Tagged!

I decided to take Becca up on her tag and also give it a WHIRL! So the tag states, that you needed to go to the fourth photo in the fourth folder. Well, I went and opened my picture folder and discovered that I have weird folders in there and I need to clean out! So, image my surprise that this photo was the contender...Our Wedding Photo taken at Bountiful Temple grounds. It's funny to think you haven't age much and then you see your wedding picture from 11 1/2 years ago and realize you DEFINITELY have! So, I tagging Chrystie, Kirstin, Clay, Mollee, Shauna, Jessica and anyone else who wants to give it a Whirl!

Beauty of Our Neighborhood!

It has been a crazy month with all the remodeling we are doing to our home, that I haven't had the time to post anything on the blog. These are some photos I took on a walk around our neighborhood.

Say It Isn't So....

My first born just celebrated his 9th Birthday lasted Tuesday and I feel happy and a little sad. I can't believe my baby is 9! Where did the time go? The time is flying too fast for my liking. I kinda want to slow down the time and enjoy every minute I have with him and my other children. I know it isn't realist but I wish I could because I know that I haven't cherish every minute as I should have. I guess we all have regrets as parents and I know I'm not perfect, but he will always know that I love him with all my heart. That I will always be there for him and no matter what he does in his life. That he will always be my child.

He was the first to call me mom.
He was the first to melt my heart.
He was the first to open my eyes and discover the wonders of the world by looking at it through his eyes.

I will always cherish every memories I have and those to come because I been blessed to be his mother.

Mya's 1st Bike!

After many request for her own bike, we finally brought her one. She decided she really wanted a Disney Princess Bike and we were able to find one on Craigs list. She just loves this bike especially the doll carrier. She told us it was Snow White's chair and it was.

It took of a couple of minutes to figure out the pedals but once she did she was cruisin'.

She so cute with her doll riding the bike.

Our silly girl finally has a bike like her brothers and she's so happy!

We're Hitting The Books Again!

So a new school year has just started on Tuesday 2nd and my kids were so EXCITED!
He was awake about 4:30a.m and telling me he couldn't sleep. I told him it's too early and go back to sleep.
He's entering the 3rd grade and has the advantage of two teachers that teaches his class. Ms. Wolfley and Ms. Current. One teach on Monday, Tuesday and every other Wednesday and the other teaches on Thursday, Friday and alternate Wednesdays. I have heard all positive things about these teachers and been told that he's lucky to be in this class. Well, he loves it and that what matters.
He was also up early but not as early as Isaac but at 6:30a.m!
Nathan's is in the 1st grade and has Ms. Yonago as his teacher. I also been told that she is one of the top teacher in the school and very lucky that Nathan has her.
So the school is a couple of blocks away from our house and the boys have been begging to ride their bikes. I said they could ride their bikes to school on their own if they prove to us that they could follow the safety rules, as of yet we been either riding or walking with them. They don't seem to mind and it's great exercise for us. Here is Nathan riding home.

Isaac is actually following the rule the school has to walk your bike on the sidewalk in front of the school.
Nathan get the green light to ride his bike and he's off
and Isaac isn't too far behind.
At least I know they will wait for each others.
But they left us in the dust and Mya and I were running to catch up
But they were too fast for us.
She wanted to know where was her bike! (good question!)
So you know there isn't any sidewalks in our neighborhood and we have to walk in the street.
The boys came back for us and let Mya walk with them to the house. Don't look in the messy garage! We are piling up the boxes on one side of the garage until we take it to the recycle center.

Our Move To Washington!

It has be a month since we have moved to Washington and we have been really busy. We drove from Utah to Washington and thought we needed two days to make the trip and it turn out it took just 9 hours with two stops along the way. Washington is really beautiful and the neighbors have been really kind. It's very quiet in this neighborhood and it's strange for us because when we lived in Hawaii, we lived near the highway. So, you can image the noise! We slept at night with earplugs! But I have to confess, I truly miss Hawaii more than I thought I would. I didn't think I would get so homesick from a place we lived for only 2 years.

Anyway, many have requested photos of our new dig and here it is......
It a lovely home that needs some remodeling, which we are in the middle of doing! Already the roof was replaced as of today! HOORAY! Right now, we are living downstairs as we redo the upstairs. I would post soon the before and after photos, once we are done. The backyard is a big perk that we enjoy as much as we can.
We also did enjoyed some of the sights here in Washington between our trips to Lowes, Home Depot, Costco, and Walmart and here are a few...

This river runs in the middle of downtown
Had to get a shot with the kids on the bridge over looking that river
Mya asked for her photo to be taken and this is the pose she gave me
When we first visited Washington, I took a photo of me sliding down this slide and I promise the kids they could go there. Here Isaac taking the first plunge down the wagon.
Nate had a blast playing on this wagon.
Mya wasn't so sure about going down this slide that Blake climbed up and try to convince her to go down.
So, Nathan wanted someone to go with him and get wet in the fountain in the park and was trying to convince dad to go with him.
Nathan finally decided he didn't need dad to get wet,
so he ran and got BLASTED.
Isaac decided that he would join Nathan in the fun.
I just love his expression.

Mya decided she didn't want to get wet except for her hands.

We also visited the water park down the road of house. It was a bit chilly but the water was warm.
I love his expression of pure joy!
He finally let me take this photo after I promise that this was the only one I was taking of him.

We are all adjusting to Washington's crazy weather. It decided to cut summer short in the middle of August. We started to have 40's degrees in the morning and slowing heats up maybe in the mid-60's and sometime in the 70's. That was the hardest adjustment to make and it's still hard.
Beside the weather it has been an adventure and we look forward to what the future will bring.

Our Vacation in Utah

We had such a good time in Utah spending time with our extended families. We haven't meet or seen some of them since we moved to Hawaii two years ago and it was great to reconnect.

So, here are the rest of the photos of our vacation...

Ridin' the Horses with the Beechers...

Playing with the family...

Family photos....

Stay tune for the update of our moved to WASHINGTON!