So, you know how somebody was given my blog address and I didn't want them reading...well I have decided to make a new blog hopefully to bypass them. Does that make sense? This one would be public again (so all you google readers will have an easier time :0) I am super creative, and as you will see...my new blog looks exactly the same. Maybe a little more streamlined. Neat and tidy is good.
New blog: http://confessionsofaredheadheather.blogspot.com/

I reserve the right to pull the plug at anytime and go back to just plain old Confessions of a Redhead. Just saying.

a rose by any other name

Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure. I took the flower pictures at a rose garden in Seattle. I'm kind of a sucker for the rose gardens these days. I planted two roses this year, and they don't look nearly as pretty. All three plants are different, hard to tell but true, I guess you can tell the kind I like. I do have a closet full of green shirts, too.

The other pictures are from the park last night. We were having a little family fun night. I had gotten home earlier in the day from my lovely trip to San Francisco. So fun so fun. Lots of eating, walking, cab/trolley riding, shopping, laughing, site seeing, picture taking, and talking. Look at Jane's blog and Sarah's blog to see pictures. They are professional photographers, so I didn't feel the need to bring my camera. Now, to make dinner. I liked it better when we just ate at restaurants all the time.

catch up

It's been forever since I've blogged. Quick catch up, we went to Seattle for the second weekend in a row after my last post. (to pick the kids up from airport) We played again the whole weekend and had a great time. That's a fun city. I must admit, I think Portland/Camas area are equally beautiful, but Seattle is a fun place to hang. The homeless population seemed to be heavier there. I saw a man actually eat out of a garbage can. Sad. The kids saw it too, and were quite puzzled that someone would get so down and dirty with a garbage looking for food. Hunter and Hannah had a great time in Houston visiting friends. Hunter came back really wanting to move back there. I was afraid that would happen. But all is well now. He is off at Scout Camp as I type. Hannah had a great time, too.

One day last week, a neighbor and I took the kids down to Portland for a day of fun. We hit a water "feature"... not a park a "feature"...it was fun and Hope got a real kick out of changing into her swim suit and hitting the water. We did lunch downtown and it was cool. There is this 2 block area, where there are all these food booths set up. My friend had (she just moved here from San Diego so she was reading up on the area) read something about these booths and how they are supposed to be really good. We were not disappointed. Yum! It was there, that a man stopped us and wanted to know if we were Mormon or Catholic. Mormon!! He was nice enough...and we chatted for about 5 minutes until he got kind of weird. After our day of eating and shopping and walking and playing...we hit Voodoo Donuts. That was certainly an experience. Good donuts! They have crazy crazy toppings. Look at the menu. :)

The weather has been great here. We set record highs for about a week. Now it's back to more normal temps. Lovin' that. I have completed the school supply back to school shopping. I'm slowly working on clothes. Tomorrow I head to San Fran for the Second Annual Girls Weekend. In fact, I must go pack.