Memorial Day

And we begin our updates....

Memorial Day! We spent a 4 day weekend down in Grants Pass at Chris's grandparents house. Hannah loved playing with her cousins, eating popcorn and junk food, watching boat races and just being someone new. We love Grants Pass for Memorial Day!

Here is Hannah with her cousins jumping on the bed

Watching the parade from Daddy's shoulders

Eating Blind George's Popcorn (honestly the best!)

Playing outside on a rainy day! -first year it had rained on us...such a weird year for weather!

Starting to update, hopefully I will be better

So I am going to be better, I am going to be better, I am going to be better! There now I will be better at updating my blog! We have been having adventures this summer and a lot has changed for our little family. It all started last Spring when Chris decided what he wants to do! The new plan and direction is to become a Nurse Anesthetist , which means more school, but will only be 2 more years and Chris can take those classes back in Springfield so we were excited to learn we could move home!

So here we are, living with my parents again! Haha! hopefully the last time we will need to do that! We moved in with them to wait and see about an apartment management job we had applied for and yesterday we found out the good news that we did get it!! Hooray! Free rent and utilities!!! of course there is work along with it, but it is a smaller complex and I can do all the work with Hannah by my side! It will save us so much money, especially with Chris going back to school! We will move into those apartments in 2 weeks and begin working on September 1st!!

We have been pretty busy this summer helping my parents remodel the inside of there house. All new floors everywhere, new counter tops, new appliances, new texture on all the ceilings, and the list goes on. So we have been helping with that and trying to stay out of the way at the same time. The major things are done besides repainting all the walls. But everything looks so nice. We have loved living back by family as well. Hannah is able to see her cousins all the time and we have been keeping really busy with so many things to do. We love it and feel very blessed to be back!

I will be updating this net week with pictures and catching up on all our fun events since May!! Then I am making a pact with myself to update at least once a week from here on out!! Wish me luck!!

Things we have been up to

Here are some things we have been up to the last few weeks. Hannah's birthday post will be coming soon as well.

We were told a few weeks ago, by a nice old lady, that Hannah was going to become a pole dancer! Our dream come true!! We were walking in downtown Bend and Hannah had discovered recently that she can bend backwards and hang upside down when holding on to something. Well she picked the perfect moment to perform on the streets on Bend and was told she would become a pole dancer! We are so proud!

My new love is making homemade bread! They turned out so delicious and it is amazing how much cheaper it is to make your own bread rather than buying it from the store!

While I was straightening my hair last week, Hannah came and asked me to do her hair too, no joke! so I did! I just turned the straightener down and she let me finish the whole thing. Of course she wouldn't sit still for a picture, but you get the point. Her hair grew about 3 inches when it was all done! She looks like a different kid in these pictures!

At my parents house last weekend, Hannah wanted to watch "Woody", which means Toy Story 3. Of course she couldn't watch it without Woody and Buzz sitting next to her!

Hannah has turned into our little artist. She loves to paint now, just like me! Here she is painting in her new book.

And here she is helping me with a craft project!

We love when we get sunny days...even though it is usually only once, every two weeks, but we love to get outside! Hannah is an absolute pro at the big kid swings! She loves it and since that is all we have here, I am glad she caught on so fast!

Here is the first time she realized she could hang upside down.

Climbing a ladder all by herself!

Just a cute picture that I love!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! Hannah was so cute today and did so good at church and in Nursery! Such a nice day!

I love Hannah's cheese face! She is so worried about saying cheese that she can't smile!

It was magic! She loved coloring Easter eggs!

Hawaii!!..warning lots of pictures!

Okay since I have lots of pictures I won't say much besides we had an amazing time! The weather was wonderful, sunny and warm, the food was so good (I now am in love with mango), and it was just so nice to get away!! Here is proof of our fun trip!

On the plane, ready to go!

The living and dining room where we stayed.

The kitchen. It was so nice to have our own place to come back to, instead of a hotel. We were able to buy groceries and make breakfast and lunches instead of always eating out!

The backyard! We really were out in the jungle!

Here is the first beach we stopped at after leaving the airport. It is Kailua beach on the East side of the island.

These are such cool trees. This is an area to a beach that was in the movie Blue Crush, if you have ever seen it!

Turtle Beach

These Turtles were so cool to see. They all had names and all of them were around 30 years old.

Coy fish at the Dole Plantation. They were begging for us to feed them. Very spoiled fish!

Waikiki! This is a statue of Duke, who was a famous Hawaiian surfer.

Lanikai...our favorite beach! the sand was amazing, the water perfect and we loved it!!

My new favorite food! O so good!

These 2 pictures are of Sharks Cove where we went snorkeling. We were able to see lots of fish and Chris was able to see a sea turtle as well.

Laie Point

A nice little hut we found on a beach in Laie...right down from Hukilau beach.

Turtle Bay

We went on a hike to Maunawili Falls. The day before we went rained a bit, so it was pretty muddy and the trail was completely covered with tree roots. It was such a pretty hike and nice to be out in the jungle!

Chris did go and jump off the waterfall, but since we didn't take swimsuits I did not want to hike back to the car completely soaked through!

A block away from where we stayed there was this house blocked off from the street by hedges and trees. It had nice columns and a locked gate to get in. From what we could see it looked amazingly nice and we really wanted to see if we could see the house. So Chris decided to climb a tree and see if he could see anything. Of course he couldn't, there was some building in the way. I think I am going to go and google map it and see what we can find! We loved the neighborhood we stayed in! So nice to be out of the city and in a quiet country area!

Yummy Yummy Matsumoto Shave Ice!! I loved Haleiwa. It was my favorite town to go to!

Here we are at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

So So funny!

Trying to make fire! He did get smoke, but no flame!

I was called up on stage since I had an April birthday and they made us all dance...video to come soon!

Chris in Tonga!

The beautiful temple.

Waimea Bay.

Here is the sand crab I stalked to get video of him!

Pearl Harbor. We didn't pay to go on any of the ships, but we still walked around and saw lots of cool stuff.

This is so creepy. This is a suicide torpedo from Japan. One person would be inside to direct it where it needed to go...ughhh so creepy.

Hanauma Bay...i can't spell! This place cost 13 per person to go so we just took pictures. Beautiful, but we didn't want to pay to go to the beach!

A cool blow hole! I don't remember the name.

This Buddhist temple was amazing.

I loved how Chickens were everywhere!