Thanksgiving in Guam

Sorry i haven't posted in awhile. I have been using that time to catch up on real housewives. We don't have bravo here so i have to get them from fastpass. Anyways, we have been spending lots of time on the beach the past few weeks because it has been beautiful out! Locke is learning to swim and loves riding on the paddle board with Clint. He also loves ridding with his new pals Gabby, JoJO, and Ezra. They have alot of fun on the beach together.





Clint had a little adventure with some 15 foot waves a couple of weekends ago. lets just say he went out and came right back in with a foot that looked like it was ran over with a lawn mower. There was a reason no one else was out in the water that day. The waves were unbelievable. I am glad Clint made it back in safe. His foot is a lot better.





This is the first year I will be helping prepare a Thanksgiving meal. I am use to just showing up and eating. I bought a 28lb turkey. It's in the freezer.....it's the only thing in the freezer now. We are going to have dinner with some of the neighbors. There are 3 or4 families getting together and we are all going to celebrate and be thankful together. I am excited. I will still miss being home but I am thankful for the friends we have to share with.





Ok well time to start dinner.....steak tacos!

mothers day out

So I have been looking for a mothers day out place for Locke since we got here. Just something that's once a week for 2 or 3 hours so he can be with other kids and I can be all by myself. After much research i talked to a neighbor who took her little boy to the Westin hotel kids center. I went and checked it out and it was perfect. I can take him anytime as long as i make a reservation a day ahead. I took him on Thursday from 1-4 and it couldn't have gone better.

The place is focused to Japanese tourist so there were alot of cute little Japanese kids and Locke. He stands out a little bit. Next time I will take a picture because when i came to pick him up it was snack time and about 25 kids were sitting around picnic tables, Locke's little blonde head was bobbling up down. it was precious. He liked it so much that he looked at me when i walked in, smiled, and then ran back to the play area because he did not want to leave. Cant wait to take him next week!

We have a new baby in the family!!!!! Sweet Max was born today. He is perfect. congrats to Kyle, Janelle, and Emma for the new addition to there family. I am so lucky to have a sweet nephew. We cant wait to see him at Christmas!

Tumble Time

Locke is really loving to get on top of stuff. I mean he stands on his toys, books, the bed ,couch, and really anything he can find he wants to stand on top of it. So,I took Locke to a kids Tumble, play-place on Wednesday. It was ........funish. It was a big giant room with balls, mats, and slides. It kept his interest for....like 30 minutes. Like his dad, he gets bored very easily. But it was fun for something different to do. I met a lady who has a 2 year old son and takes him to a mothers day out type program to afternoons a week. This is exactly what i have been looking for! I just want Locke to get to hangout with other kids his age on a regular basis. So we will be checking into that next week!

Not a whole lot going on here. It's been raining alot. Clint likes it though because it causes big waves for him to go surfing. Oh he got another board....Not a paddle board but a surf board. He loves it! He met some other local people who surf and has been trying to go out with them every morning "to catch some waves". I'm glad he likes it.

We met some really nice people who live in our complex and they are having there wedding reception in the front of our complex today. It looks like a big celebration! It will be fun to see how the local people throw a party and get to try some of there local foods.

Oh our Thai place opened back up last night. It's a whole new crew of people. I guess the lady who use to run it went back to Thailand. It was still really good. I am glad it's open. It's nice to have somewhere in walking distance for great Thai food.

Our Thai Resturant closed

We were driving back from picking up Clint from work the other day and realized Patataya(the neighborhood Thai restaurant) was closed! There was a sign "closed, new management". The thing is this family of like 4 people owned the joint so we aren't sure whats going on. It is awesome food though. It's just a 6 table, hole in the wall place. If you want something to drink they take it out of the fridge in the dining room. It's small, but awesome! A dude takes your order and there is a cook in the back that throws it together and it is awesome! It's always crowded. we usually have to wait half an hour or so to get our food because they cook it as you order it so you wait you have to wait your turn.

It's our go to take out place! hope it opens back up soon!!

In the mean time we checked out this other Thai place(there are allot of them, like Mexican places in OK) it was kinda scary. They also sold used DVDs and cigarettes in a see through glass shelf. The food was not so good. oh well

Locke is really taking interest to the slide outside. Clint took him on and let him go down by himself.....he came down upside down. OH well he is learning

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!