Mini Vacation!!!!

I get to go see Goofy in the happiest place on earth! Okay, it's more like the most expensive place on earth, but Amy, you would be so proud of how I am organizing this trip. I learned from the best! Thanks! (Yes, I assume that Amy reads my blog. She is family, so doesn't that mean she has to?)

On another note, Hailey has to get braces, and it will be in the very near future. :(
Oh, and in about three more years or so, Mackenzie will get them too. It just might have been a mistake to take them to a Dentist who is also an Orthodontist. Ya think?

Life is good, family is good, and God is awesome. Enough said.

Could use a prayer or two

My father, not the greatest dad growing up, but my father none the less has decided to come for a visit at the end of October. Now that should be interesting to say the least. I haven't told the girls yet about the plans of their grandpa because grandpa always used to tell his kids growing up that he was planning on doing this or that, and at the last minute would call and cancel or just not show up. It was torture growing up that way, so I choose not to put my children on that kind of roller coaster.

He plans to be here a week I believe and wants the girls and I to take a trip to see an uncle I haven't seen in years while he is here. Probably just killing two birds with one stone, or something like that. I agreed to go as I am looking forward to seeing my Uncle Richard, and mostly my Aunt Ann as I want to check out her pottery studio. The girls would have a blast I am sure. Shad on the other hand, well, he isn't too excited to have my father here for a week. It will be different, and I am sure there will be tension, but family is family right? My father isn't a drug addict or dangerous in any way, he is just an asshole sometimes. You can't write off family members just because they are assholes right? I can be an asshole sometime too, as can Shad. Yes, I do feel the need to justify. Get over it.

Anyway, this bunch of assholes are going to be putting in some QFT at the end of October and could use a prayer or two.

More from the Northern Redwoods!

More pics from our trip up north to the giant trees. We came upon a man who did wood carvings with a chain saw. He was in the middle of creating a bear when we found him. We stopped and stared for a moment, he was totally in the zone, and I got a quick shot of him in action. The place was full of his carvings. It was amazing to me that he could get such fine details with a chain saw. The big horned sheep made me miss home. The place smelled of redwoods and pine and a cool breeze blew in the air. I could have sat there and watched him all day.

Wow!!!!!

The Avenue of the Giants was a very cool trip! We had a great time and were stunned by the huge trees. Can you believe these pictures?!?! The one with Shad and the girls shows them standing by a tree that had fallen over. They are standing at the base of the tree by the broken roots! Shad is 5'7 so figure it out.
You can't go there and not be humbled by their greatness. One is quickly reminded just how tiny we are in this world.

Look! It's Patrick doing a little jig at the San Francisco Aquarium!

Okay, maybe not, but the little guy is cute.

Today we are going to drive to the Giant Red Woods to check out the Giant Red Woods and maybe do a little bit of hiking. (We will also be stopping by the little shops on the way as well, but not everyone in the family knows that yet.)

More pics on the way!!!