Fun with out so much sun....

Monday was a holiday for the kids here, so we spent the day calmly working, from the shop and at home. We had been having real weather all day long, so about 4:30 I decided to skip the "bewithcing" hour and go for a drive. I LOVE where I live and can only say that living on the coast has kept me functional.(notice I didn't say sane?) Being at the water is where I go if I am hurt, happy, or just needing to HEAR god. I took Nat and Audrey on this drive to see the waves.

We normally have pretty peacful weather but when it is stormy, I love to go to the beach. Watching the waves be so violent just calms me like nothing else. I can see and hear God here better, I get to give all my worries to Him by sending them away on the ocean, deep breathing with the roll of the waves, me matching His Breaths. I get the overwhelming presence of God.

Yep, I am a Beach person!

So out we go to watch the waves.

The view as we start to decend to the cove whee we are going.

Some of the waves crashing on the tide pools.

Standing in the cove looking out to the cliffs.

More tide pool waves.

It is starting to get dark, and creating beautiful clouds.

So, the little kids informed me that I never have taken them there to watch the waves. Normally we go to Morro Bay, witch has wonderful look out spots too. But I was in the mood for here so off we went.

They kept running and skipping rock, having a ball of a time. After a while we drove to the top of the bluffs, and opened the windows to listen.

Me asking "do you here that?"

Them, "No what?"

"That is God talking to you."

I think they get it.

If they don't then we had a beautiful afternoon and made many memories.

Packing, teenagers, and 1 small bag.

Tonight we are packing to go on a little vacation. The first real Vacation in 5 years.

No wedding, graduation, bithday, dance competition, or pig show to use as the reason to go.

Just going to have FUN.

And fun will be had, if we can get packed with out blood shed.

We are going to Disneyland as a family Christmas present. Now we are going as a family, My girls, me, Gretchen and her two little ones. If you counted that was 6, and we have a 6 passenger car. We also need to fit into the car Nathaniel's wheel chair, which now that he received a new and bigger one takes the whole back end.

So enter the big fight of the night.... We are only taking ONE little bag. Yep. For me and my two teenage daughters I have limited it to one bag. One bag for all!!! Clothing, bathroom supplies, makeup, hair and entertainment. (you know books, crayons, notepads etc.)

Brianna is trying to convince me to let her take her computer and that she could use her computer bag to pack into. Not falling for it.

Josie is just in denial. The pile of stuff she Needs is as tall as me, but she says I am the Queen of packing and will make it all fit. I am surprised that she hasn't tried to get me to pack her guitar, saying we could all play or sing to it.

Now me, I haven't even begun to sort and pack, I have been avoiding it all, hoping the girls will wise up and follow the guidelines put before them.

Hey it is a new year, I can be optimistic.

I am hoping to get it all done tonight, so then their is no fighting tomorrow.

Will I succeed?

BTW...I get to take my computer...It is smaller!

blog design contest

So have you ever visited Gretchen's blog??? She has an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS blog designer and I have been wanting Carla to design something spectacular for Butterfly for a while... but allass it doesn't seem to make it to the top of the priority list with the limited $$ I have. After all Butterfly needs a cute new look (check it out HERE) and I can boss my designer here around lots :)

BUT.. Carla is having a giveaway HERE and I could WIN a makeover :)

Isn't that cool????

GO check Carla out (she is an amazing believing mom to a special needs child or two) and check out her fabulous work too :)