me and mine

Happy 4th Of July!

Wow. Can you believe it? July already?

June was busy and it looks like July is shaping up to be a pretty busy month as well.  A lot going on... here is a little snapshot of our month at a glance.

• Swimming lessons
• Birthday parties for friends
• Playdates/sleepovers
• BBQ's
• VBS at church
• VBS at a friend's church (can we say "date nights")
• Women's Summer Study
• Family visiting
• Me and the hubbs' 11th anniversary
• Camping at the beach
• School entry health check-up for Kaylee
• Finish taxes (what a mess)

We are busy cleaning out the office/storage room and preparing for a much overdue yard sale. I LOVE every minute of it too!  Nothing feels better to me than some order in the house. When things are organized, I feel good. So tomorrow I will finish up what I spent the last day and a half doing and it will be great!

We plan on spending most of the day at a friend's pool today. I just don't have the energy to deal with the crowds and the traffic. We did have some fun last night though. We went downtown to Seaport Village, made a quick stop at SB and then walked around the Port of San Diego until the girls could not walk anymore. Love these kinds of simple nights.

Have a great 4th!

If gas prices continue to rise...

 

 

 

We need a sense of humor to get us through these continuous gas price rises, doncha think?

Here in San Diego we are paying an average of $4.79 a gallon. Imagine my giddiness yesterday when I happened upon a gas station that was only $4.55.

I would love to know what the price of gas is in your neck of the woods?

Do Not Panic

Do not adjust your monitors.

It is really happening.

I am actually posting on my blog...

I know. You are frightened and shocked and relieved and somewhat miffed that there have been no updates for the longest time. Me too. My internet was down for about 2 weeks and then, I just got out of habit!  I need to get back in the habit. So I am breaking my post-anxiety with a senseless, little rambling number like this one. Just to say to myself, "hey, it's just that easy. Get your butt in gear. POST already, you big dork!"

Oh.
And Happy Father's Day to the most incredible daddy I know!
He's also the family coach, kitchen cleaner, car washer, splinter taker-outer, comedian, electricity police, chauffeur, story teller, chocolate milk maker and protector. And he's my bestest friend in the whole wide world. We love you babe!

Okay. Christy over and out.  (Don't worry... I'll be back soon. Really, I promise!)

We Spy - 5/23

We spy with our little eyes something that is CRAFTY. It's been a crafty kinda week here at the Berkhouse home. First, Maddie had to create an ocean pop-up project for school (our very last project of the year - hooray!). She was assigned the Pacific Ocean and had to create an underwater scene using poster board and include the facts found. Did you know there are active underwater volcanoes in the Pacific? Yeah, I think I'm the only one that DIDN'T know that. I'm learning lots in second grade, lol! Then, miss Kaylee had her annual Pre-school Celebration of Art. It was a wonderful thing to see/hear all the children get up and sing "Five Little Speckled Frogs" (and a couple of others that I can't for the life of me remember) a cappella in front of all the parents! Kaylee's been practicing her little heart out for the past 3 weeks. All the classrooms were decorated so beautifully with the children's art. It was amazing to see all the different creations.

So we thought this week we'd share our craftiness...

Me


Madison

(Aren’t those ducks in the pond just the cutest things? Yeah, Maddie thought so too.)

And just because...

(Kaylee is quite the artist. All her teachers tell me so. Gonna frame this one.)

Wish I could say I did some crafty stuff too but I can't. Sigh...

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

Playing Hookie

Today the girls and I are playing hookie for the second day in a row. Had a fun-filled day at Disneyland yesterday with some friends and we didn't get home until late. Not to mention, Kaylee is getting over being sick and Madison took a nasty little spell at the park and the goose-egg on her forehead is causing her much pain. So today we're just gonna chill.

We're gonna eat doughnuts...
and veg in front of the t.v...
and take naps...
and read some new books...
and take a trip to Target (it's Teacher Appreciation week)...
and catch up on laundry...
and play a board game...
and work on homework...
and take a few photos...
and paint our toenails...
and just RELAX.

It's important to know when to take a little time for yourself to rest and heal. And spoiling yourself needn't be taxing. Sometimes simple is best.