Nothing Special
Thursday, July 19, 2007
♥ 5:58 PM
I am back from Chicago. Thank God!!!-Long story :) But, I will be very busy these next couple of weeks. We have Joni and Friends Family Retreat coming up August 1-5. I posted about it last year and I promise to have pictures this year. We are putting on a Carnival for them. It is going to be very fun.
My birthday is coming up on August 4th. What do I want for my birthday? Well, I haven't completely decided but I think I want another tattoo! Crazy- I know. I have been thinking about it and really want it, but I don't want to go through the pain. My last one hurt so bad! What am I getting? Well, I want it behind my ear on my neck-close to my brain-I know. But, I want Tim's kiss mark. So, I told him that he will have to put lipstick on and pucker up! He was willing. I have to decide by tomorrow in order to get the appt on my birthday. But, I haven't told anyone-so shhhhhh don't say anything.
Starting this weekend we are re-decorating our Children's Church. Paint-Deep Cleaning. The whole thing. I have really cute "theme" ideas. I am doing a beach-"Hang Ten" in the largest classroom. Surfboards, flip flops, palm trees, and the beach! I will post pictures when I am done. Hopefully, I will be done in 2 weeks. I can only work on weekends. Let's see what else...........oh, I have a youth beach trip coming up on the 12th. They want to stay for a bonfire so that means we have to get there at like 7 a.m. to reserve a fire pit - meaning we meet at 6 a.m. meaning I have to get up at 5 a.m.-what I will do for these kids! I think that's it. I will leave you here with a few of my favorite pictures.....
Here is Tim with his Baby Grand-which is his "Baby." And my cousin Michelle's kids Sydney, Evan, and Elane. They love it when Tim plays with them. We had them overnight while Michelle helped her brother get ready for his engagement party back in June.
This is Levi-Tim's brother at his parents house. They live off a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Notice the hills in the back. Levi had 3 pool rings and 1 mini pool ring on and did a complete flip off the diving board landing up right. Here he is posing for me.
And here are my girls. Starting with my baby sister Emily, my cousin Michelle's oldest Shelby, my cousin Jessie Rose, and Tim's sister Micah. While Tim was in Mexico with the POWER team back in January-they all spent the night and we went to Joann's Fabric Store and make fleece blankets. Aren't they cute?
I love my In-Laws!
Friday, July 06, 2007
♥ 8:00 PM
Especially since all of my "in laws" are under 22 years old. My husband is the oldest of 9- yes 9 kids. Here's a quick run down- Tim 25-Jeni-22-Ali-18-Taylor-15-Levi-13-Micah-11-Joe-9-Troy Jr. 7-McKenzie-6 months(McKenzie went to be with Jesus in April 2002 when she was 6 months old). So since Tim and I were married (4 years ago) he has always told me that he wants to stay close to all of his siblings. So to get some one on one time-actually two on two :) or else it would take us all year :) We take them out 2 at a time which works perfect. They are all paired up except Micah and she is a year younger than my littlest sister Emily so we pair them up together. We started out with Micah and Emily back in March. We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and they spent the whole weekend with us. It was sooo much fun and I was so sad because I left my camera at home :(
Up next Joe and Troy...every time we go to the beach Troy always wants to go to Ruby's at the end of the pier. All day he says, "I just need a shake right now" or "I bet they have really good shakes their." He is quite a character. So, I told him that we were going to take him and Joe to the beach to swim and eat at Ruby's and he goes-"for my birthday?" No-I answered-"for Joe's birthday?" I answered no again-and he says, "why?" I said just because we want to. He states, "that's weird!" I said why, and he says "that's just weird." I guess coming from a family of 9 or actually 11 you only go out on special occasions? Anyway, here are some pictures of our outing....
We borrowed my dad's Jeep and drove down with the top off. Huntington Beach here we come!
Here we are eating at the top of Ruby's Diner.
After we ate we went to the arcade on Balboa Island in Newport Beach. Here is Tim and Joe White Water Rafting.
And now off to the beach!
For some reason my computer won't upload any more photos. So, this will have to be continued. I will try to upload them tomorrow. I am leaving tomorrow for Chicago. I am going to miss Tim. 8 days is a long time!
