Beach Bound

California

dancin in the ocean

how I love you

better wear some lotion

suns always shining

no one compares to you.

Train lyrics Breakfast in Bed

This year the kids are more excited than ever before.

This will be our ninth year at the beach.

We are boarding a plane for LAX

renting our RV and hitting the beach

We love and cherish everyday there.

Santa Barbara here we come.

I secretly hope one of our children beg to go to college here.

We cruise around on our bikes...stopping at the candy store.

Watching the sun go down from the beach.

Roasting mash mellows to the sound of the ocean.

Buggy boarding until we have rashes and scares.

Becoming sleepy to the sound of the tide.

Being down right sad every time we round the corner in Ventura

and head east for home...saying good bye to the ocean.

Let the good times roll!

I will post pictures when we get home.

My Place..My Home..America the Beautiful

I have traveled enough to know that

America is a special and tranquil place.

I have an outburst of emotion after being away 

and then again come home to

American soil.

America holds my heart and loyalty.

Let Freedom Ring

When an American says he loves his country,

he means not only that he loves the New England hills,

the prairies glistening in the sun,

the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea.

He means that he loves an inner air,

an inner light in which freedom lives and in which

a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

Adlai Stevenson

Cupcake Club

 Welcome to Gigi's Cupcakes a Wilson Special Event

 Strawberry Margarita is a famous flavor choice

 Sydney always  has a hard time making a decision

 Equal amounts of frosting to cake...

 Sugar Fabulous!

 Sweet 

 Divine...stomach ache from so much frosting

and of course we can't forget dad.

Do you have a favorite cupcake place? 

We wanna here about it!

Top Ten Thurs.

Things I Love Right Now...

Watching a Masterpiece Theatre Miniseries named Downton Abbey.

Listen to Train's  Save Me San Francisco  CD.

All the red white and blue...it  makes me feel so patriotic.

Packing for the annual trip to Carpenteria State Park. The kids are sooo excited. I have to admit I am too.

Air Conditioning.

Dog Days of Summer. We have been sleeping in as late as 8:30. I never thought I would live to see the day.

My new Dansko Sandals...dark blue and so cute.

The new bike path I found on my bike. It winds through the forest, I forget its only three miles from my home.

Reading to Easton while he is STILL in my lap. A rare and fun occasion.

Finishing up some changes to the house plan "Harrolds Creek". Only to us it will be "The Ranch at Otter Road".  Someday!

Tues. Top Ten

Things I love right now...

Frozen Lemonade..It is divine in this weather.
Watching the kids play at the Pool.
Catching Fire Flys at sundown.
Riding by Beach Cruiser around our neighborhood.
Listening to Sydney read.
Taking adventurous Lake Trips with Ben.
Watching Sierra catch a really really big catfish.
The smell of bounce from the dryer.
Medicine....I had a severe cold followed by the flu...followed by strep throat. I am grateful to be
feeling so much better.
My husband, he takes such good care of me when I have small dogs in my throat. He went to the store
for Tomato Basil Soup and a Strawberry Banana Smoothie. He is so patient with me. Thanks!

Logging Hours of Fun in the Sun

If you know my husband, then you know we spent Father's Day Weekend on the water.

Hillsdale Lake in Springville Missouri.

Sierra caught a six pound cat fish.

Dillon almost stayed up on his waterski.

Fun was had by all.

Hamburgers on the grill with pepper jack cheese and all the fixings.

Fathers Day was a lot of Fun!

Sydney's Trip to the Emergency Room....

As we were relaxing at the table after dinner last Monday night Sydney stretched back in her chair....resting on two legs...and fell back hitting her head on the granite counter top. She was in a lot of shock, as was I. i wilted at the amount of blood. I am so glad Ben was home. He calmly washed her up and put an ace bandage around her head and whisked her off to the E.R. I practiced deep breathing on the couch. I wanted to go, but someone has to be mom to the other five who at the moment were injury free!  She waited a long wait and then got big staples in her head. She was very brave. She was disappointed not to be able to swim, ride her bike or rollerblade for 10 days. She is doing much better and is recovering fine at home in front of her sketch book and pastels.