I'm coming back....

I'm BACK BABY.....Well at least for today....I have been ...shall we say just a little bit busy lately! Need I rundown a list of all my tasks as wife to a coach/teacher and mother to 4 BOYS?!?!?! I think not!

But I have missed the blogging world and writing the crazy stories that are really everyday moments for us at the Canfield house! Oh the DRAMA!!!!

Our house is finally completed from the remodel. Everything they say about living in the home while its being remodeled is true....its a nightmare.....but now our home is SO beautiful! It was a blessing and now that its over I can hardly remember not seeing my kitchen table, ...or wait... for that matter any of the walls....everything from the rooms being remodeled was stacked around us in every available space...which is not much considering the house is only 1664 sq ft to begin with....EVERYTHING from the kitchen and living area and master bathroom was stacked in our dining room, the stuff from Tate's room was also divided between dining room and other boys room which is already full with 2 boys belongings. I can't even begin to describe how crazy it was...you can only get the real picture if you came by while it was going on....I had a friend who knew all of it was happening, I had described the disaster to her but when she came over to see me one day she said...

"You didn't tell me it was this bad!"

LOL....Oh yes I did, but you just can't give the adequate words to describe it so people undestand. If you have remodeled your house mainly the kitchen ...then you understand!!! Not cooking for over 2 months, and even if I could have gotten to the stove I didn't have a clue where anything was...bowl, spatula, can opener....

After the house was completed we thought we needed to take on a new project ...we had our floors painted....thats right.....the floors! Not that painted concrete either, we just went straight for something new!!! Painted carpet! After we completed the remodel of our home our living room and Tate's room have new carpet but not the other two bedrooms....so why not try something new......and here is the master mind and designer of that project

Now here is the crazy part...this happened twice in one day. FYI if Tate is left to himself for more than ... oh...say 1 minute he finds something to destroy!!! So he had already been discovered with polish about 10 mintues prior, and somehow he managed to paint his entire leg without getting even one drop on the carpet. I guess he felt like a failure to all busy 2 year old toddlers out there, so to save his reputation he went back and managed to complete the task.

After a week the polish is still on his nail, I cannot get that red off completley!

New photography blog

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! Life is crazy and becoming more so each day! I did want to give you my photography blog address..>I tend to update that a little more because it requires less wording and thought. Just a few pictures from recent sessions or my playing and letting out my artistic side!

http://photography-by-ashleycanfield.blogspot.com/

Anyway...check it out sometime and give me feedback!

Prayers.....

Please be praying for David's family. His grandfather passed away this morning. We knew it was coming soon, they have had time to prepare, as much as one can prepare the loss of a loved one. He lost his wife earlier in the year and they both knew the Lord, so we are mourning and rejoicing together.

David and I will be making plans to head to Oregon this week, the boys will stay with our dear friends. I have never been to Oregon and I am very excited about seeing David's beloved home but I was hoping to go for the first time on a more joyous occasion. Please pray for the family as well as our safety and for our boys while we are away!

Bon Voyage part 3 ~ COZUMEL

COZUMEL....beautiful Cozumel! The highlight of the trip. It was amazingly beautiful and HOT! We rented a moped and drove around the entire island beach hopping ...it was GRAND!!!

Here is me waiting for David to take the picture....come on already!! LOL

I was SO irritated because it was FREEZING cold inside the ship and humid HOT outside my camera experienced SMOG for a few hours after we disembarked......neeedless to say I missed countless pics because I couldn't even see out of the lens. This one was the best and I had to edit it to see this much! I was SO sad!

Our first stop was a little weird, it was a Jamaican bar. Never thought we would find a Jamaican bar in Mexico. David played in the water until his feet could take it no longer, it was a very rocky beach. But the beauty of that was ..well the beauty...because of the rock you see in teh next few pictures it was breathtakingly beautiful! When we walked up that large rocky place there were holes where the water was spraying up like blowholes. Really amazing!!!



This is "us" walking hand in hand" pretty cool it was hard to get with a 50mm since it was so close but it turned out pretty well!

Here I am on the rocky place next to the blowholes....and let me say the camera was set for David so really he just had to click the button, but kudos anyway!

After our first "rocky" experience, pun intended....we set off to find our nesxt stop! I know some of it looks very much the same to you all, but really as you drove around each section of the beach had something new to offer...so bear with me. We stopped at this beautiful cove because theh water was so blue and the different shades were amazing. And there was a little tent shop where we walked up and a local seller said,

"Hey can I offer chu one of our leetle feegures, gut price...for you...." All said in his unmistakable accent. We did not want any feegureenes, especially since they were REALLY risque...actually Rated R for clay! Terrible!!! Anway, we did want a hammock but they were asking $50, we said no thanks and jumped on our moped to head away when of course he said "how much you pay? We give good price" We told him $25, he said no and walked away but when we started the engine he came back and gave us the deal.....GREAT until we later bought an even nicer one for $15...so much for bartering!

This was our ALL TIME FAVORITE spot the entire trip! It was the most beautiful crystal clear water, and it was in a cove where you could just swim of wade, or lay out on the beach. There were a few people there but not many. Some were snorkeling....

We had a great time here until I looked over, I wasn't too shocked to see a girl laying out on her stomach with her bikini straps untied, very normal even for here. I got in the water with David and we splashed and got some pics and then I went to put the camera in my bag and nearly tripped and fell face forward or caught a fly for my mouth was hangning wide open in shock that the woman as spoken of before had now rolled over to her back but had not bothered to tie on her top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH Does she even realize there are husbands, young boys ...for crying out loud I DO NOT want to see that!!!!! I ran back and was like...."David you cannot go back over there.....if you need something I will get it." He was as shocked as I was and more than willing to stay put!

Despite the shock we did have a great time at this spot, we ended up combing the beach when we realized all of the sand was made up of teeny tiny shells. They were so small you had to get down on your hands and knees to even see what they were. But we collected TONS and in perfect condition, well as perfect as we could tell since they were so tiny. We brought them home for the boys to look at!

Goodbye beautiful cove.....GOOD RIDDANCE no morality....LOL



Here we are cruising on our moped. Sorry these are the best pics I have to offer, we never stopped to get a pic of us riding it! I probably would not have trusted anyone anyway since I took my professional camera....

Here we made our 3rd stop. By this time we are starving so we found a restaurant on the beach and stopped for more sand, water and food! We had fajitas and COKE of course because that is all they have there.

Here I am stuffing my face....Hey I was starving!


We were serenaded...of course we had to give them a tip....

These were taken as David drove us further around the beach!

This is one of my favorite pictures, I took as we drove through the town. I loved the two local ladies driving with a child in between. Priceless moment!