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return of the mountain man

He has returned safely after being one on one in nature, man vs. wild.  He had a good time but has some  NASTY blisters!  After several days of barely being able to walk and increased swelling of his ankles, I insisted that he go to the Dr. to get things checked out today.  So he did.  Sure enough there is an infection and  he was prescribed antibiotics and  vicadin for the pain!  The Dr. was a hiker himself and had pity on him.  Miles was a good boy at the Doctor's office, so I got him an ice cream cone.  Doesn't ice cream make everybody feel better?       Here are some pictures from his trip.

You'll thank me for not posting pics of his feet!  Yuck!

 

while the cat's away the mice will...

have a sleepover!  Tonight we invited over the Kleven's for a sleepover.  Noah has Bradley over and Hannah has her twin buddies here.  I just got them all snuggled into beds made on their bedroom floors and yes it's 10:52pm and I still hear them up there giggling and talking.  This is random but we recently put wood floors in the bedrooms and I feel kind of bad for them having to sleep on them.  When I grew up, there was always carpet to sleep on.  Anybody out there remember having sleep overs on wood floors?  What did you do?  I just piled a bunch of blankets on the floor and they seem fine.  No complaints yet.  I'm just glad it's not me sleeping on it!

And for the record, 5 kids is a lot!  I don't know how some families do it!  I'm tired!
Happy Friday everyone.  Have a great weekend.

my mountain man

Miles' family have always loved being in the mountains, whether it's skiing or backpacking.  One of his favorite spots on Earth is in the Sierras at a place called Big McGee Lake.  It is a rigorous hike, one that I am not eager to take. 

He headed out to that exact spot yesterday for a weekend backpacking trip.  Alone.  Crazy huh?  That's going to be one quiet weekend!

I heart diet coke

I've given it up.  Mostly. 
I haven't had it for a week and I'm okay.  I'm really okay.  I'm not saying that I will never have one again, I'm just taking one small step towards better choices.
Iced tea anyone?

quiet as a mouse

My house is quiet today.  The kids had a sleepover last night with their friends.  It's kinda weird I must say for two reasons:

 1. That they're old enough to have a sleepover.

 2. That they aren't here and I kind of miss them.

Last night Miles wasn't home so I rented the chick flick Fools Gold and enjoyed it peacefully.  Miles DOESN'T like chick flicks at all so I don't see them very often and when I do... there is always griping.  I did a little bit of prep work for school while I watched it and I think I'll spend some of my "free time" today by going in to work. Am I crazy or what?

Here are some pics of our day yesterday. While Noah was at his baseball camp at UCR...

Isn't he handsome?!

We had a girls' day with the Kleven twins.  Elaina is Hannah's best friend from Kindergarten.

procrastinating

I should really be making dinner right now, and maybe getting ready for my small group tonight, and I really need to shower but... I'd rather blog.

I haven't checked in here since our vay-ca.  Mammoth was fun.  It was beautiful and the weather was in the mid 70's.  I tried to be a little "earthy chunky" while I was there.  I sported pigtails and no make-up pretty much the whole time I was there.  Pretty low maintenance for me anyway.  I'm not usually very earthy but I've got the chunky part down well.  Let me just tell you that Mammoth girls aren't chunky.  Wow, sorry about that tangent.  Anyway, we got back on Monday evening.

Tuesday the kids and I hit the beach with Auntie Melissa and her friend Miss Abby.  More fun times.

Wednesday I did the Mega Menu Mailer with Sandi.  You can read more about what that is here.  My fridge/freezer is stocked and that feels pretty good! 

Thursday:  Today was a day for errands and cleaning up around the house.  Slowly, I'm getting life in the Thompson household back in order.

Not sure what Friday will bring.  Suggestions?

heart failure

that is what passing on a two lane highway does to me!

I have antsies in my pantsies

we are on our roadtrip back home and I'm bored. So the following few posts (that's the only way I could get multiple photos on here) are what I'm experiencing at the moment. Come along on my roadtrip. What do you do to keep yourself occupied?

the happy driver

why???

Why does being the mom mean that you have to be the keeper of the trash? It makes roadtrips so comfy!

our backseat

this is what our drive home looks like

signing out

...for the weekend anyway.  Miles won't let me take my computer with me to Mammoth for the weekend.  He says, "he wants to spend time with me".  As if I'm addicted or something!  :0)

Have a happy 4th of July!  Check back in on Monday for pictures from our mini-vacation!

I won, I won!

Yesterday I found this fabulous blog!  I fell in love as it nourished the crafter in me.  It inspired me to consider attempting to sew again (don't get too excited Mom)!  I emailed my sister Liz about it twice.  She also read it, loved it, AND already sewed Connor a cute little dress from a how-to on graceviolet.com.  I added it to my bloglines feed and when I checked in today, she was having a bloggy giveaway contest.  So... I entered and I WON!!!  I know it's cliche to say it but, "I never win anything!"  

This was the highlight of my evening!