Hanging Out.

right now callie ane i are hanging out and goofing around with my blackberry phone.  she loves using the camera on it.  right now she is watching cartoons and i'm attempting to finish piles and piles of laundry.  maybe i'll even tackle washing the car.  right  now i can smell the mango chicken with potatos cooking in my crock pot and it's making me so hungry for dinner.  matt is picking up mckenzie from school.  agenda will be for her to finish her homework and read a little in her harry potter book number 2 in the series.  she is so loving the harry potter books and i'm so proud of her for reading them.  she said to me, she wants to read all the books before the end of the school year.  wow!!  after dinner, it will be off to our first PTO meeting of the new school year. 

School.

 

school started for mckenzie yesterday.  i was all over getting some very posed, very planned "back to school" shots.  some friends of mine had this bus parked in their yard and i new this would be the perfect location for my photo shoot. 

Hello September.

i never thought it would happen, but i'm very much looking forward to fall. isn't it strange how we adjust like that? last spring i thought i would never make it through another winter. and yet, on the brink, i am totally excited. it's like magic, or just adaptation. i doubt it will get seriously cold around here for a while but september feels like the beginning of fall. i can smell it in the air.

hello fall!... good bye summer!

Sweet Summer.

 

summer is nearing an end.  i can feel it in the air.  the warm weather will continue but it won't be the same.  schedules, soccer practices, school field trips replace sleeping in late and morning cartoons.  i am ready for fall and excited about mckenzie's new school year.

 

we are having such a great time on this mini vacation to the oregon coast.  i love cooking hot dogs over the fire and making smore's and watching my little one chase the sea gulls.  i will miss you summer.  see you next year.

Brookings.

 

we are at the beach having a wonderful time.  just one last outing before school starts.  the girls are having a glorious time playing in the sand or swimming in the pool at our hotel. 

Jackson Well Springs.

all of us went to jackson well springs with grandma alicia this morning.  our last visit for the summer to this new found wonderful swimming hole.  i just love this place and the gorgeous outdoor patio setting and all the yummy flowers that surround it. 

 

the photo of the girls looking down at something just cracks me up.  it's hard to see, but there was a dead praying mantis on the concrete and the girls were pondering whether it was alive or not.  i insisted it was dead and it was only the wind that was making it move but they just stood there in this position looking down for quite some time until they were pleasantly satisfied that it was not coming back to life.

 

before we left, we snacked on bagels and cream cheese, apple slices, grapes and bananas and a couple juice boxes for the girls. 

 

i will be so looking forward to this spot next summer.

Summer Goodness.

 

i have been such a slacker at blogging this summer but lots of fun stuff happening around here.  the only not so enjoyable thing is the very hot weather we are having today and tomorrows predicted high is 107.  i'm starting to melt just thinking about it. 

 

took the girls to get some yummy yogurt in hopes of a cool down.  we were sitting next to a couple that were visiting from Canada.  the husband was taking a picture of his wife and i asked if i could take their picture if they would take our picture.  "oh please would you?!" they said.  i need to get more of me in our photos.

 

tomorrow all four of us are heading to jackson well springs to meet grandma alicia for a swim and a picnic on their gorgeous shaded deck.  i can't wait.