Fort Worden weekend....

we LOVE camping. we even LOVE camping when there are a few sprinkles...but camping in an all out down pour? hmm. let's just say, we love the people we camped with. on Thursday, we packed up the trailer for the first time this year and hit the road. our friends, the wiersmas & the wubbens joined us.
what a blast!
*10 kids.
*6 somewhat relaxed adults.
*plenty of biking and beach combing.
*a generous amount of campfires.
*an unfortunate amount of dry clothing. lots of shorts but just a smijin of WARM clothing.
*a really good trailer heater.
*one backed up drain. (poor wubs)
*one HUGE hike.
*a GINORMOUS amount of live, yes, LIVE snails brought back to the campsite on a dinner plate. (which i later dumped)
*one sad little boy who watched his FAVORITE camo croc float out into the ocean. (seriously one really sad max!)
*explored old bunkers up in the hills. kids and men thought the dark tunnels were fascinating. some of the woman(me),not so impressed. long dark tunnels, with places for people to hide and SCARE THE BEANS out of me (TAMMY) freaks me out!!
*playing 'house' in an old TeePee on the beach.
*watching 'hotel for dogs' and 'bedtime' stories FAR TOO OFTEN.
*a crazy amount of junk food consumed.
*tim + Malibu= happy.
*kids dressing up like 'little people'.
*jack admitting to me that he only changed his underwear once. (did i seriously just blog about that? boys. :))
*a few tears.
*a rip roaring game of baseball.
*closing down the ice-cream store.
*a couple slivers.
*kath and i getting mocked all weekend about looking like 'mary-kate & ashley' with our cool sunglasses. we don't care, we love them.
*i admit, the dog Sadie is growing on me.
*1700 plus pictures. thus, the reason for all the slide shows. sorry, but i must post.
*hanging at the beach in 40 degrees. (and loving it)
*watching kath do a kid photo shoot with all of us laughing at her from 'behind'. sorry,no pictures for you people. (you're welcome, kath! :))
*NO band-aids!!
*no major fights.
*much laughing.
*many incredible memories.
here's to next year.....(sites 37-40 TIM!!!)

my sweet eli

it's late but i just had to share this little story with you. i'll blog about it later but you must go and read my SIL's blog. God spared our little eli's life yesterday and lis did a great job telling the story and sharing God's graciousness to us. thanks for sharing lis!!
here is her blog address....add her to your 'favorites', she's a great blogger!!! :)

www.thedbdiaries.blogspot.com

8 things...

ok, tiff, you challenged me to the '8 things' game. i would never turn down a good challenge so here you are. :)


*8 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO....

1. getting a pedicure. (some point this summer, possibly??)
2. catch up on my Bible reading.
3. mopping my kitchen floor. (since we're in the middle of re-doing the patio, mopping the floor, at this point, would be like shoveling the sidewalk Before the snow starts.) seriously, what's the point?
4. getting my dvd's, c.d's, office, junk drawer, etc.etc. etc......ORGANIZED!
5. weekends away with friends and Sun Lakes in july with family.
6. not having SOMETHING to do. (probably not in this lifetime, huh?)
7.my husband retiring.
8. meeting Jesus.

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY......

1. slept in. the first real summer i can do that. thankfully,the children can fin for themselves. last week,I even got lucky & got breakfast in bed. :) those boys are good to their mother.
2. drank 3 sugar-free Rockstars.
3. really, really missed my sister.
4. sat in kathys backyard & watched our children play for over an hour.
5. helped kath set up for a garage sale.
6. went out for dinner with my girlfriends.
7. laughed until i cried.
8. watched ZERO t.v.

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO...

1. run a mile and actually enjoy it.
2. be more disciplined.
3. have just ONE more day with my grandparents to ask them all the questions i wish i would have asked while they were still here.
4. NOT check my email everyday.
5. get caught up on laundry. wash, dry AND PUT IT AWAY!!
6. spend a week in the Bahamas with my sister. totally uninterrupted sister time.
7. road trip it around the USA with my family for 2 months, unlimited budget.
8. have warm feet.

8 SHOWS I WATCH...

1. House Hunters on HGTV. actually, most anything on HGTV.
2. Amazing Race.
3. American Idol.
4. Survivor.
ok, this is sad but that's about it. if it's not HGTV or reality tv, i don't watch it. i would rather read or surf on my computer.

there you have it.
i don't know how to 'tag' but come on people, join the fun...
do the 8!

my girls....

yea.
an excuse to celebrate with friends.
happy birthday to kath!
an impromptu get together at the Mexican restaurant is a great way to celebrate.
tammy,myself,wendi,lisa,kathy and becky spent a few hours catching up, talking about things that men would never understand (it's true, honey.:))and simply enjoying being together. i've said it before and i'll say it again....i have great friends. after dinner, we headed back to kathys for her homemade margaritas and some more 'gab' time. lisa and i ended up staying til after midnight. what a blast! thanks girls for a great night out and thanks, kathy for being born. :)