R.I.P Carver dog

My sweet puppy dog Carver was put to sleep today. He has had lots of trouble with his heart for sometime now. He was a super dog, friend, and roommate. Clint got him for me for Christmas 5 years ago. He was the runt.....which is funny because he ended up being a pretty big guy. When he was a puppy I used to put him in my purse to go to the store. Everyone that knew Carver consider yourself lucky because he was sweetest and goofiest dog you will every meet! We will miss him lots. I am so glad I got to see him this last time we went to OK. I know he has loved running around the land and going to the pond at Kenny and Kamas. I'll miss him so much.

coming home for Christmas

We love Guam and living on the beach but I knew Clint would get homesick when Locke and I got to go Visit OK and he didn't. We weren't going to come back to the states til after May because that's when we get free tickets to come home for a visit. But, we decided we wanted to come to OK for Christmas to spend it with our families. We love and miss them so much. I don't think we thought it would be this hard to be away from them. We are blessed to have such great friends and family that we do miss them THAT much! Anyways so we will be in OK for Christmas. Clint gets to 2 weeks. Which is really just a blink of the eye with all the travel. We can't wait though! I was worried I was going to have to go a whole year without wearing fun winter clothes and boots!

It's been really nice out the last few days so Locke and i have been hitting the beach alot. A couple of little boys moved in and they are from OK too! Locke played with them on the beach yesterday. He had lots of fun. Clint has today off, well sorta, he has a lunch thing from 11-1. So hopefully we will hit the beach when he gets done. Clint has been really hitting the waves lately. This month it's really rough out and Clint is loving it. He wants to get a short board for surfing....we are looking for a used one....they are pretty expensive. I don't even know where we would put it.

gotta hit the gym and then we will watch some college football. College football comes on Sunday mornings here. It's weird to drink coffee, watch the sun come up, and watch football.

MJ

Rainy season is in full bloom. It rains everyday usually just for a little while and then the sun comes back out but the last week it has rained all day, everyday boooooo. So Locke and I have been trying to find fun things to do inside. One thing he enjoys the most is dancing. Not kidding the kid loves to dance. Especially to Michael Jackson. While we were in the states Grandma Kama let listen to some MJ and now he is hooked. I really need to video and share because it's so funny. I wonder if he gets it from me? When I was little I remember my grandparents playing a MJ video every night before bed when I stayed with them. My favorite was the thriller.....Maybe that's why I love Halloween so much. But I loved to watch MJ dance.

Anyways, I am glad Locke loves some MJ too.

Clint is off today. I think we are going to run to Tumon to get birthday presents for all the October birthdays! There are ALOT of October birthdays. We may have another one to add this October. Kyle and Janelle found out they might have baby Max at the end of October.....I am hoping for Halloween =) They probably are hoping its not =( Cant wait till he gets here though and cant wait to see him!

Church time

Since we have lived here we have been watching LifeChurch TV on Sundays. There really isn't anything that compares! Craig is amazing and on top of things, challenging people instead of making church just some routine on Sundays. We are going to continue watching Life Church but we decided to try a local Church so we can meet some good people and get Locke involved in Sunday school.

Well we tried a church Clint heard about from some people at work. It was a different experience than we were use to but it was good. Everyone was super friendly. There was a board at the back of the church that told the attendance from last week and the amount of offering given. There were around 100 people. We took Locke to the nursery. He was the only one in there so we felt pretty comfortable leaving him and it was kept super clean. The service was nice. Clint dropped the keys in the middle of the service and everyone turned around....but it was fine. All in all the people were nice but we really, really miss Life Church or Buckhead church in Atlanta! We will keep trying out different Churches in hopes for something similar but watching online is still awesome!

We are getting back on schedule this week. we have been catching up since we got back from Vacation. we already miss everyone but we are glad to be back with Clint.

trip to OK and Vegas

So other than the plane ride we had a great trip to OK. The first weekend we were there Locke stayed with gramma Kama while I went to Vegas with Annie and her gang for a bachelorette party. We had a great time. We stayed at Cesar's palace. We went to the pool, did some shopping, saw Chris Angel magic show, ate at some good restaurants, and had some fun dancing. I will say they most interesting thing that happened was when a girl that was 4'9 was pushing through the crowd with her girls and purposely pushed me out of the way. Normally i would have been like whatever you are rude but for some odd reason I pushed back.....I know not very nice of me but i didn't even thing about it and just did it. She turned around and swung a punch at me.....not kidding and then she said "I kill you B****" I just stared at her in amazement. Then I think she realized that I was 2 feet taller than her and walked off. Oh Vegas, such a classy place. Other than that we had a blast.

The next weekend was Annies wedding and festivities. It was SO much fun. I was so happy to be apart of all the wedding fun. Annies wedding was beautiful.

We had a joint birthday party for Locke and Emma at my aunt and uncles house. It was great pizza, cake, and a blow up bouncy thing! The next weekend Kama had some of her friends over in Cushing to throw a party for locke. We had a water slide, train, cake, and lots of fun. Locke had a great birthday Month to say the least!

All the rest of the time we spent with family back in forth between Cushing and Edmond. Eatting, shopping, messages, and hanging out and talking. We had a great time. oh and my sister Jamy is in hair school and I let her cut my hair off! It's short.! She did good though. If you need your hair done you should check her out at the Academy of hair design in Northpark mall before she moves to LA and is doing all the movie stars hair. She is fabulous.

Oh we went to the OSU game before we left and had so much fun. we cooked out at cam and Jancys and then went to the game for like 30 min. Locke was tired and that's as much excitement he could take. He looked handsome in is OSU gear though. After the game we went to the Lake for a couple of days. We went out on the boat and just hung out and relaxed.

Back in Guam

We are home! The plane ride back was MUCH better. I think they got my email and told everyone to be extra nice to us because it was like flying on a whole different airline! Kama came back with me. Thank God for her or i don't know what I would do sometimes. But they gave us a whole row of 3 seats together and it was awesome! I mean it is still a really long flight but it was night and day compared to the way to OK. The best part of the ride home was when Locke decided to stick his hand between the seats behind us and take the mans water cup. Kama and I looked at each other like "where did he get that"? Did someone give it to him....Then we looked and saw the man was sleeping and Locke just grabbed it. I cant believe he didn't spill it all over the guy.

Kama is here for the week! We are showing her around the island. We had a awesome Japanese lunch yesterday and decided to stay in last night because Locke has 2 teeth coming in. Thank God his teeth started coming in yesterday instead of on the plane. God was really looking out for me or knew I wouldn't be able to handle that!

As soon as I have a little more time I will post about our trip home.

Airplane ride

So before we left for adventure to OK I was praying and telling myself everything was going to be fine. That I can travel 20 hours with Locke in my lap. People will be nice and the stewardess will help me. I WAS WRONG! It was the most HORRIBLE thing I have ever done in my life. It started out ok the first leg of the trip was from Guam to Honolulu (8 hours). Locke slept most of the time and I was just uncomfortable but it wasn't bad. The second leg of the trip from Honolulu to Houston was another story. First of all I paid for an extra legroom seat. I was sat next to a very large man that took up part of my seat. He should have had to buy two seats. It was unbelievable. The steward and stewardess on this flight were young and very immature to say the least. But, they saw what was going on and snickered about it to eachother. People on the plane were coming up to me asking why they didn't do something about it because it was ridiculous. This plane ride was another 8 hours....the longest 8 hours of my life. No sleep, no food, and no drink for me for over 24 hours by the end. I do not recommend flying with a one year old. Thank God my mother in law is flying back with me or I wouldn't be going back.
OH I did send in a complaint to the airline. The refunded my extra legroom and sent me a gift certificate. They also said they would use some of my quotes for there monthly newletter. It made me feel a little better. Maybe the next mom that comes through will have it a little easier.