seriously dragging here in california! HOT HOT HOT! we visited our good friend, dawn and family today. (love them. good friend visit for me and each of our kids) and when we got in our car to go home, my handy dandy temperature thing said it was 102. ack!!!! i do not do well in the heat! i get tired, dehydrated, grumpy. 🙂 my fair skinned boys turn all red and blotchy. and everyone complains. not nice. this is not our pool. and it’s not even from today. just a picture of our kids at one, to help me cool off. haha. crazy to think in a few days chris and i will be in australia— in the middle of winter. i will be bundled up in my jacket and uggs and scarf. this weekend we will be skiing! isn’t that crazy?! so– i am glad. to escape this dreaded heat that brings me such sorrow. 🙂 aren’t you glad this isn’t a whiney ‘i’m gonna miss my kids post?!’ heheeheee…… yes, heat makes me delirious. 🙂

this is how it went down. 830p we decide to camp out on my inlaws’ lawn. we have never taken the kids camping, so this was a big deal! chris gets it all set up with lots of pillows and blankets. we are all cozy and telling stories. cameron, being the little punctual boy he is, decides it’s time for bed at 1030. he wants all noise to stop. no talking. that is very hard for caleb…who is by now, just bouncing off the walls, totally excited. “so, let’s talk! what do you want to talk about?! i thought we were gonna talk!”… sitting sooo cutely indian styled with his little hands folded. he finally caves in to cameron, and we all fall asleep… or rather, drift in and out of sleep. chris would wake up and say, “what was that?” or “something’s touching the tent!” soo cute.
i woke up to some birdies tweeting at 630a… way too early in my opinion. but chris and i just talked and giggled about how funny we were to all of a sudden decide to camp on his parent’s lawn! how this was SUCH a big step for this little city family! how we are SO ready for camping on the beach next month. how the boys will TOTALLY remember this. how this was one of our sweetest moments EVER with these kids.
all snugged up in a tent. on the lawn. 🙂