Email Glenn :)

Hey Everyone, I wanted to put this on here so that everyone knows that Glenn's out at sea and it's lonely out there.  If you could drop him a quick email at graygt@as39.navy.mil that would be awesome.  We haven't heard a ton from him but we are able to get a few emails back and forth.  I'm excited that it's about 19 days until we get to see him.  Like I said though, about, we never know and I just hope it stays on track (or ahead of schedule) so we get to see him sooner rather than later.

The kids are still doing good, they're enjoying being able to ride their bikes to school.  Madison needs a new seat for her bike and then she will be riding it again.  When that happens, I will be able to run next to them on the way to school and then get on my way to the beach gate and back home.  No, not to hang out at the beach, I actually run past that gate and home.  That makes me appreciate the super short drive when we actually do go to the beach to hang out.

Madison has been feeling sick for a little while.  She stayed home on Monday, got slightly ridiculed by her teacher (that was handled) and didn't complain today at school when she felt bad.  She actually came home with a 99.1 fever when I picked her up after school was over.  I realized that I was out of those little tylenol tablets so we had to go to the store and get some for her.  It seems to be working and I'll be able to give her another dose about 30 minutes before their "bedtime" but I think they will be going to bed a little early again.  They seem to be getting a little more tired each day.

So I bribed the boys a little today.  Well, I wouldn't really say bribe, I had them sing me a song before they could go to the park.  I know, kinda mean right?  Nah, it was totally worth it.  I have videos to prove it. :)  I hope everyone can watch these.

Ok, so I tried to post them and for some reason it's not working.  Can I even post videos to this blog...I don't know, but I may try to find out in the near future.  I hope everyone has a great day/night.  

Monday Evening

Nothing much went on here yesterday.  We went to the grocery store after school, picked up a few things, strawberries were definitely on the list of things we got because they went down from $4.99 to $2.99!!!  We got 2 because they love them so much and I can't bring myself to pay $5 for a tiny pint of them!  Afterwards we came home, I cooked dinner and the boys went to the park.  Madison and I followed about a minute later.  Here they are at the park.

I only got a few pictures so yeah, that's it.  I'm thinking about taking my good camera down there one of these days and getting some of them but I don't want them to get mad because they want to play with their friends.

Today is baseball night.  Practice for Alexander at 5:00 on the base down the street and then Christopher's practice at 6:00 right down the road from our house until 7:00.  I'm thinking it'll be a french toast and pancake for dinner night if they want that.  I keep thinking that next week is spring break but it's not!!  they still have another week to go after this one.  At least they get off Thursday and get to start their break on Friday.  I just wish Glenn was here so that we could hang out more during that week and do something. :(

So, that's it for today.  I'm sure we'll have some super exciting news sometime in the future but it's not today. :)  Have a great day/night everyone.

Missing Daddy, trying to make time go by faster

So we went to the beach today and stayed there for about 3 1/2 hours.  The kids had a great time and were actually able to meet up with some friends from down the road that were there.  They played great and had a wonderful time.  Madison took my camera out for a little bit and took some pictures.  Here are a few of them.

Christopher finding big rocks and coral with his friend Joseph.

Not sure but Madison thought this was picture worthy. :)

Looking for those rocks...He thinks he can hold extra air when his cheeks are puffed out.

Reaching for his latest find.

Uh, coral??

Pretty view from underwater.

Some coral under the water.

Sea cucumber.  They're squishy when you touch them but if you squeeze them they will squirt out sticky stuff.

Madison was taking some self portraits. :)

She found a piece of coral that looked like a T.

Look Ma!!  No hands!!!  :)  Alexander buried his hands in the sand.

Here is one of Christopher and then one of Madison underwater. :)

While we were there, those rocks and coral that the kids were collecting came with a surprise.  

We saw a baby octopus!!!  It was so cute!!!  Sorry about that water drop on the lens.  At least it didn't cover up the coolest part of the picture. :)  

Alexander loved chillin' in the shallow water.

Madison wasn't tired of picture taking yet!!! :)

He was making his own poses.

Not sure what she was up to here but she was having a good time.

So that's it for now.  We miss Daddy, can't wait for him to get back and hope time goes by fast.  We love you Glenn and can't wait for you to get back home.

We hope everyone has a great day/night.

Pages 4 and 5 and some new tunes

Here are pages 4 and 5 of the Project Life book.  I know they're plain but I didn't want to add too many things to them and have them look overdone.

Now onto today.  Glenn left. :( The ship had to leave and will be out for a few weeks and that sucks.  I have been trying to look at it as a not so bad thing considering two things: he could be on the Frank Cable in Oregon right now or he could be on a ship that is deployed for more than a few weeks at a time.  For now, I'm going to keep working out, try to make the time go by faster and wait for him to get home.  I just hope time goes by just as fast for Glenn.

The kids and I went to Chuck E. Cheese this morning with friends and they had a great time.  Madison and her friend kept looking under the machines for dropped tokens and ended up finding quite a few of them until they were told to stop by the guy that worked there.  We are now the proud owners of 2 token holders, more of the "gummy" lizards and a CD with Chuck E.'s top hits.  Sweet.

The kids only have 4 days of school this upcoming week and then it's spring break and Easter.  Alexander wants the Easter bunny to leave footprints in his room.  I think he can do that for him.  I think he needs to cut back on the chocolate this year since mommy can't keep her mitts off of it.

Ok, that's pretty much all I have for today.  Have a great day/night everyone.

Teeth, Cafe Mocha and Baseball

Those were the highlights of today.  The kids had their dentist appointments today and after Glenn got home we went to the store to get some deployment essentials.  During that trip I noticed they had actually RESTOCKED the cafe mocha k-cups.  I grabbed one and was given a look...you know the one that means, "seriously.........", yeah, that one.  Glenn grabs two more boxes so he doesn't have to hear me complain that the dang store is out of them again. :)  Afterwards, we came home and hung out while waiting for baseball practice to begin.  Alexander had a great time at his and is loving baseball.  Christopher is always worried about being late to his because we have to leave Alexanders' right on time in order to get to his on time.  That means that if he's just sitting there, he'll ask me every 5-10 minutes how much more time we have until 6:00.  Today Glenn was there and they were playing catch with Madison so he only asked me once...ok maybe twice after they sat down.

The kids are ready for Friday, it's another teacher work day so they don't have school.  I need a mommy work day...wait, I get those.  I work and then I take a lunch break when Glenn comes home for lunch, then I get back to it and then get the kids. :)  It's nice being able to walk to the school in like 5 minutes.  The kids love being able to walk home too.

One more day until the "biggest loser" weigh in at the gym.  I had better run good tomorrow, I have to work off the pizza I'm about to eat when it finally gets here.  MMM, no sense in depriving myself of a few good things in life just to lose a half a pound.  It all comes down to not eating too much of it, or anything for that matter.  Which is why we don't have double stuff oreos in this house.  I can't stop myself from eating a ton of those babies.  The whole bag is gone in like 2 days which is embarrassing to say but hey, at least I know enough not to get them as I pass by them in the grocery store while drooling at the pink and blue bag of yumminess.

I'm obviously hungry, I'm going on about food so I'm going to head out for now and wait patiently for the pizza to arrive and then watch some shows with Glenn before he leaves.  I hope everyone has a great day/night.

Back Into the Swing of Project Life

I have finally, yes finally, finished another page for the project life book that I started over a month ago.  I'd like to share my page 3 and see what everyone thinks about it.

I'd like to say thanks to Heather again for getting me going with this.  After stopping it was hard to get back to but as soon as I did, I got hooked again.

A few things have happened since I last blogged.  We moved from Leo Palace in Yona to a house on base and are loving it.  I do miss my neighbor from up there but other than that, life seems so much easier since moving here.  We get up an hour later, walk to school instead of the kids having to ride a but for 45 minutes, they get home before 3:45 and are able to do their homework and walk right down to the park that's about a block away.  They can go across the street to ride their bikes and there's a field that we can play baseball in less than a block away.

Another milestone, Alexander learned how to ride his bike.  He started trying on Thursday when the kids decided that they would like to ride their bikes to school and by Saturday he was riding on his own.  There are a few times when he tends to wobble and it scares me thinking that he'll wipe out and want training wheels again.  He's still trying to grow in those two front teeth that he's had missing for almost 6 months but other than that he's doing great.

Christopher and Alexander have started playing baseball and are loving it.  It's twice a week and we practice on the weekends.  Madison is no longer in soccer but she's most likely going to try out some volleyball when that time comes.

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of months. :)  I hope everyone is doing good.

This is Alexander with his valentines box he made for school

Christopher was practicing hitting while we were packing before he started baseball.

Alexander was obviously so excited about the sucker he bought with the tickets he won at the school carnival.

They were waiting in line for a game at the school carnival.

That's it for now.  I'll post more later and try to keep everyone updated.

The Mac is Back

I know, that sounds corny, but hey, it's the truth. :)  I'm back to the mac blog right here.  I'll keep this one just in case...you never know.