Life's curve balls!

I really should not be surprised when I get a curve ball but sometime it we really can not see it coming.

Last night at supper I realized that tomorrow for the first(or at least a very long) time I was going to be in the house with no kids or hubby.  Josiah started preschool on Wednesday, the girls would be in school and Kevin would be working.  I was contemplating what I would do for the few short 3hrs I would have.  Clean, sleep, do some digital scrap-booking, paper work, organizing for our upcoming move, or just park my butt in front of the TV?  

Well at 3am my decision was made for me as I a sound I dread hearing!  Can you guess? Well it was the sound of vomit!  I put on my glasses and ran down the hall to find Kira on the toilet with a pill on the floor, I quickly reach for the trash and she proceed to fill it!   After helping her clean up, change and get back to bed, I cleaned up, sanitized, & started a load of laundry all the while realizing that I was not going to be a lone! 

Don't get me wrong I love hanging out with my kiddo's individually, and I am cherishing the time I have while they still want to just sit and read when they are home sick and not hid in their room on a phone or computer!

So I better get back to my baby(OK 7yr old) who seems to be rebounding very well!

We got ORDERS!

Well we finally received word! We are headed to Grand Forks AFB, in Grand Forks North Dakota!

We are all so excited about this! (Only down fall is Kevin has to go to Korea before he get's to join the kids and I.)

The girls are excited, they can't wait to see and live where their will be snow!

I am always up for an adventure and this is just so close to home!

Kevin too is excited to be back in the Midwest, back on familiar ground.

Now come the fun task of researching the area, finding a place to live from thousands of miles away, figuring out when to go, how much time to take the kids out of school, which school they will attend, a new hair dresser & a new church.

Oh and don't forget we have to try and sell a house and move all our stuff!

Let the fun begin!!

My House is complete once again!

The girls made it home safe and sound last night. It was so fun to see their smiles and hear all the stories. There was not a quite moment on the 1 1/2 car ride home.

I think Josiah missed them just a little bit!

Updated Pictures!

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Life

Our lives in one word for the past months has been....



SOCCER!





It was a great season, both the girls did great, but I am one tired soccer mom. We had practices 4 days a week, between the girls, and two games every Saturday!

Kira had a rough start with not being able to play in any games because of her broken arm. She did come to the decision that soccer is not her game and I don't think will be playing next year.

Cassie had a great season, her coach had wonderful things to say about her and can't wait to see he in a couple of years just dominating the field.

Here are a few shots from the season!
Our next adventure of Basketball & Dance start only a few short weeks away!

Never a quite moment!

Kira wanted to make sure that we had an exciting weekend. It all started Saturday morning when we took a trip to the park. It was beautiful, nice and cool with a breeze. All kids were happy, even one of Kira's friend were at the park. She is our little adventure and wanted to try the monkey bars. First time she dropped down just fine, well needless to say the second time was not so graceful. She fell and put her arm down to stopper her self. This is when if there was sound I would insert a blood curdling scream!
Long story short, after a stop at the fire station and three firemen making a make shift splint out of cardboard and duck tape! Kira and I headed to Urgent care where x-ray's were taken and it was determined she has a buckle fracture to her left forearm.We left urgent care with a splint and a sling, and were told to come back on Monday for a cast. Kira got lots of attention at home, church & school. Now we have a bright pink cast to match our bright personality! ALL is well!

Ready Set GO!

I know, I know it has been like FOREVER! Here is the low down on the Family






Kevin: Is off protecting the country on the other side of the pond for the next 6 months give or take.


Liz: Really enjoying my new job. You could not ask to work with a better group of people. I don't think there has been a morning yet that I did not want to get up and go to work.








Cassie: Has had a very busy and exciting summer. It started with our family vacation to WI for 3 weeks where she learned to shoot a b.b. gun & 22. Then it was directly off to Operation Purple camp for 9 days, then summer camp at school. Things have slowed down a little now that she is hanging out with the best daycare provider around! Soccer practice starts this week, and then it is school already next week. 3rd grade here she comes!







Kira: Had an extra special trip to WI, as it was her birthday while we were there. All her cousin, aunts, uncle, Ba & Grammy were able to celebrate with us, fireworks and all. Her present was a girls day out with Grammy, Auntie Kelly, Cassie & Mom. We had pedicures, lunch and to top it off she got her ears pierced. She has also had a blast at the summer camp and is also enjoying the best daycare provider! Soccer will also start soon for her and them 1st grade here we come!














Josiah: What to say about Josiah, he is growing like a weed. His highlight from our vacation was riding the four wheelers or Motor Cycle as he called them. He loved our two night camping trip and just being able to run free and be a boy out in the country. He loves being able to spend time with that awesome daycare lady also. He is our little boy who is always sick, no really at least once if not twice a month. We are trying to figure it all out, but that is a whole other post that maybe some day I will tackle.







I think that about covers it, we have had a great summer and it is very quickly coming to a close and the new season of our family has started.

CSA

We are going to try something new is year. We have bought a share in Farmer Jim farm. Jim is a local farmer and is part of Community Supported Agriculture. Long story short we pay farmer Jim up front and for 33 weeks we get a box of farm fresh veggies of all kinds once a week! We are all so excited and can't wait. If you want more info check out Jim Produce!

I will keep you posted as to how we like it and what kind of things we are getting and making with this adventure!

Here is link to the piece the local newspaper did on Farmer Jim.

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/video/?videoId=1260669879

Update! We are alive!

I will say it again, where do the days go?? More then once in the last two months I have said to myself "I need to update our blog." So here it is,
The girls are doing great in school and making friends. They have started AWANA's on base and love it. Josiah is growing everyday and becoming a true two year old in every sense of the word.

Kevin is still plugging along at work, some days are better then other but isn't that true for all of us. He finally got a Dr. understand that his back pain was not normal. He has started to see the Chiropractor and we are hoping it will help, may be a long road but anything is better then nothing.

I am staying busy chasing after Josiah and trying to keep him fed! I also helping with our Church's MOPS group. I got to go on a what I am calling a "Mom-cation" to Florida in Jan. where I meet up with two of my friends. It was a very wonderful 5 days.

So that pretty much covers it for now. We have a some fun things planned for the next couple of weeks with my parents coming and a short weekend trip for Cassie birthday.

Life is calling me back!

Life happens!

Wow where does the time go? It has been way to long since either of us has written. With two children in school and a very active toddler my days are gone before I even have a chance to open my eyes!

We are all doing very good, Cassie is loving 2nd grade and all the fun that comes with learning how to add and subtract two digit numbers, reading, music class, computer lab & library days. If you were to look for Cassie in our house the first stop would be the sofa or her room behind a book, she loves to read!

Kira is loving kindergarten and doing very well also. She is starting to read a few words and can sound out just as many. She loves to color and play the computer.

Josiah will soon be two and I can't believe it. He is growing up so fast and learning new words everyday, motorcycle are no longer "GO" they are cycles. He is totally into trains these days and will spot one from miles away.

Kevin is busy with work. We are very thankful that he will be in the same country with us this year as Christmas, in fact he even has it off! I am staying busy trying to keep up with my three children and the everyday household responsibilities, as well has being the Co-Coordinator of our churches new MOPS group.

Our hope for you this Christmas season would be that you can really enjoy the true meaning of the season. To know that God loves you and he sent his son to earth that first Christmas night to be the savior of the world, to grow up and die for OUR sins.

Merry Christmas,
Liz

First Day of school! (I know it is like the 2nd week of school)

Josiah was excited to get the girls out of the house! Can you tell? He does really miss them, as soon as they get home all he wants to do is play with them! It is so cute!
Can't believe she is in Kindergarten already! She is loving it, growing up way to fast!
Still amazed by my beautiful daughter everyday. She has and is growing up so fast and becoming such an amazing young women. 2nd grade better watch out!

Fathers Day

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Worth the wait!

Ever have one of those pages you just keep putting off because you are waiting for just the right inspiration, or embellishments? Well this is one of those pages for me. I don't like skipping spreads but sometime you just have to.

My addiction!

Here is the real reason I have not posted lately!

These are from the second half of Aug., Sept., & Nov. 2005! (No, the year is not a typo, I am a little behind!)

Hurry up and Wait!

This is something I am learning but am not very good at! Life has been nothing but slow around here lately. Work as been crazy busy for Kevin which makes life for us just as busy, trying to hold on to every minute we have with him.

Back to the waiting part, well you too will have to wait.

Just wanted to let whoever know we are still alive around here. We are just putting everything in Gods hand, where they belong! (this is hard too BTW!)

Juicy Juice

Thanks to the great folks at House Party, I was able to have another party. This one was sponsored by Juicy Juice. We had a wonderful play date where I was able to share Juicy Juice's newest juice. They have no added sugar, no artificial flavors or Preservative and come in a really cool 33.8 oz container. There is Juicy Juice Immunity with Vitamin C and Zinc to help support immune systems and prebiotic fiber for healthy digestions. The other is Juicy Juice Brain Development with DHA.

We got to try the apple, berry, & grape. They were all very good, but we were all surprised by how good the grape ones. One of the mom's who came said she was not much of a juice drinker, and really did not care for grape juice as it tastes like cough medicine. I convinced her to try the Juicy Juice and she loved it, she was sold, she said it had a very nice mild favor.

Beside the wonderful Juice we were also given a water bottle, re-usable shopping bag! We need to take care of God's beautiful nature any way we can right? We also received a fun growth cart to keep track of how fast our kiddos are growing, coupons for more juice now that we are all excited to go our and buy some. The kids got a coloring book and a small deck of cards! Both great brain activities :)

All in all we had a fantastic afternoon. I encourage you to give the the new Juicy Juice a try, you won't be disappointed. Also if you have not looked around the House Party website do so. It is a great way and reason to get your friends together!

Vacation!

This was our day at the Zoo. It rained for the first half of the day but then the sun came out and dried us out! Even in the rain we had a great time, just not as many pictures.

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Monday Mommy Moments

Yes a Mommy Moment! It is more of a wordless Wednesday but a totally Mommy moment as well and I wanted to share it with you.

Pictures from our first day on vacation

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He's Home!

Well it is official! Kevin is back home with us. It was a late night last night as he did not get to base until almost midnight. The kids did great, I woke them up and we drove to base, picked Kevin up and came home and they all went right back to sleep. Here are a few picture from last night while we waited in the car and the first hugs!