Days one and two...

(An aside: Denver Broncos 20 San Diego Chargers 17)
Day one of the vacation: Saturday. Events: Swimming, swimming, and going outto eat in the evening. It was very laid back and relaxing. We went to a place, as I mentioned in the previous post, called Black Barts Mine and Buffet. The food was only so-so, and the reason we went there was for a train ride which we never took. The place is under new ownership and they are changing a lot and doing remodeling. The only good thing about the place was the line of headless horses with saddles on. Kirsten LOVES horses so this made her very happy. She loved sitting on them and insisted that Emily get up on one too. So over all it was a great way to begin vacation. Plus we drove around the Wisconsin Dells main areas and discovered where everything was. It is the perfect tourist town, everything is very easily located and packed into a small area.
Day two of the vacation: Sunday. Events: Mid-Continent Railway (Train Ride)This was awesome. The next three pictures in this entry are from this event. The rest of the day was taken up by naps and swimming. The car we rode in was so cool. The seats were kind of a wicker and the windows were open (no glass) which gave Kirsten pause for the first few minutes. Then (as you can see) she enjoyed looking out the window and feeling the wind. The scenery was beautiful and we learned a lot about the histroy of the railroad in that area. Because of all the sounds and movement even Kira enjoyed this and was occupied. Here is the link for more info http://www.midcontinent.org OH! I almost forgot! In the evening we went mini-golfing at a place called Pirates Cove! If you ever go to Wisconsin Dells you gotta play golf there. It was great. We were all golfing so I didn't take pictures. I was to busy playing the game (which by the way I won by two strokes. Rod came in second.) So anyway I forgot to take pictures until we were leaving. Rod wanted Kirsten to take a pic with the Pirate but she was kinda scared of him so Emily sat down to show her it was okay. I took this shot and it is the only one taken because Kirsten would still have none of it. It was a good way to end the day. So this is all for today and remember to keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.

Where is the vacation to recover from vacation?

So I just got home three hours ago from a week in Wisconsin Dells with my sister and my cousins, and their two wonderful (and exhausting) kids. Now I have always know that kids can be angels and the next minute be little demons that you don't' even recognize, but never have I experienced it with such clarity as this past week. I love my 'pseudo' nieces, but man three year olds can be...I can't even think of the proper word for it...I guess they can be so three years old and everything that comes with it (you parents out there know what I am talking about.) Now don't get me wrong I had a BLAST and I could have gone for a few more days, I love spending time with Rod's. We went on the Wisconsin Ducks, and the Canyon tour, painted pottery, swam a lot, had fun in general. I enjoyed myself thoroughly. If I may go back and expand upon one of the metioned activities? Thank you. Painting Pottery, there is a place called Paint-It Pottery in Wisconsin Dells. You go in select the piece you want to glaze then go to it, it was such a cute little place and loads of fun. I chose a Gnome to glaze. He is our new traveling Gnome. Let me introduce you to Motimor Montague. Here he is with fresh Wisconsin White Cheddar Cheese Curds. He wasn't with us when we went on our activities (mainly because he wasn't yet made) so on Wednesday and Thursday Emily and I went around a took him to all the places we had been (with the exceptions of the Railroad (which was too far away to go to again) and Black Barts Mine and Buffet (which was rather a dissapointment and unworthy of our going back.)) We had fun taking pictures with a four inch cermaic gnome while people loooked at us funny. It was a lovely time in which we enjoyed getting to know our cousins more and bonding more with Kira (who is young enough not to have the ingrained attatchment to us that Kirsten has.) Well I guess I will now show y'all some pics and tell you what they are...here goes. The one on the right is at Black Barts Buffet. Kirsten LOVES horses (almost obsessed with 'em) and found it very odd that these horses didn't have heads. But it didn't stop her from wanting ot ride them, and what Kirsten does Kira wants to try too. Emily got on at the urging of Kirsten. Aww... aren't they all cute? Next to our left we have Kira popping out the window of the train we rode on. Let me tell you that was a LOT of fun. I really enjoyed the train ride. We went three miles down the track then the engine seperated, switched tracks and went by us then they switched back onto our track and hooked up with the 'back' of the train and pulled us back to the station. And to conclude this blog I have a wonderful vintage shot of pool time with the girls. They both love the water. One is a little too scared of it and the other isn't scared enough of it. Kira will go under face down and come up smiling. Kirsten takes the easy way out and won't let herself do what she really can. She did make HUGE progress as the week progress and I think realized that she can do more than she thought she could. Kira however...she is fearless to a fault. I hope some day it doesn't get her into trouble. So over the next several days I will post another couple of pictures for y'all and tell you about them. Hope you enjoyed. Don't worry I will get back to what I am not doing soon. Keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.

I am SOO excited!!!

Tomorrow I will be leaving for vacation with my cousins. I will not be back until Sept. 17! So today's topic is this: I will NOT be blogging for the next week. I will NOT be typing or even thinking about typing on my computer. Instead I will be (excuse me while I inhale deeply so as to get this all out in one breath) swimming, mining, golfing, swimming, going on horse drawn tours, riding in ducks, swimming, feeding deer, hiking, boating, canoeing and playing with two beautiful childrenand their parents, oh and swimming. (whew! I did it.) I am very excited about this if oyu couldn't tell. So you all will just have to find some other mindless activity to do instead of reading my blog (yes because I have SUCH a large following) ;) I hope you all have a great week, so concludes my last blog for a week. Keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.

I need ideas....

Okay so I am not working for a paycheck (as was previouly discussed) so I need to be working around the house. I have absolutley NO motivation to do so. I would rather waste time writing a blog or well ANYTHING else. I look around and see what needs to be done and occasionally I want to do something but actually getting up and doing it never seems to happen. Well okay so not "never". There are days where I go to town, but today when I REALLY NEED to I am lethargic and dragging. I haven't done anything ot be this tired. I walked this morning (a whole half hour briskly) but when I got home I...well the only word for it is dissolved.... so if anyone is reading this please pray for me to get going and get a lot done today. Thanks. Oh yeah the title of this one I almost forgot...if you have any ideas on how to get going and then keep going please leave them in the comment section. The picture today is totally random and not connected to anything in this blog entry. Keep up the good work people, if we don't give up we might just make it through this day.