Trust Me, I'm a Dr... Pepper :)

We live less than an hour from the Dr Pepper factory. the place Dr Pepper was created! How lucky can we be?! Seriously! So one day when Seth was off work, we went and visited. Did you know Dr Pepper used to be named "Waco"? after the city it was born in... :)

After our fun tour through the factory, we got Frosty-Pepper's from the soda fountain! Blew.My.Mind! I love Dr Pepper floats and I love Dr Pepper and I love blue bell vanilla ice cream, but you haven't lived til you try FRESh Dr Pepper in a float... FAB.u.LOUS!!!

6 years down, Infinity to go...

Well Seth and my marriage is getting old...

Just Kidding!

We're practically still toddlers.

We have now been married 6 years! Seth started our anniversary off right! He left do-nuts for the kiddos so I wouldn't have to make breakfast! What an awesome Daddy! What an awesome husband!!!

For a 6th anniversary the "gift" is supposed to be Iron if you're in the US, but in the UK the gift is sugar. Seth left me a note that I could see right when I woke up that said "We're being Britts for this anniversary!" I then went upstairs to find a Ginormous candy poster! it was such a fun, and sweet and thoughtful gift! I LOVED it! I wanted to do something in return, so I decided to bake cupcakes and we could throw an "Iron"man birthday party for our marriage turning 6! Rocco LOVED this idea. Haha!

Daddy got home from work around 6:30-7ish (a little too late to ask a babysitter or friend to watch our kids), and our whole family went out for dinner. We went to a famly favorite place that we've gone to at least once or twice a year since we got married- BJs! We LOVE their BBQ chicken Pizza!

There was a bit of a wait to be seated, but Zeegan waited like a good little girl...

 NOT!

Then our family celebrated the day we began...

 (Awww... Matching! Rocco is so cute. He saw what shirt Seth was wearing and ran inside and changed his shirt cuz he wanted to look just like Daddy... CUTE!)

I love these guys! I'm so glad I'm married to Seth Purcell forever and ever. I'm so glad we're a forever family... :)

6 years Down, Infinity to go!!!

Felt-Faces and Pudding-Painting!!!

Seth's been driving the Saturn for the past 4 years of Medical School. When we moved here we weren't able to bring my Saturn though; It just wouldn't make it. So since we got here Seth's been driving the Xterra and I've been staying home almost all day. Every day. The first couple weeks weren't so bad but then I think we all started getting sick of spending the day reading books, riding bikes, and reading more books. So I had to get creative. I think the kids were more relieved than I was when Seth got a car. Hahaha!

But here were some of the funner creative ideas I did for them...

Felt Faces!

Rocco made himself first.

 Zeegan made Aurora.

 Then Rocco made Daddy.

 Then he made Grammy.

 Zeegan became Bat-girl! She'd rather be that in real life than on felt...

 Then Zeegan made the Little Mermaid- Ariel.

 Then Rocco made Mommy and Zeegan made Snow White.

 When Rocco made Grampa, he became a little bit sad after that one and gave his felt-face Grampa kisses! He sure misses Grampa...

 Zeegan made Aurora again...

 Rocco made Uncle Sammy...

 The kids love the felt faces and now I bring them to church each week and they keep them busy and quiet for a great part of Sacrament meeting.


Another-Fun-Creative Idea: Pudding Painting...
It was a mess! But the kids LOVED it!!!

Thank Heavens Seth has a car now cuz honestly I'm not creative enough to keep coming up with fun ideas to last all day long every day!

Oahu Hawaii

After "Kawaii" we flew to Oahu. Oahu isn't near as pretty as Kauai, but it's fabulously sunny! We spent everyday at the beach (except for Sunday and the one day we went to the PCC).

Seth's sister Jade was kind enough to let us steal her living room floor and couch for the week. We were practically taking over their entire house- SORRY NAYSE! But we didn't spend a whole lot of time inside, cuz it was so fantastic outside!

Our first day in Oahu was a Sunday. We went to Seth's Uncle Kingy's ward and then we went home, changed our clothes and took a walk down to and along the beach. After the beach we went and visited  long-time-no-see family members!

Then Monday morning the real fun began! BEACH BUMS!!!

We visited a couple beaches that week, but did the same thing at each of them...

We had FUN of course!

One of our beach days we went to Turtle Beach, and what do ya know?! We saw a turtle!

 We spent a LOT of time digging little swim pools...

 My little Beach baby! She loves my sunglasses...

 Best friends...

When the beach got to hot we would hit up Matsumoto's for some incredibly yummy shaved ice with ice-cream in it...

Then late one night (after ZZ was asleep), we took Captain AmeRocco to see The Avengers!!! He was standing the entire movie! He was to excited to sit. We all LOVED it! The Purcell's are Superhero fans through and through... hee hee! Zeegan woke up at the very end of the movie, sat up and yelled "Ironman?!!"

On another night in Oahu we went and visited the Temple and it's Visitor center. 

I found a new love in life while in Oahu: MALASADAS! Those things are amazing! First time trying them, definitely not my last time though!

  Thanks to Jade and Nayse, we were able to spend an entire day at the Polynesian Culture Center. The kids LOVED the PCC. 

Their Favorite Part? Feeding Fish!

 I was pretending to be a dancer in the show...

 Throwing spears. Rocco and Seth were good at it. Mine only went about 2 feet. I almost hit some woman's newborn baby!

 We probably spent half hour "fishing". The kids LOED it!

 Rocco, Zeegan and I got matching tattoos. Seth was to much of a party pooper to get one!

 Poi balls... Grammy Kylene ZeeZee totally needs you to make her some of these! She loved them...

 During the half-time at the night show, was the finale of the world fire-knife championship! IT WAS SOOOOO FREAKING AWESOME!!!! Both our kids fell asleep during it. I do not know how that happened. I have never seen anything so cool in my life! We weren't allowed to take pictures during the competition though (ya know, cuz they were throwing knives around. knives that were on fire...), sorry!

It was a sad day when we had to leave paradise. We flew home to pack up our house and head for more adventures!

Thank you to all our family members who made this part of our trip possible for us, especially Jade and Nayse for letting us sleep on your floor and take over your house for a week!

 So here's the last one for awhile (until Jan 2014 anyway): HURRAH!!!