Keith is leaving this weekend for a cross country. He's suppose to take one every quarter. He's been on one, to Dallas, in the 15 months we've been here. I guess he's due for one more before he gets out.
You read that right - Keith's palace chase paperwork has been approved. He is set to get out by December 1st. Now we are just waiting on a FedEx start date. Yea! Gulp....
So, this weekend it's just me and the boys. They don't know it, but I'm vowing to myself it will be a "yes" weekend. I will have to strike the word no from my vocabulary. Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is say no - but not this weekend. If they bring up camping I will have to find creative ways to get out of that one!!!
AND, I'm off to buy Keith's Anniversary gift. It's kinda for me, but I can't stop thinking about it! 10 years is poultry right?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
My Me Space
I am surrounded by great friends and family. You fill my heart over and over again with your thoughtfulness, and love. I hope everybody has someone they can call all day everyday, someone who knows you better than yourself, someone willing to make sympathy cards for your daughter with you, someone to take you out for a laugh, and call you out when you are wrong. I do. I have a solid core of friends that I only pray that I'm equally as good a friend to them. I love you all.
Melissa got me a birthday gift this year. She is always so considerate when it comes to gift giving and has ALWAYS been able to write the perfect stream of words out to express herself.
She knows that tulips are my favorite flowers. Melissa also knows that my house in Idaho had a saying written on my wall.
I stuck by that motto with every Air Force move. God put us there for a reason. He needed us planted and to grow at each location. Many times those locations were NOT our first or even second choice, but we have loved each place we've been assigned. Bloom where you are planted reminded me to spread the fruits of the spirit, to get involved, and to take advantage of each city because our time there was short.
I promise this all ties together!
So she gave me this gift of a beautiful canvas painting:
On the back is a note that reads:
Jennifer, "Bloom where you are planted" - one of your favorite quotes. Tulips - your favorite flower.
I chose this gift for you to bring you a sense of renewed strength each time you see it. I pray that you will once again be able to view springtime with a full and peaceful heart.
Your sweet Carrie will be with you forever in your heart and soul... and in Heaven, you will one day hold her hand.
I love you, my dear friend ~ Sister of my heart, Melissa K
So I've created a Me Place in my bathroom. To see and read every morning. It is a reminder to continue growing, to not just survive, but to thrive. I cherish it. And I love my dear friend.
Melissa got me a birthday gift this year. She is always so considerate when it comes to gift giving and has ALWAYS been able to write the perfect stream of words out to express herself.
She knows that tulips are my favorite flowers. Melissa also knows that my house in Idaho had a saying written on my wall.
"Bloom Where You Are Planted"
I stuck by that motto with every Air Force move. God put us there for a reason. He needed us planted and to grow at each location. Many times those locations were NOT our first or even second choice, but we have loved each place we've been assigned. Bloom where you are planted reminded me to spread the fruits of the spirit, to get involved, and to take advantage of each city because our time there was short.
I promise this all ties together!
So she gave me this gift of a beautiful canvas painting:
On the back is a note that reads:
Jennifer, "Bloom where you are planted" - one of your favorite quotes. Tulips - your favorite flower.
I chose this gift for you to bring you a sense of renewed strength each time you see it. I pray that you will once again be able to view springtime with a full and peaceful heart.
Your sweet Carrie will be with you forever in your heart and soul... and in Heaven, you will one day hold her hand.
I love you, my dear friend ~ Sister of my heart, Melissa K
So I've created a Me Place in my bathroom. To see and read every morning. It is a reminder to continue growing, to not just survive, but to thrive. I cherish it. And I love my dear friend.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Cool Kid
All the cool kids INSIST on argyle socks with shorts and tennis shoes. I dig his style. Please God don't let anyone make him conform to the norm!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
The Gingerbread Man
Brad's story this week is the gingerbread man. They made hats today and I think went on a little scavenger hunt for a gingerbread man. He wore it all day walking around the school looking for Mr. Gingerbread Man. Here is Brad's hat:
I think they had to decorate it. One would think with items having to do with the story...... or maybe not???
And this:
Get your mind out of the gutter. It's CLEARLY a pair of scissors. My baby wore that on his head. All.Day.Long.
I think they had to decorate it. One would think with items having to do with the story...... or maybe not???
And this:
Get your mind out of the gutter. It's CLEARLY a pair of scissors. My baby wore that on his head. All.Day.Long.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Say WHAT?!?!
I heard a song on the radio today. Call it funny, or a joke, but I will do everything in my power to prevent my boys from having this attitude:
All alone the other I get to drinking and thinking about the woman of this old world,
Well I known quite a few but between me and you I ain't never met the perfect girl,
They either ain't that fun or way too young or they ain't got a lick of sense
Well I dunno if she exist but I'm making up a list that I'm checking 'em all against
(Chorus)
She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
She was born in eighty six or maybe eighty seven
She got full intention of getting her P.H.D.
She got some big ol' boobies
A countrified booty
She's a certified bonified cold blooded cutie
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
Well I don't mean to sound picky but relationships are tricky and I'm looking for a perfect fit,
I want a smoking hot honey with a whole lot of money who's favorite thing is sharing it,
Well you can't really miss her hell she may be your sister but whoever she might be,
You'd be a real life saver if you do me one favor and put in a good word for me
(Chorus)
She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
She measures thirty six twenty four thirty seven
She got full intention of financially supporting me
She got some big ol' boobies
A countrified booty
And she don't get mad if I watch dirty movies
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
You can tell her that I'm all alone and to call me if she would
You can tell her frickin anything as long as it's all good
(Chorus)
Well She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
Let's me do what I want to twenty four seven
She got full intention of letting me be me
And you know she got some real big boobies
A countrified booty
And she thinks cleaning house is a womans duty
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
[Thanks to J.T. Schofield for lyrics]
Makes me think those "horrible songs" we grew up listening to aren't really that bad now! Remind me that the boys aren't allowed to listen to new Country music either. We will be parking the dial on XM Prime country. Thank you very much!
All alone the other I get to drinking and thinking about the woman of this old world,
Well I known quite a few but between me and you I ain't never met the perfect girl,
They either ain't that fun or way too young or they ain't got a lick of sense
Well I dunno if she exist but I'm making up a list that I'm checking 'em all against
(Chorus)
She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
She was born in eighty six or maybe eighty seven
She got full intention of getting her P.H.D.
She got some big ol' boobies
A countrified booty
She's a certified bonified cold blooded cutie
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
Well I don't mean to sound picky but relationships are tricky and I'm looking for a perfect fit,
I want a smoking hot honey with a whole lot of money who's favorite thing is sharing it,
Well you can't really miss her hell she may be your sister but whoever she might be,
You'd be a real life saver if you do me one favor and put in a good word for me
(Chorus)
She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
She measures thirty six twenty four thirty seven
She got full intention of financially supporting me
She got some big ol' boobies
A countrified booty
And she don't get mad if I watch dirty movies
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
You can tell her that I'm all alone and to call me if she would
You can tell her frickin anything as long as it's all good
(Chorus)
Well She gotta be five foot eleven
She smells like heaven
Let's me do what I want to twenty four seven
She got full intention of letting me be me
And you know she got some real big boobies
A countrified booty
And she thinks cleaning house is a womans duty
If anybody knows where the perfect girl might be
Won't you tell her bout me
[Thanks to J.T. Schofield for lyrics]
Makes me think those "horrible songs" we grew up listening to aren't really that bad now! Remind me that the boys aren't allowed to listen to new Country music either. We will be parking the dial on XM Prime country. Thank you very much!
Itchy Face
How in the world do we get one day of "cool" weather and my allergies are going crazy?? It really makes scrubbing the bathrooms hard to do - maybe I should put off all housework till my nose stops running. Good idea. Then again, I would be really embarrassed if ANYONE were to use the boy's bathroom between now and then. How do they gross it up so quickly?
Today I am very thankful that I have the chance to eat lunch with my kids at school. Brad talks about EVERYTHING and Cole tells me more about his day over lunch then I get out of him all night.
Tonight is Cole's first Cub Scouts meeting. I have to say I'm not very excited about adding another "thing" on our schedules, but he is looking forward to it. He needs a good balance between soccer and school. Cole got to go dove hunting with Keith last week. He's a total outdoorsman at heart. He gets that from his Dad, not me! Lord, please don't make me go camping!
Today I am very thankful that I have the chance to eat lunch with my kids at school. Brad talks about EVERYTHING and Cole tells me more about his day over lunch then I get out of him all night.
Tonight is Cole's first Cub Scouts meeting. I have to say I'm not very excited about adding another "thing" on our schedules, but he is looking forward to it. He needs a good balance between soccer and school. Cole got to go dove hunting with Keith last week. He's a total outdoorsman at heart. He gets that from his Dad, not me! Lord, please don't make me go camping!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Clothes for Carrie
This isn't how I expected things to turn out. You know today marks the day that you should have been born. We weren't going to find out the sex so I would have made your Daddy go buy something wonderful, soft, and pink to bring you home in...
I never get to shop in the girls section, so the cuteness overload might take over! We are pretty much shorts and tshirts around here. Who knew there are so many options when it comes to dressing a baby girl?! Once it starts to cool down, we would have to wake up and get the boys ready for school. I would have to dress you in something fallish...
Pretty soon the holidays would roll around and I would immediately put this atop your head every time we walked out the door.
There's not many opportunities to wear feathers in your life, so you should take advantage of it while you are young. You would grow up to hate me for putting the large feather head-eating things on for all your pictures. But it was SOOOO cute at the time.
I would also make you wear this sleeper. I know, it's still 104* in Texas, but you're little and can't control your body heat yet....
Most definitely followed by these:
Your GG already bought you some things as well....
While it's still cool out, we would have to dress like a giraffe. Only because your Aunt Kimi likes giraffes.
And then I would call you my sweet chickie all day in this
When it starts to warm up, I think you should learn to crawl in something like this:
Or this, because it's totally practical:
In the summer I would take you and your bothers for ice cream wearing this
And on your first birthday, I would have baked you a cake to smash while your Daddy took pictures wearing your 1st Birthday outfit.
But, we only had you here for a short time. All of our dreams and plans for you will live in our hearts until we hold you again. So instead of welcoming you to the world today, I will take these clothes and drop them off at the Pregnancy Help Center in your name. There are mommies with little girls who need our help. When they complete their training class, they will get a gift basket full of useful things (including these ridiculous, impractical, over priced, yet totally adorable, what every princess should wear outfits) Thank you Carrie.
I never get to shop in the girls section, so the cuteness overload might take over! We are pretty much shorts and tshirts around here. Who knew there are so many options when it comes to dressing a baby girl?! Once it starts to cool down, we would have to wake up and get the boys ready for school. I would have to dress you in something fallish...
Pretty soon the holidays would roll around and I would immediately put this atop your head every time we walked out the door.
There's not many opportunities to wear feathers in your life, so you should take advantage of it while you are young. You would grow up to hate me for putting the large feather head-eating things on for all your pictures. But it was SOOOO cute at the time.
I would also make you wear this sleeper. I know, it's still 104* in Texas, but you're little and can't control your body heat yet....
Most definitely followed by these:
Your GG already bought you some things as well....
While it's still cool out, we would have to dress like a giraffe. Only because your Aunt Kimi likes giraffes.
And then I would call you my sweet chickie all day in this
When it starts to warm up, I think you should learn to crawl in something like this:
Or this, because it's totally practical:
In the summer I would take you and your bothers for ice cream wearing this
And on your first birthday, I would have baked you a cake to smash while your Daddy took pictures wearing your 1st Birthday outfit.
But, we only had you here for a short time. All of our dreams and plans for you will live in our hearts until we hold you again. So instead of welcoming you to the world today, I will take these clothes and drop them off at the Pregnancy Help Center in your name. There are mommies with little girls who need our help. When they complete their training class, they will get a gift basket full of useful things (including these ridiculous, impractical, over priced, yet totally adorable, what every princess should wear outfits) Thank you Carrie.
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