Anyway. My camera is broken. So I'm just going to have to make due with the closest thing to real life that I can find on the internet to update y'all on what's been going on in my life lately.
We went to Idaho.
For 17 days.
We drove.
I survived.
Besides the 60 hours round trip, it was seriously our best visit to Idaho yet. We did a lot of outdoor stuff (whitewater rafting, tubing, high dives at the hot springs etc.) so here's a pretty accurate pic of me in my swimsuit.
I mean, this lady's hair is clearly longer than mine but other than that I think it's a dead ringer, don't you? Wait. Why are you laughing again? Anyway, the best part of the trip was that we got to spend lots of quality time with Jared's family and that's my most favorite part.
Then we returned to home and I began the much-loved task of getting my kids ready for school. I tried hard, as I always do, to get deals and steals on everything but Faith (going into 7th) was born with an opinion, Ethan (going into 6th) just grew one and Harris (going into 3rd) is starting to think about having one. You know you're old when all the jeans look the same to you and you tell your kids that you are sure the Wal-mart ones look just like those expensive ones at the mall and their friends will never be able to tell the difference. Yeah, they pretty much looked at me like this through most of our shopping excursions.
5 pairs of skinny jeans and one Justin Beiber haircut later...we are ready.
In other news, I won the award for Best Costume at our church 80's dance. I actually found acid washed jeans! The competition was pretty much trash after that (no offense, guys) but once I found a banana clip for my hair, and used spray adhesive (I ain't even playin') to tease up my bangs, it was ovah!! If you want to see pictures of that, plus Jared in a mullet wig and earring, you'll just have to stay tuned til' I can retrieve them from his phone.
I've also had a lot of garage sale luck lately and scored a gorgeous leather club chair for my office (remember the one I talked about as being my current remodel project about 100 years ago?) Jared would say the chair looks like this:
And I would say it looks like this:
He adores my junk collecting habit.
Well, school starts Monday. We enjoyed back to back orientations for the middle schoolers, and a "meet the teacher" session for Harry B. All in all, I think the kids got good teachers and schedules. I, on the other hand, got a crappy schedule. Turns out, if Faith makes the volleyball team (and I hope she does...I promise) I get to drop kids off at school at 7 a.m., 8 a.m, AND 9 a.m. CAN'T WAIT! (Here's me, "can't-waiting")
7 comments:
Why'd you steal a picture of me in my swimsuit and say it was you? Not cool. :) Loved your very creative post and I can't wait to see all the real pics!
Thanks for the post, Liz! I feel so special!
I'm sure you look just as good in your bathing suit as that model - except your hair is shorter.
I was always fortunate with my boys - they didn't care what kind of jeans they wore. They did want boot cut, but they never cared that I would buy them Arizona brand from Penneys. They used to cost about $15.00 a pair, and I would always wait until the buy one get one free sale. Even now they really don't care, although I usually get Scott's jeans from the Gap outlet (pretty cheap) because I like the way they look!
I saw a picture of you in your 80's costume on Kristie's blog. You looked tragically amazing!! You deserved to win. Jared with his mullet scared me some.
Thanks for the post! I will post soon.
YAY so glad you're back. Can the next post be about me? I think you should post more too.
Miss you!
It's been a whirlwind summer for sure. And you are hilarious. I wonder if your kids would think you were cooler if you did stand up comedy and told all these stories?
I'm glad you had a great time in Idaho!! You can survive the school year, I know you can!!
Great bathing suit pic - I totally didn't laugh - I'm pretty sure that's how you looked because I saw you rocking the 80's stonewash jeans!!! I totally feel your pain about your new school schedule - I have one of my own. At least you don't have to do seminary yet, so it could be worse!!
Wish we could have seen you in Idaho! Glad it was a fun trip and you came back with just as many as you left with...if it was anything like road trips were with my family...it's always a miracle to return with everyone still alive!! :)
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