rachel's continued ramblings

i’m short on pictures this week. not sure how i’ll fix that in the book. may resort to having the kids draw something like i always used to. monday: bonez, under the mistaken impression that he is a lap dog. again. wednesday: our “balloon alarm” was going off in the evening (bonez, barking and howling like a crazy dog) to alert us to 2 very low-flying balloons sailing right over the house. friday: oh dear. these are back in stock at costco. saturday: shane and grant took the samauri up to do some off roading.

sunday: all star club baseball game with my dad, pastor, and peggy, and all i took a picture of was the platter of samosas. in my defense, they were delicious. and the mariners lost. also sunday: either he’s trying to be a lap dog again, or he just doesn’t care that we were sitting here first. monday: not sure how many 4th graders are excited about this reading assignment, but this mom sure is! wednesday: yes, i love my dog. i played with him in the dead grass and let him shed all over my black pants. wednesday/thursday: found this on the counter before i went to bed. micah has been way into napkin notes recently, and is now demanding a “reasonable sentence” to go along with his sponge drawing… i think i nailed it. saturday: we actually grew some peppers! also saturday: micah (and dave) were very excited about the outcome of the USC game.

sunday: layla wanted to do some school shopping, so we headed up to kohls and target. she was stoked to see one of the red target balls dressed up as bb-8. also sunday: while at kohls, i found these stuffed elephant and piggie guys. micah is under the impression that they are his. he is mistaken. they are mine. monday: celebrating our 13th anniversary with a hike. this time we did poo-poo point. awesome hike, great view. then we had lunch at a mexican restaurant in issaquah. wednesday: first day of school! first day of school! thursday: it was my dad’s birthday, so we went out to dinner. he chose a thai restaurant, which micah was very stressed out about. even after he saw that there were corn dogs and white rice on the kids menu, he was still worried that they wouldn’t be “normal”. he was relieved to have his food arrive and look like this. saturday: soccer season has begun! after a year with no dapelo kids playing soccer, we are back in this year with micah. go monkeys!

sunday: gotta love it when the easiest way to clean up your yard work mess is this. tuesday: micah has been all about collecting as much freebie mariners paraphernalia as he can get his hands on (via grandpa). this time he brought him a beard hat. so funny! also tuesday: our own special “balloon alarm” dog. aside from the barking and howling to alert us, he’ll sit right there and stare at it as it sails peacefully by in the distance and is safely out of sight. friday: we’ve been working our way through some home movies in the evenings. we happened upon one of shane playing soccer his first year with the original dynamite team. it was long and boring, but dave loved it! saturday: all the bikes. looks like most of the neighborhood is at our house. also saturday: more excessive blackberry picking. turning all those blackberries into desserts to take to church on sunday. and also chocolate chip cookies. because why not?