Closed doors are no longer safe!

The doors in our house have the lever pull down kind of handles and now Thor is tall enough to stand on his tip toes and stretch to reach them. After going around the house and just pulling the handles down for a couple of days he finally figured out how to push or pull on them to open the doors. Luckily the exterior doors have regular knobs and he won't be escaping the house yet, just rooms.

Tropical Storm Fay

Tropical storm Fay made her way through North Florida last week dumping many inches of rain. A lot of roads were closed due to flooding. The lakes and rivers got their fare share as well. Here are some pictures I took at the Ochlocknee River Dam at Lake Talquin.
Flood stage for Ochlocknee river is 25 feet. I think at it's highest it was almost 33 feet!

Go Colts!!

Thor's ready for football season!! His Mamaw got him this jersey and socks last year knowing that one day they would fit. Well here they are finally fitting just in time for a Colts Pre-Season game tonight!!

New boots

Kelley, Thor, and I went to Tally on Friday night to finish getting stuff for my classroom. And of course we went to Wal-Mart. I have been looking for a size 4 pair of brown sandals for him to wear to church so I walked through the infant shoes. As soon as I saw these boots I told Kelley that I had to get them! I pulled them off the rack and Thor started going crazy gibbering and reaching out for them. He was bouncing in the cart and I thought he was going to jump out! So I put them on his feet and he gave the biggest grin! Kelley was laughing and said to let him out of the cart to see if he could walk in them so I did. It was hilarious because they still had the elastic string on them to keep them together but he did pretty good. When we got home we had to show daddy and Thor didn't want to take them off!

PJ's

On Saturday morning I was changing the sheets on his bed and starting laundry for the day. After putting a load in the washer, I went back into the bedroom and this was what I saw: an empty drawer and ALL of his pajamas on the floor. He was very proud of himself!

Last Hawaii post

I'll end my Hawaii posts with this beautiful sunset picture that I took on one of the last nights we were there. Overall we had a great time and would love to go back but maybe try a different island that's more paradise like.

Sail boat

On Friday of our vacation we all went on a 2 hour breakfast sail. It wasn't much of a breakfast, some fruit and nasty pastries. This picture of us as has Diamond Head in the background. It's one of the sides of a creator of a volcano. I think it's one of the highest points on the island. Guess what!? WE CLIMBED IT!!! It was very strenuous but we made it!
Thor found this hole in the seat on the sail boat. You can see it in the back of the picture at the top of the web site. He was eating fruit loops and kept trying to stick them in it.
Kayleigh had a blast looking down at us through the windows on the cabin of the sail boat.

Polynesian Culture Center

On Wednesday in Hawaii we went to 'PCC'. We did as much as we could in one day there. That evening we went to a Luau dinner and then a night show. We also rode a tour bus through BYU and to the temple and visitors center.

Curry and Erik tried their hands at a spear throwing contest in Tonga. Erik was the only one to get his in ring. You can see the ring right behind Curry's feet. Way to go Erik!
Thor and Zac got tattoos.
And Thor didn't think to highly of the locals!

Sleepy Shoes

I got home from church tonight and put Thor in the tub and while he was playing I was on the phone with my mom. Well I got him out and in his pajamas. Then he found his shoes and insisted that I put them on him. He walked around and played for a few minutes and the next thing I know he's out on the floor, still in his shoes! I thought this was so funny because he has been so obsessed with shoes lately. I guess the obsession is out of control when you have to sleep them on!

North Shore

After eating lunch at the Shrimp Truck we continued north to the North Shore. When we got there we saw several sea turtles resting on the beach. There were volunteers there to rope off the area around them so people wouldn't mess with them.
After spending some time at the beach we headed back south and stopped and got some shaved ice. There were several places right in a row and they all had long lines out to the road.
I got root beer flavor with vanilla ice cream in the bottom so it was like a root beer float. Thor was too busy drinking it to look at the camera.