Page 10...I think I have to fit Easter in somewhere

I have finally finished the page I have been working on for about 2 weeks...I know.  These take me a while sometimes.  I need to get to work on the Easter one because I'm going to have a Disney one to work on soon enough!  I'm so excited.  I can't wait to get off of this island for a little bit and just relax.  Haha, yeah, relax.  We have quite a few plans for the time we'll be in CA, AZ, and NV.  Phew, that's going to be fun though.  So, here's the page.  I'm not up for writing much tonight.  I spent waaaaay too much time reading last night and didn't get to bed until it was waaaaaay past my bedtime. :)  For some reason I get on a reading kick and read like 10-15 books until I feel like I'm going to pass out at bedtime while reading and then I don't read another book for months.

So that's page 10.  I'm a little behind and I most definitely can't keep up with Heather's weekly ones yet...maybe I'll get there one day. :)  I think that sometimes I put way too much thought into these but then sometimes, not enough.  Oh well, I'll enjoy them when I'm older.  Have a great night or day everyone.  

No pictures today...just words

Not too many of them either.  I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that we were still alive and kicking.  Glenn got back on Monday and we had surprised him by letting him think that the kids were at school, which also got him out a little earlier than everyone else because he really thought we had to leave to go get them from school. :)  Sweet!

Nothing extraordinary is going on here.  Madison still asks when she'll be getting a Facebook account every other day, Christopher still loves going to the park and yes, he still folds his spelling tests up on Friday so that it can fit into his pocket and Alexander still loves being able to ride his bike with no training wheels.

Glenn has duty today so we're having the "what do you want us to bring you for dinner" conversation via email again.  We have both been doing good with the running since he got back.  We decided it was time to get fit...again.  I keep swearing I won't let myself get THAT unhealthy or THAT size again but somehow I always end up there again.  It's so much harder to lose that weight but I feel so much better.  Since January 1st I have lost 17.5 pounds and I'm still going.  I haven't been neglecting myself and not letting myself have the occasional almond joy or beef jerky or even those darn good reese's eggs (the mini ones, not the bright yellow packages of deliciousness).  The key is not to overdo it...which is why I STILL haven't boughten a package of double stuff oreos because I KNOW they will be gone in a day.  MMMMM, Oreos......

Ok, I feel like Ferb when I say this, "I know what we're gonna get Glenn for dinner" so we are going to get a move on and get Daddy fed! :)  I hope everyone has a great day.  Peace out!

Page 9, Man I'm on a Roll!!

Here's page 9 of my book.  I keep realizing that there's not really a time period that I'm sticking to for this book but maybe I'll get better in the future.  There's just so much going on that I am trying my best to get these things into pages so we can remember them all!  I hope everyone's enjoying these because they make me smile while I make them just remembering that day.

I need to get dinner going so I'm not going to write much.  I just wanted to post the page I just finished.  I think I may renumber these when I put them into the book because I just realized that I don't have an Easter page yet...Oops.  I'll do that one soon.  I have to admit, I'm getting a little addicted to this digital scrapbooking type thing though!  I'm loving the simplicity of it and how easy it is to finish a page so quickly with no mess!  Heather, you were so right!  There are so many free designs, pages, elements and stuff to work with too so that makes it even MORE appealing than it already was!  

Ok, so that's it for now.  I'm off to get dinner ready for tonight while the boys play Indiana Jones 2 on the Wii and Madison plays her clarinet.  Maybe I'll enlist her help and keep her busy.  The weekend is coming to a close and she's getting sad that Monday once again means school.  For me that means being able to clean the house back up without having to stop to make lunch, take the kids somewhere to keep them busy or make sure they're not getting into trouble somewhere around here.  I do love spending time with them though.  I just wish Glenn were here to enjoy it too but unfortunately he had to leave on the ship after someone changed their mind and decided to be an ass.  

Have a great day everyone.  Peace out from Guam! :)

Page 7 is done

Here's Christopher's baseball page.  Very simple but I like it.  I think if I keep them all semi simple I can keep this up.

At first I didn't know how this would look but the more I look at it the more I like it.  I still can't believe how grown up he looks.  He just got a small trim and looks so much older!  I was very afraid that the guy was going to take off way too much of his hair.  He did an awesome job and I'll post a more recent picture with his new do.  

Alexander got his hair trimmed also but he lets the guys cut way more hair off.  He looks handsome too.  Madison got her hair trimmed just below her shoulders and I got about an inch taken off.  

The kids and I went to watch Mirror Mirror today with friends before they leave for Japan on Sunday then went to Shirley's for dinner.  We're so close to Glenn being home!!  Only 2 more days to wait and then he's supposed to be back!!  Yay!!!!!  We can't wait!!!  

I'm hoping he won't have to go anywhere else while we're here but you never know.  :(  

The kids only have about a month and a half of school left until summer break.  I hope they don't get beached out over the summer like they did on spring break.  Well, Alexander did anyways.  We did go there quite a bit over break.  At least nobody got burnt this time! :)  

That's it for today.  I hope everyone has a great day and night.  I'll post more later.

Finally posting another page...

I went to the old desktop mac and found a few...like over 200...pictures that the kids had taken with the photo booth on there.  I decided to use a few of them and make this.

Oh yeah, they were having a good old time.  I also made one for boys' first game that was on the 6th of April.  I am going to make Christopher's page also, just wanted to post this one since it was done.  

He had a great time during that game.  I'm going to get a move on working on Christopher's page.  After that, it's a beach page because we've been spending quite a bit of this spring break at the beach.  We just wish Daddy was here to be there with us.  Only a few more days until Glenn gets back though.  

Over the past week I've been reading quite a bit.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to tell myself to stop and I end up staying up way too late reading.  Thank God there's coffee, or should I be thanking the maker of the Keurig coffee machine??  Either way, coffee is appreciated.  

I almost don't believe that the kids have around 2 months of school left after they return from break.  That's not very much time and I can't believe the kids are already registered for 2nd, 4th and 6th grade!!!  It's not official until they actually enter that grade right???  There's no way we almost have a MIDDLE SCHOOLER!!!  Not sure how time flew by so fast but our children are growing too fast.  I do love seeing them grow though.  They are amazing children and amaze me more and more each day.  

For now, I'm heading off to bed to get ready for tomorrow.  We're either going to a movie or a magic show, I'm just not sure which one the kids would like to do yet.  I guess we'll find out tomorrow.  I hope everyone has a great day and I'll try to post again very soon.

The Beach...post 3 of the day

I just wanted to post some pictures from our trip to the beach after the movie.

Madison in the middle, Christopher on the right and Alexander on the left.  I know, I figured out the secret to underwater beach pictures AFTER taking these today.

 Here's Alexander!  He loves looking under the water now.

 Alexander found a sea cucumber and I told him to take it out for like a second so we could get a quick picture.

 Christopher's hair is something else while we're at the beach.  It goes everywhere!!!

 Madison was swimming like a mermaid with her flippers on.

 I got more of this kind of picture than I did normal ones.  Great, I have not 1 but 3 photo bombers!

 Alexander a little while before heading home.  The sun was going down and the water was feeling chilly.

 Alexander a.k.a. John in their games, was sleeping in the boat while Madison pulled it and Christopher acted like the motor in the back...see the splashing??

Christopher was running to get something, can't remember what but I love this picture.

So that was our day, after waking up early for the eggs, going through all the good candy, cleaning up powder, easter grass and candy wrappers, watching their new movie Hop, going to the theater to see Journey 2 again, this time for free, and spending a few hours at the beach.  Man, I'm more tired just thinking about it again.  Have a great day everyone.

Just want to sleep...

I want to make this post long and write about every detail of what happened at the field during their games but I'm so tired right now I don't know how good this one will be.  I will post some pics and try to make this a good one. :)

Alexander is in t-ball but they tried to pitch it to the kids first and he hit it on his first try!!!  Good thing I was ready with the camera!  

The boys actually didn't have an issue sitting together so I could get a cute picture.  I just wish I would have done it somewhere else.  The background is too distracting for me.

Christopher loves his new gloves and bat that Daddy got him.  Blisters are a thing of the past and his new bat, well he doesn't want to forget that at home, like ever.

Unfortunately Christopher struck out but we know he can do it.  He hit a homer during practice a few days before the game.  The other team had been using a pitching machine during their practices but he had only used it once before this game.  We'll work on it with him and he'll rock the next game. :)

As far as who won, they think that "there are no winning or losing teams" in this league...whatever.  Alexander's team I can understand at 6 but they need to start letting them know that you need to try to win. Christopher's team won.  We found this out when a teammates older brother kept score and let us know. :)

During the game Madison and her friend Hunter were down at the water hunting for shells.  They "accidentally" fell in.  Yeah, accidentally looking for shells and all the way up to the top of their waists.  Oh well.

The next day we went to take Hunter home and go to her surprise birthday party.  We stayed the night with Jessie up at Leo Palace and the kids had a good time playing and watching movies, decorating eggs and eating candy.

Other than that, we've either been home, at the park or at the beach.   I would like time to go by fast so that Glenn is home.  I hope everyone has a great day.