Webb Space: Did I forget anything?

I once had a nursing supervisor say, in frustration to push back that she was receiving about a new charting request,

"If you didn't write it down, it didn't happen!"

While this may be a good guideline for medical documentation, I find that this notion seriously gets in the way of my blogging. I feel like I have to write EVERYTHING down. Why? So that I can one day prove that I did indeed take my kids to the splash park?

Obviously, I can't come close to writing about everything that happens, and let's face it--no one, especially me, wants to read that novel. Yet, I have a really hard time finding a balance between writing about the facts of life (which is all my nursing instincts tell me I am supposed to write about), and sharing more intimate thoughts and feelings (which, when I read later, I always think sound ridiculously dumb and boring anyway). So, I try to compensate for my lack of ability to write by taking lots of pictures which effort succeeds in severely annoying Joe, and frustrates me further when I look at the poor quality images I have created that are supposed to tell the story of my life.

So here I am rambling away--wondering exactly what I should write about. I do know that I would love to read a compilation of my mother's thoughts and feelings when she was my age, so I am trying to expand what I write about, even at the risk of reading this later and thinking myself a moron.

On that note, I am going to write more about the facts of our lives this summer. The kids and I have continued to have a rockin' fun summer. There are just so many fun things to do in Seattle. Poor Joe is not having quite as much fun, but every once in awhile he does get to play with us.

Here are some highlights from the last few weeks:

More berry picking at Harvolds. Vanilla ice cream, heaps of raspberries, chocolate chips. Seriously heaven. I am going back again because I want to gluttonously eat more raspberries.
Newcastle beach--probably my favorite beach park yet and I finally got to swim
Festival at the Center for Wooden Boats and sailing on Lake Union in a 118 year old (I think) fishing boat.
Fourth of July festivities including small town parade, BBQ with family, and 3 firework shows across Lake Washington
Discovery Park playground and lighthouse
Visit to the LDS Seattle temple grounds with my kiddos
Olympic Sculpture Park and the waterfront. Yummy fish and chips although nothing compares to Malibu Seafood. Malibu Seafood I miss you.
Widbey Island, Ebbey's Landing Hike, and deception pass. BEAUTIFUL. More about this later.
Crossroads Splash Park and Lake Union Splash pad
Seattle Premium Outlets. Okay, so I spent more on gas than on stuff and didn't even get to shop for my own clothes because I was looking for a dumb sunhat (which I never found) but whatev
Freemont and the "con-troll". More about this later too.
More time at Magnuson Park which is still our go-to on days when we don't have anything else going on
Chinafest. Best food: Mango tart. Worst food: Curry fish balls. I accidentally spit them out when my friend said they were made of fish testicles (they're not) but he did surprise me and they didn't really taste all that great anyway.
Greenlake park and Volunteer park. I really like both of these parks.
Wallingford Park
Maggie is finally potty trained. WHAT? I know! That is the biggest highlight of all.

Well, that is all that is coming to mind right now. Plus I need to go wake up Maggie so that we can go have a picnic dinner and a dip in the lake.

Maggie's "Robot House" She was playing with Jane the Pink Robot (the girl whose voice first inspired the robot and who apparently also inspired a drift wood robot house)