September

It is proving to be another busy month for us specially with school in progress for both Joshua and I and with Pat traveling to India for two weeks.

Despite of Shua's claim of how he hates going to school, he's so far coping well. No pink slips from the school or teachers so far and he's continuously improving his skill sets :) I have incorporated Mommy school again this term due to lack of homeworks during the recent weeks. He finishes his homeworks in 3 mins - that is how easy they have been so far. I had to do it otherwise most of his time is spent in front of the big tube!

My classes started last week, although I am registered and has been attending classes, I am still undecided whether I will continue with the program or not. I am actively looking for a job as well and so that is taking a lot of my time. So far, no success with the job search. I've done multiple revisions on my resume the past few days and will remain to be in constant change - he he he. Shua and I are still struggling with our asthma specially with our cough. Just couldn't shake off the stupid cough, it's causing me a lot of sleepless nights again. I don't see any changes or opening with our schedules for a while. It'll be busy, busy and busy for a while so there won't be much blog updates as well. I'll try to sneak in some photos now and then so "you all" can still remember us :)

The camping buzz

Our camping experience over the weekend has been fun but mostly traumatizing for me and maybe for Pat too. I am glad that I no longer hurt from the bee stings. My neck and ears have been swollen for a while or at least it feels that way and I know Pat felt as miserable too.

It all happened on the afternoon of day 1 during our camping trip with our boy scout pack. One or some of the kids seemed to have disturbed a yellow jackets nests and as expected the wasps came in full defense mode and attacked us. Several adults and 3 kids got stung several times all over our body. Pat got stung about 8 or more and I got 4. Now, I can understand why people are afraid of wasps. Fortunately, Joshua is left unharmed so that is a good thing. Apparently, there are a lot of wasps this year and has been causing a lot of problem. I can certainly agree to that!


The smallest but loudest tent at night :)
The kids having fun fishing, zipline, swinging, and just staying on the hammocks nearby.
by the ravine as we get closer to the "unfortunate" part of the trip.

Smiley P :)
The path to disaster...
View of Mt. Hood in the evening...
wake up sleepy head


Shua and Mt. Hood in the morning

Creature

Found this little fellow yesterday in our garden. He seems to not be bothered at all by me when I took the photos. I saw him again today so I guess he must really like hanging out by our garden. He makes the tomato look so huge.

Lame

I feel pretty bad about not driving to the airport this morning to pick Mom. I have been psyching myself to do it for the longest time and has not gotten over my mental blocks. I know I have very lame excuses for not doing so. I do feel ashamed of myself for not getting over my fears :(

I'll have to get over my stupid fears and will have to put it on top of my things to accomplish within the next month especially since Pat travels a lot. I am glad Pat is a very understanding person but I know it's about time I overcome my silly fear of bridges and free ways..

Ice Skate

Shua trying to catch Dad. It's his second try on ice skating. He went ice skating two days in a row over the weekend. He seems determined to learn how to do it so it's "all good". At least him and his Dad can do it together which is the best part about it.

More summer stuff

1. Shua proudly salutes the flag together with his cubscout pack.
2. Shua prepares for BB gun.
3. Shua did hit the target but no bullseye.
4. Shua got a bullseye on Archery. The only bullseye for their pack.


1. The Den flag bearer for the day.
2. Shua and his babysitters play "advance step" on Wii fit.
3. Shua got a perfect score on soccer heading without being hit or without missing a single ball.
4. Shua ice skates with Dad for two days in a row. He is determined to take hockey lessons this fall. We'll see.

Now, as for me nothing too exciting is happening. I just have been doing the usual cleaning and organizing frenzy. I did spend sometime reading all of the Twilight series within the last two weeks. Thanks to my teenage neighbors for lending me their books. I enjoyed reading the juvenile books and now I look forward to another vampire book I borrowed from a friend - a continuation of the other 9 series books I read over spring. I guess, I like vampire stories afterall :)

As for Pat, he is exhausted from being all over the place as usual. Shua and I owe him lots of massage and proper care. Perhaps I need to buy that Dr. Laura's Proper care of a husband book soon - Tee hee!

Michigan Visit

The album says it all ..... it has been really a wonderful trip.

Friday and Saturday photos : Arrivals, Family Reunion, Eva's Bday and camp fire by the beach.

Sunday: visit with Aunt Rita and Uncle Chet and Shua's 7th Bday.
Monday: visit to the Sleeping bear sand dunes, Mary's farm, kayaking at the beach and camp fire at the Coleman's cottage.
Tuesday: Beach day and camp fire at our rental cabin.
Wednesday: dinner at Happy Hour, Petersons Park, beach and D&D game with the boys.
Thursday: beach, Leland trip and more D&D games
Friday: headed down to Troy...
Saturday: Pat's 20th Highschool reunion
Sunday: Back to Oregon