date night

this boy knows how to turn on the charm when its bedtime...and im a sucker so some snuggle thomas the train bedtime? who could resist...sorry lots of baby blogs comin up

chicken friend

frederick runs around catching his "chicken friends"...it's hilarious to see him at it because he is scared to catch them but wants to so bad ...luckily when he runs at them at a certain angle they think he's going to mate with them and just lay down and let themselves be caught

good morning portland

enter scene six a.m. sleeping attractive 26 year old on a hide-a bed w a cat sleeping on her neck  ...three year old walks in and plaes face two inches from sleeping girls and proceeds to poke her.

frederick: what are you?
shauna: hi baby it's me shauna
frederick: hauna (never says the s) is it monday night?
shauna: no love i think its tuesday morning
frederick: is that douglas the cat?
shauna: yes thats douglas
frederick: is that the sun? (pointing to window)
shauna: yup its almost morning
frederick: am i awake?
shauna: i think so but maybe ou should ask your mom ...everyone else is sleeping
frederick: and hauna  that's douglas the cat?
shauna: yup
frederick: and i'm frederick...?
shauna: yup

everyone needs a little clarification some mornings

easy living

ashli came to town this weekend so we had her dad and my cousin eric over plus my brothers family for a little impromptu barbeque...sucha fun weekend...beach trail hikes..downtown san juan...us open (gag)..our movie list..beach days...pool time...gotta love summer time

tear it up

this is what our backyard looks like today...we are completely redoing it...its gonna be so fun but in the meantime im a little stressed about the friendly lizards in our backyard...i hope they are ok!! i cant wait to post before and after pictures of the yard

french kiss

i was gifted this post card and it's from paris and from 1918 and thats about all i know

which means it is obviously a love letter never sent and a very romantic, dramatic thing to own...

i can't prove this

but it is written in old ink and swirly cursive so if it is anything less then one  souls connection to another in written form, (in french nonetheless)then i'd rather just not know... 

i may have grown overly attached to it...

i just can't figure out how to best display it so it serves as a bookmark for now..

baby berry

i couldn't snap faster then she was getting them in her mouth

quite contrary

we got serious about gardening this year built new planter boxes made all our own dirt compost combo...(that was fun)...its been so cool to watch it thrive and its so relaxing to be in the garden...and makes me want to watch the seceret garden and talk about things being wick, buy big straw hats, and wear cloth aprons from the waist down  ...the best part though is getting it out of your own yard right onto your own table...i love dirt

hp



so it was my dad's bday this past week and we decided to do a harry potter dinner for him (for the kids?) everyone dressed up (i knew the long sleeve long black craft like jersey dress was a smart purchase)  my brother showed up in a weird thermal outfit, glasses and a wand and insisted he was a dead harry potter... we made an extensive home made butterbeer recipe and all my garage sale finds turned out to look surprisingly hogwartian all placed on a table...oh and of course my brother brought his fog machine...still not sure how he came to own one...and it was complete with floating candles the idea of which i got from mary and may have started the whole thing

cheese

poor terri...all she wanted was for us to sit pretty ...

and all she got was shots like these...

but i love these anyways..and how beautiful is tahoe...

this is just across the street from the bell house...

you can leave your heart in san francisco but mine will be waiting for me in tahoe

also when i look at these all i can think of is clifford...can you just look like a normal human boy for one second?!