Is this normal?

Is it normal to take this many pictures? I love Sunday photo shoots. All dressed up before church. Nice clear day. :)

Julianna wanted to take some of Mommy and Daddy so here's her photography showcase.

She's got a little work to do but she's got plenty of time. In her defense, that camera is pretty heavy! ;)

Run them Ragged!!

Oh yeah, we partied HARD today! We are a week early for Julianna's birthday but we have secret plans for her actual birthday weekend. Check out these pics and tell me you don't wish you were hangin' out with us!

I'm sure every one of these children are sleeping soundly tonight. They ran and ran.... and ran and ran and ran. You get the picture. We all enjoyed ourselves. MyGym does a fantastic party for kids. The best part, it was TOTALLY stress free for me. All I had to do was show up with the cupcakes. They did the rest. AWESOME! Thank you for all of our friends who came to celebrate with us today. :)

Party in my Crib!

Julianna thought it would be funny to climb in with Mason after his nap one afternoon. It was funny. It also made him realize that he could possibly climb OUT of his crib on his own. He has tried it several times but so far no success. I'm sure it's just a matter of time!

Little Bit of This...

... and a little bit of that.

Daddy and Mason opened up his new blocks that he got for his birthday.

Mason looks so cute in his hat. He won't wear it often but I love it when he does.

Does anyone recognize the movie on the TV? Despicable Me. We watch it at least once a day. We all think it's hilarious.

Silly Monkey.

Mace got his hair cut. He really likes going to the barber shop.

He sits so still and just smiles at himself in the mirror. It's so funny.

Our spoiled children love to play with their iPads. They really do make great, educational games for kids. Mason loves the Elmo ABCs game and Julianna loves one called "Teach me Kindergarten." They do sight words, math, spelling. It's a really good one.

Football season started. The kids have started wearing their Auburn gear. Because of the time difference the games come on super early in the morning. It's kind of weird for it to be on so early. On the plus side, Ike happily gets up with the kids at 6am to watch the game and I happily stay in bed and sleep. :)

Julianna is in full swing at school. She loves it. However, it's rough on little brother. I have to wake him up from his nap every day to go and pick her up at 215. I feel bad for him. Look how pitiful.

We started the ISR swim program for both of the kids. If you don't know what that is you can read about it HERE. Basically, it teaches them basic survival skills if they were every to fall in a pool or water. It goes from ages 6 months to 6 years and teaches them a swim/float/swim sequence. It's pretty amazing to see what such little kids can do after just a few weeks of training. Julianna is swimming on her own now. She is working on her confidence and learning to roll over and float when she needs to take a breath and rest. Mason had a really good lesson today. He is learning to hold his breath and go under water and reach for the side of the pool. They have both only had 3 lessons. We are off to a good start.

Mace and I were beach bums this week.

Julianna started hula today after school. She really had fun. When it was over she came out and said "I was the best hula dancer in there, Mommy." haha She is also in chorus/drama after school and they are working on their Christmas show, Jingle Bell Jukebox. :) She loves school and has made lots of new friends.

Just a little taste of our day to day around here. Our days are busy but we're all doing well.

We are happy in Hawaii!

Labor Day

We had a beautiful Labor Day at Pyramid Rock Beach. This beach is just down the street, right on base. So beautiful. Hawaii really is paradise and I love it when we get to enjoy ourselves like tourists. I don't know why we don't go to the beach everyday. Hope you all had a relaxing Labor Day weekend.