August, where's that break?

Ugh. Just ugh. Computer that we put our photos on... failing. Computer I am typing on? Geriatric & without iPhoto. Hence the lack of posting. Fail. I'm blaming it on that bumhole Mercury & his inconveniently evile retrograding ways.

Taking a 2 week trip to Cali to spend some time with the fam and with some dear friends. Stressed about trying to squash everyone into short visits so that I can see all of my lovelies. Extra stressed that I probably won't get to see a couple of loved ones that I very much want to see and have missed on previous trips (lOOking at Robertito & Pegalicious). Meanwhile., I'll keep taking photos and somehow manifest a wholly functioning computer in the next few weeks. Eventually, I shall catch up.

Big summery, sunshiny, blessings to you all!

August Break: 9.

My little sea lion. :)

August Break: 8.

We are what we eat:

This weeks Farmers' Market score!

August Break: 7.

August Break: 6.

Have I mentioned that Baz LOVES cars? At home he plays for endless hours with his Hot Wheels. At McBride house, Baz has nearly unlimited play time in his BFF Kevin's yellow VW Beetle. Oh, did I mention that his very favorite car is any kind of Volkswagen? ;) He is in blissland.

August Break: 5.

A family of dear friends lives just a hop, skip & jump into the woods and we regularly are blessed to spend time with them. Feels like a mini vacation! My little fam drove on over to their house on Tuesday and spent the night. Benjamin has work for 5 days in a row and Baz and I weren't ready to leave, so we are hanging out in the forest for a few days. Here is Ben enjoying a little slice of heaven: early morn on the porch bird watching with a cup o' joe.

We're missing BenBen, but so glad that he got in a little decompression time while here & some alone time in our quiet house while we are away.

August Break: 4.

Our little patio garden. It's what we can do with the space we currently have. Next year? or perhaps the year after that when we are in a more permanent, bigger place? Ahhh, our garden will be spacious and veggie filled! Until then:

Quaint, functional & adorable.

August Break: 3.

August Break: 2.

I'm an auntie! Kalani Blue was born on 30th July 2010 to my brother Randy and his lovely lady Kristina. He entered the world at a nice solid 10lbs. 3oz. :Love those cheeks!: Congrats to the happy parents! Parenting is a wild & bumpy ride and worth every minute!

August Break!!!

I don't know about you all, but I am certainly ready for some fun, inspiration & images! So, I was naturally excited when I ran across the August Break challenge happening over on Susannah Conway's blog. I almost tore my hair out trying to make her badge work on my blog... so I just linked it on the side with no badge. I will not be deterred! The project is simple: 1 pic daily with or without words for the month of August. That oughta motivate me to breathe some life back into this space... I'll post 2 photos today, 1 for yesterday & 1 for today. Let's kick this off with something silly:

Photo by Chris McBride via 'stachetastic for the iphone