My van

So, in case anyone wanted to check out the damage to the van, here are a few pics. It is not easy to really capture it in photos, but here is the best I could do. Picture 1 is the dent on the back, 2 and 3 are pictures of the wheel well that broke out in pieces when the tire blew out! I wish I had had the presence of mind to take pictures of the blown out tire when it happened, but sadly, I didn't. If you missed the blogs on this, see here for info on the dent, and here for info on the wheel well/gas cap thing.

You can see my hand where there should be a plastic piece holding the gas thing more securely in there.
This is what the gas cap looks like-in case you cannot tell, it is in 2 pieces-one is in the gas tank thing still, the other is in my hand...

Also when Spence came...

We went to Manito Park..here are some of the pics we took










Who will win this battle...

When Spence came...

We went to playgroups...



And hung out at home

Beautiful flowers and fountains of Manito Park

Pictures taken by Spence and me...

Visit from the littlest uncle...

My brother visited last week (yes, I have a 9-yr-old brother). Coming soon-more on his visit, but for now, here are some pics from Coeur d'Alene. We went for a walk around it, then we played in the lake a bit...

Wes and all the kids (Spence and mine) at the lake

Still at lake, cool bridge in background
Found an awesome motel with free water-it's funny cause Spence and Solace are actually faking they are drinking in the pic... Armour gets out of the stroller for a bit
Great pic taken by a very nice biker passing by.
Spence took this pic of our family
Ender
Solace

Armour
Spencer
All 4
Tentatively wading
A bit more daring (and wet)


Dry on the sand
Getting wetter
Throwing all caution to the wind
Awesome pic-click on it so it gets big and check out the water in this one!!

Auditions...AHHHHH!!!

So, I have about an hour I can use here on my blog before I have to get going on other things, and I have a lot to say. If you are a regular reader of this blog (do regular readers of this blog actually exist?!) you might be thinking, "man, where has Beckee gone? Is she on vacation again?" No, I am not, I am just busy busy busy! I cannot believe how much crap I am doing now. For the first time ever I am sending my kids to school-preschool, and I am nervous and excited for them to start next week. We have been getting ready for that, going to meet the teacher picnic and filling out tons of paperwork. Wes has been busy on "Med A" which is basically an internal medicine rotation. It wasn't too bad the first week...more on that in a minute. So, in the midst of all this chaos of our house, I decided to go ahead and audition for this Sacred Heart Follies show. It is the first audition and show I have done since I had kids. I have been a wreck this week trying to do auditions (and let me tell you-these are truly not even high pressure auditions), and feeling like I am really putting a strain on my family by trying to do it. I am still not sure it was the best choice to do as I will have to get help from all my new friends to watch my kids as I rehearse and perform over the next 3 weeks. It is making me a wreck thinking about asking for help. I HATE asking people to help me-especially with things as crazy huge as "hey can my kids come over and sleep at your house for a night or two in 3 weeks cause my husband will be on ER overnight and I will be in rehearsals and performances until 1 am?" It is stressful, but I love to perform, and this was something Wes thought I should audition for, and it is only 3 weeks or craziness-just wish it didn't fall at such a hard time! The dumbest thing is that I am 99.9% sure I am only going to be in the chorus (not because I am not good enough, but because of a bunch of other things) anyway which hardly seem worth all this. Well, such is life! We will see how this all goes! Oh-the thing about Wes's schedule is that it was pretty good last week, then this week when I have had auditions and preschool picnics, he has been slammed with work and stuck at the hospital later and later...I fear this is what all rehearsal nights will be like...thus needing help from every person I know in Spokane (so as not to overwhelm just one nice person)....AHHHHHH...