Kimberly’s moody, atmospheric and lovely photo is on the left, I’m on the right this week. I can’t even tell you where in London this is. That was the beauty of having alone time and my camera, I just wandered around and took shots of anything that struck my fancy. I am particularly fascinated with doors, so when Megan announced the theme was Doors, I was thrilled. (Also happy that we didn’t have to come up with a theme on our own!)
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I think I may still have some jetlag. Is that even possible after five days? All I know is that it is 9:00pm and I am trying to decide if I can just sleep on the sofa so I don’t have to make the trek upstairs. Just so tired.
And Miss Addie’s apparent allergic reaction to her mosquito bite? After a trip to the ER, a doctor visit and an appointment with a dermatologist it has been decided that she will not be scarred for life, and her face/neck/arms are nearly cleared up.
We got to spend a nice long afternoon with friends complete with lots ‘o swimming. Very good for worn out kids. Not very good for my to do list…including the pile of photos and recaps of camping, London and Michigan.
But none of that is going to happen tonight. I think we can score this evening: jetlag – 1, Carrie – 0.
I’m still in the midst of unpacking and tackling the mountain of “we-were-out-of-town-for-two-weeks” tasks that had piled up. But a very special best friend of Em’s turned 7 over the weekend, so I had to try this tutorial.
And…ta-da! A bike basket for our sweet girl.
Notice the use of the chalkboard fabric! It is so very handy for lots of things.
And we have a new little pet in our household. Emmy and Daddy brought this little Owly home for me from ComiCon this past weekend. (OH, yes…J’s comic nerdiness has indeed worn off onto Em!)
How cute is he, though? See why I have to learn how to felt? Next on the ever-expanding list of things to do…
So…Kimberly suggested Lights this week and I knew instantly what I wanted to shoot. I am in love with the architecture in London. All of the buildings are so beautiful, especially the pubs. Especially when their lights come on…
I found this pub on our last night in London. It was not one of the ones we sampled when J. and I had our pub crawl. Next time.
Hey there. Remember me? This post was meant for last week, while I was camping, but is being brought to you this week (since I forgot to post this craftiness) this week whilst I am tromping around London with my sweet J. We are having a fantastic time, but I’m almost, nearly at that point…the one where it is just time to come home already. And I’m definitely at that point where I’m ready to wrap my arms around my girls and give them great big hugs. I really, really (no REALLY!) miss them.
So one more day here in jolly ol’ England – we are off to see a cricket match – and then we are on our way to Michigan to pick up two weary travelers and then head home to LA!
BUT, before I am off, a few birthday presents I finished up before our travels. I’m caught up through June…only July birthdays to work on now. (Yes, I’m well aware of the fact that it will be nearly August by the time I return. Thanks for pointing that out, though.)
FINALLY finished a little lickety-split bag that has been cut out and on my ironing board since – and I’m not even kidding! – MARCH! Happy Birthday, Vic. I hope you like it. I actually made it a little larger than the pattern in hopes that she could slide her laptop in there when she needs to traipse off to U of M…or just stuff it with diapers for Sarah and dry clothes for the Z. man.
And I finished up our sweet little friend Henry’s cape. He wanted a green horse birthday party when he turned three a few weeks ago. Green is his fave color…and his initials are H-H-H, hence the H3 little logo and his green cape. He loved it. I’ll have to grab some pics when we return.
And finally finished up a little messenger bag for my sweet niece who turned 7 when she was visiting California a few weeks ago. She requested a pink bag. And that is what she got. Excuse the poor photos, I took the photos literally a few hours before I left the house for our vacation.
I promise I’ll be back to whittling down my blog reader in a few days, so let me know if you have some crafty goodness today!
We are still in London, the girls are still in Michigan.
One of my favorite shots from last week for Best Shot Monday this week.
Good gravy! I miss them.
Both Kimberly and I have been (still are!) traveling, so I picked travel as our theme. I cannot wait to hear the story behind hers!
Mine? Well, as fun as traveling is, it is still a lot of work and very tiring. And sometimes you have to improvise and use Bear’s bottom as a pillow.
…sort of.
So yeah, we are not really roughing it around here, but it has been a bunch of fun. The girls are having a great time learning all kinds of new songs and meeting new friends all over the campground. We all got to ride horses and we have made a ton of smores.
So, I feel like I got my camping fix, and now on the way to the airport, the adventure continues…
If you missed the first installment of our Summer Extravaganza (June 2010 D.N. – During Newmans), you can get caught up here. Or if you don’t really care, here’s the lowdown –
They came. We saw. We conquered.
And then…the Voris’ needed a little downtime. Since we are not doing a big family vacation this summer, (all together that is – more on that in a moment) Daddy decided we needed to go stay a few days near San Diego just the four of us. He found and booked this really nice hotel for us and so we said goodbye to Aunt Meesh, packed our bags and headed south.
(Again…you are getting SOOC, I don’t have any free time to doing any editing or fancying up of the photos!)
Very posh. That pretty much sums up the joint we stayed at.
Emma loved the “very comfortable beds” – until she fell out of one in the middle of the night.
Addie loved the bathtub that was as deep and big as a jacuzzi.
Mama loved the canyon with all kinds of running trails, peace and quiet.
Addie and Mama loved the insane flowers in the lobby.
Addie and Daddy loved the restaurant at the hotel.
The girls loved the family pool area – THREE pools! All heated. Pretty much every waking moment spent at the hotel was in the pools.
We all loved the SeaWorld trip we took.
Daddy just loved having some time with his girls.
It was an incredibly relaxing and fun way to spend our long 4th of July weekend.
And now our summer adventure continues. As I mentioned, we are not taking a big “just-us-four-family” vacation this year, but we are heading out this weekend for more vacation time.
The girls and I are flying to Michigan to go camping with Aunt Meesh and the cousins for a few days, then Mama (me!) is leaving her birdies behind with Meesh (paybacks!) to join up with Daddy in London for a week! After much discussion, we decided that the girls are still not really old enough to appreciate Europe and all it has to offer. But Mommy and Daddy will appreciate being able to travel a little bit knowing that the girls are happy hanging with their cousins and grandparents.
So that is the plan. Sounds good, no? I’m not sure how much updating I’ll be doing from the road, but you don’t really mind these hodge podge, crammed chock-full updates every third week or so, right? Hello? Did anyone even make it through to the end of these last two posts?
Cheerio! Until next time…
My partner-in-crime is on vacation this week, but look at us! We both managed to get our acts together and do TWO photos last week so we could participate this week.
Kimberly suggested walking 100 steps from our front doors and shooting what we find. Apparently she has all kinds of deliciousness right outside of her door!
When I paced off my 100 steps – I was smack dab in the middle of the street…so I turned around and faced my favorite place. With all of the traveling we are about to do, I love remembering how great it feels to come back home.