Help me decide!

I have been looking at Halloween costumes for the boys Austin has decided he wants to be a NINJA, just not anything from GI JOE so we have been looking for the perfect one, but I cant decide what I want for Preston.....

I wanted him to be a monkey all along because I call him Monkey toes a lot ..lol




But then ,when searching I found a cute SQUIRT costume (turtle from Finding Nemo :)



And of course now I cant decide!
Which one do you like?

Under the weather

So we have all been hit with the sick bug in this house , even my sweet baby boy. I finally caved in and went to the Doctor after a week of non stop coughing , he says its just a viral thing going around island... I say it needs to move out of my house ASAP! Preston hasn't done too terrible I just feel bad when he is coughing , last night I let him sleep with me and made daddy move on out of the bed , so he could sleep propped up a bit and I could keep an eye on him. Between that and the sound of pounding side ways rain and howling wind I GOT ZERO sleep! We have a TYPHOON lurking out in the waters , thankfully I think we will just have some nasty winds and rains for the next few days and the brunt of the storm will be felt by someone else!

I have been tracking it HERE


We did venture out with some friends to the Kokusai Festival , other than the terrible HEAT , it was a great day :)


(Our friends Sue, Rob and baby Roberto)

We ventured into all the funky cool shops and even took some pics, my fave are the pottery places and all the SHISHAS , here are just a few of the thousands we saw.





(My faves)

The streets were filled with thousands of Eisa dancers and Taiko drummers
This little girl was so good ,I snapped a ton of pics of her!


Of course we had to stop into a few of our favorite spots like this one :

Always fun to look but never shop , they pay double and sometimes 3 times more than what we pay for ours! Craziness ....


Here are just few random shots from the day

(Dragon fruit ,very popular here and so yummy in a smoothie!)








(Tapioca drinks ..not as yummy as they look !)

These last pics are funny because no matter where we go off base Preston is like a tourist attraction! We can not walk 5 feet without getting stopped and someone having to touch him and smile and ask how old he is , they say its the BLUE EYES.. but this girl was almost in tears over him .











School starts here on the 31st ,its been so nice having Austin home , he is such a good big brother and always willing to help out with Preston. But it will also be nice to have a schedule again ! I am sure he doesn't think so , but he is looking forward too taking taiko drumming at school this year!

And before I sign off I want to introduce Miss CAMDEN FAITH

I am so Happy for my Bestie Kristin and her family they finally have there Princess she arrived on the 21st of July . I only wished we lived closer with our little ones!

Hope everyone having a great week!

Summertime ,scrapping and saying goodbye

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 :)

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 :)

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 !