Ok, ok.

Ok, Kim. I only have a few pictures accessible at work so I'll post a couple of them. I will work on a larger post this evening.

Rancheria Falls

Kayley insisted they needed to do this for the picture. Yes, my children were drinking soda. Hey, it was vacation and it was diet.

A glimpse of the fun

Home

I'm so happy to be home. I wanted to stay another day but I'm glad I didn't. I'm tired! I also considered doing Ten on Tuesday. But that's just madness. I unpacked my suitcase already and am on load two of laundry. I don't know how I got the energy after a 5 hour drive! Now it's off to bed.

I have lots of vacation pictures that I will have up in the next couple of days!

Facebook & Vacay

They blocked Facebook at work. They also blocked Myspace and Twitter. I'll admit, I did spend time on Facebook while at work, mostly because I was bored out of my brain. Apparently they've been having problems in some of the other four offices. Whatever, I will just become a master at the game of spider solitaire.

I'm actually ready to go on vacation the night before. It's an amazing thing. I've even put stuff in the car already! I am totally beat though. And to think I considered going to the gym tonight! I'm hoping for a restful, relaxing time by the lake. I think I might be able to manage that because the kids are older and camping will be less stressful without toddler messes and tantrums and mornings that began at 5am because the birds start squacking and initiate Cole's belly rumble.

Tyler and I were talking about our vacation and he said "isn't it cool that I'm staying in a place like Shaver?" It's so true! He gets the lake and the mountains all the time! I think I wouldn't mind it so much. I do love California and the beach but I think the mountains near a lake would be second best. Someday, perhaps.

So, I probably won't be blogging for a while. See ya when I get home!

Ten On Tuesday

1. Yesterday Kayley picked up a snail, commented on it's eyeballs and rubbed the slime on Cole's head. What a sweety. And such an instigator!

2. It's such a perfect day today! It's warm, sunny and fabulous! Driving down the coast on the way home from work was awesome. On days like these I feel blessed to live in such a wonderful place.

3. I'm excited for Shaver! The weather has been warm up there. I love it that way so I can jump in the lake without hesitation.

4. The kids are in VBS this week. They have been looking forward to it since it ended last year! I enjoy listening to their little songs and love hearing about what they learned. They are such sponges!

5. Lindsay is coming up to visit me at lunch time tomorrow! She and Hunter came over last Friday to swim with us for a bit. I love little big Hunter. He's a cutie!

6. The kids and I have been able to Skype with Tyler lately. It's really nice to talk and be able to see his face. We all miss him:(

7. I feel so overwhelmed right now. I'm trying so hard to be a good mom and keep it all together. Bills, disability checks, work, commuting, childcare, laundry, friends, etc, etc. But sometimes it just falls apart. Like today. And then God does something little to show me He's still got me in his hands, like getting me an oil change at Jiffy Lube today in less than ten minutes. I feel like there are not enough minutes in the day to do everything. I just need a hug. Wish Tyler was here...

8. My brother Tim told me today that he's never seen me this skinny. It made me feel good, especially coming from him, the body pumping, wall scaling, crazy exercise, healthy eating guy that he is :)

9. I've had things to do at work this week. It's nice to stay busy because the day goes by so much faster that way.

10. My birthday is in 21 days!

Flashback Wednesday

I was going through all the trillions of emails I had saved and I came across some pictures Rachel took of my kids' 3rd and 1st birthday party. Time flies. I feel like this was just yesterday!

Ten On Tuesday

1. The trash truck usually comes at 1pm on Tuesdays. It came before I left for work at 7:30 and I didn't get the trash cans out in time. Ugh.

2. The 4th was really fun. The kids and I went over to Krista's for a BBQ with Lindsay, Hunter and Krista's friend, Rachel. Krista, the food was amazing! The kids played and I grazed all afternoon! Then we went to see fireworks at Ventura College with my parents. It was a great day.

3. It turns out I've been planning my vacation for the wrong weekend. Oh joy. I frustrate myself! So we're off to Shaver in one week instead of two!

4. I don't understand the weather. It's July and raining.

5. I wish I were in Idaho. I also wish plane tickets were cheaper because if they were I'd being going really soon!

6. I buzzed Coley's hair today. I accidentally took a little zink off the back and you can see his skin underneath. Whoops.

7. I asked Cole to tell me a joke. He said this: "A man walked up to a face and was...and turned to life. That was what I said, did you hear that? Was that funny? Was that a joke?"

Silly little man.

8. Sometimes I wish I was doing First Place again. It was nice to have the accountability for my eating habits.

9. Cole was playing with a horse that has a stick on the end to ride and Kayley gave him permission to "pretend to hit her." Of course, he actually did hit her with it and now she has a black eye as well as a huge bruise on the side of her face. It's worse than this picture shows, poor thing:(

10. I've really struggled to make it this far...I've got nothin'.

Pool Fun

It was overcast for most of today but the sun came out around three, just in time for some swimming!