Temorary Digs

Remember the leak in July? Well, perhaps that leak didn't dry out, or perhaps the leak caused rotting which caused a new leak . . . either way, we had lots of mold. The bad, icky, black kind. Temporarily we have plastic up so the walls can be demolished and the air can be clean. In about a week the room should be available for use. Who knows how long till we've got our sink and dishwasher back.

The "doorway" into the "inner sanctum"
The view of the left hand side. I still have access to the pantry.

Inside. You can see the filter on the left.Some of the mold. eeeewww.
Good times at the Ward house.

Our Hawkmoth

Here's our hawkmoth's new home for a while. Actually - one of our hawkmoths hatched, but maybe we moved it too much, or it didn't have to struggle enough (being not in the ground but in a jar of dirt) and it came out deformed and unable to fly. It died in a few days, but this moth might make it? It moved when poked, so we reburied it. Anywho - here it is.

Most Creative Girl

Aurelia received the "award" of recognition for being the "most creative" kid in her class. All the students will receive an award at some point in the year, but Aurelia certainly deserves this award. She is always drawing, writing and creating. I am so proud of my little lady!

Rudy and Maria get married

Aurelia and I celebrated with family and friends the union of my cousin, Rudy, and his beautiful, Maria (Ibarra). Here they are dancing their first dance as a married couple.

After a beautiful ceremony, we grubbed on Kinder's, and then boogied down for a couple of hours. Aurelia was pleased as punch and exhausted at 9PM. Oh, what a night!

Who's there?

Knock Knock. . . Saint . . . S'aint your mother!

well, okay. Maybe it is.

Maybe she should wax . . . (budump pum! Thank you, thank you very much!)

NOW you look Gorgeous, dahling!

Maybe something more manly?

Whoa!

Habitot Habits

Fun times at Habitot! Me and my gal friend loaded up the kids and headed to this great play and explore place just for kids (ages 0 thru 7) during the 2 week school break. The kids had a blast and we also got to have some really intense conversation - I was so blessed by this opportunity!

Aurelia getting made up.
Oli working the "farm"
the kids loved the water area (oli's eyes are so black because of the anti-red thing I used and it made him look crazy! owell)
Ezra really IS crazy!
Two brushes for two hands. It makes sense.
Who needs brushes anyways??
It was so sweet to find Ezra in the quiet room reading.
Oli checking out the carrots.
Ezra needs to apply more paint.
Ezra and his little gal pal posing as ducks just before it's time to go.

Garage Sale Day

We had a garage sale. Here are some photos that Ezra, Aurelia and I took over the course of the morning.


My little faerie - she bought these wings from our neighbor who was also having a sale. 10 cents!
Ezra wearing some wake boarding boots. Probably playing with a pincher bug.
Upset about something - I don't remember what . . .
Ezra took this picture of Aurelia making plant soup.
Aurelia took this photo, I think.