Total Randomness

That's good for a Tuesday, right? I like total randomness and here are some random thoughts and stories from the last few days...

First, a pretty cute pic of Rylan in my parents back yard. Yah, I know. It could be ANYWHERE, but trust me, that's where I snapped it!

And one of Karleigh in our back yard, again, trust me. This was yesterday when she set up a "beach" with a blanket and an umbrella, coloring books and crayons.

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Please, people, I don't care what your size, age, or gender... a peach or nude or skin colored shirt is never a good choice. Ever. And I saw it at least 4 times this weekend. I guarantee, from even a mild distance, you will look naked and really? ewwww. Thanks for your cooperation!

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Our van? apparently has a complex. Seriously. I had the cruise control on this weekend and every time I started to get passed, I could feel it down-shift and speed up. No kidding. I do not think, however, that that's an excuse that would hold up in court. Luckily, I don't need to test it out.

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The kids and I headed to my parents house for the weekend. The weather was incredible, the water was so clear and though we had a thunderstorm blow through today, it's supposed to be like this again for the next few days!

The first evening, we took a walk around the Theler Wetlands which was pretty neat. Mom and I walked around. The kids ran around and avoided eye contact with me at every opportunity but that's ok. Not every picture has to have their cute faces in it.

After running up and down the boardwalk in the sun, we headed back into the tree canopy and Rylan was standing there watching a totally annoying crow. I looked up and right in front of us was this Barred Owl. The crow had been picking on the owl.

We watched "her", "she" watched us and it was just so neat. Right there, in the wild, closer than in any zoo. Rylan sat down to watch and as I looked over at him, quicker than any fast-draw champion, he reached down, ripped his croc right off his foot and threw it. Threw it! Into the yucky, mucky wetlands where the signs clearly state "stay on the paths and boardwalks". Nice. So of course, he laughed, Karleigh started crying "but those were so cute on him..." Truth is they're almost too small for him but really? I didn't feel like packing him around because he now only had one shoe. So, I looked around and finally spotted the bright blue shoe and there was no way to reach it and way too murky to break the rules. I decided on a stick as my tool of choice. I must say, the owl was quite interested in the whole process. And yes, I did finally rescue the beloved shoe but good grief! Such a boy and he's totally at that impulse stage which kept us on edge the whole weekend.

Karleigh half-way cooperated for a moment since we were out of the direct sun. She thought this big old log was pretty cool. (note the rescued blue croc at the bottom of the pic!)

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I was viewing this photo [below] when one of my friends emailed me the following verse:

The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7

That pretty much made me bust out laughing. Not sure it was the intention but it's nice to know that God does have a sense of humor too!

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We're getting more and more excited for our first long family vacation. Only about 3 1/2 weeks away, which also means that I'm going to have to get used to being a year older. The kids are really looking forward to all the hiking, the stocked trout pond, tennis courts, pools and everything else that our vacation to Glacier National Park is going to hold. Me too! Summer is certainly on its way. The news just hinted at temps in the 90's next week. I certainly was looking forward to something different this summer than what is going to happen instead but I insist that we enjoy these new opportunities that we've been given. Because He gives and He takes away... but He also GIVES... let's focus on that part.