My picture-taking abilities

May. really? That was my last post?

Here's the kicker. I want to post. I really do. But I always think I will only post once I get the pictures uploaded. but...

I HATE posting pictures on my blog. Not because I have some weird privacy issue, but because you have to get out the cord, get out the camara, wait for it to load, upload the picture into the blog, only to realize that it messes up all of your text and you have to go back and fix everything. And I don't even like taking pictures in the first place.

So, until I get the motivation, you're going to have to create mental images of my summer in your head. I'll give you key words:

Hawaii Trip.

Picture one: a hotter version of Tom Cruise, bamboo forrest, me kissing the hotter version of Tom Cruise

Picture two: sunset, beautiful boat on ocean, drunken shirtless man sitting on the side

Other exciting summer pictures:

Picture three: my grandma garden. So named for the floral tablecloth, assortment of mixed pots, and the pansies

Picture four: little Dalen at the waterfall in Utah

Picture five: the new car we got. Alex with a look of pure happiness.

And I honestly think that's all of the pictures we took this summer. I don't know. I need to look through my camera and maybe it would surprise me.

Another reason for me not posting: This summer has been a mix. We've had really, really good times (Hawaii, Family Re-FLU-union, my hot husband, etc). And then we've been thrown some unexpected curve balls this summer. The curve balls that come around and slug you in the gut a couple of times. Most of the time, I feel like life just flat-lines. Not this summer. Ups and downs. A growth spurt, I suppose.

I have read a lot of biographies where people pinpoint periods or years in their life, when looking back they say "that was bad." Not that I am ungrateful for the good times in Summer 2011, but "that was bad." I am grateful for the lessons I've learned, and how much I have changed in such a short period of time. But Alex and I agree, and we are SO happy to say hello to Fall 2011.