Vacation

Today is the day. The day that has been circled on the calendar for months with 'leave for vacation!' written on it.

My girls are giddy. I am giddy. And yes, Donald is giddy (perhaps more so than the rest of us) We are heading out for a magical 18 days of vacation bliss.

To keep the children entertained during the car ride (and to bid farewell to her grandgirls for 2.5 weeks) my MIL, Susan, put together the most amazing road trip bags. They are complete with art supplies, books, snacks, and sunglasses.

I will try to keep posting regularly;
that way I won't be two weeks behind when we get home.


California,
here we come!

Lights, Camera, Action (again)

I had no idea when I woke up
this morning that we would be doing this....

....but that's okay, I'm flexible.

(more footage was needed for the United Way
promotional movie that Elisabeth is taking part in)

Meditation

Alexandra was up to something, I could just tell. So I grabbed my camera and began snapping pictures.
Boy oh boy was I glad I did....

"No, thank you"

Safe and Sound

Our home security just went from

state-of-the-art guard dogs:

(no, not Lizzy...the other two)


To state-of-the-art
home security system:

(With all the bells and whistles, of course.)

((Don't worry; the dog's were not offended.))

(((I don't think.)))

Ho-Hum

What to do.... What to do....

Up, Up and Away!

BFF's Reunite

After being apart for 5 weeks my

girls were overjoyed to see their

friends again.

Alexandra and Lorelai
+
Evelyn, Lilly, and Tessa

=

Best Friends Forever

Lorelai was bored,

so I told her to go and use her

imagination....

....and she did.

The Trouble With Spasms: Part III

Apparently we should have bought her a face mask too.





Elisabeth was born with an
attached upper lip frenulum,

but after an epileptic incident yesterday,
it's not attached anymore!

Stylish Protection

A pretty pink helmet to protect Elisabeth's
pretty little head during epileptic episodes.

Elisabeth was happily reunited with her
red piano after being 'grounded' from it for 3 months.

(It had caused a few too many bruises.)

Stars Hollow....almost.

City of Kennewick

Annual BBQ and Community Social

Potato Sack Races

Basketball (we couldn't pull Lorelai away from it)

Alexandra and the winning raffle ticket.

The good Mayor.

Practicing fire evacuation skills.

Hotdogs and burgers.

A peek in the fire truck.

Wondering about the post title? It's a tribute to my beloved Gilmore Girls and the delightful town in which they live. A place that I would move to....if it existed in real life. But since it doesn't, my little corner of the world will do.