We FINALLY gave in....

Well the kids got up at 6 and started asking to go to the beach so we put them off as long as we could and then we finally gave in...

Jake was a little afraid at first with the waves crashing at him

The other kids didn't seem to mind at all, and got right into the action

Kenadee swam with me for a bit and then wanted to hang out on the beach

 It didn't take long for Jake to become his daring self again

Bailee loved every minute of it and didn't let any wave slow her down

They love the beach!!!

New adventures BEGIN!

 Well the adventure has begun-here is the pile of stuff that we were able to ship to Hawaii. We won't have it for 2-3 weeks but at least we were able to take a lot more stuff so then we didn't have to buy that much over here!!

 We were able to be lucky enough to have the direct flight-own individual TV's so the kids were awesome, it has games and different movies so each kid could pick just what they wanted. It wasn't a very crowded flight at all, there were empty rows all around us. Bailee said she would sit by a stranger and then she was the lucky one that had the whole row to herself.  That is one lucky bug!!

Jon was the lucky one that got to sit next to Jake!! So the flight was really good for me ;-) Jake did sleep for a little while and then when he started to get restless we were close to landing.

I got to sit next to Curtis and Kenadee and they were really good. Although they had to go to the bathroom a ton, but we were just 2 rows from the potty and we didn't have to climb over anybody else to get to the potty-that is always a bonus!!

We FINALLY made it-you get a lot of strange looks when you have 6 large totes, six large bags and 3 rolling carry ons and then 2 smaller bags with crayons and such!! We were lucky to have Jon's superintendent drive 45 minutes to come pick up all of our bags and take them to our place for us. We right now just have a rental until we can find us a cheap car to buy ;-)

Well as you all know school has started but it takes a little bit longer for things to get done over here, so the kids might not go to school till Tuesday or Wednesday which they are very excited about. Well the kids have already made friends with the little boy that lives upstairs, and have been out tonight (remember we are 4 hours behind you) catching lizards already.

We will keep you posted on all our comings and goings!! Until next time-ALOHA

Better late than never....

Webster Family Activites

Finally got around to getting the Easter festivities on: so we will start by doing the Webster side (these are for you Stef) Each year my mom and Stef put together an Easter egg scavenger hunt. The kids each have their own clues and search all over the yard and house. So here's Jake starting with his first clue...

Bailee reading her clue, she has started loving wearing baseball hats, so the only hats that we have that fit kids are Curtis's baseball ones-hence the White Sox, it really should be Yankees but we are working on that

Kenadee getting some help from Erin...

These two when they are together are inseparable, she likes to boss around and he loves to take it. Wish he would listen to me as well as he listens to his cousin. Maybe I should take advice from her

Curtis and Great-grandma working together

We also celebrated all the April birthdays, so that includes our little Jake, he just loves to get presents

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

each year our neighborhood puts together an egg hunt and you don't have to participate if you don't want to, those that do sign up and then we get a map of the homes that wanted to participate, the kids love it!

Kenadee finding her some eggs, because we always need more candy lying around the house

My handsome little man...who isn't so little anymore

Jake on the prowl...

Family Egg Dying Time

Kenadee working on her master piece..

two little goof balls....

and no matter what we tried he did not want to wake up to decorate eggs, he fell asleep at 6pm so I let him sleep until we were ready, woke him up and put him at the counter and he kept falling over, so finally he got down from the counter and walked to the couch and went to bed for the night

The finished product...

Easter Morning

Here's what the easter bunny brought the kids, here is the boys pile

and here is the girls pile

We had some eggs stuffed over from the neighborhood egg hunt that we left out and lo and behold the easter bunny hid them, so the kids on their way to find what the easter bunny hid

Jake getting all excited that he was able to find more eggs and more candy

Bailee in her easter dress

Curtis in his....what a handsome devil

Jake can't hold still long enough to look at the camera, so we just go with the flow

Kenadee looking all adorable in her clothes

Wight Family Easter Sunday

We went on another egg hunt, and yep you guessed it....more eggs and more candy. After the hunt we ate dinner and then the kids all went out and played games.

Jon helping Jake being the monkey in the middle

While we were there we also celebrated Jake's birthday, you could say that his birthday goes all month long-lucky kid!!

That's the end of our easter celebrations, we had some great fun and are grateful for everything that we have, and are grateful for the true meaning of Easter.

My baby is 4.....

Everyone keeps asking me if I am sad that my last is now 4, and at first it was kind of weird, but not sad, more excited to be moving forward. That is until I came across his pictures of his birth and now I can't believe that my little 3 lb 7 oz baby is 4. It really seems like a blink of the eye and 4 years have just disappeared. Here is where he started, born 8 weeks premature, he only stayed in here for 2 days because he was getting to hot. Good sign for such a small baby, NEVER on oxygen, he was always able to breathe on his own, another good sign! So now all we had to wait for was for him to learn how to suck and eat!

He loved binkies from the beginning, even though it was bigger than his face.

His little hand curled around my finger, I am still in awe that this was MY baby...

Jake was always trying to put his hands in his mouth, but he ended up never sucking his fingers, we were lucky there. So after 2 1/2 weeks we were able to bring him home...a whole 4 lbs 4 ozs of him. He has been a fighter from the day that he was born and still to this day gives us a run for our money...but we wouldn't trade him for the world!!

He went from that little baby to my curly haired, adventurous, fun loving little man.

Since he was born during spring break that means more than likely we will be camping, we got a trailer his first summer and have had one ever since, so his birthdays have been while we are camping. SO this is his birthday:

He loves video games, so we went with a leapster (a little learning while having fun), action figures and being outside. He got some firemen and police action figures to go along with his.....

Firehouse that turns into a backpack so he can take it where ever he goes!!

Happy Birthday Buddy!!

We love you very much...

Since his b-day fell on Saturday this year and we left Wednesday we did his cake when we got home. He is such a simple kid that all he asked for was chocolate cake with green frosting!! I think I hit the nail on the head with this one.

Getting ready to blow out his candles....

huffin and puffin with all of his might....

Enjoying the fruits of his labors!!!

Happy Birthday!!!