It is definitely summer on my side of the world! The humidity is here in full force! All though the evenings we have been having some nice breezes and able to actually sit out back with the neighbors. Last night was a sad one , our great neighbors Brandie & Jerrod and their 2 girls were with us for the last time. AS I type they are on a jet plane headed back to the USA after having lived on island for the past 5 years. I know they were ready to get back home and start a new but we sure are going to miss them! Here's Brandie putting Pnut to sleep last night ..awee
Just looking at it I get teary eyed. WE meet so many wonderful people moving around but always have to leave them behind ..
We have spent a lot of time with them over the past few weeks before they headed out , but we have also been hitting the beaches! Preston got his toes in the water for the 1st time and seemed to love it . Austin has become quite the snorkeler and wants to learn to scuba dive , so he started swim lessons this past week to get more confidence, he is loving it so far.
Preston also went swimming for the 1st time , here he is in his cute little swim trunks
One of my Besties back home is due with her 2nd baby in a few short days..a girl Camden Faith . I am so excited for The Baxters and cant wait to see this precious little angel. I only WISH we lived closer now that we both will have little ones again because neither one of us ever dreamed of having more!
I did finish a layout today , surprisingly because this week I have done nothing short of laundry and hold a baby all day , yea he is going through THAT STAGE ... hope it doesn't last long! Oh I did get out and get my toes done with the girls. Don't love them because she put my palm trees upside down ...lol
Heres my page I did for a celebration over on LABEL TULIP
and a close up of the details
Well we have some friends coming over in a bit to drop off there kiddos so they can go out for a bit so I suppose I need to wrap this up for now. Hopefully I will be back to scrapping in the morning , feeling creative!
Here's is one more of my cute little man
4 months old
Hope everyone is enjoying there weekend :)
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Summertime ,scrapping and saying goodbye
Sunday, June 28, 2009
We have been here a year!
June 9th was a year since we left our friends and family behind and started our journey to Okinawa. I suppose since I was pregnant and have since had Preston , it hasn't felt as if it has been a year. He sure keeps me busy!
We have seen a bunch this past year on this little island , but I still have a TO DO LIST for us to slowly cross off.
I am going to post it here so I can come back and make sure to blog about them or at least post a few pics!
- Bios on the Hill
- Fukushuen Chinese Gardens - I really want to go here in Feb. when all the Cherry blossoms are in bloom!
-Ryuku Mura park
At several places throughout the park you have the chance to participate in the local crafts. You can buy a ticket to paint Shisa dogs, try your hand at bingata or pottery
- Pineapple Park
Where they make and sell yummy wine!
-Nago Castle Site Park - again need to go here when the Cherry Blossoms are blooming
- Hiji Falls- Gotta be in shape for this one , I here it is a hike to the falls!
- Neo Park - Sort of like a zoo
- Nishizaki Shinsui Park
- Okuma -Preston has to be a bit bigger before we commit to camping anywhere, but we really want to go here!
-Cape Hedo - The only Cape we havent been able to make it to yet
I am sure I am forgetting a few!
I really am missing home after being gone this long and hoping now that Prestons passport is in (dont even get me started on that..) that we can make a trip home in Sept. or Oct. I cant wait to see my family and for them to see our new little man~
Speaking of that little man ..check him and his cute little hat out. This hat from the GAP supposedly is an EXTRA small . I think they are full of it because it looks huge on him! He turned 4 months . He is so much smaller than Austin was at this age. He weighs 13 pounds 8 ounces and is mostly wearing 0 -3 months clothing still with a few 3-6 months thrown in , hes my WITTLE guy for sure :) He's rolling over both directions and he is pretty demanding all ready but he is the center of our world for sure!
We went to a new beach this weekend and Austin had a blast snorkeling. He starts swimming lessons next week so we can get him certified next year to scuba dive..he is very excited about that!
Hope everyone back in the US has a fabulous 4th of July . We have a few parties and events going on here , should be fun ..
I came across these cute cupcakes this week on a few blogs and wanted to share, so cute and simple Might just have to bake some !
You can find them on this blog
INCHMARK
Well better get my butt in gear , because as we all know the house doesnt clean itself!
Hopefully with in the next few weeks things will slow back down around here and I can starting scrapping and crafting a bit again . I did receive my 1st LABEL TULIP kit in the mail today and cant wait to play with it!
I will leave you with pics of this fun kit
Have a fabulous week :)
Friday, June 12, 2009
Did I mention I hate rain?
(pic I took out at Ikei island we went to a few weekends ago)
Wow I knew moving to a tropical island we would have a rainy season but I guess I didn't really know what that meant after living in the desert for 9 years! What it means is we are stuck in the house or inside! the 1st 2 days of summer break and it has barely let up at all. We had to cancel our beach day but we managed to make it to PET BOX and saw some really cute puppies (don't worry I am not a sucker anymore! WE left them all at the store ) then we tried to hit up our favorite off base ice cream shop called The BIG DIP, but we get there and find out its closed for remodeling! UUGH
So we end up at old faithful Baskin Robins here on the base, but by time we got back home we had to sit in the car for 10 or 15 minutes because it was storming again! That wet cold stuff is NO FUN I tell you! Lucky me I live on a rainy tropical island where more of that wet stuff is in our forecast this whole week! WE did get invited to dinner at a new Sushi place we haven't tried yet called Yoshi's and maybe if the skies let up long enough we might actually go! Oh and to top it all off my car has a leak somewhere in the back and the seat is getting wet and starting to smell...just great!
Preston is getting so big and he is at that FUN stage , loves to play and laughs at everything , he is a very happy baby!
Here he is with his adorable little girlfriend Zoey or as we call her Zoe Zoe , she is 2 months older than he is ... They are so cute together!
I have still been trying to scrap here and there when my little P- nut takes a nap and I even joined a new kit club , I have never done that before but there kits are just way too cute! And hey whats better than getting new stuff in the mail every month!
Here are 2 new pages I did recently :
this is Austin at one of the cool roller slide parks we have here
This one is one I did with a photo My buddy Maria took right before Ja left for the year in Korea ....
I am really enjoying scrapping again , now If I could only have more time to do it!
and before I go.. I wanted to mention my beautiful friend Serene. I have told you about her before here on my blog .. she had both kidneys removed yesterday and will be having a transplant in about 8 weeks or so . So far so good she is awake and of course in some pain but doing well . Please keep her in your thoughts as she has a lot still to come !
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Cleaning house and goofing off
Not much going on today , Austin is on a field trip to the AQUARIUM which he was very excited about, he never gets out of bed on time for school usually and today he was practically up before me with excitement. I remember those days as a kid and I love when he gets that way! Next week they go bowling and the following week will be his last day in the 3rd grade..wow , that went by FAST!
Preston is growing like a weed and developing quite the personality these days. He laughs all the times and has started hollering and even snorting..so cute! He loves when his daddy and big brother come home at the end of the day!
I have been able to do a few creative things .. I finished another page for Preston and started a few others that I need to finish up! I knew I needed to do a NICKNAME page for him because it seems we call him by everything BUT his name! I usually call him Sweet P or P nut the most , daddy calls him nutter butter , P dog and P nut .. he has a bunch of them so here's his page documenting his wittle nicknames.
Like I need another reason to sit at this dern computer.. but atlas I have found one!
Have any of you hear of Polyvore??
OMG such eye candy on this place . I have seen lots of images used from you girls here in blog land , such as Jenny Heid,Katies Rose Cottage , Leeisbella and many more.
Here is a simple one I through together
Here are a few others that caught my eye check them out!
Ok well laundry is calling my name.. cant ignore it this time!
Let me know if any of you have a polyvore account so I can add you to my friends list!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
I scrapped!
I hope all you Moms had a wonderful Mothers Day! Ours was nice , we went bowling early on in the day and then headed out to the beaches. It was a great WARM day ..its really starting to heat up here in Okinawa, but thankfully the humidity hasn't surfaced too much yet!
Here are a few random pics from the day
The littlest bowler ...
Our neighbor and good friend Brandie with her girls ..her hubby is gone to Korea
Me and my baby boy hanging out by the caves at the beach while the big boys explored
My babies at Zanpa Beach
Talking to daddy!
He wasnt always happy...
I did manage to scrap a page last week and even start another! I also got another box in the mail full of new goodies...better put them to use! Still waiting on all my new camera stuff..BOOO
I also went and had another wonderful Cocoks pedicure and massage , heres my super bright but cute new toes! Dont know If I mentioned it or not... but all there nail art is HAND PAINTED! Super talented I might add! I am going to get a picture of my girl Miyuki next time!
Well this was challenging typing with a baby on my lap so please excuse any typos!
Off to feed said baby and work on some more scrapping!
Have a great week everyone!
Friday, May 1, 2009
the weekend again..wohoo
Its the weekend again ..my favorite time of the week . We have been going out and sight seeing and of course hubby gets up with our little guy and I get to sleep! Oh how I love the weekends! HAHA
So here are a few pics of the new short hair , Austin took the 1st pic last night and then hubby and I went to Chilis for my birthday lunch today and I had him take one of me and Preston. You know how it is ,us mommies are always taking the pics! I never seem to make it in very many , but I wanted one on the day I turned 35 ..oh yikes I am getting up there ain't I?
No special plans for my Birthday since we have Cub scouts tonight and they only have a few more planned activities this month, before it ends . Hoping to get to the Lilly Festival over on IE island tomorrow (if its not to windy)and maybe dinner at Sams By the Sea. I was hoping my new lens would have gotten here by now so I could take it to IE and play around with it but alas still waiting ... hate having to shop online for EVERYTHING!!!!
I wanted to let you all know about a sale my super sweet blogging buddy SARAH over at
GYPSY MERMAID
is having soon ......
You can find out more here on this POST
Hope you can stop by and help her out :)
I have been SCRAP shopping again , now If I could just find the time to actually scrap it would be great! I told myself since it is National Scrap Book day this weekend I had to at least get one page done! WISH ME LUCK! I do have a page planned out for Preston so that's a start, right?
Before I go ..has anyone tried making their own baby food? I have been looking into it this week and think I might give it a try when its time to start feeding him. I am just hoping I can find enough variety here on the island to be able to do it...don't think I have seen any butternut squash or yams since I been here lol. If anyone has any tip please let me know I would appreciate it :)
Well off to Cub Scouts!
Hope you all have a fab weekend!
