Sadies first bloody nose and all I got was this picture

It's become a tradition for the kids to walk home from the mail box around the corner from our house after I pick up the mail. I usually stop to get the mail after running errands and the kids walk and I drive alongside them. Sounds silly but the feel so independent.

So the kids are playing near the mail box while I check the mail. Sadie's nose and Linkin's head collide. Sadie started crying so I tell her to come here for a hug and a kiss. On the way over to me it happens...her nose starts bleeding. Then she notices it's bleeding and that's when the REAL tears begin. She's not one for losing blood.

Needless to say she didn't walk home. I didn't think to take a quick photo. I guess under the circumstance it would have been to much to ask for a smile. So the next day I got a picture of the blood stained sidewalk.

Sadies broken bleed as she calls it...

Goals, we all have them. This is mine.

Some days I wish I were still a kid

I'm kind of a big deal

So Mandy posted on fb that she was doing s bucket list. My thoughts where this, "that's great but I don't have things to put on a list".

Last night I decided to put print my blog and have it bound. Which is something I have wanted to do for a long time.

Today I drove myself to big sur. Which is a huge deal because I never thought I could because of my fear of heights. How liberating.

Today I decided to make a bucket list! Looks like I have things I'd like to do in this life!

New Age Photo Album

so the honest truth is, i don't scrapbook. it is a great idea. the results are lovely. i wish i did. i say i hope to. but the truth is i don't. i blog. i post photos. i facebook. but yes the question often crosses my mind what happens if blogging is no longer. what if fb vanishes. so i have made a decision and i am going to follow through...

supposedly one can have their photos uploaded to a website, organized in a book and printed all for a reasonable price. how great is that! great! so i have decided that i am going to do a few of them. heres the plan...

1. my younger years*

2. seths younger years*

3. seth and chelsea*

4. linkin birth-7yrs*

5. sadie birth-3yrs

6. b birth-1yrs

then i am thinking once a year i can do one for each of the kids and one for seth and i. after several years we will have volumes of family photos bound and worry-free.

so today i promise to complete 6 photo books by dec 2011.

*maybe more complicated because scanning is involved

our fl vacation is in full swing

yesterday we had an amazing trip to the state park. wow, what a beautiful place. there was so much to see. mother nature is truly amazing. i got choked up a few times just walking through it all.

today has been a great day with merrick. he is one sweet little boy. he is very well behaved and just adoreable. we pick up mason from school in a bit and will have to do a few fun things tonight before bed.

i sure to miss mr word and my little ones!

FL here we come!