December Already!!

I can't believe it is December already. We had a great Thanksgiving. Brett's mom and stepdad, Peggy and Joe, came and spent the holiday with us. The kids and I went to Valley Forge and met my cousin, Michelle, and her family. It was fun, but super cold. I think Valley Forge is meant to be seen in the springtime, at least that is when I am going to go back. It did make me appreciate what those Revolutionary soldiers went through surviving a cold eastern winter! We all got to go to Philly with Peggy and Joe and see Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell again. M was so excited to see the Liberty Bell again. That was her favorite part. We did get to go through a detour of Chinatown on our way to historical Philly. GPS's and some of the roads around here are not very good friends! We are now just getting ready to go to Utah for Christmas!!! Yeah!!! Now if I can get everything done that needs to be done before we leave, it would be great! We are so excited to go home and spend the holidays with our family. I think they are more excited to see Brett and the kids than anything else. My family is going through Brett withdrawals because he didn't get to see everyone this summer and hasn't seen some of them in a couple of years. Speaking of a couple of years, we hit our 2 year mark in the Air Force next week. Brett probably disagrees with me, but I think it has gone by so fast. Well, I am off to bed, but I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas because I probably won't have another post before then. Have a great Christmas with your families!!!

Halloween

Our kids didn't go trick or treating on Sunday night, but they more than made up for it at the Ward Trunk or Treat, the squadron Halloween party, and a carnival my friend put on. For the family that didn't buy any pumpkins this year, we ended up with 4. Go figure. Anyways, here are some pictures of the kids in their costumes. I am sad that I didn't get more of T, but he wasn't really cooperating! M's school had a Halloween parade at her school. She was so cute and thought it was really funny that her teacher was a present.

A Recap

So, we have had a few fun things happen for us in the last month. M started preschool! She was so cute and excited the first day. I thought it could get a little iffy because she doesn't always do so well in new situations, but she gave Brett and me great big hugs and kisses and sent us on our way home. She also rides the bus everyday and I was worried about that too. Nothing to worry about!! She gets right on the bus and is on her way. She is too cute for words. Here are a couple of pictures of her on her first day:
Brett participated in a Mud Run here on base with some people from his squadron . The kids and I went and saw Brett go over a couple of obstacles. It was fun and Brett was covered in mud!!
Brett and I got go to up in a C-17 last weekend. I have been in the plane a couple of times but never in the air, and Brett is on them all the time. It was a lot of fun, but I got very airsick. There are not any windows in the C-17 except in the cockpit. We did get to go and hang out in the cockpit for a little while, it was awesome. I was a little worried at times that someone wasn't flying the plane though!!! So to see the sights, the back was lowered. It is something that was a ton of fun, but I don't know if I will be doing it again any time soon! There was another C-17 flying in formation with us, so the pictures of the plane are of the other C-17 (ours looks exactly the same though). The people sitting on the end of the ramp were crew members. It was fun to watch them, but I was glad I wasn't out there hanging out like they were. The last picture is a C-17 with Atlantic City in the background. Look at the horizon in some of the pictures and then you can see why I was so airsick! Here are some pictures so you can see what I mean.

Photography blog

So I started a new blog that will hopefully help me keep going on my photography. I love photography, but I go through stages where I don't take a lot of pictures or edit them. I am going to try to add at least one new photo every week. So go check it out here.

It is about time!!!!

I know this is what everyone is thinking!! It is about time I updated our blog!! Things have been crazy the last couple of months. The kids and I made it safely back to Jersey after our little vacation. We had a lot of fun and were finally glad we made it home. We have been here for just over a year now. It has made me think about all the things that have happened in the last year and all the first we have had here. It is the first time I have lived 2200 miles away from my family, first time I have driven almost across the whole country, first time to NYC visiting Central Park, Times Square, and Rockefeller Plaza, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois (yeah, covered a lot of country driving home!), just to name a few things. M had her first day of school a couple of weeks ago. She absolutely loves it! Brett and I took her to school on the first day. I expected to see some tears and an "I don't want you to leave!" but all I got was a hug and kiss and a wave goodbye. She was so excited. She has also been so excited to ride the bus every day. She is on the bus for maybe 5 minutes to school and 5 minutes from school. Yes, we really live that close. She is the last stop to get on the bus, and the first stop to get off. M also started gymnastics last week. She had so much fun. I don't know what it is, but I have always seen her as a little gymnast. T has been getting so big. He doesn't say much, but somehow, we are able to figurehim out, sometimes. He does things that constantly surprise and amaze me. The other day he was trying to get his toothbrush out of the drawer and kept getting M's instead, so he pulled the stool over to the drawer so he could look into the drawer. I thought it was so darn smart of him. Well, there is the recap of our lives for the last couple of months. So here are the pictures I know you are all wanting to see.

Vacation Time!

Changes in plans, flight and baggage agony, family, camping, riding horses, herding cows, MOUNTAINS, sewing, picture taking, driving, the feeling of being home, no sleep, very cute niece and nephew, new used car, laughing, beautiful landscapes, fresh mountain spring, coyotes, campfire, starry nights, MOUNTAINS, more picture memory, friends

Just a few things that I have felt and experienced in the last 6 days since I went on vacation. Pictures to follow when I get home!

A Long Time Coming!

I am finally posting pictures!!! Our computer, that has all of our pictures, has been getting fixed, so I finally downloaded pictures onto our other computer. T turned 1 last week. He is the stinkiest, cutest kid ever. Both of my kids are adorable, but I am their mother, so I can say that all I want! So to make up for being horrible about blogging, here are some much anticipated pictures of my adorable kids (because really, everyone just wants to see them!) Oh, I decided to just use my kids initials when I blog about them! And to make you all jealous, the beach pictures were taken in April!