The Creepy Crawlies at My House

There is a lot of insect life going on in this humid climate. I thought that I would just share some of the interesting bugs that I have to deal with daily! This doesn't even count the ants that are coming from the apartment next door into the boys room.




I have never captured a photo of a live cockroach at our house. I stole this one from photobucket. But I can guarantee you we have lots of these guys running around my house. This is just a part of life in Hawaii. Everyone has cockroaches.




Here is the giant moth that was hanging out on our front screen all day. You can't really tell from this picture, but this thing is huge!




This is one of 3 almost transparent lizards that live in and around our back porch. One time we saw them fighting (or having sex?) and one lizard had the head of another almost entirely in his mouth. Gross! We also have a bright green gecko who lives in our back yard.




This beetle type bug has yet to be indentified. Don't worry though, I killed him. Collin hates when I kill bugs. They are his friends, he says.




Darrell was talking about this centipede type bug to a guy at work. Turns out that it's really poisonous. I just scooped it up with a dustpan and threw it outside. I could have died!! Ok, at least gone to the hospital.





I posted this gigantic furry fly before. I seen them all the time now. Really gross! Always remember to keep the screens shut.

World Champion Swimmer

Collin begs to take a bath almost every day. I beg he keeps more water in the tub than out. He loves his "swimming glasses" and he practices holding his breath.




Myself, I am not much of a swimmer. I don't prefer getting wet. I am more of a lay out and get a tan kind of girl. I like doing water sports like jet skis and boating things, but just swimming has never really appealed to me. That's the only thing keeping me back from doing a Tri like Anna-Marie and Brooke. Ha ha! LOL!

Anyway here are some pictures of my little fish. I don't care if he hates me for putting his little tush on the World Wide Web. I am a mom. It's my right to embarrass my children.

Sick Baby

Brody woke up this morning and was warm all over. I took his temp and it was 101.9 so I guess that means a change of plans.

Today was supposed to go like this. Take a quick run at the gym (Daycare doesn't start until 8am), shower, Storytime at the library at 10:30, Go to the beach, lunch and nap, go to the city (Kahului where all the stores are) for grocery shopping, Darrell gets home from work early today so do something fun with him, Dinner, bedtime.


I am a planner. What can I say?


Now my day will go like this: eat breakfast, hold the baby, cater to the babys every need, hold the baby, give the baby a bottle, hold the baby, baby FINALLY takes a nap, if I'm lucky he's feeling better after his nap and we can run to the grocery store that's close by and get some milk, go home and hold the baby, dinner, bedtime.


That's how it goes when you're a mama. You never know exactly how your day will go. Kids change from day to day and you never know what to expect. At least we didn't have anything important to do. Oh well. I hope it's a 24 hour bug and he is feeling better very quickly.

Freak Out!

So Darrell doesn't love his new job. Wouldn't be such a problem, but we are sort of committed now. Hawaii is sort of a big deal. I don't really know how I feel about the whole thing. I don't love Hawaii like I thought I would. Mostly I feel like I am camping, always sweating, dirty, and getting bit by bugs. Don't even get me started on the bugs. That will be in a blog to come soon.

We just need to find "The Job" for Darrell so that we can live in one place and try to be normal. Darrell has been in contact with Bodell Construction, the company that he worked for last. They have some work coming up soon. The reason he left them is they were about to lay everybody off. He actually really liked working for them, just they ran out of work and we couldn't wait around for a few months. Bills, gotta love 'em.

Anyway he kind of wants to go back to school, but we really need to be out of debt. Credit cards and hospital bills. I hate being a grown up. Anyway that is probably about a year away. Darrell could realistically start school next spring. He wouldn't need to go to school though if he could find "The Job." (Back to that.) He could just do some part time school or even one class at a time if he found the right job. He does want to get a degree, but it isn't as important in his field as other fields of work. He has a lot of experience and good supervise experience. Anyway we will see what the next month brings. I might be back in Utah by June. Who knows!?!?!?

Sleeping angels

I always used to ask the question: Why do kids look so much bigger when they are asleep?

My mom had a great answer to that: It's the only time of day you can see all of them at once.

It's true, kids are always running around in a whirlwind of sticky food, toys, and dirt. I love watching my kids sleep. They look so angelic and peaceful.

Darrell and I used to watch Collin sleep every night right before we went to bed. We would check on him and just stay in there for like 20 minutes. It was fun. With Brody, he has been such a light sleeper until lately that we haven't been able to sneak in and take a peek. He would always sit right up when I would open his door. Now he is sleeping heavier so I get to look at him now. They are just so beautiful when they are asleep.

Squished!

Brody sleeps all over the place. Everytime I check on him he is in a different position. He gets it from Darrell. Last night this naughty little boy didn't go to bed until 10pm! I thought I was going to lose my mind.



He is sleeping on about 1/4 of his bed. I just couldn't resist taking these pictures.



I had to post all 3 pictures that I took just so you could get all the angles. I just can't understand how this could be comfortable at all. Kids are funny I guess.



Lucky for him he went to bed on time tonight!!

My Hot Barbecue Man

We got a new barbecue this last weekend. So what if it's the cheapest gas grill that Walmart sells. It's good enough for us.




This is Darrell right after work today (all dirty in his work clothes) grillin' up some burgers! I think that we will try some chicken tomorrow. Yum!