The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

we will catch up soon!

we arrived back in colorado at 3:30 a.m. on saturday, caught a couple of hours of sleep, then i was back to work on sat night. we have tons to catch up on, but it may take me a couple of days to catch up on things around here (including working another shift tonight!) before i can post.

in somewhat devastating news i do not have many photos to post. the photographer i had arranged to take the family portraits (which involved sooooo much work and planning) fell through at literally the very last minute. and yes, tears were shed (only by me....i was the one who had done all the planning/coordinating). then to make matters worse since everyone was already all dressed up so i busted out my fancy pants nikon and made everyone pose for my amateur shots, only to discover when i opened them on the computer that my lens is broken and was not focusing at all!

so that is the bad news. the rest of the trip was phenomenal. the girls were angels in the car for the 40+ hours we drove over the last 2 weeks.

i'll post the pics i do have soon, along with all the awesome stories and fun.

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