Things have been crazy!

Well, as the title says things have been crazy here! Toward the end of the week Jacob got the stomach flu. It always amazes me how I can function when I am woken out of a dead sleep. One minute I am dreaming and then I hear Jacob cry and my maternal instincts just kick in. I see him and the bed covered in throw up and I just know what to do, strip bed, put sheets in washer, bathe Jacob, set up sick bed in living room. But he is finally starting to feel better today.

Saturday I was invited to go to a scrapbooking day in honor or national scrapbooking day 2005 at a hotel in Honolulu. I went with 2 friends from church. It was from 9am-4pm. I started and completed Jacob's ABC scrapbook and had such a nice time.

When I got home we went to Wendy's for dinner and then each got a free Frosty (Thanks for the tip Uncle Marv)! Then we went to the commissary. After that we dropped off our groceries at home and then left for the airport to get Jeff! The boys were so excited the could hardly control themselves. Jeff came in on time and Micah greeted him with a big hug and a lei. Jacob went right to him and they hardly leave his side all day.

We brought Darrick to the ship this morning because he has duty and then they leave on Monday for another week out to sea. We did not go to church since Jacob was just getting over the flu. We took Jeff for a walk around the base and down to the west side of the penisula to see the view, the ocean and the crabs in the water. We enjoyed the warm sunshine and the sweet smell of plumeria in the air.

Then we went to meet Darrick on the ship for a tour of the USS Hopper. On our way home I drove Jeff to Ford Island and showed him a few of the original buildings from the Pearl Harbor attack. We came home for a yummy lunch of homemade tacos and then off again!

We headed to Pali Lookout to see the view and then a little hike. As we were walking up a man told us "You better hold on to your kids!" and boy was he right! The wind was insane. If we would of put Jacob down the wind easily would had blown him over. But the view was amazing! Micah looked at me and told me that my hair was crazy!

We hiked a little and the wind died down on the trail. We visited the nest and bird eggs Micah discovered a few weeks ago. They were still there and had turned a little brown. We returned home and had popsicles. The boys played and rode bikes and then Jeff played soccer with them while I made dinner. After baths and a game of ZINGO the boys were ready for bed.

We need to rest because we have a lot planned!