This week was a normal one for us. Nothing new has really happened. Just same 'ol work and home. It's kind of nice that way though....then we're not rushing around during the week when we have to work. I did get an ipod this week though. I know...I feel way behind in all the new technology but I'm pretty excited about my new purchase. I'll use it on my runs on base mostly. They are actually against base rules to wear during running, etc. but I'll take my chances. I see half the base wearing them when they're out. Hopefully I don't get caught! I'd really feel silly!

Saturday we had our neighbor and his son over for the Vikings game. Tyler and Isaiah LOVE to play together and had a wonderful day. We just all hung out and relaxed which was very fun. Today we washed and vacuumed the cars. It was very hot!! (as usual)

Well, sorry for the short blog this week. Hope you all had a nice weekend!

Love, The Brouses

Happy Anniversary!

This week was pretty normal for us. As I said in the last blog, I was waiting for Tyler's toddler bedding to arrive. It finally got here and it's SO cute! We got the toddler bed put together with all the bedding right away. We had to take a few pictures of Tyler in his crib before we took it down. It's kind of sad to put the crib away. That means he's not a baby anymore!! So, we were really curious to see what his reaction would be to the new bed. He loves it! There really isn't any change from the crib to the toddler bed. Except that he has fallen out a couple times and we found him sleeping on the floor next to the bed. The bed does have side rails that go part of the way down the side but he I suppose he has to get used to not being "caged"! :)

On Friday night I went out with a few girl friends for supper. It was supposed to be just a mom's supper but some of the daughters of my friends wanted to come out too. We went to Senior Frog's down in Waikiki. That place is super fun. There's always something going on at that place. They make funny balloon hats, they have contests for everything you can imagine. Tom stayed home and had a boys night with Tyler.

Saturday was our 5th wedding anniversary. We had our neighbors watch Tyler. They have a 2 year old son, Isaiah, who Tyler loves! Isaiah loves him too! Every time they see each other they just run to each other and are so happy. Tom and I went to the movie The Pineapple Express. Our recommendation is.....don't go! It was pretty bad! It actually didn't start out too bad but overall it wasn't good. We then went to Old Navy to look around. It's definitely different to go shopping, etc. without Tyler with. I can actually look around and not be distracted every couple minutes for juice, snacks and whatever else kids need when you are trying to look at stuff! :) After shopping Tom and I came back on base and had supper and drinks at JR Rockers Sports Bar. We hung out there until about midnight listening to this "funk" bad. We walked home (it only takes about 10 minutes) and got Tyler from the neighbors. We had a great afternoon/evening together!!

Today we took a nap with Tyler (and really nothing else)! After staying up past midnight I needed a nap!!!

Have a great week!

The Brouses

Happy 2nd Birthday Tyler!!

So, Tyler is 2 years old! Wow! We had his birthday party on Saturday. We invited our friends from the neighborhood, friends from Tom's work, and Tyler's Auntie Leane (daycare lady) and her 2 girls. We had about 20 people and lots of kids around. The backyard was full of Tyler's toys and they just had a blast.

Tyler has been able to actually be excited for this years party. We talked about it all week and about how he would have his friends over and we would have a party because he is turning 2. When we'd ask him how old he is he'll say "2" so proud. We decided to have pizza (everyones favorite) for the party. I also made taco dip, grapes, pineapple, carrots and celery.

When I went to pick up the cake at the Commissary (base grocery store) the lady brought it out and said "oops". I was just like...oh no! I looked and it said HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY TYLER but it had Tinkerbell all over it. They had obviously made a mistake!!! SO...thank goodness I was picking it up 4 hours before the party and they had enough time to make a new one! In the end he had his Tonka truck cake and was very happy. And YUM it was good!!

Tyler got lots of trucks this year. He also got his first John Deere tractor. It's so cute. He got a Geo Train set too! That's his favorite thing so far. He's really into trains right now!

We just had such a great day being with our friends and enjoying each others company. The kids all play so well together! Today we just cleaned up and hung out in the backyard (Tyler's favorite place in the world!).

I'm waiting for Tyler's toddler bedding set to come in the mail this week so he can start to sleep in his toddler bed. We have it here in the box but we're waiting to get the construction set bedding in the mail. I'm hoping he makes the transition from the crib to the toddler bed ok. If anyone has any suggestions on what works and what doesn't...let me know!!

Well, another weekend over and it's time to get off to bed!!

Have a good week!! The Brouses

Lazy dayz

This week was really quiet around our house. Tom and Caleb left on Tuesday afternoon for Georgia. Tom stayed over in Georgia one night after dropping Caleb off with his mom. He flew back on Thursday. We really miss Caleb and like I said, it's been really quiet around the house.

I had my first day with my new 2nd graders on Wednesday. They are good so far but of course they are just warming up so we'll see as we go! :) I have 17 kids in my class. That's quite a bit smaller than what I started with last year so I'm very happy about that.

We didn't really do much of anything this weekend. We are getting ready for Tyler birthday party next Saturday. His actual birthday is on August 10th (Sunday) but we're having his party on Saturday. We are ordering pizza and just going to hang out in the backyard with his friends. He has this friend, Isaiah, from a couple doors down. They just LOVE each other!

Tyler has a little cold. He took an over 3 hour nap today. Must have needed sleep today! I got to clean the office desk and go through some things I've been needing to do. That was nice!

Overall, nothing really going on. I am posting some of our other summer pictures. I didn't take any new ones this week! I should have some next week with his birthday party!

Love you all and miss you!!!

Back to work for Kari

This week I went back to work. I had a GLC (grade level chair) meeting on Tuesday morning and then my first "real" day back to work was Thursday. It felt good to get back to my classroom and get things reorganized. I met the 3 new teachers on my gradelevel. We have 6 2nd grade teachers in all, 3 of which are new to our school. Actually they are all first year teachers. They all seem nice and ready to dig in. Students start back on Wednesday so we still have Monday and Tuesday for getting ourselves ready.

On Saturday we went bowling here on base. The bowling alley here is nice. It has tons of lanes and it also serves food, drinks, etc. We have gone bowling every summer with Caleb. It was a good family night. After bowling we went our for supper at the sports bar/restaurant on base. We seem to always go there. It's close and the food is very good. Tyler likes to look for snails out in the grassy area. We always manage to come home with at least a few shells.

Today, Sunday, we haven't done much. We went grocery shopping this morning and now Tyler is napping while Tom and Caleb was the cars. I think when Tyler gets up we are going to go to the beach. We don't have many days left with Caleb here so we are trying to squeeze as much in as we can.

Tomorrow Tom an Caleb are going to Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park. Caleb has wanted to go all summer but we didn't get to do that until now. I have to work but those two will have fun. Caleb and Tom leave Tuesday night to take Caleb back to Georgia. Tom will stay over one night and then fly back.

We just sent out the invitations to Tyler's 2nd birthday party. We are having a pizza party at our house. I just can't believe that he'll be 2~ where has the time gone!!!

Well, not much new this week!! Hope you all had a relaxing weekend and may the week fly by for all of you!! :)

Love~The Brouses