Back to school night

The boys hosted us last week at their "back to school night". The eldest whipped through lessons as if he was racing an imaginary competitor while the littlest one walked the classroom with his musical instruments, providing the soundtrack for the room. 

This guy did eventually show us a sorting work and it was too cute. Pom poms in one bowl, pumpkins in the other. The funniest thing is his new chattiness (if that is a word) which is a whole lot of nonsensical sounds spoken as if he has a mouthful of marbles. He is so very earnest about these conversations though. I'll have to get it on video. 

West coast recap

It's so rare that you encounter one of those long weekend trips that actually feels like a vacation. This last trip was a rare gem of that variety.

We packed up the boys Thursday evening, in their pjs, after a long day at work, and put in a few hours of driving time to make the next day's drive a little more tolerable for the then wide awake duo. It just may be our new mode if car travel. 

Family, wedding, beach. A perfect mini vacation. 

Not to brag or anything

But we are enjoying the sunshine!

autumn

Oh the amount of bribing that takes place in order to get a few shots is more than I am willing to admit to. Lets just say it involved crackers, peanut butter, Skittles, and maybe even a movie when we got home.  This particular day was the same as the Home Depot 8 foot post day, if you remember that from about a week ago. What possessed me to grocery shop, hit the home improvement store, and try to do photos is beyond me. But in the end the sky provided fantastic filtered light, phenomenal clouds and held out from raining until the very end. 

Road trip

Never fear the road when there's a superhero in the back seat.

birthday climb

It was about 9 years ago, just before my 30th birthday(holy cow!), that I last climbed this beautiful mountain that looms in the skyline of our town. As my birthday surprise Mr. Bejos hired a sitter and we hit the trail to do it once again, this time together.
It is a deceiving climb. The mileage is not impressive, per say, and the first 3.5 miles aren't too bad. But then the rocky scrambling begins and the two false summits dash one's dream of finally reaching the top.  I was ready to give up, almost, but not quite hoping that the clouds moving in would bring down the rain and we could turn around and call it a day. Oh how glad I am that it did not rain and that we pushed on to the top. The views were stunning.

Almost sweeter than the ascent was the post-hike beer and removal of hiking boots. Thanks Mr. Bejos :)

art

me: What's your picture of?

him: The mountains of Flagstaff.