Bad Blogger

I know, I know, I've been a horrible blogger lately . . . but I promise, it's only because I've been so darned busy the past few weeks . . . and I'm sure with the holidays coming, it will only get busier. I have a million good pictures that I wanted to post, but I just don't have the time to put them all up, so I picked a few of my favorites to show you what we've been up to.

Last weekend, Bev and I took the kids to an outdoor concert on the beach, where Charley's school had a bake sale table set up for fundraising (I made cream cheese pumpkin muffins for the occasion). I think the kids had the most fun monkey-ing around on this climbing structure. The weather was beautiful and the music was good, so we all had a fun time.

We also managed to squeeze in a trip to the Children's Discovery Museum, so here's Brian and the kids hanging out in the "library" and the kids and I taking a break in the "pineapple plantation."
On Friday we all went to the Airstation's annual welcome Luau where they serve local food, have bounce houses for the kids, and end the evening with a hula/fire show. Here we are getting ready to head in . . .

I had to throw this next picture in here because after seven long months of swimming lessons, last Friday Charley graduated from Level 1 to Level 2!!!! She is so excited she can hardly stand it. She has learned how to float on her back, float on her stomach, flip from back/stomach and visa versa, the basic crawl stroke, the back stroke, jumping from the side and swimming to the edge, and all sorts of other water skills. She's doing pretty good for a three year old I would say.

Bev left on Monday, so while Brian and Zander took her to the airport, Charley and I went to the pumpkin patch again, this time for a school field trip . . . and this time, we got to do a cool hay ride. Can you sense Charley's enthusiasm?

Yesterday I took the kids to a Halloween party at the house of two of Charley's classmates, Kai and Cadon (twin brothers). Here's Charley with the hosts . . .

And Zander, Ella (our friend's daughter), and Charley chillin' . . .

Last night was pumpkin carving night. We had a total of four big pumpkins, so we decided to let the kids draw on two of them and carve the other two. As you can see, Zander got a little crazy with the markers and ended up drawing all over himself. Charley loved taking the guts out of the pumpkins, but Zander wouldn't even try it . . . what a wuss. :)


Today Charley had a Halloween party and parade at her school, so here you can see a preview of her bumble bee costume.

So there's a quick rundown. I promise to try and do a better job keeping up on our life events, so hang in there with me and keep checking back.

Uh-oh, gotta run, Charley is throwing up! Yuk! Must be all that pre-Halloween candy . . .