rachel's continued ramblings

phew! nice to be back to some more basic weeks, especially where pictures are involved. no big events this week that required lots of pictures. sunday: it was my birthday, and I was perfectly content to spend the afternoon doing this: monday: layla got julie all set up in her bed, and even found her some reading material (a magazine of sorts). tuesday: well, not good news. on monday afternoon, my mom had a fall and wound up with a broken hip. they were not advising surgery to repair, so she was moved over to the hospice center across the street to recuperate in bed, hopefully healing the hip by not moving it. I spent the afternoon/evening visiting, and later reading my book as she slept. wednesday: they made a pillow fort. thursday: friday: there’s a first time for everything, right? so far, I have managed to avoid having a potato blow up in my oven… I can no longer say this… saturday: ribs. oh yeah. and some skinnies: shane, being silly in the trampoline with a feed sack on e...

sunday: while killing time in portland, we were lucky enough to get to visit w/ my cousins and aunt and celebrate a special 2nd birthday. micah was very excited about the golf set he picked out to give him… and very concerned when he wasn’t “using it right”. a couple skinnies for the center slots of the offensive way to use the golf clubs wrong… they were not supposed to go in the pool and micah was not amused! LOL. also, micah, in a tree, waiting and waiting for dave and shane to cross the finish line of the STP.   finally! (shane was there too, but I didn’t have my camera ready fast enough. it’s hard to time it right. and cole and kat finishing w/ their entourage. they got much fanfare as they finished. wednesday: prepping for layla’s birthday party. we bought out michaels’ supply of lanterns. thursday: every now and then shane just needs to love on ginger. saturday: I had a TON of errands to run and I made the mistake of taking layla with me to spend some birthday money a...

so, layla hadn’t had a proper birthday party since she was 3. oops. so I told her that this year we would have a good one, and she could invite her friends, and all that. we planned a ‘backyard campout’ themed party, and it was a lot of fun. we used our camping supplies, found some cute lanterns, played some games, ate hot dogs off of pie tins, made knapsacks out of sticks and bandanas, got in sleeping bags and watched ‘the parent trap’, made s’mores around the campfire, and had a good time! the food tent, set up. trying out the feed sacs for the sack race. a little pre-party catastrophe… this is right after the dog ate the hot dog buns and right before a guest arrived early while I was in the shower. aaagghh! it all worked out okay, though. for games, we had a sack race, a 3 legged race, and a sponge relay: the team that filled their cup with water first, won. dave grilled some dogs. the spread… all served in camping pots and pans. layla really wanted a pinata too. checking ...