In Loving Memory...

My beautiful Grandma Visser passed away on the 26th of July to a battle against caner. She was an incredible lady and will be greatly missed. But, she is pain free now and I couldn't be happier for her. I wish I had some better pictures of us... But I don't have any on this computer. Today was her funeral and it breaks my heart not being there. I'm so glad I was able to talk to my grandpa today though. He is a pretty amazing Grandpa and I love him so much. I look forward to going home and spending time with him! I LOVE YOU GRANDMA, thank you for everything you taught me!!

What do you know.. MORE SAMOA :)

Such a cute little island out in the middle of the ocean with one little palm tree on it.

Snorkeling.. I can't get over the warm water. I had so much fun checking out all the bright neon fish!

I made a sand castle all by myself. It was so much fun. I can't wait to build a sand castle with Titan. Whenever my family would go to the beach we would always make the same castle where you dig a tunnel through it and you can all meet your hands in the middle under the castle.. So, that's what I did.. :)

This beach was awesome. I couldn't get over the SAND.. It felt sooo good on my feet and it was like a dark brown with gold sparks in it. I filled up a water bottle to take it home! :)

Chis made a big sand turtle. I've never seen one done before. I'll definitely start making this with my kids So fun!

Best Buds

Landon climbed up the palm tree to get us a coconut

Daniel did the same thing. (They are brothers)

Another day in the Ocean

All the guys went out snorkeling at this place

Can't ever take too many pictures

OH MAN... Laundry day.. what an experience. This place is not air conditioned and you can imagine like 30 dryers going at once.. it gets pretty hot and humid in there. But it is nice getting all your laundry done at once!

When the guys were at work we went to the beach and some people let us barrow a canoe. So we paddled out a ways. It was a lot of fun. But then when I asked them to take a picture of us in front of it they zoomed in too far so you can't really tell what we're standing in front of.

The view from Dean's job site.

In front of our hotel

Dean's new invention.. BLACK JACKS.. is what he calls them.. We have to be a little bit creative cooking since we don't have an oven. And every Sunday back at home Dean would make brownies. So...he had the idea to make some brownie cookies on this griddle. They actually tasted REALLY good. So we had brownie cookie pancakes for dessert tonight. But, as Dean would call them BLACK JACKS.

My inventive husband. I love him... always looking out for his wife and her sweet tooth.. and his I guess :)

22 Weeks

I am 22 weeks today and feeling GREAT! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. I love that I feel him kicking all the time, he is an active little guy. I keep trying to picture what he's going to look like... I am just so anxious to hold him in my arms. I read on baby center today that he is about 11 inches long and weighs just about a pound. So, that means he is probably 12 inches long cause he is measuring a little bit bigger. He's going to be a big boy! :)

S'more Samoa...

Our home for the next few months.. (our hotel room) our couch pulls out into a bed for anyone up for visiting! :)

The Job Site

My hard working husband... it's pretty humid here.. so needless to say he SWEATS.. and his laundry STINKS! haha :)

The girls hanging out while the boys went snorkeling after a long hard day of work

The Boys.. (Daniel, Chris, Landon, Austin, and Dean)

A group of Samoans going out for a paddle ride?

The Boys talking about their findings in the Ocean

He is such a little boy.. He is always the first to go in the water and last to get out. He is just eating up every second of being here...He LOVES to snorkel.

a HUGE star fish

American Samoa

Picture Perfect

Dean and Austin enjoying the warm water...

Kaitlyn, Olivia, Me, Paxton and Brianna all ride our bikes everyday. We are so happy we shipped them out. It is a great work out!

My growing belly...

Church in American Samoa... What a fun experience! These people are so incredibly nice!

Dean and I left for American Samoa on July 11th for Dean's job. I was able to take a leave of absence from my work, which was so nice so that I can be out here with him. It has been such a fun and neat experience so far. It's beautiful here, and I can't believe how warm the water is. My tummy is growing everyday and I feel Titan moving all the time. I absolutely love it. I have to be back at work September 27th so by the time I get home it will be no time and Titan will be here. I am SO looking forward to that. We are enjoying this experience being here in American Samoa cause I'm sure once Titan is here things will be different. We are looking forward to what the future brings and enjoying everyday.

4th of July

Dean and I got dressed up and all matchy for the 4th of July and headed over to my parents house, and my sister Heather took some pictures for us. I was at 19 weeks when we took these. I think my sister does a GREAT job! Just thought I'd post these! :)

20 WEEKS- Half Way

I can't believe I'm already half way there! I have been feeling GREAT and don't really have any complaints. My headaches have gone away and it's been wonderful! Dean and I feel him kicking all the time now. It is the most amazing thing ever! Dean LOVES it.. He usually is pretty active late at night when I'm laying in bed. I am just enjoying every minute of it. I kind of have little freak outs like OH MY GOSH I'M PREGNANT!! (but, not really "freak outs" because I am stoked out of my mind) It's just crazy to me that I'M going to have a little one that is MINE to care for! I can't wait to see what he looks like. So many exciting things to look forward to!