Apr 27, 2010

Two for Tuesday


What if we would have said no to adoption?




What JOY we would have missed out on!!!!



Please consider adoption......it truly CHANGES lives.

Apr 20, 2010

Laundromat fun????

We had major plumbing issues that forced us to spend sometime in a local hotel.  Fun, right??? Not when your teenager hasn't done laundry in about a month.  She had just told me on the way home from school on fri. that she was "going to spend the whole weekend doing my laundry".  Saturday morning we wake up to trouble.....so I say I will take you to the laundromat.  She has never been and is quite anxious about the situation.  She was shy at first but soon realized, no one really cares about you at the mat.....they want to get done and out of there as soon as they can.

She, of course, stated she would never go to a mat again.  I reminded her that if she still is insisting on going away for college, this was part of the life of a college going gal.  She didn't like that answer at all.


She couldn't believe I had my camera



Our laundromat



Do they all have the same floors?????



I tried to explain the joy of having several machines...she didn't get it


We spent a couple of nights in the hotel waiting for the plumbers to do their magic.  Funny how Claire can make a fort anywhere, anytime, with anything.  We went to eat so the little ones could play at the playground.  We swam in the pool and had it all to ourselves!!  Glad to be back home with great plumbing.
Claire's fort



Loving the slide




Apr 18, 2010

Sunday Snapshot ~Embracing the rain~

It has rained for 3 solid days....we have done everything on our rainy day list and still desire to go outside.  Well Fri. they thought they were brave enough.

It didn't matter that our boots were on the wrong feet.



Getting braver (it was kind of chilly)



"Raindrops on my tongue feel great"


"me too, me too!!"

Awwww yes, embracing was good.


Do you want to play along????

Apr 8, 2010

Pictures


Sporting his new helmet


Snack break at the park


Loving the park


Peek a boo at the park


Time to go home


Hunting eggs


Having so much fun on the slide

Apr 4, 2010





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