Zoo

happy baby!
i got this cool toy off of freecycle. kylee loves it.

yes. this is what nash has been doing lately.

i'm pretty sure Luke just wanted to play and not pose for a picture. cutie pie!

yet another cool tree

giraffes :)

i love how many of the trees in hawaii have roots exposed

One of the many huge turtles the zoo has

another cool tree we posed at

closeup of an alligator...a little scary...

sorry but the trees are so cool!

Kylee and Blake playing in the tree

my little happy child

Lexi is such a good walker now!

the law finally caught up with Kylee

wouldnt want to fall in there.

tired after a lot of walking. the zoo is HUGE.

i love this pic. great idea Jake!

The Page's 1st Day in Hawaii

A few weeks ago, Josh's brother Jake-wife Samantha, and boys Blake and Luke came to visit us in Hawaii.
look at how cute they are :)

Josh and his older brother Jake

Josh got the afternoon off of work and we took the Page family to Hickam beach, the closest beach to us and one of the prettiest on the island. It's also the best beach for kids.

Lexi, Me and Samantha

Luke got buried!

Me and all the kids in the water

Josh, Jake and Samantha when we first got to the beach

Luke and Blake

Samantha burying all the kids....I thought she was on vacation?

a rare picture of Jake smiling

ha ha one of Lexi's 1st times being buried. She loved it. All the kids love it...not sure why...

Sam after all her hard work

so during the 11 day trip, between Samantha and I we took 1,300 pictures. So I have plenty more to post, lol. Stay Tuned.

Laura's Promotion Ceremony

I was promoted from the rank of SGT to SSG in the Army while Jake and Sam were visiting us. It worked out great because Josh and the girls were able to pin my rank on while Samantha took pictures :)

Josh and the girls waiting.
In formation, when I was called up to get promoted. Next to me is a friend who got promoted at the same time.

Hard to see, but Josh is putting the new rank on my hat right now.

My commander is putting the rank on my jacket.

Publishing the promotion order

Suprise! I got a big award I didnt know I was getting, and the General presented it to me. It was pretty cool.

Afterwards.

my little poser.

the 2 Engstroms

beautiful little fam :)

Thank you so much Samantha for taking pictures! And thank you to my husband, mom and dad, Uncle Ric and Aunt Jean and all of you who support me :)

The last few weeks

Some combo pics of Lexi and Kylee at roughly 9 months old

Grammy gave us this Princess dress awhile ago. Its adorable!

I found Kylee asleep like this

check out her shirt

and Lexi's shirt

Sisters!

helping Daddy open his birthday presents

Thank you Kylee!

putting the candles on Daddy's cake

I freaked out when I couldnt find Kylee in her room. Then I heard her breathing and I checked the closed toy box. Yes, she is asleep in there.

more kisses for Daddy!

Kylee and Rylee being silly

i love Lexi's expression here

boy this spaghetti was a mess to clean off!Kylee talking to Grammy on the phoneLexi playing with her cool Elmo spinning toy