The big 29!

I love him dearly...my best friend can still make me laugh, keep me interested in life and loves me back! Here's a little photo tribute to him. (10/1)

Happy Birthday to my Dad and Father in Law

This week is my dad's birthday and my father-in-law's birthday. Wednesday and Thursday. Here is a little photo tribute to them. What wonderful fathers we were blessed with. Happy birthday dad and Lucky!

My dad: September 26

Travis' Dad: September 27

What happens when...

1. You have the most imaginative 5 year old boy and...

2. He thinks he might get thirsty at school so he packs in his backpack...

a ziplock bag full of water
(yes this is a ziplock bag full of water - recreated for the benefit of the blog reader)

Everything his teacher sent home was ruined...

Even though I told him last night that he could fill the bag with water only if he kept it in the sink....today he said he just forgot.

The joys of parenting!

I wouldn't trade it!

Way too entertaining!

Panda's

Why, do you think, is Panda Express so good? I have no idea why I am creating a blog about this, but I am currently craving their orange chicken...sad thing is - I live 10 + miles from the nearest one and I have 3 kids to drag along if I went.....Oh, don't you fret though, I have teamed up with my fantastic older sister and we are using teamwork to create Panda Express for our Thursday night dinner! Wahoo! I am sure you are all so happy for me...except Scottie who for some unheard of reason doesn't LOVE it like normal people. oh well. Off I go to eat some yummy fake Chinese food!

Diaper Bliss

She's a big girl now!

Gwennie has conquered the toilet! What's the big deal you say? Well, let me just tell you that changing one person's diapers for the day rather than 2 is a huge burden lifted.....ahhh just sit back and enjoy the blissful moment of happiness.

Hawaii

We just returned from a fantastic vacation (just Travis and I) to Maui Hawaii. It's nice to know that after 8 years and without our children around we still have things to talk about and we are still in love! What a fantastic man I married!

A quick overview:

*We took a submarine ride - saw lots of fish very cool!
*Went on a dinner cruise and watched a Maui sunset
*Lots of walks on the beach looking at sand crabs! (they are fast little suckers!)
*Flew to O'hau for the day and did Pearl Harbor : very sobering - every American should do it
*Took naps
*Ate at great restaurants like Ruth's Chris - with that comes a funny story....
So we are eating our fantastic steaks - (Ruth's Chris is a spendy GREAT steakhouse!) and another party of 7 enters asking if the menu is the same as Waikiki and Honolulu - they are thrilled to be there...and yet, 5 out of the 7 of the party ordered the macaroni and cheese....I about fell off my chair and later when we asked the waiter, he was a little perturbed as well....the moral of this story is - don't go to a upscale steakhouse where you should order a steak, and order macaroni and cheese.
*Drove the road to Hana and took a hike and watched people swimming in pools that came from waterfalls.
*Didn't talk about work - and we turned our phones off!

Submarine Ride

Hana Hike

Dinner Cruise @ Sunset





Honolulu - Submarine next to Pearl Harbor