had to finally decide that yes, we did kill the car! Mark has been working on the Rodeo when he can, and he finally came to the conclusion that it is not fixable. So we promptly took it to the car crusher and sold that bad boy!

Now we have the scary task of purchasing a new car. So many to choose from!

Tonite I scrapbooked a page with pictures from 2001. When we went to the cabin back in March, I put random pictures in a plastic box to scrapbook. My goal was to get most of the pictures scrapbooked, but there was not enough time. Now I have been going back to that box and randomly pulling pictures out.

Here is the page completed tonite.

Craft results

We had fun getting some craft projects done on Saturday. Here are a couple of pictures.

What tommorow has in store for me

Saturday is supposed to be rainy here in the Puget Sound. I am actually happy. I feel like I have not cooled off since our camping trip to Winthrop back in July.
Miss H has a swimming and slumber party to go to tommorow so Molly and I will have a day of crafting together. One of my BFF's, Rose, may come over also (she better or else is what Molly said! Ha Ha.) so we will hopefully get a lot done. Tonite has been about looking through supplies and sort of re-organizing and re-visiting what I have. One goal of mine lately is to use old tools and products. I typically go with the new stuff, but I am finding that a lot of my old mixes well with the new. I am still in love with the Cricut machine and can't wait to use that, along with all of my wonderful Thickers that I have collected up. The goal eventually is to not purchase alphabet stickers and to use the Cricut and my alphabet stamps instead.
Projects on my mind for tommorow:
1. Paint and decorate shadow boxes with Seabrook group photo
2. Scrapbook in both girls school scrapbooks (this will help get my paper problem closer to being under control)
3. Having a stress free, fun day with Molly and anyone else who dares drag their stuff over to my house!!!! ROSE THIS MEANS YOU!

******update on the helicopter: It is not flying over anymore. No news on any of the local stations either. It is times like these I almost wish I had a police scanner. But then I would have to move my family to some white trash home, drink Schlitz beer and sit on my front porch in a broken down recliner.

helicopter in my neighborhood

Ok, we live near Boeing field so we are in their flight path. I did not think much of the first few minutes of helicopter noise above. But now it has been over a half hour and they are still flying around. I just went through our home, making sure all windows are closed and locked except the back deck which nobody could climb up. Hopefully nothing major is going on, at least it is not being reported yet! I will update if there is any news. Here comes the helicopter again. Wierd.

not so lazy 5 days of vacation

We are home, safe and sound. I say this because we have been gone to Eastern Wa. for the last 5 days and on the way home today on Hwy 2 in Baring I watched a guy and his passenger, who were riding a motorcycle, dump their motorcycle on the Hwy and proceed to roll towards my lane! I actually did not even know he had a passenger until we pulled over and I ran back to see if he was hurt. Mark was a couple of cars behind me driving his motorcycle, and had also (along with an e.m.t and various other people) pulled over. He never saw the accident happen. Thankfully they seemed to be ok by the time the ambulance got there, at least no major injuries. I can't even say it was really their fault, although by law they are probably at fault. I saw a vehicle 2 or 3 in front of them, make a quick right turn onto a side road, causing all vehicles behind to hit the brakes, causing this motorcyle to make a quick stop which is never good.

Anyways, we had a good trip. Weds was off to Moses Lake to see the grandparents. My cousin came over the next day with her 3 kids (2 of whom I have never seen) and we had a great time just hanging out and letting the kids play. It was very hot out, so we got a bucket of water and sponges and the kids played for over an hour "drawing" and scrubbing the cement driveway. I enjoyed seeing Nikki, I have not seen her in about 3 years? She just had another boy in April who is a doll. He smiles all the time and does this funny eyebrow raising thing when you talk to him. He reminds me so much of Nikki as a child.

Friday we left and headed to my brothers cabin in Plain. The girls and I spent Friday night there alone and then Saturday Jamie, and my two nieces and nephew came over. Mark also got to come over because he had some unexpected time off from work. We took the boat out to Lake Wenatchee (better known to us as the lake that is really trying to be an ocean!) to do some inner-tubing. If I did not know better, I would say that this is the windiest day ever at Lake Wenatchee. We took all of the kids, two adults and one dog out on the lake, proceeded to try and sink the boat by taking on waaaaayyy too much water and decided to call it quits. Harley, our 3 year old nephew said it all by this quote..."Dad, this isn't fun anymore." Couldn't have said it better. The kids went out swimming a bit in the water until I think they could not stand the cold wind anymore.

All in all it was fun. My mom and Dad came over Saturday evening. My sister-in-law drove over Sunday morning and early afternoon we went in to Smallwoods to the petting zoo and to drop a mint on delicious peaches, the petting zoo, milkshakes, and the cow/tractor ride. Kathy and I also sampled some of the best wine! I tried rhubarb and she tried pomegranate. I can't wait to purchase a bottle of the rhubarb. They were out this time.

So glad to be home to sleep in my own bed. The kids start art camp tommorow, so I have two hours to myself each morning. What ever shall I do?