A busy busy summer

Hahaha, so I'm not doing very well on this alphabetical posting. Maybe today I will talk about B. ;-)


B is for Busy. And that is what we have been lately. We had a super fun week this last week while Jonathon's brother and his wife and their cute little baby were in town.

We wish they could have stayed the whole summer we had so much fun!!

Luckily they were blessed with some beautiful weather. I was nervous since we have had SO MUCH RAIN lately.

We were able to hit up the swap meet,

Said hi to a turtle at turtle beach

Matsumotos

Watch the sunset at sunset
Nothing like learning how to change a diaper on the beach!

The Dole Plantation






And a Beautiful afternoon at Turtle Bay!

Thanks again for everything Ammon and Kristine. You will have to send me some of your photos, and I'll send you a disk of the good ones. I wish we had taken some at Haleiwa Joe's, and the Bodoyan Temple with the Koi and birds. What else did I miss? Pizza Bobs....

Well...I hope I piqued the interest of the rest of you friends and family for a little Hawaii fun, cause we would love to see you at our front porch soon!!!!

Following My Mom's footsteps...

I've fallen off the blog bandwagon for a few weeks. I have been trying to get back into it over the past few days.

But, this month my mom took up the challenge to blog something about each letter of the alphabet. Each day, a new letter.

She is already on the letter I. But, I'll go ahead and start with A today.

A is for AWESOME! My kids are awesome. And being their mother is awe-some. Today, I was reading a friends blog. And in her "about me" section she simply stated, "My husband works for [yadda yadda] and I am a stay-at-home Mom to [my kids]." And it hit me. I am a stay-at-home Mom. That is my job. I choose each day to stay home with Eden and Tex. And they are the most important people to me. Aside from my husband of course. Because without his willingness to bring home ALL the bacon, I couldn't stay home with my awesome kids.

I have been in a funk lately. I assume it's hormonal imbalance which causes depression sometimes. Making me often feel like a failure. And I don't share any of this with you to make you feel bad for me, or worry about me. I just assume you might have noticed. So, I thought I might mention here that I am feeling a lot better lately. I am feeling a lot more mE! ;-) And today, I think my kids are AWESOME! And I am glad that is it ME who gets to stay home each day with them.

Not that you need anymore photos to prove how great my kids are, but here you go anyway! I just found these good oldies!

Lucky to have great neighbors!!!

I have been blessed with 3 awesome neighbors. They are always willing to loan me this and that, or baby-sit last minute. I've always wanted to have a little get-together with the mom's. You would think we hang out every day...but we all have our different schedules.

But, today we girls pulled off a little suprise party for Isa. She is having a birthday this week. We kept it small. Small meaning 4 mom's plus 8 kids and 2 extra's that Isa baby-sits.

Isa is an amazing friend and mother. She is litterally the kind of person to give you the shirt off her back, key to her house, even the last bite of her ice-cream. Definately the sweetest person I know. And today we were able to celebrate her!!

It was great to have everyone together, the kids running about, and enjoying the fruits of my organizing labors. I couldn't believe my yard could hold all 14 of us and keep the kids safe and entertained!

From waht I heard...the food was delicious! (I'm finishing up my juice diet today, so no pizza for me.) But, I found a delicious pizza bite recipe off this AMAZING food blog. ourbestbites.blogspot.com Do yourself a favor...go there NOW! ;-)...well, after you look at the pictures of course.

Happy Birthday Isa! Thanks for being such a great friend. I am so lucky to have you as a neighbor. Please never leave!