Labor Day weekend is coming up which unofficially marks the end of summer (nevermind that me and all three of the kids are already back in school) and since Memorial Day we have had many blogworthy life events (not the least of which was my 40th birthday - gag) and yet...I've only blogged about the garden at my dad's house. {sigh}
Well, I promise to make up for it.
In the meantime, the other thing I did not do this summer...lose weight. I had all these lofty goals of swimming with my kids 4 days a week and going entire days where I only ate vegetables. Psh. I was too busy not being busy. On the other hand, I had a professor at BYU (Rulon Dean Skinner) who always said if a goal isn't written down then it's a wish. Guess those were just my wishes for the summer.
Well, I'm writing my weight loss goals down now. Heaven help me. I started a blog. No, not this blog. This one is old and about my family and only for people I know/love to read. A blog with two of my girls about weight loss. We're sharing our goals, our progress, our hard times...we're sharing everything. We're a little more public over there, so we're using code names (guess who AB is?!), but I would love if you would check it out and leave comments! I need all the support I can get in this battle...and it'll give you something to read until I catch up on my family blog!
We gave Aunt Kay a lift from LAX to Santa Barbara and decided to check out the beaches. We got our exercise and toured the coast on this cool...bike. I guess you'd call it that. It was the perfect day: cool and sunny. 
Funny enough, I think our favorite part was when we drove through the Santa Barbara Cemetary on our way home. Beautiful views. My camera phone couldn't capture the beauty of this tree on the edge of the bluff with the ocean behind. Gorgeous. Not to mention the fascinating history just reading the gravestones. Is it weird that I like cemetaries?
