i guess retirement gets boring...

so my dad decided to become a crossing guard for the seattle school district. after a long process which included a background check and interviews with practically every person my dad's ever known, he got the job...and he LOVES it.


so if you are ever by greenlake elementary, on a school day, in the morning or afternoon AND you decide to cross 65th my dad will probably be the guy helping you out.

i'm so excited...

i am blogging for the 1st time from my brand new computer, and not just any computer a new HP Pavillion Entertainment PC notebook!
i have been wanting a laptop for a while now. thinking that i could greatly reduce the stuff i bring to my scrapbook retreats by doing most of my layouts digitally. now i can.
it's also nice to have another computer (that doesn't belong to jas's work) for the kids to use for homework, since they both always seem to need a computer.
i love my new hp with it's 17 inch screen (so i can see what i am working on)and it's fun features.
i wanted a macbook pro, but we just couldn't justify the cost right now. maybe some other day OR maybe i won't even miss it.

this was supposed to be a family computer, but by the time we got it home even jason was calling it mine...

fun weekend...

1st we had ceb's birthday party...actually her 4th birthday celebration, this time with friends. she had a vampire themed party, inspired by her love of twighlight, new moon & eclipse. she had a great time and so did we. who knew having a party for 15 year olds would be so easy and casual. they actually hung out around jas & i until they started watching movies around 11pm...they were all sweet girls! so nice to know ceb's got such good taste in friends.

saturday afternoon kial, julie & i took adam on a surprise birthday trip. we told him that we were going out to get stuff for a school project which kial & adam both have due next week, but in truth we "accidentally" happened upon the apple store and of course we had to go in. once we got him looking at the newly unveiled nano's i let him in on the surprise...we were really there to buy him his own brand new 8gb video nano and he got to pick the color he wanted. he was so excited and i am SO glad i thought of it. his parents, my parents & i all went in on it. it was worth every penny to see him so excited and happy. he's such a great kid and he really deserved it.

when we got home he came right upstairs and we set it up on our computer since we already have such a huge music & video library. he named it iFreak...very adam!

i've got to admit i am a little jealous of adam because this new nano is SO cool!


last, but not least jas & i had a FABULOUS meal with amy, clark, rachel & tyrone at lanna thai in everett to celebrate amy's birthday. the food was too die for (larb...who knew?) and the company was even better. happy birthday amy.

catching up...

and putting my feet up for a moment.

i think this has been our busiest and most fun summer EVER. well, at least the girls have been nonstop busy; i still had to work through lots of it.

between ceb's 15th birthday and the 1st day of school we had our annual leavenworth "kamping" trip and a fabulous whale watching trip with jason's dad & stepmother.

school started back up today and i must say i am happy for the return to routines. i love fall (yes even the rain) and the slower pace that life seems to take on...except for soccer games & practices.

ceb got her driving permit and she starts drivers ed on monday...are you feeling a little nervous? cause I sure am. i think she'll do fine, but i don't feel ready for this.



today i really feel the need to remember the wonderful summer and just how lucky we all are. between friends, church and family (especially my very amazing parents) my kids have so many great opportunities and experiences that many kids don't get to have. we truly are blessed!