breakfast in the bathroom

What a day this has been

It started at 5:30 AM with a flurry of getting ready, that somehow enabled us to make it to church early. Indeed despite being up so early, the only way I was able to find time to eat was to have breakfast in the bathroom while the boys bathed.

I know my life is quite glamorous.

The reason we had to be to church early is that Paul is currently taking pictures to make a church pictorial directory. This is quite the endeavor. He took seven families' pictures today. And he has edited to of them. He took out the ugly church wall background and inserted them over a picture of our backyard.

It's sort of funny to think that we'll have lots pictures of people standing in our yard.

I have been in a major sorting and rearranging mood lately. I think I may be driving Paul nuts. I keep wanting to get rid of things that we don't really need. Which it turns out is just about everything. I'm trying to simplify my life. I don't want my possessions to be in charge of me.

So if I get rid of a gift you gave me, or a toy you gave one of my children, please understand it's not that I didn't like it. It's just really hard to have so many nice things while there are people eating mud in Haiti.

And I won't throw the things away, I am either selling or donating them.

The house is starting to seem a lot bigger.

Kathy + Rachel

Kathy + Rachel
Originally uploaded by roerte

And here's proof that Kathy did come over to poke. But now I have to go upstairs because Colin's whining about something. Those whiners.

This is because

happy baby 2
Originally uploaded by roerte

I don't know how to do multiple pictures per entry on flickr just yet. =(

But I did want to share that I was still alive and well, and that congratulations should be shared to the wedding participants and people and that's a cute dog, Kathy. And that one of these days I'll stop being an antisocial freak. =(

These pictures are of Rachel when she's in one of those rare smile-for-the-camera moods.

asl;dkfjlkjdsfaj!!!!!

happy baby 1
Originally uploaded by roerte

and I keep thinking about posting stuff, but now that Kathy's here to poke me, I think I shall. XD

indeed, expecting #2 in. October-ish. have spent the last few months feeling sick and lazy and otherwise anti-social, but this doesn't excuse me from not posting for the past year. >< I WILL CATCH UP.

We have another house guest/friend/roomie in the form of Colin, and we've been spending the past few weeks moving him in. The basement looks a lot better now, I gotta say.

And we got a new camera.

I'm still remembering how to use flickr, so please excuse the double post if there is one.

Stop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The invisible man keeps trying to steal my van!

yet more pics

reception pictures