Rainy weekend...

Why did we have to pick the rainiest weekend of the year to make an overnight trip to Solvang?

I guess to be different :) We are going to have a blast anyway! Got Austin a heavier waterproof jacket and am on a mission to find one for Christina tonight. That will be tough. If it isn't turquoise blue she will not like it, that is her "color" this year!

We will be doing some Geocaching and consuming some pastries and cheese. Can't wait for Breakfast at Paula's Pancake House! MMMMMMMMM

This is a sad day :(

It looks like this is the end of the line for my Girl Scout troop :(

It fell apart last year and I thought I had it all pulled together for a great year this year and everyone has bailed on me and the troop.

It was so hard telling Christina tonight, she loves Girl Scouts. She ran to her room and cried for 15 minutes. I looked for a new troop for her last year when things were falling apart and no one had meeting times that would work with our schedules.

So, this is it, the end of the line so to speak, at least for her troop. I will still work with her as a Juliette Scout but it isn't the same as meeting with a group of girls and building a team and learning from each other and learning how to lead.

sniff, sniff

This is a sad day...

Geocaching...our new addiction

Thing of Geocaching as an updated version of the scavenger hunt you did as a kid. This hunt involves GPS coordinates and we get to play with the governments 12 BILLION dollar satellite system and we don't have to pay for it! How cool is that? This is a game where usually the only reward or prize is the actual find of the cache (pronounced "cash"). Sometimes you can swat GeoCoins or other items that are trackable. A trackable item has a specific number on it, you take the item, log your find online and replace it in a different location. Someone once set out 2 trackable items with the only stipulation that one travels only East and the other only travels West, they actually passed through the exact same geocache in Australia 18 months later!!


Here is a brief video of Geocaching:

What did you do today?

This was published by the Girl Scouts.  Great thought provoking video!

ahhhh, the joys!

NOT!  Why do 10 year olds think it is OK to stick their tongue out at their mom? Talk back to her? Scream, grunt and groan?  If you know, please tell me!!  I have had ENOUGH of Little Miss's attitude and she just got smacked and sent to bed.  This is absolutely ridiculous and I sure hope it changes soon cause it is going to be the death of me if it doesn't!!

I long for a peaceful co-existence! Will it ever happen?

Happy September 1st!

Just a little countdown...

12 days till school starts

60 days till Halloween

84 days till Thanksgiving

114 days till Christmas and 

121 days till 2011!

Are you ready?

What a weekend :(

Not in a good way either! It all started on Thursday when Christina was throwing up.  Then 4:30 Saturday morning it hit Austin, then me.  Saturday night it was Chuck's turn!  Glad to say it was quick and we are all over it!

Let's see if this really works. Updating my blog from my phone! We are off to Topanga Mall to go shopping.

Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!

It is about time...

It is about time to start this blog up again!!

I have been slacking for too long.

Last Saturday we went to Catalina Island!  It was so much fun.  Christina fulfilled one of her dreams, she saw dolphins in the wild, their natural habitat.  We saw tons of buffalo on the island tour.  What a great time we all had.

The trip 26 miles across the sea.

View pulling into the harbor.

Just one of the many buffalo we saw...even cute little babies.

Austin waiting while the big kids were playing in the ocean.  He tried it and said, "I don't like it anymore!"

Art, Meaghan and Pete getting their "Wiki Whacked" at Luau Larry's.

View from out dinner table at Antonio's.  Beautiful!