I’ll get back to the iPhone Wednesdays next week… but I felt like using a decent picture for this post.This picture was taken a few weeks ago during those crazy fires… the sky was totally orange and the light was really trippy. Matthew. My no-nonsense kid. He means well, but sometimes his honesty is too...
During the olympics I said that Phelps had some big guns (big mistake) anyway — Spencer then went about trying to find my guns. It was painful (emotionally). I suppose it’s time to step-up my weights work as well. 
haaa….kids crack me up!
And gorgeous pic…his eyes are amazing!
Awesome photo! Sounds like quite a character.
he’s is such a handsome little guy ….love those eyes!
Naomi is still asking if my stomach will get flat again. My mom once told me, “nobody can tear you down like your own kids.” yeah
iPhone Wednesday again! I think I’m already getting bored with it.But I’ll keep going for a bit… This one is a very special one for me. One day while eating lunch with Sophia and Franklin, I was overcome with happiness and gratitude for a really wonderful thing in my life, and I had to pause...
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You have no idea how much we miss the Burrito Factory down here. You would think San Diego would have mean Mexican food…and I’ll give them the fish taco…but can’t find a super burrito to save my life.
You are hitting my weak spot. I am salivating at my computer…..
I love i phone Wednesday. You can’t stop it!
that burrito looks delish!!!
So, today, all four of my brothers competed in and finished an Ironman Triathalon. If you’re not familiar with that, imagine swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles, and running 26.2 miles ALL IN ONE DAY. They finished in times from 11 and a half hours to over 13 hours. Today, I took a nap for...
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Ha! You make me laugh, Shannon. Congrats to your brothers… that is quite impressive!
That is so cool. I have to commend them . . . and you, if you really got a 2 hour nap in you’re lucky.
hi shannon! i don’t know if you remember me or our family…you did our session at a sort of remote beach that we had to walk down a slippery, windey path to get to. anyway, those pics are proudly hanging in our living room – still – after three moves!! i found your blog through kathi and just wanted to stop in and say hello!
Props to the brothers. I, too, sat on my can all day. It feels good.
Hello, It is so good to find your blog! Your photos are AMAZING! I really mean it. AMAZING! Your family is so cute too. I have a hard time believing that we ever spent a night talking about whiz-poppers with Andrea. I don’t know if you remember that particular sleep over.
anyway if you would like to get in touch, I think you have my email from this. i have a blog, but I’ve locked it down so send me your email address and I’ll send you and invite. I miss seeing you, and I love being able to keep track of you somewhat now.
Debbie (Maughan) Guest
you took a nap. i can not tell you how much i miss you in the garden.
it isn’t like it is a secret…it would just take too long.
So, while the kids were out of school for spring break we decided to go camping. Dave has a little book about great areas to camp in northern California and found Castle Crags State Park. His little book mentioned that this campground was named in Sunset Magazine’s list of top 50 campsites in the west...
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Amazing! Love taking a peek into your vacation. Love all the pictures!
Hey, that looks VERY fun… we are looking for something next year… perahps this is it. I will have to email you then for your opinions (apparently Sunset Magazine is not as good of a reference).
We camped at Castle Crags in late August of 2005. It is still our favorite campsite we’ve been to. We must have had a different experience – we didn’t have all that noise! There was almost no one there, it was so beautiful and peaceful. We loved it! We really want to go back. And looks like we’ll have to add in some of the other places you went too. Looks beautiful!
Wow, you really made me want to go camping. That’s too funny about the freeway and the trains. We’ve had several experiences like that, usually when we camp as we go cross country, though, so we’re not expecting much. I’m totally with you on crowds vs. solitude . . . good choice. The pictures are great, especially that one the guide took. You could learn a few things from him. Ha, ha.
Fun! I totally love the picture of your kids under the railroad tracks. I love how Sophie’s all leanin’ up against the wall, how Franklin has one of his feet resting on the other, and his big walking stick. His F stick picture is pretty great too! Some of those places sound like they’d be great to go to. They look gorgeous!
Despite the freezing night temperatures, sounds fun! It looks like a beautiful place to camp (if you bring earplugs).
What a funny story. Definitely one you guys will talk about in a few years. But it looks gorgeous!
That is so awesome that you went to Burney! I have been there numerous times over the years (a short day trip from Lake Almanor). Last time was in 2000 I believe! Beautiful place.
Loved the picture of Franklin doin’ his thang. Sometimes I wish I was a boy. Then I snap out of it.
Just read Alana’s comment about Lake Almanor. For years and years Trev’s family camped near Chester and Lake Almanor. He even took me once. I don’t recommend shaving in the lake. Can you say goosebumps?
So, maybe you guys would like to come to So Cal for some Disneyland?
Ah! Seriously, brochure picture quality! What a fun and beautiful trip!
Hey – we went to Burney Falls a couple of years ago!! That is a cool place! The histoy though is some Indian died there because of some gold rush conflict I think- can’t remember it all but just thought – wow you’d never know the history behind that place. Did you go to the National park that is nearby. It had great scenery too!
Shannon, I loved all these pictures!! I really love camping (but especially when the surroundings are quiet and the weather is moderate). Though the conditions weren’t ideal, you were a good sport and it looks like you all had a blast anyway! I hope we can camp together this summer. I love the new format of your blog where the pictures are so beautiful and huge and we don’t have to enlarge them! That last one was my fave.
Last Friday, Dave and I actually got out of the house and went on a date! I think our last date was the same thing… a concert. We found the coolest concert: the Hotel Cafe Tour. Not only was Ingrid Michaelson playing, but so were a bunch of other amazing artists. They seemed like they were...
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how wonderful that you were able to get away and have such a fun date! Some of my favorite artists as well.
Thanks for the shout-out! It was a pure pleasure to meet you; I actually got tongue tied while chatting with you. Kinda weird like a celeb.
Anyhow ~ Jesca Hoop is who you are talking about maybe or was it the other girl who just played her guitar?
-Ellie
Shannon, I saw the Hotel Cafe Tour in SLC just a few weeks ago!! It was pretty much my favorite concert ever. I haven’t been to very many concerts, but still…
I went with my two sisters and two of my cousins. We had a blast! We got to sit down, which was MUCH better than the Colbie Caillat concert a few months ago where we stood for three hours. I’m with you–I feel so old, but not too proud to admit that I prefer to sit!
Anyway, we saw Ingrid (awesomely talented, and hilarious to boot), Meiko, Cary Brothers, Jim Bianco, and Dan Wilson. I loved them all. Dan was a little nerdy at first and it took awhile for us all to warm up to him, then he starts explaining how he wrote a little song and the “whole world” heard it but didn’t get what it was about (having his first baby). I thought he was just flattering himself with that “whole world” business, until he started singing it: “Closing Time”. I guess he’s the lead singer for Semisonic (sp?). We all belted the chorus with him–”I know who I want to take me home…” It was so much fun.
Did Ingrid do her “round” that she just wrote? Can’t wait to hear that one on her next album.
Wish we could go to concerts together!
dates are wonderful! Your date sounds like it was amazing and super fun!! yay! I’m so glad you’re getting to go out together. wohoo!
Mike and I have started doing themed dating. we have a theme for each week (sports, theatre, something we’ve never done, etc…I know it sounds complicated but it’s really not. it just makes us think a little and be slightly more creative) and we trade who gets to plan the date every week. that way our dates don’t get to be the same old, same old. so…there’s some info you totally didn’t ask for! lol.
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