Playing catch up. or road tripping. or deep thoughts

Seriously, it's August?
This means it is going to be 110 degrees at my house today.
This also means the little crazy people we like to call "our boys" around here will be inside this afternoon because it's too.dang.hot. to be outside. Unless they're swimming.

So, I was thinking about all of the things I should have been writing about these past couple weeks, but somehow I've been remiss in my blogging. I've started working out hard core {4 inches gone off my hips and waist, boo-yah!}, I've begun learning how to meditate {amazing stuff} and we've gone on a road trip {14 hours each way. I am superwoman}. I was stressing {apparently one of my favorite past times} about how to fit all of this in on my blog and make it fun and interesting and readable and all that stuff when I had this thought:

It's not about playing catch-up.

Deep right?!?!?!
Well, I thought it was.

So, instead of playing catch-up with you, I'll just share some of my favorite pictures from our trip.
{What's this trip I speak of? Driving from central California to Washington to visit beloved friends and family. We left on a Monday morning at 2am, arrived on a Tuesday afternoon around 1pm and drove back that Friday night at 10pm, arriving the very next day...which was Saturday if you're able to keep up with my ramblings, at 1pm. Long trip. Great trip. Loved it. Would take a road trip with my crazy family again any day}

I LOVE this! The classic "let's try to take a cute picture.....but wait! a duck!!"

Once again, love this. There was no duck involved in these pictures though.

This picture just says "joy" to me

Saw this iconic sign, grabbed hubs by the shoulder and said: "look! Grey's Anatomy!" Ridiculous, I know.

On our way to the zoo. Elliot is holding hands with his cousin Chloe while she sits in her stroller. So adorable..

Camel Ride!!

Happy happy happy.

 So, there's the extent of my catch-up.
And I'll leave you with this very pertinent thought:

"In rivers, that which you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes. So it is with present time."
—Leonardo da Vinci

 
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"Adventure is out there!"

I have always been a little on the reserved side when it came to being adventurous, though I have always been pretty good at hiding it. I mean, come on, if there was a cute boy involved and he wanted to do something that required me to be an adrenaline junkie like him....I would buck up and somehow find the courage to continue. Want some examples? Good, I thought you'd never ask :)

1. I had a huge crush on a boy in high school who loved to wake-board. Like REALLY wake-board...jumps, flips, you name it. So what did I do? I learned how to wake-board. Did I do flips? Heck no. Did I do jumps? Maybe teeny tiny 2 inches off the water jumps. But did I extend myself enough to at least look cool? Heck yes I did.
2. I had a lot of friends who liked to rock climb. Did I like to rock climb? No, it scared the crap out of me....but did I go along and pretend I was having an awesome time? You better believe it.
3. On my awesome honeymoon, my hubby (who loves all this adventure stuff and has many many tales to tell himself) really wanted to go snorkeling. I've been snorkeling before, but just right off the beach in really shallow water, so I was game. When the time came to go, we hopped in a boat, yes a boat.....and motored out to the freakin' middle of the ocean (seriously, I could not even see the island that we were staying on) and the driver of the boat said "jump in" in his heavy Spanish accent. I was SO scared!!!! But everyone else was doing it and hubbyman was really stoked about this (and who was I to disappoint him on our honeymoon?) so....I jumped in. Yes it was incredibly scary (barracudas swimming around us anyone?) but to this day, I'm glad I did it.

Something I will never ever do.....I don't care, I'm not doing it.

So, why do I speak of such things? Well, I was reading a tid-bit in a magazine (yes! a magazine! can you believe it!) about faking it if you're not adventurous and I thought "yes, this was written for me." This is what was wrote (by a man who does a comedy-travel tv show who just happens to be a bit scared of some of the adventurous feats he is supposed to perform....on television)

1. Do the stunt with an even bigger coward than you (I never thought of this!)
2. Avoid caffeine
3. Express your panic to others
4. Hug people (and by that he means women he says hahahaha) often
5. Have a celebration waiting for you (good one!)
6. Remember how good it will all sound at your funeral (hilarious!)

I thought it was good and hilarious, so I had to share.

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Have a great Monday!