Tunnels

In Yosemite there are a fair amount of tunnels leading through the famous stone giants. Today the following conversation took place. Keep in mind, we had been through many tunnels at this point.

Becca: Man it seems darker in here today

Bethany: Well, you do have your sunglasses on

Ba dum ch

Children

It’s a pretty normal thing for girls, especially women of our age, to contemplate the number of children we would like to have. I think this is fair since we are the ones who will be bearing the children. This topic of conversation came about because of Trip and Jess’s (leaders of the Soma expression) four delightful daughters. With four youngsters in the house, things are always exciting from handfuls of dried strawberries that were meant to be shared with neighbors but instead are incriminating evidence on red hands and lips to captured butterflies who are woeful to be temporarily stored in wine glasses to incessant motion and question asking, it was necessary for us to discuss how many children we thought we wanted to have as we contemplate living a lifestyle similar to these folks. Nevermind that our future children’s fathers probably deserve input in the matter, it is always best to be prepared.

Bethany decided that her maximum limit was definitely a number smaller than four, unless they were spaced a little further out than Trip and Jess’s children. Becca on the other hand, has increased her number each time the topic has come up. From three-four to definitely four to four-five.

This is yet, again, another reflection of our differences in personality. Now that we’ve publicized this, the fates may have it that Beth will have the five children while Becca has only two. However, where we find common ground is that we both want our homes to be places of hospitality where our children, family, friends, and strangers the Lord leads across our paths always find that there is welcome room at the table for one more. 

Amount of Times

Amount of times Green Rocket has been stalled: Bethany 9, Becca 3…total:12

-       twice getting on a traffic-jammed LA highway

-       three times trying to turn around on a narrow forest road in Yosemite

Amount of things we’ve left places: 9

1.     Becca’s wedding dress left in Salem

2.     Milk left in San Francisco

3.     Ice Packs also left in San Francisco

4.     Becca’s Pillow left…she can’t remember, she’s obviously not attached

5.     Bethany’s floss, left in Culver City

6.     Becca’s Razor left with Aunt Deb and Uncle John

7.     Becca’s wedding card and present for Lindsay…probably eaten by the disaster that has become the Green Rocket

Becca is obviously more forgetful than Bethany.

Things Bethany was obsessed with throughout the trip: NOT drinking LA water, packing the cartop carrier, using the e-break while starting the Green Rocket on any kind of hill.

Things Becca was obsessed with the last day in Yosemite: licking the silverware clean so as not to have to wash it.

Things that occasionally presented a problem:

-       How are we going to keep our food cold?

-       Why is the black suitcase always in the way?

-       What clothing items do we need to bring in so that we don’t have to haul in our 9 bags?

-       How do we close the car top carrier without breaking it again?

-       What can we make for meals besides peanut butter and jelly?

-       How can we plan our trips to the water source/bathroom in Yosemite so that our sore legs don’t have to climb the huge hill any more than absolutely necessary?