the cousins....

i mean really, can it get any better?


tessa, lily, and james

and everyone's gone....

including my husband...traci...and well, i guess that's all.

but my house does seem really empty nonetheless, though the olympics are greatly helping things go by easier...except darn that micheal phelps and those eight golds. but that's besides the point. my house is eerily quite and to be honest, i'm enjoying the time at night once james is good and asleep to get out my book, put the olympics on mute, and read. in the quite. such a wonderful feeling!

also, james is for sure crawling now. not just the army crawl either, totally legitimate crawling. this morning at nursery he took about 4-5 steps all in a row! what a stud. and while playing with auntie suze he pulled himself up to standing by the coffee table. i'm a beaming proud mama!

dave comes home tommorrow, and i'm happy for that. i sorta miss him....

she's comin' on the train...

traci is coming today! hurray! let's now just hope that i get my house cleaned in time...

what a fun day...

i mean, it's 08.08.08 which only happens like what, once in a millenium? and it happens to be my very dear baby boy's half year birthday...meaning he's already six months old! holy cow! then it's the olympics which is pretty fabulous AND we are leaving to go camping for the weekend. could life get any better?

my "bucket list"

so lately, i've been thinking of all the things i want to do in life. sorta like mandy moore in "a walk to remember." for some reason, all the big things that are on my mental list have been racing around in my head recently. and today, i decided to write them down, because, i mean i don't want to forget them, right? so this morning while dave was holding james during his nap, we composed such lists, one for each of us. for the purpose of time and interest, i will only list mine here:

-get a LVN degree
-start a younglife group with dave
-read through the Bible in a year
-learn to play the piano
-be a missionary for a year
-have confetti rain down on me (like when teams win the super bowl)
-get chinese takeout delivered to my house (in the red and white boxes)
-meet the cast of "the office"
-go to a taping of rachel ray
-go to niagara falls
-be in the crowd of the "today show"
-climb a big mountain in colorado
-run a marathon
-go to the olympics
-visit the redwoods in california
-the mall of america
-get a tattoo (a real one, not a rub on)
-visit mt. rushmore
-have a tour of a factory (maybe crayola?)
-go on an african safari
-go to a bronco game at mile high
-fly first class
-go on an extended backpacking trip
-watch all "top 100" movies
-go to the wimbeldon
-take tennis lessons
-be on a game show
-get involved in politics
-run the susan g. komen run
-go to a NASCAR race

...and more to be added, later. and of course on the list is to travel, but to list all the places i want to go would take up way to much space. and as i think of more, i will update. but what is your list? i'd love to hear what other people want to get done in life, to read your "bucket list." oh, and if you want to hear dave's, you'll have to ask him. it's pretty long.