I’m not really in the mood to be blogging. It’s still hard to want to sit down at the computer. I’ve been taking naps while Isaac sleeps and it has been sooo lovely!
I’m feeling a wee bit better these days. I really mean a wee bit. My stomach and I have tried to find a happy medium. I keep it full– it stays somewhat content.

Emma’s first day at Kindergarten was successful. It was more like a meet your teacher kinda of day. Emma was happy that her teacher was nice… so, YEA! I hope it continues on such a positive note. She looked absolutely terrified when I dropped her off. It was pretty chaotic in that little classroom but when I picked her up she was loving. She was so excited to show me “criss cross applesauce” which was just a cool way to say “sit down and cross your legs.”

I’ve lost track of my half broken lame-O camera. I needed it this morning to take First Day of School Pictures so I had to snag a few with the cell phone. I’m certainly not getting the Best Mom Award this week. It’ll be such a disappointment when it comes time to scrapbook them. Perhaps I’ll take a picture when my camera turns up and pretend that it was the First Day. She wears a little uniform… so who will know, right?

Anyhoo, just checking in.

Isaac still isn’t talking too well. He certainly tries but the consonants just don’t come out right. I’m trying to not worry and give him time to develop on his own but there may be a time where I’ll have to do something about it. Is early intervention easier than waiting?

Here is Isaac singing a song that Emma learned at Preschool. It’s one of our favorites. It goes like this.

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water.
Slippery fish, slippery fish, gung gung gung (the sound of gulping)
Oh no, it’s been eaten by a…

Humongous whale, humongous whale, swimming through the water.
Humongous whale, humongous whale. BURP. Pardon Me!

Isaac obviously has only certain parts of the song down (the burbing part). As parents we really get a kick out of listening to him but the video kind of shows how he’s doing with language. Thought I’d share. Enjoy.

I don’t want to write right now. In fact, I haven’t wanted to write all week.

Lots of things have been going on around me. People I love are having major health problems, one of our cars died for good this week, I have no desire to clean the house, and have been anxiously trying not to worry about Emma starting kindergarten next week.

On top of that all I’ve been sick as a dog with some stomach issue all week and haven’t wanted to do anything but lay in bed (ha ha, if you know what I mean). Whenever I sit down at the computer it seems like the world starts spinning a bit too fast.

So for now… this is all you get.

We are back from our second Island Park trip. We had blast AVTing our brains out. We had so much fun explore the mountains around our cabin. Jer was lucky enough to even see a black bear.

Isaac has never been happier than on his “mow-mow- icles.” He is now making motorcycle sounds with about everything he plays with. The sound of the engine must be like a lullaby to him because it will occasionally put him to sleep. Here is a pic of him passed out on Jer’s lap.

I’m having a hard time accepting that I have one week of summer left until my little girl goes to kindergarten. Sniff. I better get in as much play time as possible. Later.

I am feeling so much more happy today. After spending 2 1/2 hours at the DMV, I have all the big things marked off my to do list. Now I can think of more pleasant things; like finishing Breaking Dawn or packing for my family’s get away trip to Island Park. Woo Hoo!

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Over the weekend we went on a very pleasant hike. It felt wonderful to stretch my legs and breathe hard as we hike up the gorgeous mountain trail. It felt like it had been awhile and so I thoroughly enjoyed the wild flowers and cold mountain stream.

We have some friends staying with us for a while. Their daughter and Emma have become completely inseparable. Whenever one of us have to leave the house there are fits of screaming, crying and death threats. “I’ll die with out Bailey!” Even sleeping without each other is totally misery. They are quite the pair.

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That’s it. I am QUITING trying to get pictures downloaded!!!! Today happens to be one of those crappy days that my camera wont connect to the computer. So much for my happy mood. Stink’n thing!! I guess no pictures today. Sorry.

Yah, my cutie is finally 5.  She’s been dreaming of this day for a while.

I survived the Princess Party of the Century. I went all out of Emma… at least I tried. I knew she’d love it. We had princess party decor everywhere I could imagine. On the walls, balloons, streamers, and of course a princess cake with a castle on it. We played Pin the Princess on the Castle, decorate your own crown, and of course had cake and Ice cream–

Pink cake, pink icing, and pink ice cream. Ahhh! Pink attack!!

Phew. I’m worn out. I’m not to in to this party throwing stuff but I really wanted Emma to love her birthday party.

So this has been a busy week for me. I’ve had something busy going everyday. I have managed to start Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Myers though. I’m trying to not let it consume me. Most people can sit down and read it in a couple days but I take about a week or so. I’m going slower. The jury is still out on how I feel about it. I think I might be a Host fan instead of a Bella fan… at the moment anyway.

Well, peace out ladies. Just thought I’d check in for min and let you know that I’m still alive. I’m glad you guys have liked my Mass Production Templates. Thanks.

As summer rolls on my photos are piling up. I’m beginning to feel majorly overwhelmed with how much scrapbooking I have ahead of me. I know I’m not the only one out there that has a ton of catching up to do so I’ve made these templates that are just loaded with photo opportunities. I have called them Mass Production Templates because these will surely help get things done. Just add photos, a back ground paper and maybe a few little details and Waa Laa!!

I hope they help. Download here.

I survived Girls Camp!! Yea! I’m pretty bushed though from those late night. It was pretty fun but I was super happy to get home, take a shower and sleep on a nice soft bed. Emma and Isaac barely seemed to miss me. Maybe I’ll take off more often. He he.

Once at camp we came back from some activities and I went to my bunk bed and low and behold all my stuff was missing. The girls had taken it all. I hollered and hooted giving them a good reaction and I knew which girls were responsible for it (they were late to flag ceremony that morning.)

I went into the other cabin looking for my stuff and there it was on the top bunk just like it should have been. I looked at the lower bunk and the leaders stuff under neigh me look right too. I was all of the sudden so confused. Had I been in the wrong cabin. I felt so lame. I had to walk back outside and see what cabin I was in… no, this wasn’t the cabin I had slept it. A few more seconds flashed by while I stood there totally confused. The girls were asking what was going on and why I had I been yelling those girls names.

I finally figured it out. They had switched out ALL the leaders stuff in both cabins. The prank wasn’t just on me… but I had given them the best reaction. The girls got such a hoot out of it that the rest of the camp was spent snatching and hiding my book (The Host) that I always had my nose in whenever there was downtime just to see more reactions. Needless to say I was tired of it by the end.

I’m glad to be home. I have one down week until we’re off again. This week should still be pretty busy though. Next in line is Emma’s birthday party. She turning 5 and has been planning it out all by her self. I want to make it as nice as I can but NO I am not building a stage for everyone to perform on.

We’re taking the princess route… surprise, surprise.

My computer is having issues!! I’m totally irritated. I don’t have the patience or the time to fix it. I really wanted to get a template off for you all… it’s been so long.

I’ve just recovered from all of our travels but it’s time to hit the road again.

I’m headed to girls camp. There will be no technology there.

No kids to tow, no diapers to change; just a bunch of teenage girls to watch over. I’m a bit anxious for some reason. It should be fun but I’m not exactly tight with all of these girls. I start having issue about how old I look. Silly I know, but it’s real.

I’m their leader.  Is that hard to grasp? I just know I’m going to get comments.

Anyhooo, it might be adding to my grouchiness today.

Isn’t it always nice to come home after a long trip away? I certainly missed my bed as well as having Isaac in his own room. My shower seemed absolutely lovely but I was reminded how grim the inside of my fridge can be. We had a relaxing day today and sat outside to watch the thunderstorm roll on by.

Here are some photo highlights from our trip.

At the beginning of our trip we stayed a few days up Odgen Canyon near Eden, UT for an extended family reunion. Playing at the beach with Isaac was probably the easiest place to watch him. There wasn’t really anywhere that he could go. The sand was too hot for him to run away and he totally preferred the water anyway. He was happy as a lark all day long.

A day at the lake is always fun. We had a boat and 2 jet skis to share with an enormous group of family but surprisingly everyone got a turn although Isaac would have loved to have multiple turns one right after the other. Once he was playing on the wave runner and figured out how to turn on the machine when know one was looking. Luckily I ran over and pulled the key out before he had time to take off. Wooo.

After being in Odgen we headed up to Ashton, ID for a reunion with just Jeremy’s family. This picture is at Mesa Falls. It’s totally gorgeous. Too bad the kids were fussy and the weather was pretty hot. We left there all feeling a bit grouchy… ya know how traveling can be.

One another day, we went to explore some caves near by, the Civil Defense Caves near Rexburg, ID. It was super fun and the kids thought it was pretty cool. Actually it was pretty cool… inside the caves. I had forgotten that small detail and had no sweatshirts for us and the kids. That is why there is a towel draped around Jeremy’s shoulders and Emma is wearing her life jacket– it’s all we had in the car. Isaac fell asleep and carrying that heavy body kept me plenty warm.

After the caves we checked out the sand dunes. Note to self… do not visit the sand dunes at 1:00 in the afternoon. Talk about a temperature change from the caves. The sand was burning our feet so we didn’t stay long but the site sure was amazing.

Our cabin was right along Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. It was a beautiful place and when there wasn’t much to do you could find us out floating the river.

One of my favorite things about the place was the sunsets. Jer and I went mountain biking one night and rode back to the house with this as our back drop. It was amazingly gorgeous. The pictures doesn’t do justice.

One of our favorite things to do in Yellowstone is go swimming at Firehole River. We were so bummed when we arrived because it was closed due to high water. We joked around about swimming anyway and risking the hefty fine. However, we opted to go up stream for a picnic and stick our feet in the river instead.

I thought this was another cute picture of Emma. The lower falls of the Yellowstone river are in the back ground. This was at the end of the day and by this time the kids were pretty sick and tired of driving around the park looking for wildlife (one of Jer’s favorite activities.) We would say “Look, Emma, an elk!” and she would reply “I already saw a bunch of elk” not bothering to look out the window. So that was the end of that. Everyone else came home with tales of seeing bears and all we saw was a bunch of unexciting elk.

Oh well, we are home safely and now I have a ton of photos to scrapbook. Yippee!