Update via iPhone

Lately I have felt less like a mom and more like a pack horse. For instance, when I head to Bible Study during the week I carry from the car: two diaper bags (one for each of my kids to have with them in their child-care rooms), my purse, my book and Bible, my coffee, Zetta in her two-thousand-pound car seat, and (hopefully) I have a hand available to hang on to Hale. It's a little crazy and I've lost my balance on more than one occasion.

With all of the other stuff that we pack around on a daily basis I have found that I am less likely to take my heavy camera with me. So, I rely on my OTHER camera- the one I pretty much have with me everywhere- on my iphone. Here's an update on some of our recent happenings as recorded by my iphone:

In early January, just as the weather turned bitterly cold and windy, our furnace decided to quit. Fortunately, Landon can fix absolutely anything. Unfortunately, we had to wait until Monday to buy parts. We were able to keep the upstairs pretty warm with space heaters so we spent the days up there -including all of our meals. This is Hale eating his breakfast on his toy box.



Sometimes when the weather is gray, the kids are cranky, I'm tired, and especially if it is only 40 degrees in our house, I daydream about sitting by the pool while someone brings me drinks and I read a good book. Amazingly, I had the chance to live out this dream with Landon during the second week of January. We spent a rejuvenating 5 days without either of our kids! It was a little hard for me to say goodbye to Zetta- I debated about bringing her along. But at the encouragement of my husband and mother-in-law I left her home. Except for a few moments in the very uncomfortable locations that I used my Medela pump (i.e. airport bathroom floor) I never regretted the decision.

A huge thanks to my in-laws for caring for our two kids!

Landon by our hotel


and in his spa robe by the spa pool


the lazy river


It was a little hard to come back to rainy Washington. Fortunately, Monday was a holiday and Tom, Dawn and Libby included us in a lunchtime adventure to the Everson auction barn.

Here is Hale and I and a poor Llama who couldn't get a bid to save his life (probably literally).



Hale and I shared a burger and a milkshake at the auction barn - yum! Here is a man eating at the counter across from us. Hale has a strange habit of photographing strangers. Fortunately, they are unaware.



And finally, a picture of Landon and Hale moving milk at the farm on Thursday. Just because it's cute-