Nothing Exciting

It has been a while since I posted. I guess that is just because we have been busy, but not with anything really exciting. Just the normal day to day stuff. We are always running. Now we are starting to think about our upcoming move and trip to Disney World and all the things we need to accomplish for both of those. I'm so excited about moving back to the states, but WOW! do I dislike the actual moving part. Moving overseas is just so complicated. The big thing we are "stressing" about and trying to figure out is the car situation. In order to have our car in at Disney--which will be a lifesaver while there and to be able to drive to Kansas instead of fly--we have to ship it 2 months ahead of our move from here. That means we will be stuck with only Shane's car for 2 months. If you don't know, he drives a Fiat Panda that is the tinest car--it seats 5 uncomfortably--and yes we have 6 in our family. It is also a very unreliable car. Shane is frequently pushed through the gate on post because the car dies when he has to stop for ID checks, and then it won't start again. If should be a really fun 2 months--oh and did I mention it's right in the middle of baseball season when we will have 4 playing on 4 teams and have to be running every day...... Oh the drama of our lives....

Happy Birthday to My Sweet Boy

I don't think I have ever seen a child as excited as Dillan was for his birthday today. He was jumping up and down all morning--sang to himself--and was clapping and full of joy during cake and candles. He is such a sweetie. I can't believe my baby is 3!

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Kids Grow Up Too Fast

I have been thinking the past few days of one of Brendan's friends-sister. Hope you followed that. It is all the talk right now by kids, parents, everyone, that this young girl (only 14) is having to grow up way too fast because of a decision her young teen mind made. Yes, she is pregnant. Now this girl is being forced to be an adult and make an adult decision with adult consequences at the age of 14. I am praying so hard for her and her family.

Then there is the selfish part of the equation--how do I explain to my young children how this happens to a girl of 14. So far, I don't think they know about it (a benefit of homeschooling Brendan), but they soon will. As I said at the beginning this is a friend of Brendan's. It breaks my heart that now many other kids have to grow up a bit too-just to deal with the situation in their minds. I pray that we never have to deal with it in a more real instance with our children. I hope they will make good decisions and wait.

Princess Birthday

We had Meghan's birthday party yesterday. Here are some pictures of our little princess.

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Tentative plans

Well, yesterday we got a report date for ILE. We report on 21 July. So, here are our tentative plans.

Fly out of here no later than the 9th--fly to Orlando--take a day to get over jet lag and just play at whatever resort/hotel we decide to stay at--Pick up my car (I can ship to any Volvo dealer). Then do our 5 days at Disney. Take 2 days to drive up to Omaha and stay for 1-2 days and then drive back to Kansas to report.
How is that for a whirlwind move???

Now we just have to get the Army to cooperate on the flight dates etc. that we want...

This summer!!

Guess what we are going to do??!! Disney World!!! We were talking about maybe doing it when we move, but we weren't completely decided--then we found this

(if anyone else is interested the link below takes you to the webpage with the details.)

Walt Disney World Salutes the Men and Women Who Serve

Plus a complimentary 5-day "Disney's Armed Forces
Salute" ticket
Through December 23, 2009, each active or retired member of the U.S. military may obtain one complimentary 5-day "Disney's Armed Forces Salute" ticket with Park Hopper® and Water Park Fun & More options. This ticket is valid for five days of admission into the four Walt Disney World® theme parks, plus a total of five visits to a choice of a Disney water park, DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park or certain other attractions. During this offer period, active or retired U.S. military personnel (or their spouses, but not both) may also make a one-time purchase of up to a maximum of five 5-Day "Disney's Armed Forces Salute Companion" tickets (one theme park per day) for $99 per ticket, plus tax, for family members (including spouse) or friends. Although this ticket for family members and friends does not include either the Park Hopper® or Water Park Fun & More options, this ticket can be upgraded to add either such option, or both, for an additional $25, plus tax, per option. Actual prices may be less. All tickets and options are non-transferable and must be used by December 23, 2009.


This will save us a tremendous amount of money!! Now we are sure this is the year!!

Enjoying family

Sorry I haven't been on here much again. All that priority sorting has got me spending much more time just hanging and playing with the fam. We have been playing a lot of wii, racing cars, watching movies, playing board games, etc. etc. So we have 2 more days before "normal" starts again so.....
See you next week sometime.

More pictures

Just some more photos of our Christmas break.

We have had a good few days with my mom--unfortunately it is already time for her to go. We will miss having Grandma here.

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