My cousin Chelsey just had her baby girl! I am so excited she is the first girl to be born from our generation of cousins! She looks adorable! She is so light in skin color and in hair color compared to her two brothers! I can't wait to see her.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Little Penny Grace-----The newest member of our family!
My cousin Chelsey just had her baby girl! I am so excited she is the first girl to be born from our generation of cousins! She looks adorable! She is so light in skin color and in hair color compared to her two brothers! I can't wait to see her.
Follow up on the Monsoon!
Oh my gosh speaking of the Monsoon I was looking at Colby and Malea's blog and I found a picture of my uncle's backyard a day after it had rained!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Rain Dances and Such
Its funny today was a beautiful sunny 95 degree day, and I found myself a little sad, missing the rain I am so accustomed to at this time of year. In Arizona where I used to live, the end of July to the the beginning of August was known as the "monsoon" season.
It was the only time in my desert home when it truly rained. "Rained" is a pathetic understatement, it poured. We are talking streets flooding, moats in front of your house, for a couple of weeks you almost feel like you live in Venice Italy.
I loved the warm summer rain the monsoon brought for many reasons. It allowed for exceptional puddle jumping. It made the earth smell wonderful afterwards! To this day one of my favorite scents is the smell after it rains, especially when rain has found fresh soil. Some years the monsoon would arrive later and when school began there were many times when we were allowed "late days". Another thing that I loved about the monsoon was that it always awakened life in the desert. One example that I remember very vividly from my childhood were the (as Iyan the little boy I watch would put it) humongous Sonoran Desert Toads that would only really appear during the rainy season. These toads were enormous! To prove it I even looked them up, at average they are 7 inches long and often are bigger! They are the biggest toads in North America! I remember when I was little I would used to chase them and try and catch them believing that some were actually princes trapped in toad bodies. The monsoon also brought many wild flowers after.
However the number one reason why I loved and love the monsoon were the incredible thunderstorms it brought every year. Days of lighting dancing through the sky! I remember when I was little I would take out all of my stuffed animals, beanie babies, and other toys, pull out a chair on our back porch and watch the storms.
Well it is late, I believe I have rambled long enough for tonight. I wonder how the Monsoon is this year, I hope it is as wonderful as I remember it being. Maybe some other little kid is taking their stuffed animals out and watching it right now. It is the season. In any case if some one is I envy them.
It was the only time in my desert home when it truly rained. "Rained" is a pathetic understatement, it poured. We are talking streets flooding, moats in front of your house, for a couple of weeks you almost feel like you live in Venice Italy.
I loved the warm summer rain the monsoon brought for many reasons. It allowed for exceptional puddle jumping. It made the earth smell wonderful afterwards! To this day one of my favorite scents is the smell after it rains, especially when rain has found fresh soil. Some years the monsoon would arrive later and when school began there were many times when we were allowed "late days". Another thing that I loved about the monsoon was that it always awakened life in the desert. One example that I remember very vividly from my childhood were the (as Iyan the little boy I watch would put it) humongous Sonoran Desert Toads that would only really appear during the rainy season. These toads were enormous! To prove it I even looked them up, at average they are 7 inches long and often are bigger! They are the biggest toads in North America! I remember when I was little I would used to chase them and try and catch them believing that some were actually princes trapped in toad bodies. The monsoon also brought many wild flowers after.
However the number one reason why I loved and love the monsoon were the incredible thunderstorms it brought every year. Days of lighting dancing through the sky! I remember when I was little I would take out all of my stuffed animals, beanie babies, and other toys, pull out a chair on our back porch and watch the storms.
Well it is late, I believe I have rambled long enough for tonight. I wonder how the Monsoon is this year, I hope it is as wonderful as I remember it being. Maybe some other little kid is taking their stuffed animals out and watching it right now. It is the season. In any case if some one is I envy them.
Monday, July 21, 2008
I Heart Old Movies
Funny Face is one of my favorite movies of all time. Audrey Hepburn was genius in it. Perhaps I am hopelessly cheesy deep down inside but this is one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Finally!
Hello everyone, I know graduation for my class of '08 is way past gone. However, I have finally received all of my graduation pictures so...with out further ado here they are.
But I would like to take a moment to say thank you to Brenna, who bent over backwards to give all of us the best graduation ever! Brenna is the reason behind the great barbecue, slide show that puts my little blog slide to shame, and the reason we even took these senior pictures. I know that you were really stressed out at the time Bundy but everything turned out great! I hope it was worth it to you in the end because it sure was to all of us!
But I would like to take a moment to say thank you to Brenna, who bent over backwards to give all of us the best graduation ever! Brenna is the reason behind the great barbecue, slide show that puts my little blog slide to shame, and the reason we even took these senior pictures. I know that you were really stressed out at the time Bundy but everything turned out great! I hope it was worth it to you in the end because it sure was to all of us!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Chic/Punk
I found a cool site that lets you mix and match things. It is called Polyvore. Its pretty fun, here is a collage I created on it. It tells you on the site what all the outfits/accessories are and how to find them.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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