Hawaii

Jord and I just spent eight Tate-less days with his family in Oahu...and it was fabulous! I missed my Tater, but it was so great to get away and not have a 2 year old whining and clinging to me the whole time. And he had much more fun anyway staying here with my mom and Meg all week--he had lots of people to play with!

We did everything from cliff jumping, snorkeling, and cave swimming; to Pearl Harbor, movie tours at Kualoa Ranch, and FOUR HOURS at the flea market. We had so much fun...

These were the grounds at the condo we stayed at in Ko'Olina

Pearl Harbor

Waimea Beach where we cliff dived and went cave swimmingTy, Josh and Jord in the cave. It was so fun, you'd get sucked in and spun around, then spit back out. I jumped in shortly after this just in time for a big wave to smack my head into the ceiling of the cave.

Me and Chace at Sea Life Park

Jord skim boarding on our beachKualoa Ranch was the coolest place. It's thousands of acres of land, and lots of movies and tv shows are filmed there. So we got to take a tour of some of the places--like Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, 50 First Dates, and the show Lost. This was the famous tree where they hide from the T-Rex...After the movie set tour we got to take ATV's out and ride all over the ranch--it was beautiful! This is Jord getting ready to go..Me, Kallee, and Sis after driving the ATV's. Ya, that's not a tan--it's dirt. We were filthy after getting off those!

I was so excited to come back and see Tate, but I am now going through post-vacation depression. I just want to go back and lay on the beach.

Cinco de Mustache '09

Before

After

This year was the second annual Cinco de Mustache party with Jordan and his friends. We had to do the party a day early, but it was still just as fun, and just as ridiculous.

We're so proud to call them our husbands.

And I'll have you know, Jordan went to jury duty like that. Amazingly he got picked and is now Juror #1....apparently they were looking for someone with serious amounts of facial hair.

...What we did while Jordan was busy growing out his beard...

Tulip festival at Thanksgiving PointHmmm, notice how the sign says "please do not climb on exhibit"

The dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point--totally lame but Tate seemed to like it
I randomly find these on my camera....I have no idea who took the picture.I spent a weekend at my Grandma's house with my mom, Meg, Brooke, and my aunt Shauna

Tate loved mowing the lawn with Jordan. We're hoping in a few weeks he'll be good enough to send out on his own and do it:)

My little Chace

Ok, he's not so little. But my brother-in-law Ace is the closest thing to a little brother that I have, and he just got his mission call to.....McAllen, Texas, spanish speaking! It's on the Mexican border, with 80% hispanics; so he may as well be going to Mexico. Growing up with all older sisters this was a first for me to be there when someone gets their letter, it was so exciting. I'm dreading him leaving and I think the MTC is a cruel place--there's a reason I had only sisters!! But I am so happy for him and I love him and will miss him lots!

Happenings....

These past two weeks this is the only thing we've done. Tate has been sick for almost 3 weeks with some crazy virus that the doctors didn't really know. He had a constant fever, mouth sores, and this weird blistery rash all over his body--the poor kid looked like a leper.This picture doesn't even do justice, this was just one small part that was actually looking not so bad....I hate having a sick baby.

On a lighter note, I had to post this picture because Jord looks like a total gomer and it cracks me up. Last Sunday Jord was getting ready for church and Tate was asleep--Jord's church clothes are in Tate's room and I refused to let him go in there since Tate hadn't been sleeping since he was sick and I was not chancing waking him up. So he had to improvise with a dorky "Love Healthcare" polo and a tie. Not to mention the shag 'do and nasty beard he's growing for the annual Cinco de Mustache party. I know your all jealous of me ladies, eat your heart out.

Easter Weekend

On Friday we went to Grandma Love's to color easter eggs...it's like carving pumpkins for Halloween. The thought of it seems so fun but when you do it it's really not. Tate just wanted to dip his hands in it; hence this blue hand for the rest of the weekend:The Easter Bunny got a little carried away this year. For some reason she couldn't stop herself and brought "presents" like it was Christmas. I need to tell her to calm down, that will NOT be happening every year.......Especially because all Tate cared about in the end was the candy.The annual Easter egg hunt at Grandma Wakefield's. I don't know why we always try to do a group picture of all the kids...this is as good as it got.

Another paint job...

Apparently every April I get the painting bug because the last few springs I have re-done a room in our house. This year it was the family room. I now remember why I only do this once a YEAR....I hate doing it. But I love the results.

Before with everything stripped off the walls and just a big mess

during....After! Now if only we had the money to get new decorations, entertainment center, couches......Oh, and did I mention how I dropped my ipod in the paint? Seriously. Somehow though, it still works.