My Little Artists

With this great weather, we moved the painting easel outside, so I wouldn't stress out about the mess. The kids were so excited and blew through the paper and paint like crazy. I have a stack of about 50 paintings that I have no idea what to do with. These pictures, in Matthew's words, are "Me and Daddy riding on a giraffe." and, "Me and Daddy and a beanstalk and a sun."

Summer Heat

With record temps around here, we've had to get creative to find ways to stay comfortable and of course, entertained. We went through hundreds of popsicles during the last few weeks, even found a local place that sold REAL Hawaiian Shave Ice and visited our friends who live on the beach. It's in the distance, but here is a picture of Matthew's first fishing trip with our friend, Mike. They were out in the canoe for over 2 hours on the 100+ degree day. Best place to be, probably.

Seaside

Summer!!

Happy Birthday Matthew!

We celebrated Matthew's 4th birthday this month with a visit to the library, out for pizza and bowling, home for naps, out again for a mexican dinner and home again for Rocket cake with the grandparents. It was a great day and we just can't believe how big he is getting. Matthew can now write the whole alphabet, write the grocery list for me and his drawings of people and elephants are getting more and more recognizable. Happy Birthday Matt!!!!

Winter 08/09

Winter 08/09

Well it has been much too long since I have updated this. We had a ton of snow, a great Christmas, Grace's birthday, my birthday and now it's almost time for GLOW camp again! Here are just a few pictures of the fun times we have had this winter.

Christmas Tree hunt

We went out the day after Thanksgiving to get our tree, and it only took about 3 minutes before we found it! Here is also a picture of Grace wearing my dress from my childhood. She loves it and I think it's slightly out of style, but she can probably get away with it being her Christmas dress this year.

Hawaii

The kids and I left poor Clint behind as we set out for a Hawaiian adventure. Actually, the adventure was more during the airports, layovers and long flights to get there. Somehow we made it and had a wonderful week with grandma, great-grandparents, my aunt, 2 uncles and 2 little cousins. The kids fell in love with Hawaii and did not want to come back home. Can you blame them? Matthew learned to swim on his own and Grace thought she was a real-life Hula Princess. They experienced shave ice for the first time which was a big hit with everyone. Also, Matthew and I had a few "smoothie" dates down at the Kona Inn while my mom drove Grace around for a nap in the air-conditioned car. Me with a lava flow, Matt with a strawberry-banana something. Mmmmmm!!! We can't wait to go back and bring Clint next time!

Mr. Potato Head Pumpkins

This year, we tried something new and easy. Mr. Potato Pumpkins!! What a concept. It took about 10 minutes and the kids loved it. Super easy, no mess and it gives the pumpkins quite a personality. Matthew made a pirate and Grace made a princess. I think we'll save carving until they get a little older!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween starting out with a party at Matthew's preschool where Grace could come to and participate. Did she ever like that! The two of them shaved pumpkins, got their noses painted, fished for candy and did many rounds on the cakewalk. Matthew finally won a plate of cookies. Later in the day, we headed to another party for more games, more candy, more pizza and tons of fun!! It was a great day for the Dragosaurus and Piglet.

4 things

I've been tagged by my friend, Sarah, so here goes:

4 things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Sophomore year at SPU, Jen and I had moved across the hall from 666 to 665. Good times.

2. Switched my major from pre-physical therapy to nutrition, after finding out that there was in fact a major that included cooking food, eating food and talking about food.

3. Leading Young Life Open Door, a ministry for teens with disabilities.

4. Ordering Pizza Hut, putting it straight in our mini-fridge at lunch so we could eat it cold at dinner while watching Growing Pains on the futon.

4 things on my to-do list for today:

1. It's now 11:10 pm, so let's go with tomorrow's list......sleep in past 7 am on a saturday.

2. See a new client and get her to make a 2nd appointment with me.

3. Clean the house, does it ever end?

4. Have tons of fun with the Iyer's who are coming down for dinner!

4 random things I love about my husband:

1. He makes me a piping hot white chocolate mocha every morning. Best barista in town!

2. He won't buy anthying without a coupon or if it isn't found on Ebay. The bargain thing gets annoying at times, but has saved us oodles.

3. He's the hardest worker I know. He has a side job where he is paid hourly and let me tell you those people are getting their money's worth for an hour of Clint's work.

4. The kids adore him.

4 jobs I have had:

1. The REX center at SPU. Basically paid to do homework and rotate CD's.

2. Hostess at Anthony's restaurant after college graduation. A little embarassing, but I was biding my time before moving to Hawaii.

3. Public Health Nutritionist II, whatever that means. Traveled to WIC clinics on Oahu to provide nutrition ed to pregnant mammas.

4. Registered Dietitian, now in private practice, it's the best!

4 movies I have watched more than once:

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

2. While you were sleeping

3. You've got mail

4. The Secret Garden

4 places I have lived:

1. Gig Harbor

2. Seattle

3. Pearl Harbor

4. Fox Island

4 places I have been:

1. Desolation Sound and Gulf Islands, beautiful scenery and fresh air!

2. Kona on the Big Island, 7 going on 8 times

3. Laguna Beach

4. Newport Rhode Island, 6 weeks in the Navy Lodge in the dead of winter

4 TV shows I watch:

1. The Office

2. Sportscenter

3. Curious George

4. Super Why (great, now the song is stuck in my head!! a-a-a, wonderific, you're terrific, a-a-a, aaaahhhhhh!!! Get out of my head now!)

4 things you may not know about me:

1. I remember everything. Don't think I'm stalking you, I just remember, ok?

2. I lit my first and only match at age 19 under extreme peer pressure on Vashon Island. I now use only the long handled thingys for lighting candles.

3. I've completed 2 half marathons, 1 triathlon, and 1 marathon in my day.

4. The sound of finger nails clicking together drives my ears nuts!!! Actually, lots of things like that drive my ears nuts, so try not to do it around me. JK.

4 people I tag:

1. Meg-0

2. Allison

3. L Sax or L Pep, you know who you are!

4. Andrea Moran - you're married now, time to start a blog!!

Happy Birthday Clint!

Clint celebrated the big 3-0 yesterday, and we had a mexican fiesta with family and friends the night before. It was a fun evening and as you can see, the kids got a little crazy as the night went on....Hmmmm, where do they get their craziness from?? I just don't know!

Pumpkin Patch

While I was busy being a bridesmaid a few weekends ago, Clint took the kids to the pumpkin patch. They had a fun time hauling pumpkins to the car in a wagon and feeding the goats.