Sara Reads Things

I hate those nights where sleep is no where to be seen, at least not deep sleep anyway. The point between midnight and twilight where dreams come and go, and you feel like you're awake but you cant control the path you take through the unknown. Last night was one of those nights. 2am woke me with a cold sweat and the horror of death on my mind. I couldn't stop thinking about what I saw and the ending that I couldn't change. I often have these dreams of drowning, but lately they've evolved and included my children. It always seems to be the same concept. We're trapped in a car and cant get out, or I can get out but I can't save my children. Last night in my dream my older son fell into a rushing river and I dove in to save him even though I'm not a strong swimmer. The dream never really ended with either of us drowning, but I still had that feeling of complete despair and hopelessness.   The only way I could let it go was to get it off my chest and wr...

Keep Portland weird, that's what I always say. It didn't surprise me when we ran into this odd display on our drive yesterday. I'm pretty sure this was a group of women doing this too. Even more odd, but no worse then normal around here. My boys got a kick out of the fighting Rainier beer bottles as well. The whole purpose for our drive was to get my younger son Ronan to take a nap, which for the last few days has been almost non existent. I guess he's been mommy deprived and since I'm home on vacation this week he wont sleep so he can spend as much time with me as possible. At least that's the way I look at it. He's just so cute! Ronan finally fell asleep and took a nice long nap, so that's when I got out the razor and buzzed my older son Phoenix's head. He got a nice summer cut so his hair wouldn't stick to his forehead when he sweated. I always complained about that, now he likes his hair. This is his surprised look. He looks like his...

After spending the last 5 days sitting in my favorite spot on the swing outside in the shade and watching my little monsters run and play in the yard, I've come to realize what I've been missing while I'm at work. The pure bliss of being a stay at home mom. I love my boys very much. They are the light of my life and keep me on my toes. It makes me sad when one of them falls off the front step and uses his face to cushion his fall. Poor little guy, it looks a lot worse today now that it's scabbed over, but he didn't cry very long and was a good sport about letting me clean it and put some anti-biotic cream on. He was back running around a few minutes later. In the afternoon we went to the zoo with my mom and a few of my siblings. We haven't been to the zoo since my youngest was a few days old, so that would be a few weeks shy of two years. So much has changed yet so much is the same from when I worked there as a teen. Being there brought back so many memori...

 I can't believe its day 3 of my vacation. The sun was shinning the sky was blue and the boys were... well... boys. We had the sprinkler going i the front yard where most of the grass was dead and so, as you could imagine, mud was created. I thought, "what the heck, I'm on vacation," and let the pandemonium ensue! Guess what we had? One very muddy Ronan. Check out the pictures below of the dirty boys.  

I love the sun and wow did it shine on Sunday! We spent so much time out side I was sad when the sun went down. The boys and I spent the morning in the yard catching the rays and then in the after noon I had a photo shoot with the beautiful young Ashley. These are some of her senior photos. Gratz Ashley!

Its one of my favorite days of the year, My husband Jason's birthday. Do you know why I love it so much? Here it is. I get to play awesome videos like this one. Check it out!

I have to say that the first day of my vacation didn't turn out quit the way I planed. In fact it down right sucked, but hey what you gonna do? My husband Jason and I were going to go on a hike, along the way we stopped at the Bonneville Dam and saw the biggest fish I've ever seen. Sturgeon baby! I have to say this was probably the highlight of my day.  Check out how big this thing is. Anywho, the plan was to go on a hike to punchbowl  falls just east of there, but it cost $5 just to park and there were so many people already that we turned around and went back to Portland. Saw the bridge of the gods. Kinda disappointing, I was hopping for a little more pizzazz, but what do you expect in Cascade Locks? Not much there anyway.  It was a good thing we didn't go on a hike after all because I came home running a fever and was really out of it for the rest of the after noon. My husband thought it would be a good idea to give my Tylenol cold ...

I was looking for a book one day when I had read everything I owned that I thought was worth reading. I wanted something that was easy and kinda like Twilight since I almost enjoyed those books. I went to trusty Amazon.com and searched for Twilight and it said, "Other people who bought Twilight also bought these." The cover for Shiver intrigued me, especially the part about the "Wolves are calling." It was a nice creepy touch. Made me want to read the reviews at least. I was told that if you liked Twilight you would like these books. They are about a forbidden romance and werewolves that have a dark secret. Alright, you got me. I purchased the book from Amazon.com because it was really cheep. Funny fact about the copy I received. It's from Briton and all the temperatures are in celsius and they say funny words like "car port," instead of "parking lot." Gave me a little insight into another world. Fascinating. When my book finally arri...

SUPER MOON! I was supper excited to catch this awesome image since it was my first time trying to capture a night time shot. The moon was soooo big and bright. I was a little sad that it decided to rise behind a tree and then sneak behind the clouds. It peaked out for a few seconds, but it was still behind a tree. So I made my husband drag me and the sleeping kids to Rocky Butte which is near our house. It was really crowded, but I knew just the right spot and no one thought of it before me. Anyone else capture a photo of the super moon tonight? Feel free to email me your photos and I'll post them in a post for everyone to see. :) 

I thought I would share with all of you one of the most funny things I have ever seen.

If you grew up in the 90's like I did then you might be able to appreciate the humor in this picture. Happy May Day Everyone!