Say cheese.

Just a few pics of my little sweetie pies...they sure do love the camera!

We are so lucky to have such great neighbors that have given us toys for the boys..this car has by far been the best gift..the boys love this thing, they are constantly fighting over it but as you can see from the pics it is a lot of fun! Sam likes to try to run over Jack...no injuries yet..Jack is starting to fight back a little!

Check out our little Santa..Sam did a wonderful job helping mommy decorate some Christmas cookies:) I must have lost my mind for a few hours...not quite sure why I thought red frosting and sprinkles were a good idea for a two year old?? Oh well at least he had fun and I had fun cleaning up this disaster!

North Shore

We ventured up to the North shore a few weeks ago to see some sites up there..The waves are amazing up there...lots and lots of surfing!

There is a cool little place up there called "sharks cove". It is supposed to be a really cool place to snorkel and see fish/turtles and the water is not too deep.

Happy Turkey Day

Sorry I am so behind in the whole bloggin thing...I blame it on our internet connection and my husbands job! Thankfully Monday all our household goods will be here so we can get our computer hooked up to some speedy internet..and with my husband working 15 hour days it is a little hard to get much of anything accomplished, but I am not complaining:)

Anyways we had a pretty good Thanksgiving...it was just the four of us..we were just going to go to KFC but the day before Thanksgiving I was feeling super guilty since it was Jack's first Thanksgiving so mommy sped to the store and we whipped up a tasty little meal. Jack loved the noodles (actually we had to get spaetzel which are german egg noodles because they were all out of normal noodles, but it was still tasty and he gobbled them up). Sam of course loved the meat..but it had to be dipped in ranch.

Mommy was pretty excited about Black Friday shopping...this was our bargain..a new jumpee! It is great..I put the kids in it and zip it up and they have a blast...definatley my best purchase so far:)

Santa Fever

Sam definatley has the "Santa Fever"!! He is a tid bit obsessed with the man...he must have a belt on at all times, just like Santa...and if you can believe it we haven't watched Wiggles or Barney in 2 weeks because all Sam wants to watch are Santa movies! He actually sat through the entire Santa Clause 1,2,and 3 and Elf....my little man is growin up:( Santa has been at the NEX (kinda like a giant Walmart for Airforce/Navy people...where we do all our shopping) the past week so the first time we saw him both boys started screaming immediately, the second time went a little better...no screams just crying...third time a few whimpers...and on Thursday we went and the whole car ride there Sam was so excited to see Santa and he kept saying "Santa nice...right?" I kept reassuring him...so we got there and we were able to pull the cart up to Santa...no one cried but Sam was cuddled up in a little ball in the bottom of the cart peeking out the side:)!!! It was pretty funny....all he could say was "home mommy"....at least we are making progress, I have very high hopes that by Christmas I will have both boys on his lap????

Since none of our stuff is here and probably won't be here until the end of December, we went and bought the boys a baby tree...it is a cool little fiberoptic tree, they just love it...they bought some balls to put on it...all jack wanted to do was eat the tree and balls...so the tree found a nice home on the counter:)

Jackster turned 9 months this week! He is growin up so fast...he can now wave bye-bye and he gives really good hi-5's!! He has a very good little teacher! He is a little climbing monkey...he climbs up on everything and is doing really good walking behind his toy...hopefully he will be walking before long!! Today he even climbed up the slide at the park...I was very impressed! Oh and those top two teeth finally came through so no more cranky Jack!!! Sambo is full of it...he is becoming very windy...he talks non stop, he is finally putting words together and carrying on a conversation...there is never a quiet moment!!! He loves to sing songs...very good at Paparazzi by Lady Gaga...and he can sing Twinkle Twinkle, Old McDonald, and the ABC's...He is such a great brother, the boys play so well together it is so fun to sit and watch them play!

Beach Babies

This past weekend we went to Bellows Beach...this beach is on another AirForce base on the island...it is a teeny tiny little base that pretty much consists of only recreational activities...it was a beautiful area and it was great because it is only for military so it wasn't too crowded...the boys had a wonderful time and we were actually able to stay for a couple hours since the boys were being so good!

Sam loves splashing in the waves...that is until they knock him over and he goes under:)

Fun in the sand....Jack loves eating the sand??? Lets just say we find sand in every little crack and crevice when we get home:) The minivan has become our new sandbox!!

Can you tell who put Sam's sunscreen on??

Isn't She Lovely....

There is always a rainbow...I don't think there has been a single day that we haven't seen a rainbow...this pic was taken from the window of our hotel room when we stayed our first week when we arrived on base.

Here are a few more pics of the area...right now is the "winter season" I guess 85 degrees is considered chilly around here:) It is pretty rainy up in the mountains this time of year but is always sunny around the beaches...March is when the summer season begins...I can't imagine this place getting more beautiful than it is but supposedly March thru October are the best months.

Most of these are taken from the front seat of my minivan so sorry about the glares! I am the crazy lady riding down the road with my camera taking pics and video camera:)

Feedin' the Fishies

Here are some pics from the banks of Pearl Harbor...every morning we go for a run and feed the fishies - Sam loves feeding the fish..poor Jack has troubles staying awake..he is usually sleeping soundly by the time we run there!

It is a lot of fun when daddy can go with us! Mommy likes to race daddy down the trail...she always wins...I think daddy needs some more practice running:)