If you subscribe to the BBPhoto site’s RSS, you’re going to get the daily pictures of me. And while I think I’m remarkably beautiful, I’m willing to bet most people don’t care that much. WordPress provides per-tag pages/feeds in addition to the all-in-one, but I didn’t think to mention it last time. You can view pictures of Lindsay or Emery (obviously with some overlap), or you can subscribe to feeds of Lindsay or Emery. This will let you bypass the daily Barney, and not miss out on any kid shots.
Summer’s really over? Already? I think I’m in denial to be honest.
We’re about to jump into our new Fall schedule around here, and boy will things be crazy with two kiddos going to preschool. Lindsay will now be attending the Pre-K class Monday through Thursday, and Emery the 3’s class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They’ve also been begging to do gymnastics again, and because of school, the only day we could do it was Friday, so we now have something every single weekday, pretty much right in the middle of each day. Yikes.
Since I haven’t posted in so long, a quick catch up for you…
I got back from England on the 6th of July, thoroughly exhausted but filled with memories that will last a lifetime. I know I’ve promised to tell you all about the trip, but I need to wait for life around here to settle, and for me to have the emotional energy to do it properly; to do it justice. Home life has been crazier than usual with the introduction of such close new friends into our lives, and things have been both wonderful and complicated for the past month. With the end of summer comes the realization that things have to go back to normal. Everyone slips back into their schedules, their routines, and we lose the ability to focus so strongly on our friendships, our relationships, which is both good and bad; a relief and painful all at the same time. Such is life. We have to hold onto those beautiful moments in time, and be fueled by the hope for more in our future. Like I said, things are complicated around here, but we’re working on it.
We celebrated Emery’s birthday on the weekend of the 9th of August; a small gathering of family and friends. You can check out the pics here, as well as checking Chloe’s site.
We’ve gone to a few outdoor concerts this summer, and I even made it out to watch a friend perform as Brutus in a Shakespeare in the parks series, which was awesome. We’ve packed picnic dinners and enjoyed the music and the arts together. The latest was last week, when the kiddos and I joined Dan and his friend Kerri and her baby Ela, who are visiting from Mexico, at a performance of well known orchestral pieces given by the Oregon Symphony. It was amazing, and we also got to see a quick performance by Portland Taiko, which if you haven’t ever checked out, you should. Very entertaining. It was a great evening, and wonderful to get to know someone like Kerri, and to get to play with a baby as adorable as Ela.
Choir starts up for me again on Tuesday, which of course I’m looking forward to. I love the singing, the music, the challenge, and the friendships. And I don’t have any solos this season, which is kind of a relief! 
I need to spend some of this weekend learning the music. I figure as section leader, I have some sort of responsibility to know it well enough to help anyone who is having problems with it! And the fact that I don’t actually know how to read music makes it imperative that I sit down and listen to recordings and midis and learn it all by ear to start with.
Ok, that’s it for now. The fam’s waiting to go to the library, so I’m off! Enjoy the pics.
Wow, I’ve been a really crappy blogger lately haven’t I? I had been consumed in May and early June with preparations for my choir trip to England, mostly preoccupations about dying in the fiery ball of a plane crash and leaving my children scarred for life, but ya know, there was the whole making lists and packing thing too.
Glad to say I made it back alive, but definitely changed somehow. A trip like that is so strange, so compact and whirlwind that it takes you longer to wrap your head around the whole experience once you return, than it did to have the experience in the first place. I saw some amazing places, had some great food, had no responsibilities except to wake up by a certain time to have breakfast each morning, and had the opportunity to get really close to some amazing people; an opportunity I don’t think I ever would have had if I hadn’t gone on tour, and I will be forever grateful to those who helped me to get there and supported my decision to do so. A particular thank you to Barney, for allowing me to run off for over a week; to Dodo, for being a saint and watching the kiddos while I was gone, not the easiest job in the world; to my mom, for providing a lot of the financial backing and motivation that allowed me to pursue my desire to be a part of the tour even when I thought it was a pipe dream; and to my sister, Chloe, who I spend nearly every day with, for putting up with loosing her daytime companion for almost two weeks. Thanks so much to all of you, you’re amazing and I feel blessed to have you in my life.
I will try to sit down and write about some of the places we traveled to and experiences we had once I get all of my pics off the camera and wade through them. Until then, just know that I’m back, I’m safe, I’m happy but a little scattered and trying to remember how to fit back into my space here. Please feel free to write or comment, I’d love to know who’s out there in cyberspace and perhaps it’ll help bring me back down to earth a bit.
For now, if you’re jonesing for some pics, I’m uploading some from the past few months that I never took the time to post about, so look for those over in the Gallery sidebar.
Sorry no one has heard from us in so long! We’ve been busy busy. Nanna, Auntie Fay, and Cousin Spencer drove all the way from CA to see us a couple of weeks ago and stayed for a week, and before that, I was swamped with rehearsals for Diva Las Vegas, a benefit show that we put on for our church. Now that that’s over I’m busy with rehearsals for my upcoming choir tour to England this summer. Will the singing never end? Thankfully, no. Even though it keeps me really busy, I love it. In other news, I had yet another birthday, we survived Valentines Day, went through several colds, met some new neighbors, and generally just had a good time. I’ve uploaded pics from the past month. Go check them out!
…virtually of course. I realized I hadn’t uploaded photos in a couple of months, so now I’m bombarding you with several new galleries all at once. I’ll try to get back on here and tell some great stories from all of the craziness of the past two months, but right now I’m sick, and exhausted, and ready for bed after wading through over 300 pics!
Enjoy the slideshows!
- December 07 - Some random pics from December (and the first week of January).
- Christmas Tree Hunting 07 - If you need explanation, just close the browser.
- Christmas Morning Boisverts’ 07 - The first round of Christmas presents, at our house.
- Christmas Morning Whislers’ 07 - The second round of Christmas presents, at the Whislers’.
- Christmas 07 Warrenton - Christmas evening in Warrenton for round three.
- Lindsay’s Birthday Party 08 - uhhhh, Lindsay’s birthday party 08.
Ok, I’ll apologize in advance, but I just have to share one more baby video. It’s only ten seconds long, but this kids reaction is hilarious! Go check it out.
In a bad mood? This’ll cheer you up.