Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Castles in the sand…

Nothing warmed my heart more on this trip than watching my kids build a sand castle together… To see James involved.  To see him, not to old to dig in the sand… heartwarming…of course that meant he was in charge and giving the orders… a couple of the older boys couldn’t handle that very long, and moved on to other things…

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Jadon thought he could take over being in charge…

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Half the fun was getting to destroy it after it was built…

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Then getting to start all over again the next day… bigger and better…

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The waves destroyed the second one… they put too much time into it to destroy it themselves!

The other kids are James friend Aaron, & my nephews Koty, Sammy, & Colton.

Pam

Monday, March 30, 2009

I Heart Faces: Pouting

When I saw the theme for this weeks I Heart Faces Photography Contest, I knew I had a winner!  (at least in my eyes!!)

Tell me… how can you pout when you are on the beach??  Oh, no problem…

Beach Pout

Visit I Heart Faces to see more pouty faces!
 
Pam

Sorting through over 1000 vacation pictures…

Okay, I confess… I’m overwhelmed!  I don’t know where to start in showing you these pictures!! 

A shots from the first night we were there…

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Pam

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Back in the COLD NORTH!

Yesterday before we crossed out of Florida into Georgia… we saw 91 degrees on our van thermometer… Today. We drove into Northern Indiana… Snow. Wind. Rain. The thermometer said 38, but the wind chill had to be in the teens or lower!

Our furnace seems to be having a hard time warming our house.  It keeps shutting off and on.  We have a fire going, but it is cold in here!

Many hands made light work, and we have it all put away all ready!  Of course there is the laundry, but there is always laundry.  In fact, I feel like I am in a better place than I am on many Sunday evenings when it comes to my house and laundry.

It’s a long haul from Florida to here.  Traffic is never good coming home.  Going down we had no delays at all.  James did most of the driving this time.  He did a pretty good job, I was a back seat driver I admit.  But, what are mom’s for!  He even drove through Atlanta last night about 11 PM.  I don’t think I breathed for about 15 minutes there, and when I finally did breath, my fists were clenched, my jaw was clenched, and I had worn a hole in the carpet of the van trying to push on a break that did not exist! 

I have about 1200 pictures.  What am I going to do with that many pictures?  I know you all don’t want to see that many pictures!  LOTS of sorting needs to happen!  (and I already sorted lots out on the way home!)  I believe I have a picture addiction going on.  Is there a treatment plan for me?

Here are a few that have uploaded…

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More later…

Pam

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009