disclaimer

as summer rolls into full swing, I am officially issuing a "blog disclaimer". I am setting the goal for one post a week! We are going all over the place (Portland, family camp, Indiana, Tennessee) & will be gone awhile. I hope to post every so often, to keep all of you informed, of course! I will be seeing many of you anyway, but don't go too far!

Love Family Visits!

Although I am a little late in posting, here are a few picts from our visit with the Love family. For those of you who don't know who they are, Kristina Love (Lindberg) was my best friend all through high school (remember when we sang "friends" at church as a duet?) & my roommate at NPC in college (all 4 years!). They live in Spokane where John is a county prosecutor. Our kids all played so well & we had a blast. Even the guys had fun, I think. :) This will definitely have to happen more often, now that we live so close! Sorry, no picts of the adults (everyone looks the exact same as college), just kids! In case you're wondering whose kids are whose...Mine are ebony & hers are ivory.

$$$ Gretchen's First Fender Bender $$$

While one car was in the shop getting fixed because a rock (boulder) hit it ($250. deductible), I was driving the other. I was looking over my shoulder at this unbelievably nutty driver on my left (meth-induced) thinking "should I call 911 and report this?"...meanwhile...BUMP! Somehow I bumped the brand new LEXUS SUV in front of me. It was my first time in any kind of fender bender...barely a little dent on his trailer hitch, no damage on mine. (why does a Lexus SUV have a trailer hitch anyway?) Can anyone out there tell me why a Lexus trailer hitch costs $800. to repair? So now I either pay $800. for the fix or watch my insurance premiums rocket. Can anyone say YUCK? Oh yeah, and meanwhile the LITTLE TINY rock spot on the windshield decides to grow into a huge spider. So there's another $250. deductible. WHOOO HOOO! At least our bikes work!

Crazy May!

The month of May seems to have a mind of its own, doesn't it? Everything is winding down, but it seems like it is just winding up! End of the year concerts, open houses, Gotcha days (Isaac!), awards ceremonies, planting gardens, Birthdays, Graduations, Prom, end of the year teacher's gifts (help!) That's where I've been the past few weeks, not updating my blog! And our school year is not done until the end of June. Hope you all are enjoying Spring. WE ARE! Finally, the rain has slowed to a drizzle and the bits of sunshine are peeking through.

Thought you'd enjoy what happens on a daily basis around our home. Dress up boy style is the name of the game. Pirates, cowboys, Batman, Superman, Jedi fighters, kings, knights and WHO KNOWS WHAT. Isaac dressed up like a tree last week. Go figure. Kenton thinks he is dressed like 50 Cent in this pict (or is it Sir Mix A Lot?) We have no lack of imagination in this home! And Mia? She can swing a lightsaber with the best of them. A regular Asian Princess Leia. At what point do they start getting beat up for this?