Jackson's visit with Santa at Barbers Point Elementary

Jackson has made it to the stage where he will sit on Santa and not scream.  My school had a Christmas fair and Jackson loved it.  His favorite thing was to jump in the bouncy house. 

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  Ate plenty of turkey and ham and all the fixins and then did some Black Friday shopping and then hiked Makapuu Lighthouse.

Halloween 2011

This year Jackson was supposed to be Thomas the Train but decided at the last minute he did not want to wear that costume!!! I was able to whip up this cute costume in 5 minutes. It is the Melissa and Doug dress up gear I found at a tag sale a long time ago. Thank goodness, I didn't ship it yet :)

Choo Choo All Aboard!!!

Gavin and Jackson checking out their loot.

Group Shot

We wish you could have been here daddy!!! We miss you tons!

Round 2 Corn Picking

On the hayride to get to the cornfields.

He was so excited to be running through all the corn!

We found some ears of corn!

Extended Family Picture :)

Getting Ready for Halloween! Round 1 Pumpkin Picking

We have been anxiously awaiting for Halloween to get here because that means we are closer to seeing daddy!!! Jackson and I did our annual pumpkin patch picking at Aloun Farms and had a blast. We ended up going back for round two to pick corn.

Choo, Choo, Choo, Choo Train

On Sunday we went to the train in Ewa Beach. Jackson has been asking me everyday for a month if we can go on the choo choo train. So we finally went and now he wants to go again. The bummer is the train only goes on Sundays.

Jackson giving the shaka!

Hang Loose

Waiting patiently for the train to start, he was so excited and lasted for the entire 90 minutes. He fell asleep the last 10 minutes.

Yeah! I rode the train!

Happy Birthday Makaela!

Monica made these really cute collages that I borrowed to show you how much fun we had celebrating Makaela!

Jackson loved making a crown full of jewels.

The beautiful castle cake.

Bouncy House Fun!

Happy First Birthday Dylan

Jackson enjoying the cupcake with a gumdrop.

Gavin and Jackson playing around in the bouncy house.

Checking out Jackson's classroom

Jackson in action showing me all things he plays with in school.

He didn't want his picture taken. He has been doing this a lot lately. When he doesn't want his picture taken he will turn his back.

Jackson's work on the wall.

Hanging out with friends

Abby and Zack came over to hang out one evening and made bathtime so much fun!

Just another day walking home from a great day at ko'olina.

Jackson and Brooke having a great time hanging out in the playhouse.

Jackson' first day at Makakilo Baptist Preschool

Wow! Jackson is three and ready for the next chapter of his life. Preschool!!!

Here are some cute pics of him getting ready for his first day :)

Auntie Monica gave him this shirt with his name on it and I thought how appropriate for his first day of school. I can't believe how fast three years goes by.

Goodbye Makakilo! Goodbye Townhouse!

Our first home!

Well we did it, we were able to rent out our house, sell all of our furniture and move out in 3 weeks! We said goodbye to our first home :( sniff, sniff, sniff. I miss it so much. I miss the cool breezes, the quietness, the view of Diamond Head, and Jackson's room. I don't miss not having a garage, crazy lady next door, red dirt, and cleaning jalousie windows. So why did we do it!!! Mike and I agreed it was a good idea to rent out our house in August because only Jackson and I would be living there. It was a good way for us to save money to help us move things to Connecticut and help us to save some money for a down payment on our future house since we can't really sell this house yet due to the economy and falling market!!!!!! We were able to get wonderful rentors who have a little boy who loves the fish room. We are so lucky because they really are treating our house as if it was their own.

The view from the deck and the complex pool.

Living room, it only took us 4 years to get it right, haha

The kitchen

Half bath

Jackson's beautiful fish room.

Goodbye little truck, we sold the truck because it just isn't a family car. You can only go so long having a carseat in a truck. Jackson was beginning to learn how to open the door as well. FYI there aren't any child locks in a 2004 Mazda truck. The truck was wonderful helping us through the past 7 years. From UH football games, camping, moving, renovating, craigslisting, and much, much, much, more!!!!