life isn't fair

out of all the quotes my mom repeated year after year, the one i remember most vividly is this:

life isn't fair.

i was up almost all night last night thinking about this. aren't those nights the worst?
sorry to be a downer, but sometimes life just stinks.

to end cheerfully- here are some recent photos of our real life (because family photos just make us look too darn perfect):

 rodney found the washing machine yesterday.

 fascinating!

 i chaperoned lucy's reading swim party