Friday, July 31, 2009

A late Friday night

So it is late on Friday night well to be technical it's bright and early on Saturday morning. Friday was a decent day even though poor Mark had to work even though it was supposed to be his day off. Thanks to a POS Master Chief that works in the building who is way off his rocker. So unfortunately my oil didn't get changed, and I do need a tire patch and we are going to attempt to have the hobby lobby do it on base even though the auto port is there it is expensive and slower than molases on a hot summer day lol.

Mark got home and I took the boys to the youth center which they have lunch, Elora stayed home with daddy and had a nice 2 hour nap. I went out to target to get a few things and catch up with a good friend. We went to a couple different targets, then to a couple craft stores, suprisingly and most amazingly I didn't want to buy any crafts, pens, copics, nothing! I was not only shocked at myself and super surprised hehee.

Got home and got ready and the kids got to pick where they wanted to go to eat. They picked Chili's which we haven't eaten in a long while. They had a great 3 course meal for $20 going on so our meal wasn't super expensive. Then Mark surprised the boys (and myself) and we went and got a new router to hook up so that the boys can shop the wii channel with their wii points card Mark picked up but I can connect my netbook with out having to have an extra provider to pay. So here I am blogging away at almost 2 am enjoying the high speed my little netbook is providing. Mark fell asleep playing with the wii channel and wii mii's which were totally cracking me up. Can you imagine? There were characters like billy mase, edward cullen, spider man, snoopy, and many many many more. I am now listening to today's "Young and the restless" while I type away to my hearts content! Gotta love todays technology and the spoils it gives us!

We were supposed to go to Savannah this weekend but being we didn't get a chance to do a couple things like get the tire patched up and the van is in desperate need of an oil change I didn't want to chance a 2+ hour drive with the kids and us being stranded somewhere. Plus it has been nasty thunderstorming and we'bve heard that due to the "ghosts" of Savannah that lots of the merchants close super early nightly. Mostly by 6 pm and well what a waste that would be huh! So we will make it down there sometime in September and hopefully the weather will be cooler and maybe even the leaves changing?? That would be a dream picture senario! But we will make it down there some time soon.

I can't believe it's already August. We've been here exactly one year here in Mayport Florida. It's been a tough year with many ups and downs but we are so much better here than we were in Virginia! In about 3 weeks school is about to begin and our baby girl is going off to Kindergarten! Wow what an amazing time she will have. Andrew will be surrounded with familiarness, and Caleb will be charming his way through 2nd grade. I can't believe they will all be in school together! Amazing. Well let me ramble on another night. Blessed be everyone!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Sickies go AWAY!

Our Poor house was plagued with the sickies. You all will not believe how glad I am to have a healthy happy family again! I really was disappointed in our friend who didn't tell us until we were leaving her house that her kids had this nasty stomach virus. Low and behold two days later I got it. It was one nasty hot mess. Thankfully it was the weekend so Mark could take care of the kids and try and keep them away from me as much as possible. Three out of the Five of us got it which sucked. Poor Caleb got it first out of the kids and he was the mildest case only throwing up 3 times before feeling completely better. Elora got it too and threw up for 48 hrs which was just awful for her but today she and I are back to our normal selves and feeling better than we have been in the last 4 days! Hopefully the sickies stay FAR,FAR, AWAY!!!!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

And away we go...


So we got Caleb a bike for his birthday, he has been practicing with the training wheels and hopefully soon he will be wheel-less. Elora is excited bout it too and tries to practice on his bike too, even though she has her own bike but it is a little larger than we thought. But here are some pics and even a few random ones too lol

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feeling his way through

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getting the hang of it

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apparently Elora's flip flops didnt agree

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Our red cheeked little girl

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Mark looking thrilled in his new uniform lol

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Has daddy wrapped around all 10 fingers and all 10 toes!

Tea For Two (Father's Day)


We had a nice mellow Father's day this year. The kids presented a card I had made that they had signed and even made coupons for their dad to use with sayings like "one good massage", "lots of XoXoXo", ect. It was super cute and he loved them.

Elora especially had her own surprise for her Daddy and she set up a tea party in her room. It was one of the cutest things ever!

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Presenting Tea For Two!

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yes her daddy fit his tush in that tiny chair

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Having a wonderful time!

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enjoying her LPS treat lol

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Mark & I at the end of the day!

Let's get our Bowl on!


Since Mark went to Cali for his vacation to spend 6 days with his friend in Cali I decided the kids and I weren't going to sit at home. But the weather has been uncooperative. We have nothing but rain coming our way and what better way to get our energy on a rainy day than Bowling! We called up our friend Courtney and her & her boys met us at the bowling alley for some good fun! The kids had a blast and it got them out of the house for an a couple of hours or so!

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Always ready for the camera LoL

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He was having such a good time throwing the ball lol

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He had a couple strikes and was so proud!

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Elora & Dylyn talking about something

4th of July

We've always loved celebrating Independance Day with the kids and Mark was adiment about BBQing this year. Although it was just our little family we had a great time. I slow cooked some ribs, we went and got some yummy KFC coleslaw (it's the bomb!), corn on the cob and can't forget the BBQ chicken!! Oh it was so yummy not to mention we had a Lemon glazed Cake for dessert! We went to the beach and collected some shells and the water was so warm I wish we had spent a couple hours there instead of just the 45 min! We did go back though to catch the fireworks on the beach! They were beautiful and the kids had a blast. It feels like we've lived here longer than just a year (not quite a year yet though). The time has a funny way of playing tricks with your mind, when you like a place it goes quickly and when you don't it drags on so slow. We just might stay here, & the funny part is only time will tell!

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Elora looking for shells

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Caleb being silly

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Andrew enjoying the warm water

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My beautiful family enjoying the beach on 4th of July

Summer in Full Swing!

Again time has just flown by and I keep forgetting to post!
With that being said Summer has just been flying by! The kids are sleeping in (thank you baby jesus) which means I get to sleep in too!! I can't believe we are fastly approaching the middle of July already and well that means next month school starts! *yikes* This summer has been great so far!

A week after school got out my Mom came for a visit and had a good time @ Andrew's birthday party. It was the first time in 4 yrs that she has been at his birthday party which he enjoyed severely!

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Andrew at his party

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Miss Elora loving the pool

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Nanna & Her boyfriend John

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Most of the kids at Andrew's pool party!

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Caleb @ Sea World

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Elora @ Sea World

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The new Manta Ray exhibit by the new ride!

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Mark & I, sorry all my makeup melted off lol

But after all that is said and done I am happy we are back to our Party of 5 =)