Savvy's first haircut..

Savvy's hair is starting to get really long and tangly and when I comb it, it's not fun at all for her or me because it hurts her. I decided to get it cut. We didn't take too much off. But just with a little trim she looks so much older. I needed to write this post because it's her first haircut ever.

Before:After:This picture is from my cell phone. Our camera just broke:( I really need to get a new one soon. Our next post will be on Chase's first day of kindergarten.

Fun week with Susy

It was AWESOME that my sister Susy came out to visit us for a whole week. It was nice to see my nephew Jacob and niece Alyssa too. They have grown so much since I last saw them, over six months ago. It was a surprise to see how different my sister looks after losing tons of weight. She looks GREAT! They flew in on Sunday and the next day we went to Ko'olina. I love how Alyssa did the shaka for this picture:)Tuesday, we headed to the PCC. Before we went in, we had lunch at McDonald'sA group shot at the Temple. To my surprise, it was possible to do it with all 5 kids. I thought it was funny when people would tell Susy and me, "You have your hands full."
We did lots of shopping at the swapmeet,target, and cosco. It was great to have her company at the stores because I wouldn't have gone alone. She helped me get all of Chase's school supplies.

For their last day with us we went to Bellows Beach. The weather wasn't so great and Alyssa got stung by a Portuguese Man-of-War. It hurt bad. We felt so bad for her. She was brave. Even after that, we stayed and did have a good time having lunch. Alyssa felt better and played in the sand. I love this picture of Jacob!! This is the evil little jellyfish on the end of a stick:/Later that day we had dinner downtown in Waikiki at the Cheesecake factory.Sweet picture of Alyssa
I miss them so much and our whole family in CA.

July Fun...

Greg, Chase riding the kayak with some friends, Mark and Cameron. They had a blast and their adventurous dads took them to ride some really big waves. Savvy did do it too (not the waves though.) She paddled like a champ.
Here's our baby Carl with his daddy. I just love it. I heard Carl crying and I walked in our room and saw him not crying but happy, content playing with his dad. I had to get a picture of him holding his head right up and thought oh how cute he looks with Greg.

For FHE Chase drew Carl a cute picture of him taking care of Carl. Chase is being a good older brother:) This weekend Chase tells me, "Mom, can you have another baby boy so we can be the 3 ninjas." I just have to laugh about it. He's not going to let me have a brake from being pregnant. Sorry Chase, he wont have his third ninja any time soon.

Hard to say goodbye:(

My parents are back to CA:( It was such a blessing having them with us. They were so much help!! I loved eating Mexican food and their company. I try to cook Mexican food and it's not the same. It was nice they got to be here for 3 weeks. I miss them all over again. Many tears but I know I will see them again soon. Thank you mom and dad for taking good care of us!! Can't thank you enough. We love you:)Savvy does have a black eye. The day after her b-day Chase and her ran into each other and Chase got her right on her eyebrow and she got a BIG knot. It was really ugly.Poor little Savvy her eye was shut for 3 days:(

Carl

Greg and I are proud parents of another baby. Our little family is now of 5 (not so little I guess). I can't believe it. Now that Carl is with us, Greg and I are trying to get used to having three kids ....unbelievable. We have been blessed!! Carl is a good baby. He nurses well and sleeps. I have to be quick when it's diaper changing time or else I get a BIG surprise:) It has happened five times already!

Here's a picture of our little bundle of JOY!!! I am so in love with this little turtle and the kids just LOVE him too. Oh daddy loves him too:)

More pictures!

I love theses pictures.

The market:

The Temple:)

The beautiful GREEN!!

Savvy out from a busy day:

Hanging out with the grandparents!!

While I stayed home resting and sleeping with baby Carl, Greg, Grandma, and Grandpa took the kids out of the house to visit Laie. Laie is where the temple is located on the windward side. It is beautiful on that side of the island. It's really GREEN, and the mountains are amazing. When they drove up, they stopped at a little roadside market. My mom brought me back some fun food that I hadn't tried here before. It was different but the mangos and papayas were really sweet:) Here are some of the pictures of that adventure. Chase was really in heaven:

Pictures from the rest of the day to follow:)