Where is the garbage can?

Either it blew away in the wind, washed away in the rain or flew away with the ravens. Regardless of how it went, it's gone.

One Year Anniversary

Our road trip to Oregon for my brothers wedding finished with a ferry ride back to the island on Oct 4. It's the same Sunday night ferry that we took over here with the U-haul exactly one year ago.

We left the island Sept 17 and drove to Princeton to meet our Swiss cabin dwellers and Lucy, D&C's new puppy.

The boys tried really hard to convince me we should get one of Lucy's litter-mates. no such luck.

A total of 48 hrs was spent in PoCoMoVan. Super busy driving all over to get stuff done and see family and friends :)

Then off to Newport Oregon for the wedding! We had great weather; lots of sun, very little fog, super windy and the waves were huge. There was sandrail cruising, a round of golf, noisy sealions, a fire on the beach and of course a beautiful wedding.

CONGRATS B&J :)

One the drive home D had a good observation. He says 'all my uncles are you and dads brothers. Good thing they get married so we can have some aunts'

Missing from the family shot are my brother M's wife and 21 month old lil'J because #2 child was coming... and here she is:

Here's lil'J shooting some hoops

Now we are back into the groove at home. The boys are playing indoor soccer at school and doing lots of Math homework. B's wrestling and kickboxing classes are getting pretty full. We need to start fundraising and applying for grant$ to get some more mats and equipment. I am trying to cut back my dr. clinic work hours to free up some time to do my postpartum doula stuff and I am helping with a jr girls bball team. Somehow I got roped into more PAC involvement at school just to top it all off.

But the highlight of the week is that today is the 12th and final day of the boys (just the kids, not B, he eats well already) and my cleanse! With the boys we were finding that a treat was no longer a treat if it was a regular occurrence. Time to take hard action and B decided to include a $ incentive; for every day the boys followed the food plan, they would get $2. I was feeling a bit blah about squeezing into my jeans so I had good motivation as well. The cleanse was no dairy, no flour, no pasta, no sugar, and no quick pre-packed snacks in the pantry! The boys had a few cheats along the way because they could not handle the salad and meat meal plan every night. I am hoping that the box of granola bars, fruit cups, and crackers we have in stock will last a LONG time.

I have so many people I want to email tonight... better get to it!