Mommy vacation...

Last night we dropped Josiah off with my parents. So today I had a whole day off. Wes had to work this morning. While Wes was at work, I did something I haven't gotten to do in a very long time. I went shooting!!!! I was going to go to Washington Park. There are all kinds of different things there I could have shot. But I discovered that I left my wallet in the diaper bag with grandma. So I took a walk around my neighborhood, camera in hand. It was so much fun. I decided that since Spring has just begun, that I would look for signs that it truely had. I was a bit skeptical since it wintered on us just two weeks ago. But I discovered that Spring had turely arrived to Portland.

Upon arriving home I discovered a big box on my porch. My ups man left it there. It was full of marvelous VBS materials. I'm getting so excited about doing VBS. VBS is one of those things that I absolutely love and just about pull my hair out over at the same time. It's a crazy thing. Every year I talk about passing on my director role, and every year I come back for more. I believe this will be my sixth year. We're having a Fiesta. It's going to be so much fun. Does anyone have a mexican blanket or two I can borrow for a week?

Wes took that afternoon off. He too wanted to take full advantage of his Daddy vaction. We split a can a soup for lunch. Then we pittled around the house till dinner. We opted for a hot meal at the Racoon Lodge. When you're a parent, it really doesn't matter what you order. As long as it's hot, you don't care what you're eating. What's important is that it's hot. Hot is not something that happens at home. You're too busy feeding everyone else.

After dinner we spent our evening downtown under the Burnside bridge. No, really. We went to Night Strike with Bridgetown Ministries. Wes and I topped off coffee most of the evening.

So now we're home. 24+ hours of vacation are over. It's time for bed. I'll post my photo essay on Spring tomorrow, hopefully.