I THOUGHT THESE WERE PRETTY GOOD

ON DAY 9 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

WENT ON A DATE TO THE MOVIES TO A NOON SHOWING OF ANGELS & DEMONS  WITH MY SWEET-HEART, SARAH.  WAS AN AWESOME MOVIE.  THEN AFTER THE MOVIE, SARAH TOOK THE GIRLS TO THEIR SWIM LESSONS AND I TOOK LITTLE MAN TO THE PLUMBING STORE SO I COULD COME HOME AND FIX TWO TOILETS.  (HAD A COUPLE OF SEALSTHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.)  WHILE OUT WITH LITTLE MAN WE WENT TO THE STORE SO THAT I COULD PICK ME UP A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO MYSELF.  I REALLY WANTED GREEN DAY'S NEWEST ALBUM, (21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN,) SO... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF I GOT IT.

On Day 8 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

...WAS ABSOLUTELY LAZY.  I HAD A HEADACHE MOST OF THE DAY SO I PRETTY MUCH JUST LAID ON THE COUCH AND WACHED TV.  I'D POST A PICTURE, BUT I WAS IN MY UNDERWEAR PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE TIME.

On Day 5, 6, and 7 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

I TOOK THE LITTLE FAMILY TO THE COAST AND WE STAYED AT A NICE BEACH-HOUSE, (THE SAME BEACH-HOUSE THAT SARAH AND I SPENT OUR HONEYMOON AT 11 YEARS AGO.)  WE WATCHED MOVIES,  ATE ICE-CREAM,  AND DREW PICTURES.   WE WENT TO RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!,THE WAX WORKS - A LIVING MUSEUM, AND THE UNDERSEA GARDENS.  WE ATE AT PIG'N A PANCAKE AND GALLUCCI'S PIZZERIA.  WE ALSO WENT TO THE BEACH SO THAT THE KIDS CAN FIND "ROCKS AND SEASHELLS."  

THEN AFTER WE GOT HOME, (AND AFTER GIVING THE KIDS MUCH NEEDED BATHS,) WE WENT OVER TO MY SISTER'S TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA.

On Day 4 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

 I WATCHED ALIVIA SWIM WITH HER SWIM TEAM.   SHE LOVES THE WATER.   SHES'S SO GOOD I ALMOST WONDER IF SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A FISH. 

NEW JOB FOR LITTLE MAN?

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, "NO I CAN DO IT... WILL YOU HELP ME?"  MOMENTS.

On Day 3 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... WENT TARGET SHOOTING WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW.          WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHERE ONE COULD GO SHOOTING SO WE DROVE AROUND UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE OUT IN FALLS CITY.           AND WE HAD FUN.

ON DAY 2 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... HAD A LAZY DAY.  WHEN LITTLE MAN WASN'T THROWING STUFFED MONKEYS AT ME,  

HE WAS USING OUR LAUNDRY AS FURNITURE.

AWESOME KID... JUST AWESOME!

THE CITY ...

... IS DIGGING AWAY AT THE HILL IN MY BACK YARD.THEY ARE ADDING MORE LANES TO KUEBLER WHICH SHOULD BE NICE.

YESTERDAY...

SARAH AND I SAW AN OLD FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WE HADN'T SEEN IN YEARS.  SHE, (SALLY,) WAS EXCITED TO TELL THAT SHE IS PREGNANT.

CONGRATS TO HER AND HER HUBBY.

ON DAY 1 OF MY VACATION FROM WORK I...

... TOOK A NICE WALK ACROSS THE OLD RAIL-ROAD BRIDGE 
  DOWN AT THE SALEM RIVERFRONT PARK WITH LITTLE MAN  AND SARAH.  IS A REALLY COOL BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES OVER THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.