Updated My Shell Box

I have a shell box by the fire place full of shells from various beaches. These are the shells that i write on. Just a few words from that day to remind me of the memory of the beach day. I got a BIG shell even though i probably could have just written Adolpho 2014on a little shell and remembered it, but in case i am not around someday i figured all the information would jolt the kids memories to match the shell to my scrap books, photo books, blogger books, Facebook books......i'm starting to think i might have too many photo books of our family adventures!!!  

Beach Day With Oki Peeps!

You know how there are some people that you just mesh with...you meet and everyone just gets along and it is just fun and no trying to impress or anything. Just being yourself and having a good time? That was the Adolpho's who lived across from us when we lived on the island of Okinawa. They are in most of our pictures and almost all of our memories. My kids grew up with Adolpho kids for 5 years. They saw them daily except for when one of us were off the island, and somehow we even managed to run into each other when we were off the island and have spend time together on two other islands while hopping back to our home island of Okinawa! we were on Hawaii and Guam together and the kids have flown in a C-5 together! How many neighborhood kids have those kind of memories together?!!!  It was literally like we had never been apart!

Abby their deaf dog learned how to swim today....it was so cute to watch her as she figured out what to do! In the end she figured it out and i think she even liked it! Not enough to go charging into the ocean but enough that i think she thought it was a fun thing to check off her on her dogie bucket list!

Vicki thought she was just going to sit and get some sun....nope, Ajaye picked her up and threw her in the water! No special treatment for being a girl, she has always been like a sister/cousin to him so it was full fledged pick up and throw in! Later he threw plenty of wet sand on her. Definitely just like old times!

Yep, these kids haven't missed a beat! They had a blast playing in the waves, burying Byron in the sand, throwing each other in the water.....it was like they had been playing with each other on the beaches their whole lives and hadn't taken a 6 year hiatus due to the military sending their Dads to different duty stations!

New Converse!!!

We were running around doing some shopping today and we found some converse in Ed's size in the color and style he has been looking for. he was soooo excited he had to put them on right after we bought them and than run around the parking lot trying them out! He is my forever kid refusing to grow up, except for when he is at work, than he is forced to be a grown up, so i don't mind him enjoying the simple things of life like running around  a parking lot testing out his new high top converse when his job requires him dodging bullets and people trying to kill him! I love seeing that boyish grin that comes out every once in awhile. The Taliban and all the rest of the evil doers of the world haven't completely taken over his soul!  

Sun Roof Open Today!

Today was gorgeous!!!!