It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!!!

Our little Lilybug is now 2 years old. We had a family party for her and it was tons of fun. Even though Lily was not in the best of moods. She had an emotional moment during the start of the party. Maybe she was getting a taste of the growing pains her Mama and Daddy have been having since time is passing by and our babies are growing up so fast. But she eventually brightened up and started to enjoy her party. We had some yummy cake and ice cream and Lilybug got some really great gifts. We kept our tradition of getting the other kids one gift but we gave them the gifts before the party so it was so nice for Mimi and Papa to remember our tradition and get Bubba a gift. We can't believe that our Lilybug is already 2 years old but also that we have only had her in our lives for 2 years when it seems like we've known her forever. Even with her crazy tantrums and with her gift of having the most annoying sound in the world we love her sooooo very much and could not live without her. We love you Kai Lily!!!!

Our anniversary and Mother's day

Well we celebrated our 6 year anniversary this year on the 30th of April but I always say we should really be able to tack on the 4 years we dated and the fact that we have been friends since high school. But nevermind that. 6 years!!! Brings me back to our wedding day and what we have accomplished since then. 6 years later and we have the most beautiful and most wonderful children anyone could ask for. We are so blessed!! I couldn't imagine my life without my husband and my sweet babies. Without them my life would be so dull and I would never be this happy. I love my life and I love my family. Kickboxer is always so thoughtful but this year he hit it out of the park. For our anniversary he came home with flowers and the sweetest card and for Mother's Day he and the kids made a beautiful collage and one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies. I am so grateful to be a mother but not only that, I'm so grateful to be the mother of these children. I love you my sweet babies!!

Our Canadian family comes to visit

That's right! We got to hang out with Brad and Mo. Well to the kids that's Uncle Brad and Auntie Mo. It seems like it's been such a long time since we have seen them. It was really great having them at Mimi and Papa's so all we had to do was take a short drive and we got to see them. We were so happy to have them both here and Kickboxer was so happy to see his brother. But I don't think anyone was happier than Lilybug to have Auntie Mo here. She just clung to her the moment she got here.She sure loves her Auntie Mo!! But Uncle Brad on the other hand...I don't know what Lily had against her Uncle Brad but she wouldn't let him hold her for anything. And even if they made eye contact for a second she would close her eyes and pretend that she was invisible. HA! Who knows what was going on in her head? But we do know that she does love her Uncle Brad. She may not show it yet but she will. We did manage to get a picture of when she allowed attention from her Uncle Brad. He gave her a yummy animal cracker so she caved, so cute! It was so awesome to have them in town and grateful that Mo is in our family. I love that she comes to visit and appreciates her enviroment and sees the beauty in the desert. Can't wait till you come again Brad and Mo!

Easter Time!

Easter this year was a really good time. We didn't get a chance to dye eggs with the kids but we think one more year and they will really enjoy it. So we just bought a basket filled with toys of their liking for each of them. We got Bubba a Phineas and Ferb basket and Lilybug a princess basket. And they got to hunt for plastic eggs filled with Organic gummy bunnies and bunny crackers. Only Bubba got to eat the gummies but Lily didn't care. You can see she is only concerned with dolling herself up with her princess attire. Later on that week we took them over to my mom and dad's because they wanted to have an easter egg hunt for them and Drew Drew. Boy, did they have a good time!

Here's to tradition!!!

There's a Palauan tradition when it comes to girls. First of all, it's a very special thing to have a girl in my family. Being that women rule Palau, the more girls I have the happier my Edil is (that's Grandma in Palauan). Don't get me wrong. My Edil LOVES all of my kids, including the boys. But again, a very special thing when we have a girl. So the Palauan tradition is, when you have a girl right after they are born you shave their head to make it thicker. When I was born my mom shaved my head and I'm pretty sure her mom did it to her too. Well, for a long time I didn't think I would do it but recentley my brother J.J mentioned that I should shave her head because she kind of had a mullet. He was right! She definatley had a mullet and has had it for a while. Her hair was growing really long in the back and would break off really easy in the front. So I got to thinking about Bubba's hair before his first haircut. And how when after we first cut it the texture changed from being like Kickboxer's hair to my hair. So I thought..what the hay! Hair grows back and she sure could pull off a shaved head. Not only did she pull it off..soon people are gonna be shaving their heads too so they can look as cute as our Lilybug. So here are some before photos.















Hanging out with Daddy.


























Saying goodbye to her beautiful locks.














Shaving it off!













Beautiful after photo! I call her my lil Natalie Portman.

Musical Palauan Princess

The other day while visiting at my parents house, Lilybug was going through the toy box that my mom has for all the kids and she found this colorful block toy and decided it would work perfectly as a necklace for her. Shortly after my mom and I noticed it looked a lot like palauan money. Anyway, Lilybug would not go home without it. So a couple days later I was doing dishes and I found my talented baby girl on the kitchen floor doing this.

Daniel's baby blessing

Well, we were finally able to bless our beautiful sweet boy before he could walk up there on his own.














It was a beautiful baby blessing.














As always, Kickboxer did a wonderful job blessing the baby. My Mom,Dad and Moey were able to be there. That meant the world to me.















They had to leave right after the blessing so I got pictures of my family with the baby. But I'm kinda bummed cause we didn't get any pictures with Ian and his family with the baby. But they were definatley there.