8 is GREAT!

Right before school started, I took the girls to the Hale Centre Theater's production of Pinocchio. It's become a yearly tradition for us. We left in plenty of time to get there, but we got caught in some traffic due to construction. It seemed like every turn I tried to make, to avoid traffic just ended up taking us further from our destination. We ended up getting to the theater 20 minutes late. I was so mad! That is a big pet peeve of mine, probably from all my years of performing. It is rude to be late! Anyway, the usher led us to our seats. As we were walking down the hallway, Hanna had a seizure. The usher took the other kids to their seats and Hanna and I stayed in the lobby while she slept. By intermission, she was feeling better and was able to catch the last part of the show. Although we were disappointed that we missed so much of the play, I feel like it was a blessing that we were late. If we had arrived even one minute before, Hanna would have had a seizure right ...

I wrote 2 posts today. One about our trip to California and one about Kamary's birthday. My blog is only showing the CA one (probably because I had so many pictures) so to read about Kamary's birthday go to the blog archive for August. It's called 11 going on 15!  Enjoy!

For our summer vacation, we headed down to San Diego. One of the biggest perks is that it's only 5 hours away! :) This blog is full of pictures (because I like pictures).  Some are sideways though and I can't figure out why or how to change it. Sorry. It bugs me when people's pictures are sideways, but....hope you enjoy anyway! We have a favorite campground in Escondido called Woods Valley Kampground which is 20 miles or so north of San Diego. This campground is in the mountains, but still close to everything. It has a pool, showers, farm, duck pond with fishing, play areas and lots of places to explore. This is the third time we've been there and it lets us enjoy not only camping but San Diego without expensive hotels.  Tree Huggers! Brynlie just chillin'. Hanna just chillin'. This is her camping fashion (wearing the hat backwards). There were lots of climbing trees around. My little monkey. Here's our 3 bedroom tent. It had room for all of us plus s...