September 28, 2007

School Camp Out Part Two: The Beach

Last Saturday afternoon (while we were yurt camping with Tessa's school) we went to the beach.

cape lookout

Rogene made a sand castle with Tessa.

sand castle

tessa sand

sand castle

Emma did a face plant in the sand and got a sand mustache.

sand mustache

She also liked showing off her sandy "beet".

sandy beet

Braden went boogie boarding (is that what it is called?).

braden beach

Kiara and her friends Danielle and Jazmine went body surfing.

danielle kiara jazmine beach

Meanwhile, all the adults sat around.

sit around

At one point when we were building sand castles and playing in the water Tessa said, "When are we going to do something fun?"

bored

Emma was having so much fun she didn't even notice this…

sandy behind

We had a blast… check out these smiles…

Tessa

tessa beach

Emma

emma beach

Rogene

rogene beach

Filed under: Tessa, Emma, Family, Braden, Friends, Kiara, Rogene, Traditions, School — by laughing mommy @ 2:21 pm

School Camp Out

We went yurt camping last weekend at the beach.  There were about 140 people from Tessa's school there.  We had so much fun! 

Highlights of the Weekend…

The view out the skylight in our yurt.  It is so nice to have natural light during the day and be able to wake up and see the stars in the middle of the night (but still be inside and have a heater and electricity).

yurt skylight

My dad trying to give me the burned pancake.  He always tries, and I always catch him.

no thanks

Emma eating in her high chair… in the woods.  Because camping without a high chair… that is just uncivilized!

highchair in the woods

Party at my parent's campsite Saturday night. We had six or seven families come eat dinner with us around the campfire.)  Looks like we might have to put Braden and Andrea on "social"!

party

party2

Kids slept all night the first night.

(Thanks kids!)

When we arrived my dad had just made chili… and it was the best camping chili we've ever had.

(Sorry, no photo available.)

Our yurt.

our yurt

My sister Pam in her yurt.

pam's yurt

Tessa LOVES the bunk bed.

bunk bed

Tessa riding her bike.

tessa bike

My niece Kiara and her friend Danielle.

danielle kiara

Filed under: Misc, Tessa, Emma, Family, Braden, Traditions, Chuch, School — by laughing mommy @ 1:49 pm
September 27, 2007

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

happy 47

Filed under: Family, Anniversary — by laughing mommy @ 1:32 pm

Hilarious Song for Moms

I posted a video of this song before but it was only half the song.  It is Anita Renfroe condensing all the things a mom says in 24 hours into three minutes to the tune of the William Tell Overture.  Rogene found the full version for me so I'm posting it again.  Enjoy!

Filed under: Bloggity Goodness, Video, Laughs — by laughing mommy @ 1:17 pm

Not Allowed

Dear Tessa and Emma,

You are not allowed to go in the ocean.  Ever.  At all.  Please don't ask.

The pictures below of your cousin Kiara and her friend Danielle (on our beach camping trip last weekend) might help explain why you are not allowed.

Love,

Mama

Going….  (Check out the size of the wave at the top of the picture.)

going

Going…

going

Going…

going

Gone

gone

Whew!  They are okay!

okay

Filed under: Tessa, Emma, Family, Kiara — by laughing mommy @ 12:55 pm

Not Gonna Make It

We saw this sign on our beach camping trip last weekend.  (More about that later.)

Check out the size of that wave.  I don't think the stick man is going to make it…

tsunami warning

Filed under: Laughs — by laughing mommy @ 12:38 pm
September 26, 2007

Santa Came Early This Year

My parents, out of the blue, decided to surprise both my sister and I with new refrigerators.  Our fridge is the only appliance we have not yet replaced since we bought this house almost 9 years ago, so getting a free upgrade is SO AWESOME!  Thanks Mom and Dad!

Behold the new fridge in all its glory.  *Cue angelic choir music*

new fridge

Filed under: Family, Cool Stuff — by laughing mommy @ 1:51 pm

Raise Your Hand… (Updated)

… if you are sick of discussing every morning whether or not a side pony tail is dorky.

Anybody?

No?

Just me then?

**Updated to add:  It is Tessa who wants the side pony tail, not me.**

Filed under: Tessa, Laughs — by laughing mommy @ 7:32 am
September 18, 2007

Praise Team

One of Rogene's favorite hobbies is playing the bass (or piano, or acoustic guitar) with our church's praise team.  These pictures (and the video) are from our outdoor church last Saturday. 

Rogene with his bass.

rogene bass

The Praise Team

group2

Making music.

band

Guitar Players

Guitars

The Praise Team (again)

group1

 

Filed under: Video, Rogene, Chuch — by laughing mommy @ 10:17 pm

Powerful Video

The end of this video is so beautiful it made me cry.  It is called Lifehouse's Everything Skit.

(Thanks to my sister for sending me this link to the video.)

Filed under: Bloggity Goodness, Video — by laughing mommy @ 1:44 pm
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