Thursday, July 25, 2013
NEW BEGINNINGS
Well things didn't get much better with Roxy so after 6 months of trying we finally decided to give her back to the rescue where we adopted her from. She didn't last long before a single woman with another dog adopted her and I hear she's doing well! I'm happy she's finally in a home she can be comfortable in.
Shortly after giving Roxy up we purchased a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy from a breeder in NC. We couldn't be happier! Bristol is a fantastic addition to our family and fits right in! She's 5 months old now, has been through basic obedience and we're about to start our adventure in Dock Dogs!
Breeder info: http://www.freewebs.com/gotembytheshorthairs/
Friday, July 6, 2012
JULY 6TH
Today we didn't do too much. We got the lawn mowed by a friend which was a great relief. Then we went shopping at AC Moore and walmart. The kids requested breakfast for dinner so I made fried eggs, bacon and toast. Then we got to cut another chain for the countdown! Love Fridays! The picture is of my tomatoes!
JULY 5TH
Today I won 3rd place in a patriotic crochet contest. I was so excited! I also got our new poster prints in the mail and I love them! I learned that I cannot do laundry in the middle of the day when it's hot out because the hot got so hot and would not cool down. I also learned that if you are waiting on a package then just plan to lounge around in your pajamas and do nothing all day because I got 3 package today! From 3 separate people who all knocked on my door and got ignored since I was in my pajamas! Crazy!
JULY 4TH
Today we went to Joy's for a BBQ lunch and the kids had a great time playing on her new swing set and a water table. That evening I decided to take the kids to Dam Neck beach to see if we could see the oceanfront fire works. When we got on base the parking lot was full so I was excited thinking it would be a good show. We found our spot, I put glow in the dark necklaces on the kids and they placed until the fireworks started at 9:30. As soon as they started Peyton said "I'm bored, can we leave" I made us wait about 20 minutes and then got up to leave. Stoping to take pictures of the moon because it was red!
I had to carry Tyler, a large beach bag and a beach chair back to the parking lot. It was 90* and NOT easy. We get to the parking lot and I can't find the van! It's pitch black and people are driving all over the place and there are drunk people falling all over the parking lot. I finally find the van and I think we sat in traffic to get off base for 30 minutes. We didn't get home until after 11pm and the kids were loaded with sand. The fireworks were so far away it wasn't even that great of a show. Definitely not something we'll be doing again! But at least we got to play at the beach, see a red sun and see some fireworks on the 4th.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
JULY 3RD
Today hasn't been great. The kids have been fighting all day. Tyler has kicked Peyton in the chest and the nose. Peyton whipped Tyler in the eye with a blanket. They keep arguing over toys, not listening and talking back. Today I tried to work with Tyler on potty training. As soon as we woke up I put him in underwear and made him sit on the toilet every 10 minutes and offered him juice constantly. He sat on the toilet about a dozen times and never went. He ended up peeing on the kitchen floor while he was drinking his apple juice. I put a diaper back on him and I'm done working with him until he shows me some type of interest. On the up side of things I got to facetime with TJ today and talk to him twice on the phone. He sent me several pictures and a video so that sort of made the day better.
JULY 2ND
Today we went to the Kid Zone park at Mount Trashmore with Cora, a friend we knew from NY. It was sooooo hot but the kids had fun. Afterwards we ran to walmart to exchange the photos from the beach that arrived damaged and picked up a couple other items. We came home and had dinner and then the kids had a patriotic glow bath! They had a blast with the glow sticks and brought them downstairs to continue to play in the dark them. We had a really good day today.
JULY 1ST
Today Tyler woke up at 6:00 but came into my room and climbed into bed and fell back to sleep. The 3 of us didn't wake up until 10:30am! I finished my 5 little duck finger puppets and my mom ordered me the book, it's on it's way - I can't wait for it to get here! I still want to make the mom and daddy duck.
This evening Larkin ran away. She got out through part of the fence that must have fallen over in the last couple storms we've had and I didn't notice them. She didn't want to come home and I ended up having to carry her home. I'm glad we found her but I was pretty upset with her.
This evening Larkin ran away. She got out through part of the fence that must have fallen over in the last couple storms we've had and I didn't notice them. She didn't want to come home and I ended up having to carry her home. I'm glad we found her but I was pretty upset with her.
JUNE 30TH
Today was a neighborhood cookout. I didn't even know they did those here! I didn't go, it was too hot and I didn't feel like going to eat free food and socialize with strangers so we stayed home and my friend Aubrey came to visit! Aubrey and I went through Legalman A School together back in 2001 and we've been friends ever since. I've only seen her a handful of times since we graduated A school but we've always kept in touch. One time Aubrey came to visit me in Norfolk and another time in Florida when I was home on leave she drove from Jacksonville to my home town. It was great catching up with an old friend and meeting her youngest daughter for the first time! That is Zoe.
JUNE 29TH
Today we went berry picking with Joy. Peyton ate a ton of berries right off the bush! We had a great time and on the way there I saw a crab shack where we can buy crabs and I saw Missy Elliott's mansion! I wonder if she'd let us move in since she's probably hardly ever there....
We also got to cut another link off of our countdown chain today.
JUNE 28TH
Brooke flew out today for 5 weeks. It was a sad day, Peyton was pretty upset. We got two texts today from Sarah (Peyton's preschool teacher) and Joy letting us know that Kohl's had SkippyJon Jones books and dolls for $5 each! We headed to Kohl's after lunch and got 3 stuffed animals and 4 hardcover books! We also walked around bed bath and beyond and I spent my gift card. Man that store is dangerous!
JUNE 27TH
Today we did professional pictures with a local photographer who is trying to grow her portfolio for the area. She did a lemonade stand and we had the kids in all white. I can't wait to see the pictures! After the shoot I took the kids to Dam Neck beach to do more photos so I could change the poster prints in our living room. They did really well and the pictures came out great! Going to the beach in the evening was great. The sun was setting so it wasn't too hot and they had a blast running around playing in the sand.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
MIL VISIT
I had such a great weekend! My MIL flew in on Thur and we had tons of fun. The kids finished up vacation bible school on Friday. We went out to eat on Saturday and on Sunday we took her to Skinny Dip to show her the frozen yogurt buffet LOL The kids sat at their own booth across the room from where we sat. It was nice and peaceful! She left on Sunday but will be back in 3 weeks with grandpa, grammy and pappy! Tomorrow we are hanging out with Joy and taking all of the kids to Greene Turtle for dinner. It's Brooke's favorite restaurant, she loves their fish and chips.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
JUST ANOTHER DAY
We didn't do much yesterday at all. Brooke's tonsils have been swollen since Friday so I didn't want to take the chance of her being contagious. We hung around the house all day, played outside, watched movies, played instruments, played with Apple and I crocheted some. We ate dinner outside which we all enjoyed.
I heard from TJ and he said that he got steak, shrimp and crab legs for dinner on Father's Day. He said it was really good. I'm glad they made them a special meal =) We had chicken nuggets, corn on the cob and zucchini chips.
I also rewrote a sand dollar coaster pattern that I had written a while back. After I posted it to my craft page a crochet designer that I follow liked it! I had no idea she was a fan of my page and I nearly fell out of my chair! I follow a few pattern designers (obsessed with) and in my world they are celebrities. It was an honor to see her name on my page. I was so excited!
I heard from TJ and he said that he got steak, shrimp and crab legs for dinner on Father's Day. He said it was really good. I'm glad they made them a special meal =) We had chicken nuggets, corn on the cob and zucchini chips.
I also rewrote a sand dollar coaster pattern that I had written a while back. After I posted it to my craft page a crochet designer that I follow liked it! I had no idea she was a fan of my page and I nearly fell out of my chair! I follow a few pattern designers (obsessed with) and in my world they are celebrities. It was an honor to see her name on my page. I was so excited!
Saturday, June 16, 2012
HOWARD'S BABIES
Here is a pic of Tj at his steel beach picnic. That is when they cookout on the flight deck. He had a meeting with his department master chief this morning to go over his record and career and so the master chief could give him direction. He told Tj that he had the best 4 consecutive evals that he's ever seen and that he had no advice other than to keep doing what he was doing! He also said he could see him making chief or ldo first time up with a record like that! So proud of my man. He is the best!!!
TJ and I typing back and forth this morning. I think Apple liked the sound of the keys and kept running down to sit on my hand. I kept moving her back up to my shoulder and she's run right back down.
Brooke's tonsils =( She does not have a fever, no pain in her throat. No problems at all, she ran around and acted totally normal all day and ate normal. I guess I will take her to the doc on Monday. Until then we are canceling all fun plans for the weekend. Yesterday Brooke had to take a drink to school and she asked me to buy her gatorade. I pulled it out of the fridge this morning (she brought home the extra) and I noticed it was FULL of white specs, way too many to be just back wash. I got scared for a minute and thought gatorade poisoned her and that was the cause of the tonsils but when I asked her about it she admitted to crushing up smarties and putting them in her drink *insert eyeroll here*
I am very worried about Howard. I haven't seen him in over 2 weeks =( Buuuuuut his wife Molly brought the babies by today! I'm so excited! I knew it was going to happen! She brought them right up to our front door for us and she stood back and didn't eat a single piece of bread and just watched as we fed them! She was so pushy and demanding before the babies, I've never seen her act like this before. I feel so special, we had a blast!
Today I did laundry and washed some of TJ's clothes, he left a lighter in his pocket. He would usually get in trouble for that but today it just made me smile.
I received the care package supplies in the mail today and started getting TJ's package together. I got him a Father's Day card the other day. I walked up to the shelf of cards and picked one up, it was the last one in the sleeve. I read it and it was the most perfect card I've ever bought for someone, it was like it was written for TJ! I can't believe it was the first one I picked up and the last one there...crazy!
The guy came to fix our door handle today and now I don't have to worry about getting stuck outside! YAY! We had Domino's for lunch and it was half price, I saw the deal on facebook so we tried it. Their parmesan bites are great! I gave away all of Tyler's sippy cups today and the woman who came to pick them up is a tupperware consultant and she brought me a free piece of tupperware, even though it was a marketing technique I still appreciated the free bowl and guess what, it's orange! I got to talk to TJ on the phone today. That was really excited except I did most of the talking for the first part and when I was ready to listen to him the call got disconnected and he couldn't call back. =( He did get online and write me a few times though.
The kids went out back to play today and I went out to get them for dinner and what I saw really made me angry at first and then I had to go inside to laugh. I walked out and there's Tyler standing on the deck with the hose in hand spraying the girls and they were running around screaming. I yelled "what are you guys doing!" and Tyler dropped both arms to his sides letting the hose fall to the ground and quickly walked away very stiffly without looking back at me at all, almost as if we didn't make eye contact he could be guilty. It was hilarious! They all lied and denied turning on the hose so I never found out who did it. Then Tyler was trying to gross out the girls by touching dog poop and they all got in trouble and had to come inside *insert another eyeroll*
Friday, June 15, 2012
TURTLE RELEASE
Yesterday we went to the beach to watch a turtle get released back into the wild. A couple found this turtle back in January on the beach, it was ill and taken to the Virginia Aquarium for rehabilitation. It was at the aquarium for 6 months and was released yesterday. It was such a great experience to be apart of!
When we first got to the beach I thought that runway was for the turtle! I quickly realized it was a wedding when I saw the guys in matching suits, I didn't think a turtle releasing could possibly be this fancy...LOL When we were leaving we passed the bride and Tyler yelled out that he saw a princess. He was so excited and talked about her all the way to the car. He was so cute!
We're famous! LOL You can see Peyton and Tyler and part of me on the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sHQMpTtsM&feature=youtu.be
Thursday, June 14, 2012
OWL HAT
We didn't do too much today. I made a baby owl hat. Brooke has 2 day left of school and they are having a pizza party on Friday. I have to send her in with a drink. I think I overpaid for her lunch account, hope they carry the credit over for next year!
I worked with Peyton on some kindergarten skills that they sent home at registration. She did great! She knew all of her letters, although had a little trouble with q and v. She knew all of her numbers 1-20, she wrote her first name, can count to 20 (and higher), knew all her shapes and colors. The only thing on the list she had a hard time with was what sounds do the letters make so I will work on those with her over the summer and she'll be good to go for kindergarten! She also did math in the van tonight and was so proud of herself when I pointed out what she did. She said "we got these two toys today but we already have two, so now we have four" I said, no we gave one away and she said "Oh I mean we have three" I told her she just added and subtracted and explained how she did it and she was over joyed! She's so nervous that she doesn't know enough for kindergarten. She's so funny.
We went to Joys tonight and I worked on the dreaded brain hat while the kids played. They had a lot of fun and it was nice sitting and talking with Joy. Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow other than cleaning and I might go grocery shopping. I also want to pick up some items for TJ's first package!
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
NEW FISH
Today I took Sarah and Maurice to the oceanfront to walk around. It rained the whole time which stunk but then we sat down and dried off while we ate lunch. They left today so now starts the count down until my mother in law arrives. When Brooke got off the bus we ran to Michael's and Petco. At Petco we decided to pick up a couple new fish. After dinner the kids wanted to listen to music so I put on itunes and Photograph came on by nickelback and they both started crying and asked me to change it. =(
I was so concerned with booking activities for all of us that over booked next week! I signed the kids up for Vacation Bible School and never wrote down the dates so I've been scheduling stuff like crazy and now I'm going to have to figure it all out. I rescheduled one thing already, I'm going to just let the others sort themselves out and play it by ear.
I was so concerned with booking activities for all of us that over booked next week! I signed the kids up for Vacation Bible School and never wrote down the dates so I've been scheduling stuff like crazy and now I'm going to have to figure it all out. I rescheduled one thing already, I'm going to just let the others sort themselves out and play it by ear.
Monday, June 11, 2012
CRUISE BOOK
Remind me to tell you that they already took the cruise book photos. You need to find out who to talk to and see if you can get yours done. You HAVE to be in the cruise book!!!
BUNNY =(
There's a dead bunny in our yard. It's laying over by the AC. I wish you were home because I will NOT touch it! Good thing Maurice and Sarah are on their way back tonight, they will take care of it. I just really really really hope that Larkin didn't do this. I don't think she would but yuck!
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