Wednesday, March 30, 2011

please come to a screeching halt!

This week has been busy, thus my just now posting..I have been between softball and awanas tonight, and then picking up Nicholas yesterday for his visit..it's all good...except for one thing....the weather has been yucky! (again!)

I snapped these on Monday and they are the start...the start of Spring, start of something beautiful and green, knowing this winter is coming to a screeching halt can not come fast enough for me!

 When we got home last week from Florida, these were still sticks..it was almost like you could sit out front and watch them grow daily!
 You can also see there is no sun shining on them, and we haven't seen much of Mr. Sun...but it's coming.....
 The brightness of the "new" green, so shiny and bright green, it took over these shrubs, they needed a trim...


I am so happy this weekend will bring some warmth..I need it...I miss it...it feeds my soul....
and I am hungry....

Happy Hump Day!
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Monday, March 28, 2011

revenge

I forgot to let you see how my rotten cat feels about us leaving for 8 days.........

And what he did to let us know how upset he was..............

Even though my sweet neighbor JB came and fed him, he did not care, that was not enough and never will be for him............







Need I say more, lastly he has cried all week and is currently driving me to drink..........
Happy Monday!

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Friday, March 25, 2011

West Palm Beach

Am finally out from under the mountain of laundry, cleaning of my car and back to reality to do the rest of my West Palm Beach pictures...woo, it has been a week of getting back into the routine!! It feels good to be home...and I have been feeling a little "luckier" than I did before I left...

You see, when we left for our trip, I was pretty down, down on me (weight gain), down on the fact that I am alone here, down on the weather..so I had a pretty open mind, that we were outta here and going to Florida ( to find a place to take up residence) When we got there, I felt different, like I already said..it reminded me of the things I did not LOVE about California....So when we got home, late on Sunday night...the next morning I woke up and felt "new"..I felt VERY Blessed for my small town, my few routines and friends, my "simple" life, if you will....I felt very "LUCKY" to call this place home.

I think when I was down, I looked at this life, not realizing the beauty of it, not realizing the opportunity, and the life, that many people wish they could live out...I realized what I have, because I was removed from it, even if only for a week.

Still we will continue to pray, as Scott doesn't want to travel for ever, and I don't want him to either, we will have to wait and see God's plan for us....and go from there.

Here are the few pics I took in WPB and Juno Beach (in Jupiter),  the Destin ones are better...but I thought I'd share...


 Daddy pointing out the dangers on shore, washed up "man of war" I guess they are like a jellyfish, they can sting you....



 Walking on the shore West Palm Beach...funny I never thought of this until we went there, but typically you think of the sunsetting on the beach, well because it is the Southeast, it sets in the opposite direction...no romantic sunset beach watching!!!
 Finding something to throw at the man of war, of course, he is a boy...



 These were like rock formations in the sand at the shore


 The water was FREEZING, but that did not stop my kids, does it ever?? They were jumping waves, getting knocked down..it was pretty strong, so Scott was close by to keep an eye on them..





 The pier at Juno Beach (near Jupiter) There are so many shells here too, something you rarely see in California..so we collected an entire bucket by the time we left Florida!!


 Enjoying the fact that her brother went down...


 What I want to be doing when I am old....
Happy Friday!!

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

back in the swing

I am up to my ears in sand filled laundry, my car looks like we have been living out of it for the past week and we had not a shred of food in the house, until yesterday..that pretty much sums up the start of my week, along with baseball practice that started or Scotty last night and horribly windy conditions all day, and did I mention I do not have "wind hair", unless you consider standing straight up in the air attractive, I don't have it!!lol..

So we made our journey to Florida, and we drove my car that went considerably better than I had anticipated! We made it to Destin the first day, and hung out there the next day then drove to West Palm Beach. Destin was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I could have stayed there all week! The sand was amazing soft and white, like sugar...I wished it would have been warmer though, I would definitely vacation there in the summer when it is hotter...So we brought home a bucket of sand...and moved on to West Palm. We got there, and it was a good 7-10 degrees warmer, which was awesome, about 82 -8 the week we were there..buy 10 am we were heading to the pool or beach...I know when we left California, I kept telling myself that weather is not everything, well this girl missed the Sun, and when I got back into it, I realized exactly how much I missed it!!! The kids were in their element..loving any water they could get in to, I think they had sun with drawls as well....And then I wonder why I have gained 15+ lbs.. major sun with drawls and lack of activity!!

One of our main goals, while we were there were to check out the area for a possible move...and I will tell you I am more torn now than before we left....I am praying, and praying asking God to guide me, because this is a decision I don't know if I can make on my own. I know He can and will lead us, either to move or stay right where we are..because honestly, this is the hardest decision of my life!

Reality hit me, when we were out and about, rarely did anyone say please or Thank You or hold the door for you..people just did not seem very friendly, it felt like deja vu..like home. I felt so many feelings, like these were some of the reasons we left California, and here I am considering throwing them back into it?? It felt a little compoundish, if that makes sense..everything in Wellington seemed gated, it seemed very busy...like home....and I don't know if it was the fact that we have been removed from it for a year, being here in Texas, but it felt awkward.

We visited Jupiter, which was way more laid back, I actually saw people outside, pushing their kids in strollers and playing at the park..so we are thinking that maybe more for us. It is about the same distance either way for Scott to go to work..one thing is  IT IS EXPENSIVE!!!! like $400k for 2400 sq. ft...that is alot!!!!! So if we chose there, we would be downsizing, and after talking to a realtor, he said that is the sacrifice people make to go there, because of the environment, 10 minutes to the beach and that the schools are great..it is a trade off. There were quite a few communities, no gates..but they were really close together, I guess that is the style there..it would be a definite change for us!!

Needless to say we have a lot of praying and soul searching to do..this is hard, I don't want to leave here and regret it..We have a pretty great life the kids are happy..Sure there are things I don't like or care for, but it is the life we thought we wanted to raise our kids in..now that all feels questionable!! I am very heavy hearted now, more so than before!

But here are pics I took there, the kids LOVED it and dd not want to come home, Bella said, "I wanna live here" and "let's just stay here, I don't wanna go home!"

So all these were taken in Destin..I am going to have to add the other ones later that I took in West Palm, although these are better...


 Sweet Booey...the fairest child in all our family!!! She got my skin, pre tanning bed!!


 Scotty on the boogie board, he was loving it!!
 Sand like Suga' I said if I had unlimited money, I would want Destin sand in my kids sand box/play area!
 Being very careful not to spill!

 This scared me at first, then Scott said they were dolphins!!
 Burying Beetle...

 Ol' Sandy Hands herself....
 Look at her model smile...so pretty, even if she is mine!!

 My best friend, wonderful husband....BESTEST Daddy!
 Breaking out of being buried...


 YUCK..This is the part i don't care for, like I like sand, but only on my feet, I do not want to be covered in it...but they are kids and they loved every minute of it!!
 Now it is Booey's turn....

 Sweet little face
 Scotty jumping in on the fun...
 Her version of a rinse off, um, I don't think that's gonna cut it!!
 hence the sand still covering her leg...
 Last but not least, Scotty Bear

 They team worked this and piled in extra high on him!! Plus he was down in the hole Scott had dug out for Bella and Brynne!


A little extra water to make it nice and heavy, not that that little can was gonna do the trick, but she thought so...

Until tomorrow...Have a wonderful start to your week!
In His Grace,
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