uhm.

i dont really have anything to say other than...
i've been dreaming about going back to hawaii (literally) as the semester is coming to an end. good idea? bad idea? i think good idea. i'll teach primary and get a sweet tan again.

thats all.

"even with my feeties"

remember how hawaii was the worst, most challenging job of my life?
well, it was.
but i still miss this sweet little kid.

chaseyisms

me: boys, i want you to be good the whole rest of this week because i'm leaving soon..ok?

chasey: .....wha...what? but i might.. i might miss you!

so the truth comes out. after i've been:

spit on

hit on

yelled at

kicked

screamed at

disobeyed

flirted with

whined at

ignored

ran from

and just hated on in general by two darling little boys...

the truth comes out.

I WIN!

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here are chasey's latest chaseyisms so i dont forget..

"Di you know that Octimus Prime...."

"WhaYouSay?"

"..an..an...an there was this big giant graping whole dat you.. dat you coul um, fall into."

"nosepose!" (when he runs up to my face and give sme eskimo kisses. don't ask me where he got the phrase 'nosepose')

"BUTT!"

"wha can i have to eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat?"

"Ca i have a pocksickle?"

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oh chasey. how you entertain me for days on end.

you're especially a good boy when cadens at summer camp.

i also love how my laptop can entertain you for days on end as well.

especially realizing there are avatars and funny voices.

enjoy.

i think the sky is closer here.

island blackouts make for pretty killer star gazing nights.
no lights + middle of pacific ocean + feeling like the sky is right ontop of your head.... = beauty. i decided that next saturday i'm going up to mauna kea (the observatory) to go check it out. i can't WAIIIIIT. (ps yes this photo was taken from that very observatory i'm going to! the nerd inside of me cannot wait.)


it sort of was quite the terror movie when rebecca and i were suddenly told to leave walmart because the power was NOT coming back on. and if youve ever been in a giant warehouse in the pitch black? not okay. (we proceeded to try on fake wedding rings for another 5 minutes before they told us to REALLY get out). my first thought was a murderer probably did it to kill some people. or steal stuff or something.

after waiting it out on the bench outside the next 20 minutes, we decided to call it a night when 70 yr old creepermccreeperson rolled up in an old truck and asked us 'beautiful ladies' if we needed a lift somewhere...he then shouted how attractive he thought we were as he tore away. rebeccas response? "ITS PITCH BLACK OUT HERE- YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE US YA BIG CREEP!!!!!!!!!"

mind you, i was terrified driving home from kona because all the streetlights were out. and that narrow palani highway is bad enough because of the little wild devil goats that hop out onto the road at random intervals throughout the day. this is no joke. feral mountain goats seem to make lava rock their home sweet home.


along with devil goats, are little squirrel looking things with super long tails..which i ran over the other day. and when i say 'ran over' i mean the squirrel thing was petrified in the middle of the road holding a nut or something, and i refused to swerve..so the little varmint just got a nice view of the underside of the car while its little heart probably stopped. poor thing. funny though. (also, as i was googling "hawaiian squirrels" since i didnt know the REAL name of them.. found this little gem. i bet this is what the little guy looked like after i ran over him.


in other news, i went to the most amazing secret little beach here. its right before a really popular beach, so no one really cares to check it out.. but its this adorable little white sand cove that alot of families go to because the waves arent too bad. after a few days of going here and falling in love with it...i decided to try out the snorkeling. holy cow. amazing. i've never experienced anything like it in my entire life! i felt like i was swimmin with nemo & friends. everywhere i looked were the most beautiful tropical fish..and even right up by the shore, was this huge school of opaque no-name tropical fish that you can only see underwater. there were probably 200 of them just hangin out, nbd. it was breathtaking. i wanna conquer my fear and go a BIT farther out past the rocks..but lets be real. ever seen 'shark week' on the discovery channel? i refuse to ever be a guest on that show. case closed.

(note: the woman in the bikini is not me. OBVIOUSLY. just.. those are the fish that i saw.)

ps- after my amazing snorkeling adventure...i gazed over to the beach across the way that was even more secluded....wondering how on earth those little fellows doing yoga got over there...

and then i realized that they were naked.

all naked.

that is not okay with me.
the end.

my day.

happy 300 & fish water

omg
i'm a freakin blog hussie.
this is my 300th post...
eeek. thats a sign of too much time on the computer, dont ya think?

so today was quite the eventful day.
and by eventful, maybe i mean i wanted to pull my hair out..but it was just so ridiculous that i just laughed. all day.

i always know when the boys are up to something mischievious, because it gets reallllllly quiet. too quiet. so i had a feeling to go outside to the courtyard to where they were to peek and see what they were up to this morning. low and behold.... i see the boys filling up their squirtguns from the fish pond....and shooting the fish water into their mouth. THEIR MOUTH. omg.

i scold them and make them promise to quit doing it or they were going on timeout.

i walk back in the house...and hear giggles. perfect.
and then it gets quiet. and i hear a 'WOOOOAAAAHHH'
they definitely werent shooting the water in their mouths anymore, but through the laundry room window screen. youre kidding.

once more i do my meanest face/voice and say one more time and they are out. they promise to stop with the fish water. i walk back inside...because boys will be boys, right? and they were warned to STOP being boys.

wrong.
i walk back outside for the third time, and once again they are drinking the fish water. i grabbed the squirtguns, and promptly escort them to their room. they knew they deserved it too.

mind you, all of this happened AFTER i found them drinking out of the dog bowl.
the only possible thing i could think was.. 'what the hell?'

they smelled of fish all day. and guess what? old stale fish water smells like old people diapers. exactly like old people diapers. call me crazy, but im being serious. it caught me so off guard. a few minutes later, i could not take it. i ignored their refusals to change their shirts, so i just made them put their fish shirts in the laundry before i passed out. so they ran around the rest of the day topless. what else is new.

so to punish them i forced them to watch harry potter with me. they were ticked off at first cuz they wanted to watch garfield. but nope. they LIKED it even though they wouldnt admit it. wanna know how i know? look at their little faces:

priceless.

p.s. i'm not having little boys. i just.. dont..understand.
siiiiigh.

playgrounds and sunsets & too many pictures

so i was at the playground with my boys...just hangin out. while they were on the swings, i decided to walk across the way and play on the tireswing. well..maybe i got in the tireswing and my bottom fell through the hole..and i sort of got stuck haha. wanna know what i hear from across the playground? giggling boys, in shock.
"OH MY GOSH! LOOK AT YOUR BIG FAT BUTT! AHAHAHA! ITS SO BIG I COULD JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF IT!!!!"
(so they proceed to get into my purse, get my camera out, and take a picture of my big fat butt while i was stuck in the tire hole.i promptly deleted it. that is now their favorite saying to mock me with. in public.)

twenty minutes later as we were leaving the playground.. i heard a little giggle from my chasey.
"what are you giggling at? my big fat butt still?"
hysterical laughter followed.
they are so cute that i can't help be mad sometimes. i'm a push over.
jeez.


also.. can i tell you how beautiful hawaii is? it truly is. the sunsets here are amazing...and whenever i'm driving anywhere, i look over and see the ocean. sometimes i pull over to take a picture. and the horizon is half ocean, half sky. its amazing...and so weird at the same time. on a clear day, i'll look our the window and see ocean, then this weird random mountain looking thing. nbd, its maui..just hangin out. its a little different than the huge mountains i'm used to at home.

also, did i tell you how i love how everyone greets eachother with a kiss on the cheek and a cute little 'aloha'? its so adorable.

i made playdough the other day for my boys outta flour, water, veggie oil, and some good ol blue jello powder. it took up a good 2 hours of the day. definite time waster. brilliant.

Queens Marketplace in Waikaloa has become my favorite place. a coy fishpond and hawaiian performances in the town square? perfect.

tomorrow im going to kona to go to the ysa conference...and hopefully i'll get to explore kona a bit. they have a ton of little shops there i can't wait to go take pictures of. also, they have a white sand beach and a black sand beach right next to eachother. awesome.

also..maybe i'm super tan. maybe i'm trying to fake that i'm hawaiian. sue me

ps i'm awesome at chalk drawings. my boys think im frickin van gough.

and that has summed up my week. over and out.

mahalo!

so.. lately has been hard. and by 'lately' i mean about every other hour since i arrived here in hawaii. i didn't think bein out here alone would be that hard...because its paradise, right?
i dunno.. things just werent really falling into place. sooo on sunday i made the 40 minute drive to our chapel in Kona, right next to the temple. (it was the first time that i've put on make up, and curled my hair and actually looked like a girl....so naturally when i went to grab the keys, my boys hid from this stranger in their house. awesome.)

anyways.. i walk into church..and moooostly i'm the only white girl there. nbd, it was awesome. i wish so freaking bad i was hawaiian already! they are so beautiful. but i walked in, and immediately was greeted by the bishop, ward clerk, etc.. finding out who i was, and wondering why i was sitting alone on a pew by myself in their chapel. it was just the cure for a lonely girl 22,000 miles away from home.

i almost started laughing when they started out sacrament meeting with an 'alooooooo-ha!' because it caught me so off guard. (if ever i marry someone who's a bishop, im going to make him start out our sac like that!) anyways ps, this blog is so random and my thoughts are so scatterbrained..maybe because i'm laying in bed still trying not to die from these bug bites...myyyy apologies.

but sacrament seriously was so so so wonderful. it really felt like it was the first one i ever paid attention to, and my heart was just SO grateful for every little detail in that moment. for one of the ward elders, it was his last sunday there, so the congregation sang 'aloha oe' to him while people went up and presented him with laies. i of course being an idiot, stood up and had no idea what i was singing, so i just mumbled along and smiled when anyone looked at me.

anyways, everyone in relief society and sunday school was SO kind, and they acted like we had been bff's for years..i've never met a group of nicer, more genuine people in my whole life. I met the most adorable girl, Melia, and she is wonderful...she just graduated college and nannying here too. The bishoprics wives invited me to the bishopric family dinner that night, and i've never felt so welcomed in my life. and MANNNNNN i love real hawaiian bbqs.
steak.. chicken.. shrimp... mmmmmmmmmmm.

i look forward to the next 6 sundays i have here.

quote of the day

today when chasey was cuddling me during morning cartoons....

he hugged around my legs and with gritted teeth and a disgusted face said,

"WHY...does the hair on your legs itch my face.....?"

he seriously couldnt figure it out.

i started laughing...i swear its only been a few days!!!

i'm just a little busy monitoring their intake of granola bars they have everyday..

and making peanut butter sammys for them.. 24/7.

they. never. stop. eating.

but. i now am off to shave my legs silky mooth again for the beach.

i'll become a lady once more.

sorry kiddo. won't happen again.

updates:

so.... ever seen that scene in the exorcist where she projectile vomits? (i only saw that scene on vh1 once. i dont watch devil movies...(nor do i watch vh1, mom) )
or maybe where the griffin household has a puke-a-thon?
well that was me. from 1 a.m-10 a.m. yesterday...every hour on the hour.
it was misery.
being sick..laying on the bathroom floor and crying..calling my mom at 5 in the morning REALLY made me miss home. super super bad. this is just taking alot of adjusting. i'm sure once i get feeling better, i'll be a bit more upbeat.

also: maybe i started dating someone right before i left, and maybe thats made it a teensy bit harder to be a zillion miles away. he's great though. thats all. =)

some things i love love love about nannying though: when the boys are being good and i look back in the rear view mirror and they are just being so darn cute playing with their transformers making crashing and exploding sound effects. bless em.

i also love when chasey goes to tell caden to share his toys with him, he says, "caden.....MUHCOLE SAYS SO!!!!!!!!!"

this week has been quite new. rough but new and fun. learned alot already. i also learned that i'm terrible at building transformers out of legos....who woulda thought.

Meet: My boys

they are back once more..

the freckles.

by the time i come home from hawaii, my whole face will be covered in them.