Sorry I Asked

Randall started his classes today and they are all at night so Addi and I have all kinds of Mommy-Daughter time. Tonight I asked her how she would describe me if I was lost she said:

She has brown hair, green eyes and beautiful.....golden....teeth.

Family Photos

Saydi Shumway is basically awesome in every way and on top of it all she takes a mean family photo. She is creative and adventurous and she doesn't make fun of me for my weird ideas/props. We took these at the beach on Cape Ann. I will warn you though she takes so many good pictures that it is impossible to narrow them down. So you're in for more Wood Family photos than you probably care to see.

One more thing, this was not as fresh and fancy free as we were trying to make it look. We were being eaten alive by bugs and they were getting caught in our teeth when we smiled and sticking to our sweaty faces...very glamorous.

Umbrellas

This first shot turned out just how I wanted it, this was the picture that I really wanted to get so we walked back and forth MANY times to get it just right.

P.S. No rain, just bugs....I just liked the idea of umbrellas

Our Signature Shot

Us.

Me, Myself and I

Just You and Me Baby

Just For Fun

One thing I love about having Saydi photograph is that she lets me try my crazy ideas and she still shoots when things are getting a little wild.

Ramona Quimbly?

Homeless in Seattle

We left Boston with a plan, excitement and a condo waiting for us in Seattle. Then somewhere between the Amish families we saw eating Happy Meals at an Indiana truck stop and playing pioneer games in Nauvoo we got the word that our condo had been sold and would not be rented to us.

We pushed onward and westward and tried to find another apartment online. It didn't go as well as we'd hoped and we arrived in Seattle with no apartment. After a day or two we found a place but it wasn't ready and it won't be ready for another week. We woke up nearly every morning not sure where we'd sleep that night (usually a stinky motel). And spent a few days in the park with the other homeless people and basically living out of the car.

Then came Adele...sweet Adele a wonderful TALL widow who opened her home to us and is letting us stay with her until our apartment is ready (7 days and counting!). I just love her, she reminds me of my own grandmother....red hair and all!

Seriously! what do people do when they don't have a bishop to call when they're in a jam.

(More coast to coast adventure posts to come...)

Inflammatory Swelling or Elevation of the Skin

Mom: Addi, have you decided what you want to be for Halloween?
Addi: I will choose the scarriest thing....I will be a zit.

After swimming it was my turn to shower and change while Randall watched my sister (7) and Addi by the pool. I grabbed my bag and towel and ran into the locker room. I set my bag on the bench and hurried into a shower stall. I closed the door flung my towel over the side and started to rinse off. I took off my suit, rinsed, squeezed flung it over the side of the stall as well. I started hearing voices as I was finishing my rinse cycle and when I turned off the water I was astonished to realize that the voices were NOT FEMALE!!!!!!

There I was in the MEN's locker room stark naked and TRAPPED! I waited a while until the conversation ended and the footsteps died down. I wrapped my towel (that was HUGE, thank heaven) around me and grabbed my suit. I was hoping to snag my bag and dart out with no one noticing.....unfortunately it wasn't to be. Just as I came out of the shower stall there was a man standing right next to my bag with a towel around his waist. He looked at me with a dumbfounded look and lost his towel. I then clamped my eyes shut, grabbed my bag, and whilst shuffling as fast as my wet feet would carry me yelled out "I think I'm in the wrong place... SORRY!!"

My new most embarassing moment.

I couldn't think of a glib title post... "Wrong Place...At Any Time" was the best I could do maybe you could come up with something better?