Hawaii: Day 1

These last two weeks have been a blur of pure bliss. Robbie finally graduated.

And after 8 years of marriage and being college students through our entire 8 years of marriage, we are excited for the next step in our lives. But before we start that life my parents sent us to HAWAII as a graduation gift! YEAH!

It was so much fun. We went with 3 other couples in our Optometry class. We made some great memories and had such a great time. It was a good way to say goodbye. Although when I finally have to next weekend I think I'm going to cry. A lot. And then have a mental breakdown.

Since between all of us there are like over 1,000 photos I'm going to break them down day by day. We arrived Sunday. The whole time we were walking through the airport Dylan serenaded us with the tune of, "Is this really happening..." We couldn't believe it. It was so exciting.

Dylan, Debbie, Tracy and Jerom in line to check their bags.

On the shuttle from the airport to the rental car service.

Mikelle, Debbie, Me, and Tracy at the Hotel ready to live it up!

Robbie and I in front of our hotel, the Hale Koa.

Robbie and I.

Tracy, Dylan, Me, and Debbie wearing our awesome Elder Hatfield shirts while mimicking his iconic pose.

Robbie and I enjoying our first Hawaiian sunset.

Graduation

F - - - I - - - N - - - A - - - L - - - L - - - Y

The time has finally come. After all of the hours of studying and cramming. The many mornings where I woke up alone because my husband had gone to school early to study. The many diapers I had to change because my husband was never home to do so. It's over. Finally. Now to pay off those loans :)

We have had a great time these last 4 years. Made some great friends who we had to say goodbye to and more great friends that we'll have to say goodbye to when we move in June. 

We are excited, scared, happy, and nervous.

Robbie, I mean Doctor Robert Smith (so fun to say) will start working as an Optometrist in Manitowoc, WI at the local Shopko store. We are so excited to be back in Wisconsin. But also sad to be so far from relatives and friends we've made along the way.

Of course we were having amazing weather here in Oregon 3 weeks prior to Graduation Day. It was sunny, warm, not raining. On the big day it down poured. Major rain. So we are going to have to take an after Graduation family picture within the next few days.

Pictures to come...

Year In Review

Shame. I know, I know. I haven't updated this blog since Heather's Baby Shower and Londyn is now 6 months old...(and the cutest little red head I've ever seen, can't wait to meet her in May).

In my defense the computer I use to update my blog is older then Isabel (that's old in technology years) and the battery is kaputt, so I can't just rest in on my lap (cause I'm lazy) while watching Revenge (best show of the year) and it's also  v e r y   s    l    o    w...

Anyways. Here is our families Year In Review.

As I looked through photos of our last year I had over 90 photos to post. I narrowed it down to 15.  I tried to do these in order.

went sledding in Wisconsin

went to Costco 

gave kisses

played at the park with friends

won Pacific University's Intramural Basketball Championship

saw Wicked with good friends

went to Florida with friends for an all-expense paid Contact Lense Conference (jealous) and attended a PGA Tour

oh...and saw this guy! (jealous again)

said Goodbye to my Beautiful Grandma Jo (till we meet again)

went skim boarding on the Coast and made a complete fool of myself (luckily everything stayed in place)

attended the wedding of this stud and his gorgeous wife

sent this guy off on his Mission

went to The Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark with this lovely lady (oh and our families came with us) :)

and there I met this hottie who unfortunately is stuck in a log at the Great Wolf Lodge (darn)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! (picture courtesy of my talented cousin, Austin)

Heather's Baby Shower

For some CRAZY reason my video's from Heather's Baby Shower won't upload. Lame. So here they are:

"The Balloon Game"

They had to pop the balloon without using there hands. Everyone had a slip of paper inside the balloon. Whoever had the winning balloon won! But everyone had to pop there balloon :) Haha. Congrats to Karen for winning. 

"The Feeding Game"

Everyone got into teams of two. One person was blindfolded and had a baby spoon and baby food (applesauce) in hand. The other teammate had a garbage bag over them (to prevent large messes on there clothing) and were fed the baby food. It was pretty funny :) Congrats to Lisa and Tracey. They finished incredibly fast.

Klutz

I AM SO EMBARRASSED

Well I am usually embarrassed at least once a day, but today I'm not only embarrassed because I placed my own thumb inside my son's bedroom door (yes that place where the hinges are) and then proceeded to shut my finger in the door, and while I was alarmed by the pressure I ripped it out of the door hinge instead of just opening the door. I would show you a picture, but I'd pass out. (seriously, I laid down after I did this because the pain and blood was too much to bare) oh and I'm a drama queen. Then I laughed at myself, because I am a HUGE GIGANTIC COLOSSAL klutz.

Anyways the REAL reason that I am so embarrassed is because I haven't blogged since January. (That's pathetic). So my new goal is blog at least once a day every 3 days. Especially since I have the CUTEST kids and am constantly taking pictures and videos of them and I NEED HAVE to share them with everyone the 2 people who follow my blog (My Mom and Robbie's Mom) (We miss you guys, ALOT)

So here goes. Well I'll start with today and then show you what we've been up to the past 5 months (yikes!) Today I hosted a lunch. And since I'm a GINORMOUS (there's that word again) FREAK. I decided to host this lunch at a local park instead of my house, because the size of my house shoebox (yes I stole that term for my apartment from Brianne because it very cleverly defines where I live) versus the amount of people that would have been in my house would have given me an aneurism. Well of course the weather tells me 20% chance of rain and a high of 59. But I live in Oregon. So when I showed up to the park 30 minutes early it didn't feel so bad, I thought, hmmm with a sweatshirt or a light jacket on it's fine and it should get warmer as the afternoon goes on. Well it ended up raining and it was probably about 40. Nice. Let's just say we were all freezing and our kids were soaked.

When we usually  get together for lunch it lasts about 2-4 hours. This one lastest 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

That was awesome...

Sorry I have no pictures of this disaster since my hands were too cold to hold my phone/camera.

On a brighter note. My kids handled the cold and rain just fine. James was laughing and talking in his stroller and Isabel was having fun playing in the rain. Thank you children for your great outlook on life :) or maybe they were just high on fresh air because we live in Oregon and NEVER EVER EVER EVER get out of our shoebox.

So here is an overload of pictures and videos of what we've been doing the last 5 months. I will start with the end of January...

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

No we weren't in Wisconsin yet, this is Oregon. Isabel loved the snow. A true Wisconsinite.

Already for cold weather (this was taken in January). Thanks for the cute outfit Aunt Annette!

Shopped at Costco. And left in style.

Put our hair "UP HIGH" as Isabel would say. 

Gave cute smiles to the camera (6 months old).

Mother's little helper.

 Lined up and matched our Disney Princess books. She was so proud. 

Celebrated this old man's Birthday, 27th!

 

From Isabel and James (but made by Mom...)

Hiding behind his favorite toy. (7 months)

 

 

Love this guy. (8 months)

These two love eachother so much. It is too cute.

Grand Old Badger State

I received the BEST Birthday present EVER! A trip to Wisconsin to visit my family :) YEAH!

While we were waiting for our baggage I had to Wisconsify my children with coats, winter hats and mittens.

While I was there I got to visit the old stomping grounds and watch my baby younger brother, David, wrestle. Here he is warming up:

And winning his match:

And after his match with his shirt off. I had to get a picture because I couldn't believe my eyes. My baby sorry I mean younger brother is not a baby anymore. I told my Mom she needs to buy him really ugly clothes and shave his eyebrows, because he is too handsome.

Grandpa Bacon (with his funky hat) and James wrestling:

Even though James won Grandpa was still happy. I love this picture.

The aftermath of wrestling with Grandpa..."Eww, Gross, Mom, James SPIT!" -Isabel

 Cute hat. Cute smile. Cute girl.

Kohl's with Grandma and Mom.

And what department store adventure wouldn't be complete without running through the clothing racks (a childhood favorite of mine) which resulted in crazy hair.

All ready for church.

Home again. Happy to see Daddy, but sad to leave the Bacon's :(