I love taking pictures with my phone! Especially weird or quirky stuff or anything I think might make my kids laugh. Yesterday I was sitting in the kitchen while my sweet heart (Mike!) was cooking dinner. I was playing with my phone and taking dumb pictures like always when I started thinking about how things look different in a picture. Like I can be sitting here thinking all is good in the world and take a picture and look at the scene behind me and think, "Holy crap! Someone really needs to clean this house!" Or how can I look totally cute in one pose and totally hideous in the next? Or how can the moon look so huge but you can barely see it when I try to capture it. This is what I was thinking about as I was falling asleep last night. Sometimes pictures say more or less than you intend to. I took that first picture, the door knob one as part of a game that I play with my family called Guess who. We take pictures and you have to guess who it is. It might be a foot or an ear, in this case it was me in a door knob. The second picture is the grand canyon. The picture looks absolutely nothing like what I saw from the airplane. The third picture is Kasara and Amanda getting creative with camera options. The fourth picture is Stella, she's getting her tummy rubbed. She sure loves that! The last picture is Amanda sitting in the shopping cart at WalMart playing with a magnifying glass. Happy Friday everybody!

So I guess all I needed to do to update my blog was make a little trip to Arizona. This stuff is soooo out of my skill level! Thank goodness I have a super crafty and smart daughter to take care of me. I am having so much fun in Arizona. I was so stressed out before and I felt like I was losing my mind and I'm pretty sure if you asked anyone close to me they would confirm that. I feel bad because I know this is the worst timing ever with school starting right around the corner but I had to do it and I've promised everyone when I get home I'll be a kinder gentler Lore. So since I've been here I have had the opportunity to go to work with Kasara. She is a nanny here. Oh my gosh that baby is so cute! Kasara also took me to the Casa Grande Ruins. That was fun too. Imagining what it must have been like for those indians. It really made me appreciate the luxuries I enjoy. Today Kasara and I took care of some business this morning but we spent a few hours in the pool and I keep telling her this is going to be my favorite memory. We really had a good time. I know what you're wondering right now...How hot is it here?! Well, it got to 105 today. I don't really know what it got to but that's what the sign on the bank said. I wanted Kasara to take a picture of me in front of the sign but I guess she didn't think it would be a good idea for me to climb up in the back of someones truck that was parked in front of it. I would feel bad if I left Mat out so I want to give him a special thank you for being so awesome and cleaning out the litter box and making us dinner and putting up with me this week. You are like the son I never had! Thank you for a wonderful, wonderful vacation!