QUICK A.M. thoughts...
Pictures from Arielle's party are uploading to the hard drive now. I'll try to find time today to put some here.
Jen - We bought her Zoo Tycoon - complete edition. It has the original Zoo tycoon and dinosaur digs and marine mania add ons. I think they are really going to like it. When Stacia was born "she" gave Jared "Roller Coaster Tycoon" and they really like that one.
I came to the horrific realization that Jamin and Mike almost RUN as fast as I bike ride. ARGH. Of course...my goal here is distance and not speed as I'm trying to get to 500 miles and earn my elliptical machine...but I'm trying to figure out how to pick up speed and keep the distance.
Yesterday is a blur. It began when Mike woke up and realized he couldn't find his wallet. This meant a couple of unplanned trips to base for me. The wallet is safe and sound. We did get quite a bit of school done. We are valiantly trying to finish up TOG this week (3 weeks ahead of schedule) so that we can go to summer schedule with everyone else.
Arielle's party was a lot of fun. Since it was moved to the dinner hour we ended up with whole families attending (Dads and all) and so it was a great time of fellowship for our entire family.
Late last night I booked the tickets for our sons and Porshe to fly to Anchorage for the missions trip with Elmendorf's Club Beyond. They are very excited. We ended up using our free miles for one ticket. We bought one ticket and had a $50 companion ticket that we used to buy the 3rd ticket. This means that instead of $3K for all three tickets it cost $960. Porshe and Jamin will split the cost of the tickets we bought bringing the amount they need for airfare to $480 each instead of $1K each. Jamin continues to mow lawns like a maniac and is so realieved that now he needs to make $900 instead of $1500. Josiah was relieved that his entire car fund hasn't been wiped out. {G} You know, typing this out makes me realize that the boys should probably SPLIT the cost of that one ticket instead of Cy getting a free ticket while Jamin pays for the other ticket.....Jamin is about to get even happier. He has two more jobs lined up and he hits the pavement every afternoon looking for more. I think folks feel so bad for the poor young man with the camelback of water, pushing a mower in 100* heat...that they say "Ok - MOW my yard!" {G}
Today will be full....we must keep pushing if we hope to finish TOG this week. We have speech and probably an hour at the park with "our other brothers".
1 comment:
How wonderful for the boys to be able to go on this trip. Jamin is working so hard! You must be proud of his "responsibleness". If we were there I'd have him mow my yard too! Responsibility and hard work are getting more rare these days. My hubby just called me to say he was dragging 3 guys out of bed (at noon)to get them into an orientation. He had to lecture grown men on how their actions today affect their tomorrows.....
You guys are doing great job as parents!
Jen in az.
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