30 June 2012

. . . plan "b" . . .

. . . good thing we're flexible . . . 
. . . plan "a" was to head 
to the beach . . . 
. . . juggling four children, 
beach towels, 
toys,
 chairs, 
drinks, 
and snacks 
proved a bit much . . . 
. . . something had to give . . . 
. . . unfortunately, it was 
the car/apartment keys . . . 
. . . did you know 
there's a two or three inch gap
 between solid ground 
and the inside of an elevator? . . . 
. . . yep ~ a black hole 
just big enough 
for keys to fit through . . . 
. . . if you've either got great aim,
 or you're super unlucky . . . 
. . . amber's gotten 
a great tan living in cali, 
but her face went completely white
 when the keys
fell down the shaft . . . 
. . . bless her heart . . . 
. . . a couple of hours later, 
the keys were safely returned ~
 albeit with a ring that was 
quite bent out of shape . . . 
. . . apparently, this happens 
all the time . . . 
{according to management} 
. . . at that point, 
we decided to head 
to the pool instead . . . 
. . . one of several lovely facilities
 in the complex . . . 
. . . it oughta be lovely . . . 
. . . a two bedroom apartment 
 rents for three thousand dollars 
per month . . .
. . . holy california, batman! . . .  


. . . i especially love 
the magnolia trees . . . 
. . . see them 
in the background? . . . 
. . . white blooms the size 
of dinner plates . . .

. . . the kids were good sports . . . 
. . . they played together
 and with every other kid 
who entered the water . . .
. . . their philosophy? . . . 
. . . what's your water toy 
is my water toy . . . 
. . . it worked surprisingly well . . . 

 . . . addi and tate . . . 

 . . . halleigh and tagg . . . 


. . . i've always felt like 
the good thing 
about summer swimming 
is it keeps the kids 
relatively clean
 and completely worn out . . . 
. . . not to mention 
ravenously hungry . . . 
. . .  nonstop
 snacksnacksnacksnacks . . . 

. . . grampa got a little hungry 
just watching 
from the sidelines . . . 
. . . but he had a hard time 
reading the el torito menu 
on his iPhone . . .
. . . my glasses helped . . . 


. . . he looks good in cheetah . . .
. . . don't you think? . . . 


5 comments:

Carol said...

OMG who knew keys could fall so easily down the shaft...YIKES! What Fun! What fun at the pool. $3000 rent...OMG! Hubby looks very cute with his(LOL) cheetah glasses :)

Anonymous said...

I dropped my keys down the elevator shaft when I was at college - my room key & car keys, on a Friday or saturday night... had to wait until Monday til the maintenance men came in to retrieve them... thankfully the dorm desk always has a spare...


Amy in TP ward..

Bill said...

I didn't know you took that picture, let alone posted it to your blog. Is that legal?

chris+amber said...

I still get sick every time I think about the elevator episode and how much our apartment really costs. I'm so glad to know it IS possible to have your keys retrieved (even though I only take the stairs now). And we lucked out by only having to pay less than a sixth of the rent for our apartment!

chris+amber said...

PS. Dad can rock any look! ;o)