Exciting Things

Fake moustaches.


Music boxes.


A beach of glass.


Swedish hitchhiker friends.


Tide pools.


Eight years of fun.


A lost tooth.




Sandmen and sand castles.


Happy children.


Traditional Family Pyramid.
New cameras. (wink, wink)

Top Ten Local Bumperstickers

1. I HATE HORSES
2. A good planet is hard to find
3. Come out, come out, wherever you are
4. All beings should be filled with love and compassion for each other
5. I AM WORKING FOR FOOD
6. My other car is a broom
7. No vinos sin huevos
8. I brake for birds
9. Urantian
10. Get rich quick--want less

Bonus (on a bike): One less car

One additional note, at church the priest from France said,"I really hate bumperstickers."

"Bubblegum, bubblegum..."

Much time was spent creating the costumes. Much fun was had by the children wearing the costumes. I couldn't stop staring at them. Sometimes I still can't believe they're mine. Really?

Jonas makes a very exuberant Nacho Libre. And Lucy's princess dress was complied of any fabric Mom and I could find in her stash. (Does the material look familiar to anyone?) I think she looks like a little Spanish princess. All she needs is a fan.

Life here is the same. Trav has been home for almost two weeks which has been delightful. We miss him dreadfully when he's in the woods. He leaves again tomorrow for just a few days there.

I feel like we are the most eclectic homeschoolers ever. We have fun, but nothing is ever the same routine. I struggle with routine. But kids are absolute sponges, and at least, they are learning.

Missing Katrina's wedding was tough. My Gran was supposed to come visit that weekend but didn't. (She'll come in November instead.) Last minute plane tickets weren't an option regrettably. It has been so lovely to see pictures of the wedding.

More Fun with Jonas and Lucy

Jonas was ecstatic to discover that his artwork was published on the Phoenix Suns Game-day Program in March. We didn't know until now. We found it for sale on Ebay. Apparently it's an "extremely rare collectible". Travis' brother is trying to purchase it so please don't bid. I love that in the details the seller felt it important to note the artist.


In other news, Lucy wants to be a ballerina.

The rain has begun...

Waiting at the Window

These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane.

I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.

Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.

All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.

James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.

John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.

James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.

John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.

John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.

James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.

Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)

John has hurried quickly by.
(James was talking to a fly.)

John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!

A.A. Milne

We walked home in the rain today. It was lovely. And the sun didn't come out after any amount of raindrop races. Delightful.

after years of searching, i have finally found the answer to all of life's problems. there it was, all along. so simple, yet utterly mind-blowing: wrestling solves everything!

Fun with Jonas and Lucy

They couldn't stop laughing. They are such good friends.