Someone has been a pretty awful blogger…

Me <----- Sometimes too much time goes by and then I just keep thinking "Meh, what's another week?" So I'll play catch up a little ;) In September, Avery and I went to Astrocamp for the weekend on a GATE field trip with our school district. Other than the buses not coming to pick us up on Sunday and having to wait 6 extra hours for replacements, it was lovely. Kaboom

Swish?

Volunteers

Rockets ready for launch

Microgravity

Astrocamp, Room 1

We had lots of fun together – it’s nice to sometimes have one kid to focus all of your energy on ;) More catching up to come!

“Peek Inside”

ClickinMoms asked me to share a “peek inside” to my gear and workstation. While my work station is a little less than fancy – it’s in the middle of the house and gets lots of kid and pet action – my gear is embarrassingly hoarder-ish :) Find the link here as well as a description of all the gadgets I’ve acquired over the years…

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Finley’s Fairy First Birthday

Such a cute theme for a cute little girl! We had a fun today visiting with friends for baby Finley’s first birthday. I can’t believe this little tiny thing is ONE! She’s such a doll — my kids have NEVER been SO excited to go to a one year old’s birthday party, LOL :)

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Happy “Gotcha Day”

Happy “Gotcha Day” to my little Sister Molly Margaret Magoo. We adopted her one year ago today from the Palm Springs Animal Shelter :)

Gotcha Day

The Voice of the Sea Speaks the Language of the Soul

Just geeking out with Photoshop again ;)

The Voice of the Sea Speaks the Language of the Soul

El Capitan State Beach – Summer Camping Trip

I’ve been a very bad, bad blogger :) So this morning I sat down and put together a bunch of photos from our week-long camping trip to El Capitan State Beach this year. I love it more every year we go :)

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Plugging along through summer

Only a few weeks left of summer vacation… we’ve had a great time being overly busy for days in a row, only to come home and literally not leave the house for a day or two. I like that about summer :)

We went up the coast for a few days:

Ahoy There

Surfer at the Strand

The supermoon happened while we were there:

Super Moon (ish)

And I did a little promo pic for Click Magazine :)

Click Magazine and Ketti Bag

We hung around the house for a few days here and there…

Avery drawing and writing in the backyard:

Drawing in the backyard :)

Summer grapes:

Grapes on a Summer Day

Free fortune-telling services:

Madame Avery

Sasquatcha (real name Sasha…):

My pretty, dopey girl

Saw some pretty sunsets:

SoCal Sunset

Sunset from our street

Had some pancakes:

Saturday Morning Bribery Pancakes

Sasha got herself spayed…

Recovering

Domino wondered WHY he has to tolerate the humans:

The Dude

I admitted I have a problem:

Schedule the Intervention

The girls discussed an intervention for my problem:

Chatting in the Garage

We bathed occasionally:

We've got a floater over here

The girls held the whole world, in their hands:

Summertime Project

Our gardener went on strike:
Oh, gardener?

And the lemons he neglected to collect ended up growing limbs and overturning the government:

Holy Schnitzel

So we retreated to the lake one day:

Day at the Lake :)

And to Grammy’s house a different day:

Part Fish

Summer Swimmer

From behind the ficus tree

We’re back home now to watch the cat devise a plan for ending global warming.

Felinus Pensivus

Tomorrow brings a week-long beach trip and lots of fun and sun :)

Let’s Find Some Beautiful Place to Get Lost

Sometimes on Sunday mornings we listen to hours and hours of Elliot Smith <3 Wish he was still around to make more music... BeautifulPlaceSmaller

Independence Day Camping

In case you’re thinking this: yes, we do camp too much.

But, the kids love it and the adults love hanging out with other adults while the kids play. We invested in a trailer, and by golly, we’re going to use that sucker.

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Bangling Ceremony

A Hindu custom prior to marriage…
A friend asked me to photograph this event a couple of weeks ago. Such an interesting experience — and the bride to be was gorgeous!