Celestial Views: July 2010

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Simon Says Lick

Lily: Simon Says Lick!
(Licking...)

Lily: Simon Says Stop!

Lily: Simon Says Wag your tail!
(lots of giggling...)

Lily: Simon Says Love!

Lily: Cooper always does what I say when I say Simon Says.

Simon Says with the dog? That's a new one! Lily makes me laugh.

I love summer. I love watching my kids play together. They are so creative and funny, it makes me happy. They play so well together (for the most part), too, that I have to count my blessings! I can see why Alec loves to play with Lily, when in church last Sunday, Lily quickly took a paper, folded it into a perfect paper airplane, and then said to me, "I wish I had scissors so I could cut a place for the parachuters to jump out." What a cool sister!

And Megan is just crazy. She always is singing. Her favorite songs right now are the ABC song, I Am A Child of God, and "American Flag." Yes, she made up that last one. It has great lyrics. "American Flag, American Flag, American Flag, American Flag..." I love it! She is funny.

Megan: Barbie in time out. Her being a stinker.
I wonder where she's heard that one before??

Then there's Alec.

Alec: When I grow up I want to be a doctor, or a pharmacist, or the cashier at Sam's Club or Walmart, because they get lots of money.
Me: You know that the cashiers at Sam's Club or Walmart don't get to keep all that money that we give them, right?
Alec: They don't?

Ha Ha Ha!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Addiction Confession

I love pictures.

There. It's out in the open. I know, I know. It's a surprise to most of you. I can't help it! I go somewhere, and I just have to take a picture. We go boating, and I have to take pictures! I have hundreds of tubing and skiing and beach pictures, but I just can't help myself! I find myself whipping out that camera hoping that I catch them crashing. It's my favorite. Wa ha ha! I love it when you can still see hands or feet sticking out of the water.

So it is with great pride that I present two of the latest crash pictures.

Danny, I have some awesome pictures of you flipping in the air, but I don't want to post those. I only want this awesome inevitable crash. The look of fear down at the water; no hands holding onto the rope; it is a priceless picture. His face says it all!

This picture is of Tim. I have to say that it is one of my very favorites! You can see his face; his hand reaching out for the rope; that wicked spray. YES!! I can't help it. You know I love you, babe.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Sleepless In Seattle 2010

Thanks to Coca-Cola & Zingers, we were able to drive through the night and arrive safely in Seattle the next morning. Now, why would I want to drive all night, you may ask? Because any drive is much, much, much better if that sweet little two-year-old Megan is asleep!!

So we met almost all of Tim's family (Mark & Amy & crew missed out- bummer) and had a mostly great time (mostly, meaning that it was a normal day with that sweet two-year-old... some good times & some temper tantrum times...)!! It was a little crazy with so many people, but wonderful to be together.

Here is our big group shot. Yes, I put my camera on a tripod and used the self-timer. Run, Celeste, run! We had a great outdoorsy spot picked out, and then it just kept raining. So this is the front of Rebecca's house. It worked beautifully! Thank you Alan & Rebecca for putting in so much for this reunion- including the mass chaos at your house! (Family: I'm going to try to photoshop in Mark & Amy & crew- so I'll send a picture to you soon if it works out. Cheating, I know!)

We had fun at Pike's Place Market, the Seattle Aquarium, the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle. (I put most of the pictures in the slide show, because I wanted to include so many...)