Its summertime!

So Jacques is now in NoDak with his Grandma and Grandpa Specht. His heart remains here in Hawaii, but at least now he has Grandma to soften the hard days of being away. He has been fishing a couple of times and caught a few Pike. Uncle Gordon helped him with filleting the fish...then cooked em up and enjoy! Jacques also brought home a humongus carp, he just could not bring himself to believe that fish couldn't be cooked some kind of way. The carp ended up in the pit...and barbequed but no one ate any! Jacques gets to begin drivers education next week. Thank goodness his driving skills will come from an actual instructor...he will not "learn" from his mother.

A couple of weeks ago we acquired a new pooch off of Craigslist. Pua was supposedly a Chocolate Labrador, and she may very well have a bit of lab in her...but I am thinking she is more Pointer than anything. She will be 1 year old in July and she TOWERS over Timme. They have become pretty good friends and give each other a lot of exercise. The twins have really learned to appreciate Timme for being so relaxed and small. Pua is bigger than she realizes and sometimes puts us on our butts. She is a great dog, very smart and wanting to please. We got lucky with her.

Devin and Carter tell me every single day I have to go to work..."Mommy, you go work...we can just stay here." They have come to the belief that they are perfectly capable of staying home with the dogs while I go to work. Devin says it with such conviction, I almost believe he might be just fine there taking care of Carter till daddy gets home from work. They will "hide" behind pillows and in corners, they run from me when I tell them to go and get into the car. Everyday has become quite an adventure when it comes time for me to leave for work.

Carter spends a lot of time playing games on his iPad. Devin spends some time...Carter is just more content to sit and play. Devin, chooses to run around the house all day expending all of his energy getting into things and making trouble with the dogs. It is amazing to me that Carter understands that when he is playing a sniper game, if he aims ahead of a moving target...when the shot gets there the target will be where he sent the bullet. Carter refuses to use the potty but if he needed he could probably aim a sniper rifle. Crazy kids.