Tuesday night market in Agat

So it's 2 weeks after school ended and we are finally getting into the swing of things. It has been crazy here! The kids aren't used to being together 24/7 and are constantly fighting and trying to make me crazy, so in an effort to get out of the house and do pretty much anything to pass the time we went to the Tuesday Night Market in Agat. I found out about this on facebook through some local pages that I like, and they posted a link to this bbq on guam blog that has pictures of yummy local food and I was sold! We tried new food and had a good time and got out of the house, win/ win situation.

fried oreos

pork kabob (also came in chicken) all 4 of us loved these

yum!

chicken empanadas? filled with chicken and cream of chicken and other stuff then fried, not sure exactly  what else is in there but it was really yum!

Then we come across a "Fruit Fry Ice" cart, it was DELICIOUS!!! So, the lady pours the strawberry juice stuff into this pan that instantly starts to freeze it, she scrapes and scrapes and it starts to look more slushy than liquid and she adds our choice of fruit, raspberries and strawberries and scrapes some more then puts it in a pretty little cup with some spoons and a straw, it was great!

step one, pour the juice then scrape

part two, mix in our fruit choices

almost done

ready to eat, yum!

back home we call these bunuelos, these were pretty close to how you get them in San Antonio, crispy and covered in cinnamon and sugar

We are planning on going back sometime soon, it was fun.

Today in the Beach House

Today is the last day of school for Elijah!! Emily has a booster seat now. Elijah lost his top front tooth. Today is payday and the base has been scaring me with all their typhoon preparation exercises so I'm going to start building a typhoon locker. I know it sounds scary but hopefully we will end up fully prepared for a storm and nothing will happen.

my sweet boy's last day of kindergarten :(

really loose tooth

not 2 minutes later, no tooth!

my big girl in her new booster seat (on the couch)

Elijah's field trip to the NBG Fire Station

A couple of weeks ago I was able to go on a field trip with Elijah to the fire station. It was really cool learning about everything that firemen do. Elijah loved having me there, he's such a cutie. Since the last slideshow was such a hit, I made another one for all the fire station pictures. Enjoy!
(NBG = Naval Base Guam)

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Blog Challenge: Day 30

30. Three wishes/ goals for my family.

pic from google images

OUR GOALS/ WISHES

1. For both Emily and Elijah to have an awesome school year 2011-2012. Emily will be in Kindergarten and Elijah will be in 1st grade.
2. For our family to get off base and explore Guam more. We always seem to be busy but we rarely go off the base for anything (yes this base is great!)
3. For our family to save more money. No explanation needed, we need to save money.

Side note: While this is the last day of the blog challenge, it is not the end of the blog. I will continue to post as often as I can, maybe not everyday but at least several times a week. If I get behind send me a message and tell me to get back to work on the blog.

Blog Challenge: Day 29

29. Pictures of the grandparents

We are very fortunate to have so many grandparents still with us in our family and the only way that I can think of to put them all on here is to make a list.  This list is in no particular order, please take no offense to the order.

1. Sofia/ Nana
2. Laurie / Grandma 
3. Todd / Pa Todd
4. Jr / Grandpa Buddy
5. Ganny B.
6. Grandma Kitty
7. Grandpa Bert
8. Arnold
9. Renee
10. Mike
11. Grandma Minnie
12. Grandpa Jesse

These are the only pics I have on this (newish) laptop...



Elijah and Grandpa Buddy grilling some tasty ribs



Grandma and Emily making yummy cake balls

Nana and Pa Todd at the park

dear Ganny, dont beat me up for posting this picture

Blog Challenge: Day 28

28. Favorite kid's snacks

I really do try not to let the kids have too much junk in their diet, and while they do like candy they also like fruit, and some veggies. Their favorite snacks lately are babybel cheese, laughing cow cheese, wheat thins, string cheese, baby carrots with or without ranch, pretzel sticks, that kind of stuff. They will eat just a little of each but they love when I give them a small selection of several things to munch on. They are usually pretty easy to please.

pics from google images

Blog Challenge: Day 27

27. Favorite birthday party

 

 

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Every year the kids get pretty good birthday parties but the most memorable party in my mind was for Chris. It was his 25th birthday and I told him that nothing was planned but secretly I had an awesome night all set to go. I sent him to wal-mart to get a new battery for our car and when he got back there was a bunch of his friends hanging out on the yard drinking beers. He said he thought something was gonna happen when I insisted he go get the battery right then but he had no idea that his friends would be there for a party. For several weeks leading up to the party I had gotten drinks little by little and kept them in rubbermaid tubs in the garage. All in all it was an awesome time that he will never forget, now I just have to do better this year for his 30th birthday :)