Rambling on the beach...

Leilita & Leila (born at night) = our trucks!

If you want to know where we are, look no further than the license plate on that KIA in the background... yes, it says "PINES"

Taking over Mama's easel

Geez- step away from the easel for just a moment & look what happens!

Makaio's Zoo

That jungle above Makaio's bed is the zoo he has been bringing home from school.

There is an animal that starts with every letter of the alphabet (... and just as many pin holes in the wall)hehehe

I don't know how they can sleep with all those beasts in there!

(or perhaps, on second thought, the boys just fit right in)

You take the boy out of the Surf...

...but you can't take the Surf out of the boy!

(Matt made a pond in the front yard to catch extra water for our plants... the boys have decided it is their own private swimming pool)

BELIEVE IT!

I know that I have seen many an eye roll in rampant disbelief when I brag about how my 4 yr old makes dear old mom her morning coffee- so for all of you still in doubt...

check out what is going on in my kitchen!

Journey's 4th Birthday- goodbye Goo!

New cowboy boots, complete with hat, belt, spurs, & weapons.

Gardening gloves for pulling weeds and avoiding "poke-ys".

And a pinata full of mini video games, candy, "muddy putty", and dinosaurs.

He is no longer "Journey" or "goo" now that he isn't a baby anymore...

He has changed his name to "whale".

when I thought it was torture...

Makaio came home from school with this...

*splashing to the floor in a big puddle goes my heart*