Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: June 2008

June 22, 2008

Our last night with the kids...

We took Savannah home around midnight and said our goodbyes as we were leaving early the next morning to come home. It was an amazing trip that will never be forgotten. I really hope we can do it again every year. I would give up new shoes, clothes, dinners out...everything so we could all be together like this every year!

The endless waterfight continues...

I want to take a picture!

Spencer kept saying, "I want take picture" so we let him and I think he is my new photographer from now on!

He took this one too!

And this one!

Uncle Jonny beats Boondocks anyday:-)

The endless water fight...

Savannah thought she was smart by hiding by me so she wouldn't get hit...but she has yet to learn that in the Bradshaw family..NO ONE is exempt from being tortured by Jonny!

This picture was taken right after amber got SOAKED with the hose!

Savannah "sneaking up" on JOnny to get him with a water balloon:-) Unfortunately the balloon she threw bounced off of him and dint pop so...

He grabbed it and popped it on her head!!!!

She just couldn't belive her plan backfired on her!!!

Waterguns!

Hanging out at Omma's

Sunday Dinner

June 21, 2008

I want BUBBLES!

Spencer ahs the most adorable voice and he kept asking, "I want Bubbles"!

The "Collision"...

The kids all ganged up on Jonny and tossed water balloons at him...so Jonny decided to bust out the garden hose and attack all the kids (and Lee).

In the efffort to escape the freezing cold hose, Lee and Kenny collided with eachother and Kenny got a nice cherry above his eye!

Lisa got him a frozen burrito to keep it from swelling and it was hillarious. What was funnier was that Kenny asked, "When it melts can I eat it?".

This is their "reinactment" of the collision...LOL!!!

I love my husband...he is SOOOOO amazing with the kids and he always had some game or activity to keep them busy and they all just LOVE HIM to death!

Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!