Haircuts

I gave all my boys haircuts the other day. Aren't they handsome?!!!

San Juan Islands

Last weekend for our anniversary Joey and I were blessed with an opportunity to head up to the San Juan Islands for a few days. It was my first time away from the boys ever, and a much needed time away with my hubby. We enjoyed ourselves a ton. The San Juan's are beautiful.


We went on a hike, on a bunch of walks, and we rented kayak's and went out around Friday Harbor. Here I am with the Ferry.

We stayed on Orcas Island, in a little place called Deer Harbor.

We also got to eat lots of yummy ice cream since the kiddos weren't with us to have to share. We don't like to share our ice cream. Joey almost chopped this guys head off!

We would highly recommend heading up to the islands, they really are great. In fact we're thinking of going every year for our anniversary. Maybe doing a little camping, or living it up in another plush resort. Thanks Mom and Dad for making this trip possible. We had way too much fun...

4 years ago today...

Happy Anniversary Love. Thanks for being so wonderful, I'm am amazed at all we've been given and blessed with, and I'm looking forward to each adventure the Lord is sure to bring our way!
I Love You!

The Fair

On Saturday we gathered the family together and headed out to the Puyallup Fair. It is the western Washington State fair. Tons of fun, good food, crazy rides, camels. Ya, they have camels. Anyway, like any good blogger I forgot the camera. So the only picture I have is this one taken when we got home.


They had free face painting there so Josiah went to have his face painted. If you can't tell its a dolphin. I was hoping he'd get something manly like a shark, or maybe a train. Well, the lady doing the face painting wouldn't really listen to me, she was really focused on Josiah and what he wanted. I tried to tell her the kid doesn't really talk yet, but she wouldn't listen. Man, what is up with these people who listen to the kids when its the parents who obviously know what their kids want?!! So anyway, when he saw the dolphin he pointed to it and said "phishey" and that's the thing she went with. He misses his "phishey" still, yesterday when I got him up he was pointing to his face saying "phishey all done?" Pretty stinkin' cute if you ask me!

While we were there Joey convinced me to go on a super crazy ride with him. Its called the slingshot and it looks a little bit like this:


Yes, I really did go on that. I actually enjoyed myself, which I wasn't expecting and I didn't get sick. Praise the Lord! Josiah and Benson stayed down below with Gramps and Grammy. Josiah started to cry when we went and sat down but as soon as we took off he was laughing at his crazy parents. I confess I had to keep my eyes closed and only opened them for just a moment. The quick peak I got was a nice one of the entire fair, but the speed at which the ground was coming toward me was a little too much for my little tummy so I shut those eyes up tight!

All in all it was a great day and we are excited about next year when the fair comes back. You'll have to come up and join us, maybe we can ride the slingshot together! :-)

What?! 13 days?!!!

I can't believe its been so long since I last posted! Time is flying, that must mean we are having fun. We have been enjoying the few sunny days we've had and celebrating birthdays. Yep, auntie Anna celebrated her 14th birthday last Wednesday. It was fun with cake and ice cream followed by a weekend get away to the beautiful Salmon La Sac.


We had so much fun, playing in the dirt


Floating down the rapids,


Getting some much needed rest,

and tossing our cares to the wind...



Really, it was a great time and I am so glad we got a chance to go out again before winter sets in. Benson had a bit of a rough time (its no wonder after we threw him around is it?!) He seems to be getting all of his teeth at once and he has no pain threshold at all, so the poor little guy just cries and cries - mostly at night. So camping wasn't his favorite thing ever, but we survived and the rest of the campsite didn't kick up out! Bonus!

Now we can start getting ready for hunting season. Joey is really excited to get to go out before we head back overseas. I've decided not to go hunting this year, after our camping trip I know the boys would just enjoy being home that much more. We'll sure miss our Daddy though! I hope its worthwhile and he brings home a HUGE buck! We're hoping and praying!!!

Nothing Like Having Too Much Fun.

Dude?!

Just a swingin'

Jumping with Dad and cousin "tomtom"

Caught on film playing in the "off limits" cupboard - naughty boys!

Playin' in the Puddles

That pretty much sums up what the past few days have held. Puddles, piles of wood, dirt, tractors and lots and lots of fun. Here are a few of the other things that have been happening, in no particular order.

-- Joey and I went on a date last night. It was lots of fun. We went and saw an exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum. The exhibit was called "Illuminating the Word". You can read about it here. I have to tell you it was my most favorite exhibit ever. I was literally moved to tears. If I get a chance I'll write another post all about that sometime.

-- Last Tuesday Joey's parents returned from overseas. It has taken a week but we are finally figuring out how to all live together again in the same house. It is great fun to have a full house and an extra blessing to be able to eat together, pray together and just be together again.

-- I was tagged by my friend Laura for this thing. I am suppose to post 7 things about myself... 1. One of my favorite things to drink is called the "Duke of Earl" - Earl Grey tea steeped in hot milk with a bit of vanilla, just plain good. 2. My right foot is almost a 1/2 size larger than my left. 3. I make homemade pizza for whoever shows up almost every Friday night. 4. I actually cry at Hallmark commercials. 5.I love American Football and I secretly hope my boys are big enough to play. 6. I am so afraid of spiders I can't even vacuum them up without screaming. 7. I am a beer snob - seriously, I'd love a beer, but it better be good :-)

-- Josiah has become Mr. Defiant lately. Every other word is "no" and often it comes with stomping his feet and looking really mad. I was hoping we would never have to go through this. It could be worse though. He could be shouting and spitting and breathing fire I suppose :-) He has also become way too cute to be punished sometimes. I can't resist his cute smile, little squinty eyes and random asian accent! (Does anyone know where that asian accent came from?)

--Benson is sitting up in bed a lot which is great, except he hasn't really learned how to get back to the lying down position. So that involves lots of tears and frustration for both of us :-) In other news I think he is going to have weird messed up teeth, it looks like his big-fatty-meat-eater teeth are coming in before any of the other top teeth - does this mean he'll look like a vampire?

-- With the return of Joey's parents came the discussion of our future plans. Some of you know that we generally switch places with them, while they are overseas we are here and when they come home well,... off we go. So, it looks like we'll be leaving sometime the beginning of November. I am really, really excited to get going, but it will be hard to leave friends and family behind. I'll keep you posted on our plans.

--Well, there are lots of other things I could tell you about, but I figure that kinda gets us back on track. Hopefully better posting from here on out. Have a great rest of the week!