Joshua Tree

We went camping at Joshua tree. It was Gnarly.

I am woman; hear me roar

We had a great campsite

view over to our site

it was hot but night time was beautiful

Lysie and dad walking out to an old gold mine

guess what Holly got today

It's so wonderful and awesome...

Elise's first day of preschool

It was not my intention for her to look "challenged" or like she was going to catholic school but somehow I failed in both departments. She is not very photogenic so I was hoping to catch some candids of her in her classroom but we had tearful end to her first day. Don't worry, it wasn't because she missed me-she just didn't want to follow directions:)

what a view

Mike took this picture of me this morning outside Elise's preschool (she starts next week)

up close it's actually quite awe-inspiring...

There are no words...

Elise's first haircut

I know you are probably thinking "really!?" but no, she has never had a haircut. Most of this has to do with my reluctance to snip away any beautiful blonde locks. We decided it was time and had the best intentions to have her get a little french girl "bob" but mom wussed out (as Mike put it) in the eleventh hour and all we did was 2 inches. She was perfectly behaved but quite serious during the haircut; one might even say she was pensive. The name of the establishment is called The Yellow Balloon and shocker: they get a yellow balloon when they are finished! She also went for a spin in one of those silly little cars.

Later in the day I discovered my two favorite people doing this:

yellow roses and habanero peppers

Mike caught Holly snipping the full blooms off our rose bush in the back:

Dorky picture of me with said bloom but isn't it so pretty:

He also caught me picking the habanero peppers from our little plant which I will turn into salsa at some point this weekend:

Tangerine Moon

When we came home from dinner tonight we noticed the moon was full and this shade of orange:

Going to the dark side...

Holly is soon to be the proud owner of a Macbook Pro...and she is dang excited.

Last night I spent some time in the Apple store building my new beauty and I'm ordering it today:-)