August 13, 2005

• Woo hoo home!  Kisses the ground.

  
  

  Actually I’ve been home since Thursday night.  But just moping around.

  
  

  I spent the last day and a half playing ketchup on xanga sites and staring lots.

  
  

  Our vacation was wonderful.  Quiet, peaceful…(well as peaceful as you can get with six kids)  Saw some new country, some of it beautiful, some of it well *coughs*  ugly. 

  
  

  I have pictures.   Which I still haven’t gotten off my camera.   I know I will put at least a few up probably Monday or so.

  
  

  The highlights.   Lake Cascade was marvelous.  We spent three days just staring at a gorgeous lake, swimming when we wanted, sitting when we wanted.  Our tent was literally 25 feet from our swimming spot.

  
  

  Of course I could have lived without spraining my ankle and being flat for several days.   There was a wee hole in the water and sand.    But it was still fun to be there.  My ankle is still quite swollen, but other then that I’m doing fine.

  
  

  I’m swirling with writing ideas.   And have a new name that I’m dying to use.   Just trying to figure out where….

  
  

  Extreme funny;  As we were driving through tunnels on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge.   Kaylin announced.  “I burped..so I would have something to do.”

  
  

  Yeah…most of the country that day was about that boring.  *snigger*

  
  

  My children have started two new collections.  Feathers and bottle caps.  Every single rest stop, camp site, etc had them.   Our van is full.   The feathers are fun.  The bottle caps…well I remember collecting them, and rather feel inclined to apologizing to my mom. 

  
  

  Speaking of feathers.   I would love a book on feathers as Kaylin is just fascinated by them any suggestions?

  
  

  We did a lot of of following the Oregon Trail as we do each summer.   And thoroughly enjoyed an interpretive center with wagons, and models set up near Baker City.

  
  

  And I finally got to see Hells Canyon of the Snake River.  I read a historic biography about it years ago and have wanted to see it ever since…I now want to go back.  Its just wild.

  
  

  My ‘ils thoroughly enjoyed there grandbabies, and were also glad to see them leave.   They just get tired.  Poor souls.  (snigger)  I got to hold my niece for approximately 30 seconds…her parents aren’t sharing too well.  But it was fun to meet Amy.   She’s still smaller then Jeremiah when he was born……

  
  

  The biggest excitement actually happened today.  I’m holding Jeremiah and just shaking.  We have been religious ever since Jeremiah started using the walker about watching the front door.  My whole house is level, so no dangers, except the front step.   This morning he was terrorizing the house in it and I heard him in the entryway.  Due to my sprained ankle.  I said “ROB the front door is open!”  He looked up and groaned.  “Hurry Jer’s in the entryway.”  HE stood up…and clunk.

  
  

  We heard the walker fall.

  
  

  I have no recollection of getting to the front door, but I was less then one second behind Jeremiah.

  
  

  Big scratch on his head.  And a bit of a bump.  Rob and I were just sick.  It could have been so so much worse.  Angels were watching over him.

  
  

  We have now added a board that the rest of us can step over to the front door, but will stop Jer’s walker from doing the same.  Its apparently hopeless to convince the kiddos just to close the door.  I know understand why ped’s hate walkers.

  
  

  Hugs Jeremiah again and shudders.

  
  

  On to bigger and better things.  Somehow I suspect that won’t be his last head bump……….

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