from red to blue

tonight was our last night in starflight level, moving from bluebirds (starflight) to adventure level. the girls were so awesome, really well behaved and the ceremony was streamlined and fun. truly a great way to end the year. we have brand new blue vests to start patching up and just a few fun meetings left before heading into summer. daycamp will be in august, hoping for no broken toes, no eye problems or any other mishap. it was fun to think about all the things we did this year, really a long list when we started tallying it up: helping the gvl relief fund, adopting a family who lost their home in the slide fire, guerilla art for los cerritos wetlands, bird paintings, portraits, the portrait quilt, learning how to sew (very cool!) and lots and lots of crafts, recycling projects and building life long friendships (for both parents and kids). what a great year! looking forward to new adventures.

camp gvl

artisan tour, green reading, chip eating

light

surprise snow storm covers my hill of seed bombs

the leaves come in, no memorial day barbie-q for us this year (at least not the eating kind)

crispy tips

custom barbie clothes and outdoor gear (sleeping bag)

barbie sized, my kind of project!!!

afternoon nap

daddy helpin' out

checkin out the hood

cherishing every ring, religion to me, hugging trees

summer squash

here is a photo of our squash, i found one of the white ones poking out from under the plant and was surprised to see how big it was! yikes! glad to find a good recipe over here, will be trying it out asap. even though the light is still pretty crappy (overcast), i snapped a picture of my baby blocks, still not perfect but fun to make!

wacky weather

we have rain, hail, snow today. our neighbors were almost stuck at their cabin in running springs, should we attempt a drive up tomorrow? you bet! 

i spent the day making baby gifts (shower this weekend, lots of little babies being born, love making baby gifts) and attended miss emily's second grade award show. very fun, so many parents came i was amazed. last year i had to work so grandma went, so glad i had the day off to go. she won for neatness and technology, hmmmmm.....not sure about neatness (just kidding emily!) wish i had better light to show you the vegetables i picked today, HUGE squash, didnt know they could get that big! stay tuned for photos of those. so here are a few pictures from emily's school, my camera is crappy in low light, sorry about that. have a great memorial weekend!

the mascot hurt an eye

little liz hurt her eye at the spring camp out, poor thing. she had two pirate days but is feeling better now. i really enjoyed hanging out with her,even though i didnt get hardly anything done (see behind her, the backyard was on my to do list, didnt get done) i had more fun playing with her rocket ship and watching little einsteins over and over. 

custom camp plates and memory posters

trying to get the hang of the new typepad features... not so easy, i am an old dog who gets grumpy with new tricks....

soccer mom?

not really a soccer mom (not ready for a sticker on my car), this was the easiest soccer i have ever heard of though. one practice a week and a saturday game, good friends to hang with, everyone having fun, no stress... unless its 100 degrees out (yikes!)

good sports, these girls.

these two had fun on the sidelines

way to go emily!

Spring Camp Out 2008

well another year of camp fire is almost over, this went by so fast i am in denial i was even present for it, maybe in some ways i was not. i am still a bit out of it with my eye, not 100 percent back to normal and i am worried it will ever be perfect. i think of events as a "before my eye thing" or "after my eye thing" and wonder when (or IF) i will just be able to take my vision for granted again, what a humbling experience.

so this years spring camp out was approaching and i wasnt sure i could handle it. since my eye surgery, i have to keep my eye super clean and take the lens out every day (before my surgery i would go weeks with a contact in and never had a problem). i figured we could just have dinner over the camp fire and then call it a night.

but then i went in to sign us up for a campsite just for dinner and got strange looks from the staff who asked, "no one wants to sleep over? but EVERYONE loves to sleep over!" i realized they were right, of course the girls would want to sleep over, thats a treat for us city folk... so...

i said, "lets do it!"

and we did!

and i am so glad.

and we ate pancakes for breakfast, perfect!

sewing

pillows

apple with a worm on the back

sewing patch earned

Happy Mothers Day!

to all the mothers (and soon to be mothers, you know who you are!) Happy Mothers Day!

ok, i had to post the no make up early morning, jammies shot because this seems to be the time our family loves to celebrate. for mothers day i got this fabulous photo album filled with hawaii pictures and lots of notes from emily written in. the best gift ever. she also made me a little tea cup hand made from clay, total sweetness and liz regifted a christmas snowman she made, double sweetness.

green valley lake, overflowing just like we like it!

cleaning cheeto hands with the last clump of snow... liz took a taste too

camp gvl, back in session