30 April 2013

still here... (and a photo shoot with c-money)

a trip to the farmer's market the other day.  my kids were HUGE fans.  we had to go back again this week.  they LOVED the sea asparagus (on the right)...  ate the whole container.  they didn't like the sea asparagus salsa (left) quite as much...  oh well!

chris loves apples.  

the whole thing...

oh, and playing "peek a boo"!!

silly face...

nom nom nom...

sweet baby boy!

he loves putting on sun glasses...

and climbing.

and waving.  especially when he's tired.  he will wave to get you to leave so he can go to bed.  so cute!!

oh, and eating.  gotta keep up with his heavy appetite.  cause he's so stinking busy!

we have been around.  i just couldn't find the cord to download pics.  cause i put it in a different spot every time.  i finally had to find a new one (who knew, i had an extra???).



25 April 2013

the few...

my birthday date with david.  we went to dinner and a movie!!
this poor boy... was so afraid i was going to take his waffles that he grabbed all the bites left and squished them in his hand so that he could be guaranteed to have them!!

we are dogsitting.  and he LOVES the dog.  it's the first word he says when he gets up (as soon as he remembers we "have" a dog).  it's "gog".  and he's just lucky that the sweet dog hasn't bitten him yet.  i have TRIED to keep him away from the dog.  or discipline for his "petting" the dog.  but he LOVES that dog!  



24 April 2013

some running...



it's a good thing i take my pirate running with me...

my favorite run.  love this view!!!  

my sweet baby boy...  

sweet face.  i love him!

i have been running a lot more, since we aren't having boot camp.  my friend and i also got a sitter, so we can still spend an hour working out intensely.  she's a great running (i.e. scholarship in college to run).  needless to say, i have had some great running times this week!  it's been fun to see such a difference!

my kids...  nora is amazing.  she's emotional.  and smart.  and a great reader.  and so in tune to what is going on.  a huge help.  and she gets what's going on.  after my birthday, she wanted to make sure that i had a good day.  it was so precious.  

and james.  he's a second child.  he needs good attention.  he LOVES his legos.  he's so much fun.  and just when he pushes me to my limits, he looks at me and says, "mommy, i love you".  

chris.  he's a ham.  he has this awesome fake cough.  it's so funny!  and he loves to give kisses.  we are dogsitting this week, and he now says "dog".  and LOVES this dog.  it's been so fun to watch!  and when i put him to bed, i give him his paci.  then take it away and ask for "mommy kisses".  tonight, he took out his paci and gave me kisses.  so much fun to lay with me!!

22 April 2013

hau oli la hanau to me...



april 22, 2005.  the night i told david that i loved him back.  

april 2006...  camping on catalina island.


april 22, 2009.  trying to get a good pic in...  la jolla beach, ca

i have had some good birthdays in my life.  some really good ones.  

i think, i have had 3 surprise parties thrown for me.  and i really love birthdays.  i love making big deals.  and it's so fun when it's made about me!!  i was looking at some old pics the other day and realized that i am getting older.  it was obvious when i really looked at these pics.  and i am (mostly) okay with that.  i am loving where i am in life!

and, i went on a run today with a dear friend, and it was my BEST. RUN. TIME. EVER.!!!  only 2 miles, but less than 18 mins.  both miles were 8+min miles.  i am so excited about that!  i had just told someone the other day that my goal was 9 min miles...  and this was less!

then, we went to the beach.  and then to lunch.  and i have just felt so loved and celebrated.  i am so thankful for family and ohana near and far that make that special.  and to remember that i am loved.  not only by a lot of people on earth, but mostly by my Heavenly Father.  

sometimes it's easy to feel like i am not worthy.  or failing.  and it's days like this that remind me that i am the hardest on the girl i see in the mirror!  and she deserves a break....

17 April 2013

wednesday... and what was worn!

a dress we made for a friend... 

what i wore a few years back...  aren't we... something?

see how i am being pulled out of the bathroom?

it's a new dress from target!

trying to decide if i liked it.  i wore a white braided rope belt (from j. crew, like 10 years ago) with it!

my boy...  a hand me down gymboree shirt...

he wore the shirt he painted at living art marine center...

ironically, this was our last boot camp morning...  it was the day after boot camp had been put on hold indefinitely.  and we were told to wear red and black.  he had no idea, but this is what he picked out for the day!!!

my future futbol player?  

we tried to watch daddy's ship pull in today.  but we missed it.  i had the time wrong.  so, we had a hot, long walk on the water.  and stopped for some ice cream.  



16 April 2013

pineapple fields forever...

cause that's what you'll feel like after this post!!!  

remember jamey's field trip a few weeks ago...  finally the pictures are downloaded!!!
getting ready to start our pineapple express tour...

back up to a quick breakfast on the north shore... kono's if you are in the neighborhood.  and, we ran into friends, so we got to join them!  (also, btw- let jamey have a GLUTEN waffle...  he was a different child that day.  and i have backup.  c had been spending a few days with us, and she witnessed it with her own eyes!!  so, back to the gluten free for him..)

mmm.  red dirt!  

pineapple fields.  and, in case you haven't ever seen it, the pineapples grow on top of those plants.  so different than how i pictured it!

miss c and jamey...

sweet baby c fell asleep as soon asa the train ride started!

it was a slightly overcast, and a bit chilly, of a morning, but loved seeing the mountains in the distance!

and the plans in the foreground!

j was a little chilly...  he buried his head in miss c!!

more on the pineapple plantation...

my silly pineapple and me!

the four of us...

aren't we cute.... and total tourists???

c slept through all the dole whip, too!  
(and jamey didn't like it... sad for mommy who had to eat it!!!)

i finished two daddy deployment quilts tonight.  so fun to see them done... sad that it means another daddy is leaving.  

did you know that april is the month of the military child?  did you know that nora has lived in 5 houses, moved states three times, and is not even 6?  kind of amazing the things we put our kids through.  NOT complaining.  i love our life.  but it's hard for kids to adapt to, sometimes.  they do a good job!!!  they adjust to daddy coming home every night, and then not coming home for nights on end.  to moves or their friends moving.  to all that being a military "brat" entails.  

and they "endure" living in hawaii.  and security in the fact that daddy has a good, well paying job.  and we have health care.  decent health care.  and, thankfully, i get to be around for them.  

anyway...  daddies are getting ready to leave again.  not ours yet.  but our time will come.  so, while we have our daddy, we support those who don't.  

14 April 2013

our race...

the hubs and me... just before our race.  not either of our best pics!

running with a friend...

getting ready to start... there were a crazy amount of people!  (over 10,000....)

waiting...

post race...

the timer gadget thing.  and my last day with those shoes!

running towards the uss missouri!

my splits...  the last half mile was all uphill... fun times!  mile 4 was where i hit a wall...

total pace/route/etc.

we ran with our friends.  their son fell out of a second story window 2 years ago.  they do this race in his memory and to raise awareness for window safety.  and to remind us to hug our children a little tighter tonight.  we loved being able to support them.