where we have been...

we are waiting for our close up...
bean bag fun (they are laying on a bean bag)
don't you like my shoes?  they match my dress!
practicing for the big moment...
Frame fun
Trevor driving the bus at the kids museum...
the girls trying on the dress up clothes in grandma's closet
beautiful katie morales!!
'i can do this!  i can walk down the aisle!!!'
Our new 2008-2009 staff for Hart Hall...
Our attempt at a family photo for the hall board..Will-would you look at the camera!!??
Yes...we finally got a smile!

okay...so where haven't we been!!!  since moving back on campus, it has been a whirlwind of re organization, unpacking, laundry, dusting...and oh...welcoming the new RAs for the new school term (RA=Resident Assistant...the students who live in the hall on the floors and run the events that Ryan mentors for the year-among other things) and being in a wedding...here are some photos from the past few weeks.  sorry i've been silent!  i'll write more maybe tonight.  a lot has been going on...

we're back!!

so, we LOVED being in placentia with ed and linda (the in laws!!!) and i was introduced to 'america's got talent' (i just couldn't keep my eyes away from it!) and 'so you think you can dance' care of my dear father in law ed (who LOVES LOVES LOVES reality tv!). and enjoyed wonderful talks at night with both parents...but...we moved back to la mirada today!! yeah!! when i finish unpacking i will take pictures of the hall and our new bathroom and show you all the updates! we received the 'ok' to move back on monday after the fire marshall okay'd everything...so i promptly took them up on the offer!! we are for the most part settled in. ry's office officially has a lock and key so he can move his office from our living room to the new office hopefully tomorrow or whenever the phone and ethernet get hooked up. it's so awesome! we saw some RAs today...students will move back in starting on the 23rd and school begins on the 27th-ish. sigh... i'm excited to start school but bummed!! i've enjoyed the break and have too many projects to do before school begins.

but...we are so thankful to be home. ed and linda...from the bottom of my heart-thank you for your kind hospitality and generousity in sharing your space with us. we will miss seeing you everyday!

great idea!

okay...i LOVE the ideas i have received from friends about green living.  it is so much more than just going organic and recycling!  

my friend carrie suggested this awesome thing that i remember doing at a retreat house i went to not too long ago.  they had a napkin ring with the room number on it and you just would pick up your room number napkin ring and use that napkin the whole time you were there.  how fun it will be to go with emmy and will to let them pick out their own napkin ring tomorrow at target!!  oh, i can't wait to move back home to implement all these wonderful ideas!!  

another 'green' idea...borrow or swap with friends!  i have a lovely dear friend heather who is amazing at re-arranging/re-purposing everything in her house.  she was helping our other friend christy re-arrange the other day and christy mentioned she wanted to re-use a mirror she had and what did heather think she should do with it?  heather thought about it and said she had a mirror at her house that would be perfect for that space.  SWAP!  her kiddos have a great bathroom with their fish tank in it.  i gave her our old (but barely used) yellow towels and aquarium decor towels for their kids bathroom as well as a parrot picture for her tropical themed bathroom....

are your wheels turning?  can you think of things you can swap with friends??  i can!!  what about clothes? instead of buying more clothes and consuming more...what if we shared clothes? cycled clothes each month with friends??!!  oh...my wheels are turning!  

any ideas?!!??  keep em' comin'!

The beach...

A week ago (i know...sorry! VBS threw me off this past week on updates!) We took the kids to the beach with our church and here are some of the photos...

sandcrabs anyone??

s'mores!!  my first s'more!

tiny footprints...they won't be tiny for long : (

walk on water

say hello!!

Oh... beautiful girl!

do i go in?

update in order!

VBS!!!!  This is where we have been all week!!

Emily and Lucy

"You are Holy"
"Jesus...gives us...the POWER..."
listen up
honestly...can you just stare into her eyes forever??!!

this past week was crazy!!  we have VBS everyday from 8:30-12...i helped out with the crazy preschoolers and they knocked me and emily for a loop-we both ended up sick.  she had a fever for a few days, and i now have a 'on fire' throat, drippy nose, and foggy stuffed head.  sigh... i've not been sick in a long time!

update on my selling of stuff...i sold a few pictures and about $180 worth of clothes on ebay.  yeah!!  still going strong i hope (once i finish being sick!)  i'll keep you posted.

above are some photos of this past week.  it's very hard to narrow it all down to what would be the best photos to post.  emmy and will's friends lucy and trevor spent the whole week with us at vbs and she also had her cousin alicia (lucy and alicia are hours apart! i visited them both in the same hospital the same day!) there to play with...it was just so so so much fun.