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last day

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The little guy had his last day of school today.

He’s ready for summer break.

Mother nature has not received his memo.

Let’s hope she gets it soon or it’s gonna be a LONG “summer” break for all of us.

I should have done something special for him to celebrate his first year of school.

I didn’t and feel like I should have.

I am looking forward to slower mornings without a reason to be leaving the house by 8:38 am so that we can get to school on time.

I am working on a “summer list”. It’s an idea I read about here.

{By the way, when you visit the site above check out the project she had her girls do…that will go on our summer list}

I worked on a project tonight.

I am new to this school stuff…you know, teachers gifts, volunteering in the classroom, not forgetting snack, etc.

I hope sometime in the next 15-18 years I finally get it down…hopefully sooner rather than later.

Anyway, I was working on some of the end of school year gifts for the teachers.

Better late than never.

I will post about them next week.

home is…being a newbie to this whole school thing.

the little guy said

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Little Guy: “Mommy, when will we move to a new house?”

Mommy: “Oh, I don’t know. We may never move to a different house. We might just stay in this one.”

LG: “I don’t want to stay in this one.”

M: “Why?”

LG: “This house is boring.”

boys will be boys

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Last night I was getting the bath ready for the kids.

The little guy was running around and baby girl was following and laughing.

At the same time I heard the little guy run into our room and crash into the window I also heard glass break.

Thankfully it was not our bedroom window.

Both kiddos were OK, so I ran downstairs.

Our neighbors have three boys.

Their boys all play sports.

They put a sport court in their backyard last summer.

This spring the two oldest boys are playing lacrosse.

The lacrosse ball slipped past the 5+ ft net that rises above our fence and hit the only window that it could.

The outer pane of the double pane window was shattered.

I waited for the doorbell to ring as I knew they would be over to tell me the news.

Their oldest came over and I answered the door.

He just looked at me…with 14 year old puppy dog eyes.

I said, “I know. I heard it. It’s OK.”

He said, “I’m soooo sorry.”

They came over and cleaned up the glass.

Their mom and dad are making them pay for the window.

Their mom texted me last night and said they also owe us free babysitting!

I went to the front door today after their mom sent me a text that she had left something at our front door.

There was a bottle of white wine and some chocolate chip cookies.

She said it was to make up for her boys.

I told her that they are good boys because they ARE.

They are just boys.

I am sure I will be making up for my boy at some point in the future, too.

I wouldn’t have it any other way.

home is…boys being boys and good neighbors

bummer

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There is no direct way to fly to Rochester, New York from Portland, Oregon.

And, Ryan’s parents have had to take a very indirect route for the second time.

They are stuck in Chicago.

There are worse places to be stuck.

We got stuck in Chicago flying home from Rochester to Denver one year.

We ended up just making a mini-vacation out of it…stayed at Hotel Monaco, went shopping on Michigan Avenue, explored the museums.

Unless you have the time, money and desire to do it how we did it it is not fun to be stuck.

You have it in your mind that you are going to get to sleep in your own bed.

You make (or had already made) plans for what you will want and need to get done upon your return home.

And then it all needs to be reworked.

While I am at home feeding, bathing, and putting the kids to bed alone (Ryan left town this afternoon, too) at least I am at HOME.

I am sorry that they are stuck.

Hopefully they can get home tomorrow.

And, if not, hopefully they can make the best of it and explore Chicago a little bit (the train from the airport to downtown is so easy)!

I intend to finish my posts from their visit this week.

There are a lot of photos to go through.

home is…being home and wishing others were able to get home, too.

{nana and bops visit} day 3

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I told you we were going on an adventure.

Well, we’re here.

Life’s a beach.

We’re visiting Bella Beach, Oregon. You will find the link in the left sidebar under in the “where i get inspired” section.

We came here with Nana last October to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

We liked it so much we decided to come to Bella Beach again when Nana and Bops said they wanted to go to the beach during their May visit.

We are staying in a different house this time…it’s right next to the one we stayed in last fall.

It’s amazing.

Ryan’s parents have the entire first floor to themselves…including a huge family room, bedroom, full bathroom and one car garage. The main floor has a big master suite with a king sized bed, the kitchen, powder bath and great room. Then the 3rd floor has a huge bedroom with two sets of bunkbeds and a queen sized bed, a second bedroom with another queen bed, a full bath, and a reading nook. Outside there is a wraparound porch with ocean views, a hot tub, huge fenced yard, and a fire pit with seating.

I could stay here for a while…

Really, I would take any of the houses in this little development.  For a full-time home or vacation home.

We could sleep 14 in this house…there are 6 of us.

We have an extra bedroom…do you want to come stay with us?!

The weather isn’t perfect, but Ryan and I sat in the hot tub tonight.

Well, it was perfect for sitting in a hot tub with a glass of wine.

We’ll probably have a fire and roast marshmallows tomorrow.

Baby girl walked in the sand for the first time tonight.

She’s also sleeping in a big bed for the first time by herself.

The kids are also sharing a room.

I am so excited to experience more family vacations like this. This is what life is all about.

The little guy is really into winning right now. So, he wanted to beat the girls (we drove two cars since we brought the dogs and don’t have room for all the gear, dogs and 6 people in just one car) to the beach house. Ryan was busy closing deals on the drive down, so the girls actually won (and we got to stop at Mojo Coffee in Lincoln City for a cup of Stumptown). Once we arrived at the house Nana answered a call on my cell phone…it was VERY important to the little guy to beat the girls to the house. So, I got in the car and drove around the corner while Nana took baby girl to the playground. We waited for the boys to “win” and then showed up at the house after they had gotten out of the truck

Here are some photos…including a couple of the boys celebrating their “win”.

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(I did them in a slideshow because internet is S.L.O.W. here.}

And, we will have some downtime for a couple of days before the fun starts.

Remember the “behind the scenes” action I was telling you about. Well, it’s still going on.

By the way, have I told you how much I love living in Oregon?!

Last month we were enjoying our last day out on the slopes on a perfect Spring skiing day and now we are out at the beach.

It’s gonna take a lot to convince me to ever leave this state…

home is…a little down time at the Oregon Coast.

{nana and bops visit} day 2

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We hung out around the house today.

The kids played with Nana and Bops while Ryan worked and I ran some errands.

The kids and I went out to dinner with Nana while Ryan and Bops headed out for H&H with the boys.

H&H is a monthly meeting of the minds that Ryan has with some of his buddies. They visit various brewpubs thoughout Portland to eat, drink, and raise a ruckus. Bops got to be a part of that tonight.

I am sure they will be home well past our bedtime.

Maybe one of them will fill us in on what happened.

Maybe one of them will write a guest blog about it….ahem, Fil.

I got to go to a yoga class today.

Always good for the mind and body.

I did not take any photos today.

Not even with my iphone!

Tomorrow we will go on an adventure.

I will take more photos then.

home is…a day without photos (it doesn’t happen very often around here).

{nana and bops visit} day 1

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Ryan’s parents are visiting us.

They arrived this afternoon after a long flight across country from New York.

We spent the afternoon playing outside in some of the most beautiful weather we have had all year.

We’ve got a lot of hanging out to do and an adventure planned.

Stay tuned…

For now, we all need to get some rest.

home is…visits from the ones we love.

you know what happens

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…when you title a blog post the name of a Britney Spears song?

You get a ton of visits to your blog.

Not that I pay much attention to my statistics, but I took a quick look at them last night.

People like Britney.

I’m sure they weren’t really planning to visit my little old blog.

home is…writing a quick blog post about something random because i have a lot to get done today.