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Summer's Last Glow Originally uploaded by Nannerlady The last light coming home from a roadtrip to Las Vegas to see my dad and brother. This was the first summer since we've moved to California that my kids did not spend part of the summer with their grandfather. My dad and stepmom said they missed having Joy this year. I know she missed going out there. The kids did keep themselves occupied though. Josh did a ministry program and a missions trip to Haiti while Joy spent one last summer with friends from her old school before moving up to Lancaster with me. It's been a busy summer, but a good one. In addition to the kids activities I was blessed enough to get an assignment mid-May that's lasted all summer and hopefully into the fall. The kids are healthy even if they aren't always happy. We're just living the new American dream -- keeping food on the table, clothes on our backs, and a roof over our heads. Here's to fall and the beginn...

Well, Labor Day has come and gone. And the last week of summer has been exciting to say the least. Well, some parts of it were exciting. I got a good tip on a gymnastics studio in Huntington Beach and Joy did a free lesson. As you can see, she LOVED it. I bought her a leotard (which she lived in for 2 days) and signed her up for classes. Not sure when they start as she will be the 3rd girl in a brand new class. In a previous post I showed you how well she has come along in her skateboarding. At the beginning of summer she could barely scoot along. Then she was introduced to a cruiser. Now she can zig-zag, do hills (sort of, hops off if she goes too fast), and can confidently tackle the skatepark. That was a field trip with daycamp. I have the feeling that as soon as she can swim without floaties or a life-jacket she's going to ask for a surfboard. It's the next logical step. I'm a bit relieved that she wants a cruiser more than a regular skateboard. You can't ...

OK, so my mom said i looked liked I was losing rolls around the middle. This encouraged me to try and lose a little more weight. I feel lighter and my jeans sort of need a belt, but i still have more dunlop than I would like. This is my goal .... well, not the boobs. I'll never have the boobs.