Monday, November 10, 2008

Florida trip

I know I said I'd be better at posting, but who was I kidding? I can't be consistent with anything! Last weekend, we headed down to Florida with good friends of ours, the Farleys. The weather was perfect and the beach was absolutely beautiful. It's been a while since I had been to the Gulf, since we normally head to the beach in South Carolina. I had forgotten how blue the water is and how white the sand is. The kids thought we were in paradise. 

I even attended my first beach wedding. Who cares if I wa
sn't invited? If you're on a public beach, you're just asking for nosy people like me to come watch, right? :) Actually, Amy & I watched from the 
balcony of someone else's house, so hopefully we were out of sight and didn't end up in
 any pictures! Ha!

Since the beach, we've come back to reality at home. School is going well - plugging along. I've finally caught the bronchitis junk the rest of the fam
ily (including my in-laws) had a while back. It's not fun, people. I think I'd pay any amount fo
r some relief from coughing! 

Ok - enough cold-medicine-induced babbling from me. Here are some pics -

the girls doing their morning yoga:
And having swim suit issues:
Ellie dancing:


Jacob digging a hole with Mr. Mark:

The pool was freezing, even though it was heated. So the kids ended up in the hot tub:


I'm sure more beautiful pictures will come from Kyle soon - until then -

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

the blame game

Ellie just came in from playing outside. Her pants leg was soaked. 
I went outside to question the witnesses.

Me: Why is Ellie's pants leg wet?
Lucas: Oh, she turned on the hose.
Me: Ellie do not turn on the hose.
Ellie: I not do it. Jacob turn it on.
Me: Jacob, do not turn on the hose.
Jacob: But Lucas told me to.
Me: Lucas, do not tell anyone to turn on the hose.
Lucas: But we needed some water for mud.

Why is it that I have to go through 3 children to come back to the source of the problem?????