Bowling at Lava Lanes.

Costco had a bowling day for its employees.  Took the girls and they had a blast.  Callie would not only bowl in her designated lane but she would travel from one lane to the next with bowling ball in hand and take a shot.  She didn't care if she bowled a gutter ball, she'd jump up and down and scream "I did it, I did it!!!"  Callie was fascinated by some of the equipment.  She would say "how'd dey do dat?"

Out On A Limb.

McKenzie... you totally crack me up.  There are two other girls up in this tree.  Morgan and Marion who are John and Susan's grandkids are visiting from S.Carolina.  These two girls are higher up this tree and I know you are just dying to join them too.  You have never been a dare devil and I'm so grateful for that.  You will probably never have a single broken bone on your body.  Unlike you sister, who is totally the opposite will more than likely make up for all the dare-devilish stunts you never did.  I'm crossing my fingers that this doesn't happen but I'm not counting on it either.

Water Park.

Sorry for not posting pics like I'd promised yesterday but I got so crazy busy.  We all had a great time yesterday.  Went to Garfield Park with Kathy Pierson and her 3 beautiful girls.  I love taking pictures.  I feel it's so important to document all those every day moments.  My family and friends say I'm such a great photographer but I feel like I'll never be as good as Karen Russell, who I absolutely admire and I wish I had just a 1/4 of her talent.  Oh my God how I love Tara Whitney's work.  Her photography is so natural and real.  It's as if the people don't know that she's there taking photos.  She just blends right in and is so natural and how I love her blog photo of her on her lazy boy chair on the beach.  I wish I had a beach close by.  I'd be there every day taking pics and practicing with my camera and just capturing all those greaty every day beautiful moments.  Isn't that what it's all about? 

 

I registered McKenzie for school today.  She'll be going to the Ashland Middle School due to Bellview is currently under construction.  I'm not worried about the whole new transition and adjusting to a different environment, I'm just completely freeking out on how I'm going to get this child up and on the morning bus by 6:55am.  It's amazing if I can get her out of bed by 9am.  She has always been a child that requires a lot of sleep.  I told McKenzie that she'll have to eat breakfast at school and she wasn't to thrilled about that but there is no way I'll be able to get her to consume any food around 6am-ish.  She said "will you still pack my lunch?" and I said "absolutely and with a very special treat everyday."

Thought For The Day.

Todd Henry: Life is made up of mements and choices. We can choose to do the small things we must do with great care, or we can choose to stay focused on the "big things" and miss everything in the process. It's the small, step-by-step, creatively and beautifully engaged act that changes us and ultimately changes the world.

I love this quote.

Stay tooned for pictures from our water park adventure today, because a post wouldn't be a post withuot pictures.

Right Now.

Right now McKenzie is reading to her little sister.  I absolutely love watching this.  Callie is so attentive and McKenzie is so patient and totally into teaching her sister how to read.  My heart races a little when I see this.

Not Ready Yet Part II.

Not Ready Yet.

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From: Libbi

To: Libbi's Blog
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: Not Ready Yet.

Took the girls down to the pumpkin patch, where there are loads and loads of blackberry bushes to do some blackberry picking but they're not ready yet. the girls were just as dissapointed as I was. I was already to take pics of blackberry stained hands, clothes and mouths. Callie had fun though. She was totally into playing with daddy's irrigation pipe and making mounds of dirt. She is such a "tom boy." Completely the opposite of her big sis.