Saturday, May 26, 2007

Saturday

We've decided to celebrate all 5 boys' birthdays tomorrow. Their birthdays are Jan 4th, Feb 8, 9, 11, and 20th. They elected not to celebrate while Mike was deployed and we've not gotten around to it YET......SO....tomorrow is contingency Sunday on base. No chapel personnel go in - to see what would happen if all were suddenly deployed.

We're going to open gifts, go out to eat, party, and then take the girls to the airport.

Today Mike, the girls and I went out to lunch. We checked at Lowes for a screen door...didn't buy one. Then the girls and I went shopping for boy's gifts. Mike ended up finishing up as I simply wore out. I came home and rested. He took the girls to more stores.

We had a family memorial service today for our babies. Maybe I'll write more on that later, maybe I won't.

We came home and wrapped gifts.....well the kids and I did. Mike and Jared made butter, ice cream, and then turned that ice cream into an ice cream cake for tomorrow's celebration.

Stacia thinks the toys are all going to be for her....

It looks like Christmas around here....


Spikey Guy

Zander amused us with a story. It seems he has a t-rex (his red trike). It behaves. It is now Stacia's bike.


BUT....
He has a new green bike that is called Spikey Guy. This Spikey Guy has a "bad attitude". It rides up and down the alley when it is not supposed to and Zander screams "No, don't go out there, Mom doesn't want you riding out here".......but the Spikey Guy just doesn't listen and rides Zander out there anyway.

Hmmmm......

Bowling

We went bowling last Sunday with the Chapel RE. The photos are dark but I want to share them anyway.....Melanie's advice to scrap during this time of loss was SO good - but I don't have the energy to sit up and scrap.....so I'm putting photos on the blog. LOL

The base bowling ally has installed love seats and coffee tables...pretty cushy.
Nolan
Jared
Josiah
Bre and Stacia clap for all

Friday, May 25, 2007

Sister Fun

Bre began teaching the kids this human video on one of her past trips home. They said they're ready to preform it for the rest of us and will do that - probably tomorrow night. Here are some photos I grabbed of their practice session.
I love the way Stacia jumped into the action LOL

Shew.... Life Can be soooo Tiring

I slept this a.m.

I read.

I got up and posted photos earlier to the blog.

I slept.

I got some beautiful flowers. Thanks, friend.

I read.

I had a melt down.

I got up and ate.

I was so tired I slept for 2 more hours.

I watched Hoodwinked with the family.

I did not take Nolan to speech. Mike did.

I did not do produce co-op.

Tonight was our second PWOC project night - and I missed it....that was a bummer for me. But it will be monthly.

I enjoyed having the girls home. I snuggled with Zander and Stacia. I oohed and ahhed over Arielle's first military ID - unfortunately no one remembered the camera - and I forgot to remind them.

What is a Man Like this Worth?

Mike went to Sam's last night to pick up some essentials: milk, watermelon, mixed nuts....all in an effort to pique my lagging appetite. AND he came back with THIS....


These are contraband in our house - full of preservatives, dyes, and artificial flavors. We've not had any here for over a year....but I now have a 3 lb stash of M/M's. I HAVE to hide them because they are poison for Zander....so I get to savor them alone...well I'm fairly sure Mike has designs on them. ::snort:: I'm not real sure they are great for iron and red blood count....but hey they sure TASTE good....the kids can enjoy the all natural "sun drops" and just for a bit - I'm going to be NAUGHTY!

Josiah's New Car

Josiah's been saving diligently for a car. Mike and I have been impressed with the way he went about this. He saved every penny. He wanted a used car that he could pay cash for and have less insurance. He wanted a car that would get him through college and maybe a few years beyond. He researched and patiently waited. We looked at LOTS of cars.

He finally found a Toyota Camry. He took it to a mechanic. The mechanic said it was in great shape, low miles good car but the seller was asking too much. Josiah offered him nearly 1K less. He accepted. He paid cash, got a good car, and has lots of money left for his first semester of college. Go Josiah!

Here is Josiah on May 23rd - Wed - with a check from the bank made out to the seller. He delivered the check to Mike at base but wasn't able to make connections with the seller.

Mike delivered the check and got the key. Krista and the youngers took the key over to Cy at work that night.



Yesterday (24th) they all went to base for Cy to pick up his car. They took lots of photos for me.


Josiah drove kids home (and they reported that he is very particular about what you do in the car ::snort::). He drove the older kids out to DQ for a treat. He parked the car in front of my bedroom window so that I could enjoy the view..... We had a hail warning about an hour after he brought the car home. ::snort::

We had a wonderful moment when it was time for him to leave to work, "Do you want to take the van or should I pick you up tonight after work?"

"Um, I think I'll just take MY car!" ::snort::