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My computer battery crashed without warning so I wont be able to finish my blogopic. Not that I was really good at it anyways. In bigger note we put a bid in a wonderful house. We have to wait till possibilly Thursday before we hear anything. But our funds might be redirected away from the computer problems if the house does go through. Keep me in your prayers.

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Today at the pool

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Um....well I didn't exactly meet my quota. Just skipped a whole week there. But I get an A for effort for coming back on here, right? I've been working a lot and sleeping little for my excuse. Does that get counted, good? And I know these pictures are about a week old too. I have taken other ones but they are with my phone and well, not as good.

We have good news! We met with the broker/ financial adviser and everything seems to be a GO! So we are officially "in the housing market". Keep us in prayer that God will help us find the place He has for us. Who knew that buying a house would have moments of anxiety. The times that I'm feeling calm I think of the song Big House by Audio Adrenaline. We only have the Veggie Tales version, which let me say makes for a very good mood. LOL.

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The view from Sonya and Trav's place (family and good friends). Redondo Beach.

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Yesterday blogger was down so I wasn't able to post anything. We are down in LA and took some pictures today at Disneyland.

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pics that Russ took of the kids this morning when we were all running around trying to get ready.

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nothin' grand tonight for pictures. Just Russ and I at the end of the day. And of course Lucy. Though she hasn't learned to hold still long enough. She is learning to go potty outside, and to sit. We are working on her learning to "lay down".

Parent-Teacher conference

At Penelope's preschool she had parent-teacher conference. Here is Penelope's Progress report and a picture I took of Penelope afterward. She was trying to get Lucy in the picture with her but Lucy never held still long enough. FYI Penelope is doing very good in school.

Mother's Day

We had a good Mother's day. I wanted Russ to cook on the grill, so we had to buy a grill. But other then that Russ planned, went grocery shopping for the food, and cooked a wonderful dinner. (We had thick New York Steaks, baked potato, salad, and Boston cream pie. YUM!) Also Penelope and I went to a nail salon and got our nails done. It was Penelope's first time. Here are pictures I took at the salon. Also there is a picture that Russ and the kids got me and a glass jar that Penelope decorated for me at school. Russ and the kids also got me another willow tree figurine. Overall I had a wonderful time. I hope everyone had a great mother's day. We will be celebrating mother's day with our family next weekend when we come down.

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Well I missed yesterday. Totally forgot to include my camera in my day until too late. Oh well, there is a learning curve, right? Anyways I have enough pictures today to make up for it. : )

We had a fun day playing outside. Later Russ BBQ'd on his new grill. See how pretty and new. And tonight we are watching "Marley and Me" to enjoy our small battles with our little puppy. Let's just say there is a learning curve for everyone. Lucy is not nearly as bad as Marley. We have a good dog.

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Above are pictures from me giving the kids a bath this morning. Sorry, still no pictures of the doggy. I will get some of Lucy tomorrow. I promise.

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Pictures of the family around the breakfast table. We are having fun with the picture taking. Yes, Russ squeezed in a picture of me. But since I'm the blogger and I had bed hair, pj's, and no make-up: I didn't put it up. :)