Car Entertainment

I had so much fun in Eugene last weekend and am excited to go back again the day after tomorrow. In one of my previous posts I briefly mentioned the, ahem, fun, car trip my girls and I had. Aside from fighting over the ipod nano, they also entertained themselves by doing THIS in the back seat:




Not understanding the fun that could be had with a water bottle, I only thought to bring ONE. Darn it!!!!!!! If I had only thought to grab TWO half empty bottles of water... I would not have had to set the timer and coerce my kids to hand the bottle over to the other each time the timer went off. I especially loved it when Ava had her turn and kept looking through the bottle at me and saying, "Mommy, you are HUGE!! How long has it been since you went to the gym??"

Weekend Senior

This senior made my job really easy. Aside from being gorgeous, she takes photography classes and already had perfect locations picked out!!

Evening At Alton Baker Park

I traveled to Eugene for a weekend of photo sessions and a visit with my family. After a delightful car ride with my girls (okay, so it does NOT work to have 2 children and only 1 ipod nano!), I arrived in Eugene with only partial hearing loss. After getting my girls situated I headed into town to meet my friend Julie, who has the sweetest little 2 year old girl. Although she was slow to warm up to me, by the end of the session she was feeling quite comfortable and said that I could sit by her in the car :) We had a great time feeding ducks and geese and walking around looking at the scenery.

Oh The Wonderful Sun!!

I love sunny afternoons, but I become increasingly grumpy as the day goes on when I can't walk outside without squinting my eyes and breaking into a sweat. While out walking near the field behind where I live we noticed that there was AT LEAST a 15-20 degree difference between the sun and a shady spot under a giant tree. After feeling miserable out in the sun we stopped for a few minutes in the shade and it felt WONDERFUL. If only everyday could feel as good as the shade under the giant oak tree!

The Start of Soccer

I am now the proud parent of TWO soccer players! Today's games were the first of the 2008 soccer season, and I can already tell that for the next couple of months Saturdays are going to be filled with lots of soccer, which in my family translates to lost equipment, leaking water bottles, and driving from field to field in an attempt to make it to all of the games on time.

Ava's team played first:




Followed immediately after by Brook's: