We're back!

We're back! So, I have a few weeks of things to update. Earlier this month we had some friends from visiting from Minnesota. The Lofbergs from Thief River Falls came over here with their two kids. They both graduated with Tom from high school. We had a great time together for about 10 days. It was a little rainy a few days for them but overall it was good I think.

While they were here we decided to visit a beach we've never gone to before. It's on the Waianae side of the island. That side of the island is more the poor side with lots of homeless people living on or near the beach. The beach we went to was military so you could only get access if you were military. It was nice. We rented a kayak for the day. I had never done that before so it was really fun. Tom thinks we should buy one now! I don't know about that! We drove back home and had supper at Ruby Tuesday.

Tom left for Georgia on the 19th. He had to go to a conference but while down there he was able to spend this weekend with Caleb. They had an awesome time. Tom will fly back here on Halloween day (I'm so glad he doesn't have to miss this year). Tyler is going to be a pirate. We had a hard time finding a costume that wasn't going to sweat him to death. After being home about 4 days, Tom then has to fly out to Japan for 2 more weeks. It's not fun being home alone but there are so many people who are missing their loved ones for being gone much longer! So we just have to make due! :)

Tyler and I have just been hanging out all weekend together. It's been fun. It's rained all weekend here which is very unusual. So, it's kind of like a fall day for us! I miss fall a lot!!

Well, hope all is well with everyone! We love and miss you!
The Brouses

This is a video of Tyler singing his ABC's! He's almost got it!

Fall in Hawaii!

So it's fall in Hawaii! :) Yeah, I know that sounds weird and it is truly weird to say when you live here! Actually after living her for almost 4 years, a person can tell there is a definite change in the weather but not so much to make many clothing changes (not like back home)!

So for the past couple of weeks we really haven't done too much new stuff. I am posting some pictures of Tyler with his stuffed animals. He's so funny with those guys! He just loves them. He tucks them into his bed and loves to be with them. He has been waking up in the night wanting Tom or I (mostly daddy) and we'll go to his room and find him standing there in the middle of his room with armfuls of stuffed animals! It's really cute but very creepy the first few times I would walk down the hall and find him standing there!

We watched football today and I did some cleaning. I am off of work this week for our fall break so I'm so excited to do nothing...or whatever I want for a week! We have friends coming from Thief River Falls this Saturday and they are staying for about 10 days. That should be fun! Tom leaves Oct. 18th for a short TDY to Georgia. He will be gone for 2 weeks and arrive back home on Halloween afternoon just in time for trick or treating! We have been searching for a costume for Tyler but just don't see anything that we want yet. He says a fireman but I'm just not sure he'll keep the costume on. Also, it's hard to find costumes that aren't made for cold weather. It'll be like 80 here when he's out trick or treating so it has to be something that's not too hot!

I added a couple pictures to the left of Caleb and Tyler. The one of Caleb was taken when he was little. Tom had put shaving cream on him in the bath and he thought is was so cool! We were looking at some old pictures and decided to do the same with Tyler. Isn't it so crazy how much alike they look. Man, some of the pictures of them at the same ages are so alike it scary. I just thought is would be fun to show you all!

Well, not much else! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!!

Love, The Brouses

Gecko!!

This is Tyler holding another gecko we found in the house. We have them in the house quite a bit! Tyler loves to chase them and have daddy pick them up so he can hold them. We found this one early one morning when we were leaving for work/daycare. This is one of the smallest we've had in the house. Tyler doesn't mind holding them. We took it outside after and let it go. He's so proud when we do that. He remembers where we put them and goes back later to see if they are still there.

We didn't do much new this week. We took a family trip to Toys R Us yesterday to use a gift card and money Tyler got for his birthday last month. We got him a bag of Mega Blocks and a huge tub of play dough stuff. He just loves his new things.

We also took Tyler and his friend Isaiah to the park on Saturday. They just love it there. We had lots of fun sliding, swinging and playing. The park is just down the road from here so we walk there. Tyler and Isaiah are such good friends! How cool to have a best friend at such a young age!!!

Today Tyler has been in his underwear practicing using the potty. He goes so well when we're at home. He does have little accidents but is able to hold the rest until we can rush him to the potty chair. He gets m&m's when he goes. He's only supposed to get 1 each time he goes potty but he always looks really nice at us after he's done and says "Two!" So of course he gets 2!!

Well, we hope you had a good weekend! We love and miss you!

The Brouses

Happy Birthday Mama!

Well, for anyone who checked the blog last week and found nothing new....I apologize. I just didn't have any new news for you and was really lazy last Sunday. This week we didn't really have anything new either but I have some cute pictures I wanted to share.

Last weekend I went and got Tyler's hair cut. He's had his hair cut many times and doesn't mind having it done. After she cut his hair the lady asked if I wanted a faux hawk. I was like...uh...I don't know. She told me she just uses this gel stuff to stick his hair up in a fake mohawk. Tyler usually LOVES to have "pokies" in his hair. That's what he calls them when we do it for him. He liked it right away but when we got in the car and felt his hair and how hard it was....he said "I don't like it mom"! It was too cute. He did leave it in all day but wasn't excited about it!

On Sunday night last weekend Tyler and I were outside on our front steps and he was climbing a little bench I have out there. He likes to climb the bench to look in this old mail slot...there is a gecko who likes to hide in it. I turned my back for just a second and he had fallen. The bench had tipped over and he fell on the cement. He scraped the left side of his face near his eye. It looked pretty beat up but he was alright. If you notice in the video, you can see the black and blue marks near his eye. Poor Tyler!! He's been much more cautious after that with climbing on the bench. He wouldn't even stand on it with me holding him.

This Saturday was my birthday!! 32! Can you believe it?! How time flies. Yesterday, Tyler and Tom took me out for breakfast and supper. That's so nice to not have dishes! We went shopping and I got a few things. Tom said he didn't know what to get me so I shopped for myself this year! We had cupcakes and ice cream for dessert! It was a very nice day with my family!!!

Here is a video of Tyler talking~enjoy!

We love and miss you all!

The Brouses

Beautiful Beach Days!

Tom was off on Friday so he stayed home with Tyler. Usually the military is nice and gives people family day on a long weekend to make it extra long. We had dinner at the club on base with our neighbors. We always love going there. Tyler loves to walk around and look for snail shells! It's also within walking distance so that's cool.

We had a very nice weekend together! We went to Lanikai Beach on the east side of the island both Saturday and Sunday. We LOVE that beach. It's supposed to be one of the most beautiful beaches on all the islands. It's very calm clear blue water with soft soft sand. It always seems like the people there are much more relaxed too. People walk their dogs there without leashes and it's just cool! We make lots of castles and spend time just hanging out!

Today we stayed inside almost all day. We were doing some minor fix-up things around the house. Now Tyler and Tom are outside playing with Isaiah. We've had a great long weekend!