Three Reasons to Miss Summer..

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

... living outside!

Yosemite 2013

Our yearly trip to Yosemite with the Blackwell family. Paulo came this year and we had a blast! 

Lots of swimming in the river, 

lounging around the campsite,

exploring the park.

This trip was slow, relaxed, and laid back as we had leisurely mornings, good camping food and long walks amoung God's amazing creation. 

Let it Begin...

Let it begin, bring on the girl-cuteness. Kaila officially threw her first little tea party this morning. The duck and the bear were invited. However they were short a cup so the bear had to wait for round two to get his tea. She was so excited.

The scene gave me a pause though, because Kaila had adorned the bear with  my half-marathon finisher medal around his neck, a "cell phone," and a vacuum attachment. Mr. Bear's life looks eerily  similiar to mine...

Signs of Life

Me: Josiah, I'd like a little privacy in the shower. Go play in the sunroom or something.

Josiah disappears and comes back 5 minutes later...

Josiah: Mommy! I am playing with the smores...

I'm suspicious. I follow him to the living room.

I find this.

 Apparently the couch stuffing looks like marshmellows. (Actually, it kinda does I never realized it before.).

I call Ryan in to see the mess and we both express our extreme displeasure, 

 Us: Oh, Josiah. That is NOT ok. You have to clean that ALL up. We NEVER do that to the couch cushions..

Ryan and I hide our smiles and try to control our trembleing voices as we bust up laughing behind the door.

He is still cleaning it all up as I type.

His method? Pick up one piece, jump on the pile to stuff it in, pick up one piece, jump on the pile to stuff it in...

Josiah: Mommy, I'm doing a good job cleaning up!

Me: Yes you are. Keep working because you're not doing anything else until you finish... Keep it up!

Stuff, jump, stuff, jump, stuff, jump...I think he's having a little too much fun with this. ; )

Pray for Kelsey

   Everytime I update the blog I feel the call to ask people to pray for Kelsey.

I keep updating as our lives march on. However, as I treasure each memory we are making, I am reminded of our cousin Kelsey whose family is putting their life memories on hold as she battles cancer.

Please take a minute (literally, that's all it would take) to check out her blog and pray for Kelsey's cancer to be healed. 

Specifically, Pray for their 3 year old daughter and her husband as they fight through this with her.

Pray for Kelsey's appointment on the 29th. The doctors will find out if/how the chemo treatments have been working, please pray for positive results.

Feel free to pass the prayer request along.

Thank you.

Love, 

Our Family

Their Blog:

http://thekennedycrew.blogspot.com/

Alien Invasion

They came in. They invaded our home and our lives. 

It's rumored that they can hold their breath for up to 14 hours. 

They have morphed to become resistant to posion.

They live exclusively on human hosts.

I bagged up all our pillows, blankets and stuffed animals. 

I washed every sheet and blanket in the house.

And yet still they lurk in the shadows, ready to re-invade at a moment's notice.

Lice. 

They're little alien invaders that live off the blood of human hosts.

Wish me luck. If they're not gone in a week we may have to call for backup.

What price did you pay for for 30 minutes of peace and quiet this morning? ; )