Hello friends! I have a bunch of p365 shots to share. Troy had the day off and we went down to the Honolulu Zoo. self portrait. Thanks to central air I sleep in my christmas flannel pj pants year round. Pastor Jim during Children’s Time talking about eating MnMs. Jordan is sitting directly behind Pastor [...]
Entries Tagged as 'navy life'
Notable in November
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments · blog, Family, Hawaii, navy life
We hiked with friends Marnalicious and ‘Iokea, FabuLisa and Aunty Maile. We saw a Hawaiian Monk Seal sunning near Sandy Beach. We saw a free sneak preview of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Theater. We had our 3 year old washing machine replaced after it started leaking. we [...]
Tags:Aunty Maile·Bryan·FabuLisa·Joscie·Makapu'u·MarnaLicious·Troy·Windward mall
Airshow at Kaneohe Bay
September 27th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Family, Hawaii, navy life, Photography
We spent Saturday at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii enjoying the airshow featuring the Blue Angels courtesy of KHON2 and MCCS. We were lucky enough to win box seats, a souvenir program and hat via a twitter contest. It was a beautiful blue sky sun shiny day out there. There were a lot of people [...]
Tags:Family Fun·Hawaii·hawaii beauty·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·navy·Troy
busy busy busy
August 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Family, navy life, Photography
But aren’t we all? Troy has ended his leave and is now back at work. The boys and I are doing our homeschool activities while doing family things as well. Since Troy has been home, he’s fixed the lawn mower, mowed the lawn, hung some art holders, put together a shelf (that has been sitting [...]
Homecoming
August 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Family, navy life
Most of the homecomings I can remember have been in the mid morning. This one had been scheduled for an early-ish morning and then was pushed back into the afternoon. Although it was hot (but really, it’s always hot) I actually appreciated this afternoon homecoming- we had time to get out and get things done! [...]
Family Fun: Battleship Edition
July 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Family, navy life
On Tuesday around 10am I thought, maybe I’ll round the boys up for a quick swim then home again for lunch and just in time for Jordan’s nap. Then I realized, hey braniac, the pool is closed on Tuesdays. Okay, plan b. let’s pick up some lunch and either go eat it at the beach [...]
Tags:adventure·Family·Family Fun·Jalen·Jordan
welcoming home a hero
June 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · navy life
Today we had the opportunity to welcome home a hero. Not Troy this time, but a sailor from Troy’s ship that has just spent the last year in the desert as an IA (Individual Augmentee). Several families from our command headed down to the airport Friday afternoon to welcome him home. The MWR representative rolled [...]
Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop!
May 29th, 2010 · 67 Comments · cardmaking, navy life
Aloha and welcome to my little internet home! Today I’m blog hopping with about 150 other bloggers to spread the message of Operation Write Home. If’ you’ve come over from Shelley’s Creations , you’re in the right place ;) If you’ve joined midway, please do start at the top of the hop! and I’ll see [...]
recap
January 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · DT, navy life, Peppermint Creative, Photography, scrapbook, sewing, Two Peas in a Bucket
I have been a sewing fool this week! I’m almost done with my aprons to send out to some friends, and I am so stoked. I so LOVE to finish a project, don’t you?! I’ve also done a few projects. From Two Peas in a Bucket: I used Erica Hernandez’s Happy Paper Pack and Wonky [...]
Tags:digiscrap·Erica Hernandez·hybrid·JenMartakis·Jordan·Kate Teague·PeppermintCreative·POTD·silhouette·twopeas·vinyl
One week down…
January 11th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Family, navy life, Photography
25 to go? This weekend was a good one. Jalen finished his book report and practiced his speech pretty well. We went to Church on Sunday where Pastor Jim spent some time talking to the boys. I so appreciate his sensitivity to the boys. I snapped my picture of the day of the two boys [...]
