Wednesday update

Wednesday we went white water rafting down the Colorado River. It was a beautiful trip! We came up to a spot where they pull raft off to the shore and allow people to climb up to this cliff that is approx. 30 ft high and they can jump off! Right next to that, they have "punk rock" available for the younger ones to jump, it was about 6 feet. Well when the guide said, "Does anyone want to jump?" Jessica was the first one to say yes, then Joshua, THEN CHRIS!! I was ok with the kids jumping from the lower rock, but I was a bit nervous that he was going to jump 30 feet. He did it, no hesistation. I kept my butt safely in the boat. It would have been combining 2 things I don't like: heights and COLD water. Call me chicken, but I was a warm chicken!

Tuesday's events

We had a safe trip to Winter Park and we are enjoying the cooler weather. Tuesday we went to the Winter Park Resort where the base of the ski resort is located. They open it up for the summer months to many different activities. We rode the world's longest alpine slide, we played mini golf, we had a nice lunch outside, we rock climbed, and we did this bungee trampoline thing. Well I work really hard at NOT being super girly, but I guess my inner girl came out on this thing, as you can see from the video clip. I was trying to work up the nerve to do a back flip. Chris didn't get it on video, but I did do it!! Yippeee, working on overcoming my fear of heights and control issues all in one. Maybe we should call it trampoline therapy!

Fiddlesticks!!! Chris held the camera sideways. Oh well, turn your head. What a goober girl! I bet my family was embarrassed!

One Last Hurrah!

We are off for one final trip before I have to really accept the fact that summer is coming to a close. When I look at the August calendar I have small "freak outs" at how busy it is with some still fun things and with some work things. I am a going to try to enjoy this one last summer trip. We are so excited to trade these 110 degree days for a few days in the mountains where it's in the 60's! Chris may not join me on the return flight!! Ha! More pics to come hopefully!

Where's Freud when I need him...

I woke up already exhausted today because my dreams were so strange last night.

Dream 1: I dreamed that I had a c-section, but then I was home and Chris and I were trying to decide names. Jacob Christopher, Max, and Daniel, were all options that we were writing down while we were frantically headed back to the hospital. We got there and family was there and we were all excited. Well I picked up the little guy out of the hospital bassinet and it was the cutest little beagle puppy you have ever seen! Now I would love dog, but I really don't want it to be cut out of me!! Weird.

Wake up, potty break, back to sleep

Dream 2: I am at the hospital (again!) this time for a breast biopsy! I tell Chris bye and they take me through this maze of hallways and then I am sitting across from what I think is the surgeon AND my school superintendent. YIKES!!!! They are just having a conversation and I am thinking, can we just get this done!? I realize that as I am walking back to the room for the surgery that the little monogram on the scrubs of who I thought was the surgeon actually said, R.N. I'd prefer a surgeon but wasn't sure how to get out of it at this point.

Dream 3: First day of school!!! My students are jumping all around tearing up my room. I can see Jessica across the hall and realize she isn't with the teacher I requested. I contact the principal and have her moved that first day. I see her later and she is miserable. I can hear the first teacher all day long and realize that she is a great teacher and I just moved my daughter out of there!!! At about lunch time I stop and think, "where's Joshua?" I then remember that he is at a new school and I don't know how he got to school, did he go to "meet the teacher", did he get his lunch etc. So I grab my cell phone and call Chris, crying, feeling like the horrible mom I am, and he tells me how he got Joshua to school and everything was fine. Still I feel terrible that I didn't know anything!

So I woke up today feeling a bit haggard! Makes sense since I spent the night, giving birth to a dog, being cut on by a nurse, messing up my daughter's school year and forgetting my son!
Whew!

When I grow up...

When I grow up I want to be just like her!!! This is my grandmother, Manny (Mary). SHE IS AWESOME!!! Manny and her partner in crime Martha, her sister, are the main reason we get to go to S. Padre each year. They spearhead the trip each year and seem to enjoy a week of eating out, shopping, and watching grandchildren and great-grandchildren play. She is an example to all. She joined us on the beach one day, she even went for several spins in the dune buggies and if we could have figured out where to rent one of these flying things she was ready to do that too! What amazes me most is that she does all that and looks beautiful too!!

I love you Manny!

We are hoping to be the next set of partners in crime... ;) We aren't quite as sophisticated as Manny and Martha though!!!!

Beach Pics

So all the pretty toenail polish is wearing off of our fingers and toes, but that's ok! We are having a great time. We spent Monday on the beach and then in the pool. Tuesday we all went to the water park here on the island. Schlitterbahn. Today all the fellas went for a long, long golf day. The girls spent time on the beach and ordering pizza for lunch and just hanging out. Tomorrow my sister and I are making breakfast for the the family, so I guess that means I gotta get up before 9:00...

Here are a few pictures. Of course Jessica immerses herself in the sand and digs in with gusto. Joshua is having fun on his boogie board, though the waves are very tame this year!

S. Padre here we come

First things first before heading to the beach and that is properly manicured toes to go with tan feet! Love 'em. My sister and I took the girls (Joshua sat this one out) to get our fingers and toes done. They gave all the girls fun flowers. Then Jessica and I made a quick trip to mini-camp, now I am back and frantically washing and packing so we can get out the door this morning. More pics from the beach to come!!