Wordless Wednesdays

Wordless Wednesdays

Because sometimes a picture can say it better.

Just another day in paradise...

We have had a busy couple of weeks since school started earlier this month and I think I may be starting to find my groove. We have started a new Friday morning tradition this school year...riding our bikes to school. While it would be wonderful to ride them every morning, Friday is my only casual day at work therefore the only viable option in my eyes. It has been a wonderful treat to have those extra moments of fun memories with girls before we part ways for a large portion of our day. Nothing like a little fresh air and a crisp bike ride in the morning to start your day off right.

First Day of School

As much as I loved not having to worry about the school bell, the alarm clocks being set and uggg, the dreaded lunch making every night...I AM feeling extremely relieved and at ease to be back on a schedule. Alarm clock goes off for me at 6:00 am and my workout begins. Kids need to be awake by 7:00 and eating by 7:10 and the morning itinerary continues until we leave the house at 8:00. By 11:00 I have been up for 5 hours and feel like I have accomplished so many of my daily tasks already that I owe myself a trip to the vending machine. Yay me!! I am convinced I could conquer the world if I didn't need sleep!

Summer Fun

So its been awhile and I would love to say that I will not stray again but the truth is, on my constant and ever shifting to-do-list blogging sometimes falls near the very end, right above pull off couch coushins and watch the vaccuum clog and after, give cats a bath. I am pleased to say that my cats are bathed with little blood shed and the coushins will be cleaned this weekend.
As the summer slowly comes to a close I am rather sad and anxious for another school year to come and go as I watch my babies get bigger and more independent.
Here are some recent photos of our last days of summer.

This morning the girls and I had the chance to run in the Irvine Lake Mud Run. This was my first Mud Run and it was such a blast I have already gone home and goggled where my next mud run will be. Both kids participated in the kids Puddle Run and while both kids had fun durung the run, Peyton has put her foot down and said she will not be running through anymore mud puddles but Tay on the otherhand wants to start training for the next one.

CF and Surfing

Riding her new Roxy board

One last Hug before she hit the water


A few years ago, a team of Australian doctors discovered that the lung function in many young surfers who had cystic fibrosis was a lot higher than CF patients who were not out in the ocean water. After much research the doctors determined that inhaling saltwater mist had positive and powerful effects on re hydrating the lungs and allowing CF patients to breathe easier. As a mother of a 9 year old cystic patient I have been able to experience this powerful salt water miracle first hand. On a recent surf outing in Huntington Beach with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Taylor had yet another opportunity to go out in water and do her thing. She morphs into a completely different child...confident and strong, fierce and determined, and a child who can breathe. I watch my little blondie cough up bubble gum sized balls of mucous and take some very much needed and deserved deep breaths for the first time in days. Her eyes sparkle and she glows, and her cheeks go pale to rosy pink. The power of oxygen, something so many of us take for granted. She is happiest out in the water and wants to grow up and be a marine biologist. Because of organizations like the CF Foundation, Mauli Ola and the generosity of random folks like Barbara Caruso, Bill Sharpe, former pro surfer and coach of the South African National Surf Team, and Judy Burlingham who have all pitched in to make sure Taylor has the warmest wetsuit, the coolest custom board and the safest environment to surf in, my baby girl can breathe.