Good morning.   So its Kaylin Joy the medium-sized-big-girl's birthday today.   She's four years old.   And she started her morning by puking all over the birthday clothes I'd just put on her.    She's now laying on the couch lookin' miserable.   She's done this a couple times in the mornings and I'm hoping its allergies and once we get some breaky in her tummy we can go on with this day.  So I haven't cancelled her party.....yet.  What a way to start a birthday. 

I'm still rather in awe that she's four...contemplating how that happened so quickly....

Anyhow onward with the vacation...

As I've mentioned before I was fascinated with the flora and fauna.   Though I didn't get pictures of flowers, I did nab these cactus' along side a road.

    I wish I'd gotten a picture of the artichokes growing EVERYWHERE.   They are the strangest looking plant....

Changing directions a picture of Rainee and daddy on one of the many beaches we visited....

                       

This was one of Rob's favorite beaches from his childhood.   And my new background shot was taken here as well.   They had the prettiest little rocks.   And agates absolutely everywhere you look.   It was so fun to play with the rocks.   Actually this was my favorite beach and we hit it twice cause we both enjoyed it so much.   And I have a wee handful of pebbles and shells that came home with me from here.

It was actually that impressive of a beach to look at it was the pebbles that were fun.  LOL  Can see why this was a kids paradise.

              

And here's the pebbles none-muted.    Cause their just so purdy.  Definitely hit F11 on these so you can find yourself an agate or two....

           

Okies gotta do hair and stuffies, so this day moves on.  A few more pictures to share tomorrow.  *grin*

Morning.

We survived our flights back, and all the varying switches in transportation we had to make to get here.   We counted up the modes of transportation we'd been in and found it equaled 7.  *snicker*

Rainee wasn't nearly as angelic on the way back....but then the plane was delayed two hours so that didn't help.

Everybody is very glad to be home, and all the kids are reestablishing the "rules".    In other words we're all fighting for a pecking order.  *snigger*

Zeria got in trouble at sil's house.  When I found over what I started sniggering.   SIL thought it was a big deal...I rather found it funny...I don't think I'll mention that to her.     Her and her cousin took a wax candle and a cheeze grater and grated the wax all over the carpet.   And then the sun came and melted it into the carpet.   I personally thought it was quite an engenious science experiment.  (cackles madly)   But then I didn't have to clean it up.   Oh and I got rid of all my carpet years ago.   SIL didn't seem overly ticked by it,  but definitely looked tired.

Other three were apparently saints....Rob asked my mom if she was talking about the same kids.   Don't worry their making up for it today. 

Trip to California.  It was good, but I'm glad to be home.  Why are motel beds always so hard??   The flowers in California were gorgeous.  And ironically I took no pictures of them.  What was up with that??   Mostly it was cause in order to get close it woulda meant trampeling through somebodys fields or sumfin'.   Just imagine lots of exotic flowers k?

Just cruised through all my pictures and was rather disgusted to see most of my beach pictures didn't turn out very well.   Oh well, I've got the memories right?

This one however I thought was nice....This was one of the only beaches that only had one or two people on it.  Possibly because it was 8 am when we were there. 

I couldn't get over everything being sooooooooooooooooo crowded.

               

The thing I *did* take way way too many pictures of was houses.   Cause their was just the most incredible houses.   Rich people man!   Hit F11 on these to get the detail.   They are just so over-the-top creative.

 

Here's the two sides of the "curved" house.   I didn't know how to label these.   They were just "residents"  But oh my goodness.    These particular ones were in Carmel.   Rich-man's-land.   With lots of looky lous just like me taking pictures.  *cackles madly*

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And another fancy house.

and one last one (for now)  snicker

Have way more pictures LOL   But out of patience.  *grin*  Will pick and choose through the rest later and pull out some more. 

My favorites I think are of the Carmel Mission.   It was a beautiful old building and the history was intriguing.   So be prepared *grin*

Cruised the boards...apparently I got mostly caught up on them on Sunday.   So I have a bright blue sky day ahead of me, and tons of laundrys and stuffs to put away, and meds to pick up, and kids to hug, and life moves on.

And I'm feeling pretty ready to face it...which means the vacation must have done its job.

 

 

Good afternoon.

Okay, so I was bad and bought a little bit of internet time.

The weather today is a bit crappy. Foggy and chilly. I keep hoping it will clear up. Twas the same yesterday.

But hot Friday. guess I can't have everything.

Being early pregnant and on vacation has been a bit ofa bummer. As I'm tireder then I wanted to be.. But fortunately no puking (yet) Although LOTS of ligament pain. (ouch)

Seen a lot of beautiful beaches. And ate way too much rich food.

Haven't gotten to spend the quality time with DH that I envisioned. Instead we've spent quality time with Rainee.

And every time she gets in the rental car with us she turns into a crank.

Last night she was awake basically all night, so I laid in bed pretending I was sleeping and nursing her from 12;3 ON.

Needless to say I'm ready for bed.

So this blg is a wee bit of a bummer. I guess the biggest frustration is Rainee. I've enjoyed the beaches, enjoyed Santa Cruz. Just wish that Rainee coulda stayed home.

I not having the energy to walk woulda been perfectly content to do a lot of driving as would have Rob. But that is not a very viable option.
Tomorrow we pack up and head home. And I'm ready. I'm ready for my own bed and Rainee's own crib. *snicker*

Oh and a few less people....Cali is tooooooooooooooo crowded1

Have tons of pictures of lots of beautiful stuffs. Will share them when I get home.

For now I'm suppose to be sleeping, and am done that boring thing, so gonna go find my family and enjoy the last day of California beach....even if their is no sun.

So in spite of todays events our vacation is still on.  Rob took the kids to grandma's tonight, Rainee's asleep in bed.   And tomorrow morning as soon as he gets back from his nights work we'll head off.

I'm listening to the forecast and a wee bit nervous about our first flight.  We're taking a charter from Port Angeles to Seattle.  I'd really like it if the storm their predicting DOESN'T happen....due to I'm not sure how much weather the charter can handle.

The charter is to save us 4 hours of driving, and to get us to our ride on time in Seattle.

I always get tense about meeting things on time...okay obsessive would be a better term for it.  *snicker*  So hopefully that all goes well. 

Keep the net warm for me.  *grin*  I don't know if I'll have access to a puter or not...we shall see.

And yes, I'll take pictures...I hope.  *grin*

I have the decided desire to puke.

This morning my 17 year old brother who rarely has much to do with me these days called.   His voice was shaky.    "Do you know where mom is?"  "No, I'm sorry I don't, whats wrong."  "A kid shot himself and I want to go home."

This is a conversation I should have never had.

There are very few details as of yet.   If your nosey or curious this is the bit I could find

Cheers at the receptionist who hung up on the press.   I know most of the people that work in this school.    And many of the students.  I'm just sick.   And once again very convinced my children will NOT be going to the public school.

My brothers were both there.   My younger brother was very likely to have been in the room the shooting was done.  And its just so wrong in so many ways. 

Please pray for our grieving community.

Thank you

         

Forgot I took this Sunday....sure would like to know what they all were lookin' at....

 

 

Morning,

Its all of 8:58 am and I've already dealt with two major meltdowns from the girls.   I'm thinking they didn't sleep much last night. 

Zeria was in absolute hysteria over daddy asking her to sing a song.  Sobbing, can't breathe, tears streaming.    *shrugs shoulders*   Can I send 'em all back to bed??

Zeria wants to know whose gonna get the baby outa my tummy.  So we had a biology lesson this morning...    I think she thought it was all rather disgusting

Oh brother we're still sniffing.   Anybody want a very helpful extremely emotional 6 year old???

Gotta go snuggle her...again  try this blog thingy again later

soooooooooooooo   I'm thinking I should get DH a shirt that says.  "I'm da man!"   or  "I've still got it."  

You have never seen a man so stinkin' proud of himself that theirs another bun in the oven.  

And I just have this desire to wipe that smug ear-to-ear grin off his face.  *snicker*

beats him off with a broom!!!!

Good morning.

This morning is brought to you by hacking, coughing, and the serious craving for cold medicine.     But regardless of that I'm going to church, missed too much lately as it is.

              

Yesterday we headed to the beach for awhile.  It was a bit cold, but lots of fun.  We spent most of our time sitting by this wee river, and throwing rocks in it, oh and building rock houses.   Brought my youngest sister with us, and had a nice little break.

    This is Rainee throwing her "BIG" rock.    She wound up to throw it in the river...and then suddenly it was missing. 

   See her looking around trying to find it.  *giggles*  Of course it was rather hiding in her hood, and impossible to spot.     Rob and I cackled for awhile and then finally showed her where it was.  We're so mean. 

For dinner last night we indulged and went to Godfathers.  Oy were their some rude misbehaving kids.   These 2 7-8 year old boys, and a 9 year old girl were running around the tables chasing each other with baloons the whole time we were trying to eat.   I finally looked at the little girl, and said.  "Would you please, go sit down we're trying to eat."   This after DH was ready to give them a spanking.     He was just so shocked at how rude they were...and for him to notice rude kids...trust me they are BAD!    My kids sat quite nicely ate their pizza, and were good guests.   We had kids climbing up the back of our booth trying to join us where we were sitting, and the list goes on.   We won't be back their anytime soon.   Food was good, but we all had indigestion.

But the top of the cake for me...was this sweet little 13-14 month old.  Just barely toddling.  Her parents (we assume)  were over in the party room.   She wandered out of their...and came over and just started staring at us.   She was adorable.    But she was there for over 5 minutes without any sign of her parents.    Now granted we live in a fairly rural area, but kids go missing all the time.   She looked like one of ours, and would have left with us without even batting an eye.   We both wanted to strangle the parents.  *growls*   Her father (very very young)  finally comes wandering out and makes faces at her, and picks her up and carrys her back in.   I bit my lip...really wanted to suggest a parenting class. 

Now keep in mind...I fully appreciate kids misbehaving in restaurants...especially pizza parlors.   BUT...usually theirs a parent behind them rolling their eyes, apologizing, or trying to herd them to their seat.   All the kids that were running we saw exactly ONE parent suggest that a child's behavior was inappropriate...and that was a relatively well-behaved child.     Am I missing something, or are parents no longer requiring, excuse me, and quiet manners in public???

I don't mean sitting perfectly still, or perfectly quiet.  I mean running around sccreaming in a restaurant.  this is unacceptable IMHO.  If I can make 5 sit reasonably quiet.....it CAN be done.   Shoot Rainee was better behaved then them. 

Okies...steps off soap box before I get rotten tomatoes thrown at me.

So the name choices for today are...(drum roll please)

Hailey Anne,   and Jeffrey William

Rob likes Hailey....cause then it would be raining and hailing in our house.  Sorry...he has a wicked sense of humour.     Hailey of course being a wee bit less obvious then say Stormy or Misty...which we also talked about....are we cruel or what???    Misty and Rainee I think  would be cute what do ya say???  bwahahahaha

Kaylin wants the babys name to be Kaitlin...we discouraged that idea.     Zeria's rallying for Stacy.   Sam's oblivious.  *snigger*  This of course is nothing new.

Oh and in case your curious...my due date is oh around November 16th.   I've never made it to 40 weeks...wouldn't mind continuing that tradition.   38-39 week old babies are quite nice.  snigger

Good morning....

Well as discussed with several of my aim friends this week.

The rotten cold was a good way to give me the hint I needed.

Aunt Flo won't be coming folks.   She's gone for a good long time.   Man that hurts my feelings.

Of course in place of this I'll be puking, and getting fat, and getting kicked in my ribs. 

And in oh 9 months we'll be a family of 8. 

The world is changing.   Does happy dance