Wow, it's been a long time again

I have been so busy, and I have meant to post, but haven't. I can't believe it's almost been a year since I started the blog. Almost a year since D got home. It's absolutely flown by! We had a little scare a few weeks ago. D got a call that he was going to be deployed again, and we were bummed. However, when it came down to it, the deployment office said he couldn't be deployed because he hadn't been back a year. Phew! We dodged that bullet. However, seems I can't avoid it, he'll be going back again. Bummer. His career field is deployed all the time! Sucks!

I am going to go private with my blog as soon as I get everyone's e-mail's squared away. There's a few I need to get. I might do it tomorrow, I don't know. I have the day off tomorrow, woo hoo. I have a new job that I'll talk about once I go private. I love it!

I've had a very emotional roller coaster of a week. We've gone through some tough times. Keep us in your prayers. We're making it through though. We're blessed with a house, and three beautiful boys and a dog, so we're doing fine.

I was just reading Susie's blog, and she has had a few snow days recently. We've had a few, but this winter is so mild compared to last winter for us. Everytime it snows, it seems to be melted in a few days. The boys are always praying for snow days, though!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. D and I went out to eat, and went to go see Fool's Gold. We enjoyed it. It's a pretty cute movie.

More updates soon...

More Wisdom from Collin

Me: OK, Collin, we need to leave at 8:10 today, so make sure you have all your stuff.

Collin: That means we have 15 minutes.

Me: You're so smart.

Collin: Uh, Yeah, what do you think, I'm loco???? It's 5 minutes till 8, then 10 more, that makes 15. That's why I'm in advanced math.

Me: Yeah, and you're in advanced reading too.

Collin: Yeah!

Me: But you're not in advanced handwriting...

Collin: Some people are late bloomers! I'm a late bloomer in handwriting@!

Following suit...

Wow, so has it been since New Year's Day that I posted? At least I didn't wait until Valentine's Day, right Susie?

I have so, so many exciting things happening in my life right now, but alas, I don't feel I can blog about any of them on this public forum. I am following suit and going private. I will probably do it sometime next week.

So, if you still want to read my blog, and if I don't have your e-mail yet, (Stacy, I don't have yours) send me a comment with your e-mail. I won't publish the comment with your e-mail in it.

After I go private, I'll update everyone on all the things happening! Don't worry mom, I'll work you through this whole thing. You'll just have to sign in with your e-mail and a password to look at my blog.

I've been busted..

I've been busted. I haven't posted in OVER a month. Sorry. Please forgive me.

What have I been doing with my time? Well, before school was out, we went to band concerts, and even a concert that the first grade put on. That was a lot of fun. Collin did such a great job. Too bad the battery on my camcorder went dead. Bummer.

Our December took an unexpected turn when D's grandfather passed away. We took an unexpected trip to Texas and then to Illinois, then back home again! Phew! Even though the circumstances weren't great, we were able to see family. D's grandfather was 90. He lived such a full life. He was married for 62 years! We'll miss him dearly. He had such a great Christmas though, I'm sure of it!

So, we got home for Christmas, and we've been busy ever since. I've been working over 40 hours a week.

For New Year's Eve, we stayed up to watch the ball drop. Then we had poppers that we popped all around the house and made a mess everywhere. I had to work today, so the boys all had to clean it up today. We had an apple cider toast, and went to bed.

So, here's the pics I know you've been waiting for...

Here's crazy Shane

We went to Wendy's house for Christmas Day. Thank you Wendy, it was great. Santa showed up. Thirteen year olds accept gifts, but they DO NOT sit on his lap. Fathers however, have no problem fixing his hat.

A little closer, but still, NOT sitting on the lap!

This six year old still loves him!

I might be in trouble for this one...

It's a party on the dog's back!

It's a party on the six year old's head!

Happy New Year everyone!

I won! I won!

I didn't win a car like umm...one of you, but I did win an 80GB iPod!



I'm so excited! I usually don't win anything ever!



If you go to http://www.resources.family.org/, you can enter also. The iPod also comes with all of the Adventures in Odyssey loaded on it. They're giving away three a day for 7 more days.



(hint: read the contest rules. it'll help your chances of winning)

Yeah me!

I elfed my family

click here to see my elfin' family. I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying!

Thanks Megan!

Hello everyone!

Here's a happy face for all of you! I came home from work one day to find that Shane had made this for me, all on his own. I had to share it.

I just haven't blogged in so long! I've been so busy working. Thanksgiving flew right by, and now we're heading toward Christmas!

We had a quiet Thanksgiving at home as a family. We had ham, turkey, stuffing, cheese potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and rolls. Basically, D said I made way too much food! After dinner, we went out to see the new Disney movie, "Enchanted". We loved it! It's quite humerous. Disney kind of poking fun at it's own princess stories.

I want to be better posting, and visiting all the blogs I usually read. Unfortunately, I think I won't be back to my normal blogging schedule until after Christmas. I'll catch up though!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!