August Meets the Ocean

 First trip to the beach.

 

 Swimsuit twins.

 Awww.

 Beach dance-off per Drew's request.

 First family picture with 4 kids.

 Couldn't resist.

Drew to the Rescue

Last weekend there was an open house at the new Public Safety Training Center.

Tiger Cub Drew got to earn a patch by going.

 

His day included learning how they lift fingerprints from crime scenes,
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exploring emergency vehicles,
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 target practice,

and saving Bob's life.

In previous Tiger Cub news...

For the October pack meeting there was a trunk or treat.

 He was the treat in the trunk.

Watching and Waiting

 

Watching the rain/waiting for my family to get here.

They got here and there were some introductions.

 

Then an initiation (the work of Cole):

And some happy kids.

He's Portable

 Our 1128 square foot rectangle of a home is now at maximum occupancy.

So this is August's current sleeping arrangement.

 

He gets moved from room to room throughout the day depending on who is home.

Not sure what plan B is for when he grows out of this.

 

So ya if anyone wants to go in on a group gift...

there's a beautifully remodeled 2586 sq foot home just down the street for only $719,000.

He'd appreciate it.

 

It's Plane to See

Sorry I can't help the bad pun titles today.

Justin took Owen/Drew/Sally to a couple airplane museums on Columbus Day.

Cause Columbus flew, right?
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These museums were 1 1/2 hours away, which meant August & I had a nice, quiet day.

Justin is in the middle of paternity leave (one really nice military perk).

He's been awesome to do so much around the house and with the kids.

But he might almost be ready to go back. Not sure how much of a break this has been for him.

But I'm loving it. Haven't had real life kick in yet since having August.

Mentally preparing for Monday...

Stay Drug Free

Justin's gets all sorts of "Stay Drug Free" paraphernalia thanks to his job.

Most of it has been crap.

But then he came home with some oversized shirts.

Wait, all of it is still crap.

But it makes for some happy kids.

Past Tents

 Our King Benjamin tent for Sunday conference viewing.

Not sure how much was actually watched from in there, but it's a fun thought every couple years.

One tent led to another...and since there was no school/work the next day,

Justin/Owen/Drew/Sally camped out back.

Close Up

 

These were taken Oct 3...my due date.

August was two weeks old the next day.

I loved getting my weekly pregnancy emails saying, "You are now 39 weeks pregnant," and the same for when I was 40.

And then I celebrated because baby was already here and I wasn't pregnant at all.

Seeing as I carried Owen to 40 weeks, and both Drew and Sally to 41, and was induced for all 3... celebrating was totally allowed.

Love my baby and love not being pregnant anymore.

In Uniform

(left) with Owen at combat training graduation at Camp Pendleton (Nov 2003)

(right) with August in our backyard while stationed at Camp Pendleton (Sept 2012)

 

9/28/12
Side note: Justin's last day in the military could've been 9/11/12.
He got an extension to stay here til March.
We're buying time while we figure out what to do.

And then we have our little Tiger Cub.

His scouting dreams finally came true.

He is obsessed.

And I did not tell him to pose like that.

His first pack meeting, where we signed him up, was the night before August was born.

Which meant that Errin, Brent, my mom, and anybody else that watched him that weekend got to hear nonstop about belt loops, his upcoming den meeting, his uniform, etc.

 

Justin is forever the 11-year-old scout leader (3rd ward he's had this calling).

 

Drew wanted to go with him to a court of honor just so he could wear his uniform.

Owen had his on, too...but then just opted for his new Bear hat.

Which is one good thing about Drew's excitement...

it's catching on to Owen, who has never been into scouting.

1st Den Meeting (that my mom got to take him to):

We were waiting to be discharged from hospital.

 All my mom's hard work on the scarecrow paid off.

(parents worked, kids not so much)

And then last Saturday, Justin took him to do some popcorn sales outside a grocery store.

 Drew: "Hello, would you like to buy some popcorn today?"

If the answer was no...

"Okay thank you and have a nice day!"

Justin said it was so cute in his high little voice.

And the last of the uniforms seen around our house lately:

Drew's soccer one.

I have not one picture.

(this was supposed to be picture, not video...
but now you get to see 1 second of Drew begging to be goalie).

You may recall after baseball season ended last spring, Drew said he never wanted to do sports again.

But then the thought of another trophy combined with Justin coaching got him suckered in.

On the field he's either in la la land or pretty aggressive...not much in-between.

I think Justin may be having more fun coaching than Drew playing.