Gotta Run...Gotta Run...

So this last week I had a GREAT idea...Let's run a half marathon in less than 3 months, lol! Let me just say, I ran in cross country and track high school, I even ran some in college, but it has been a LONG time since I have run, especially run Mile(S)...lol! So my friends Allen, Bonnie and I decide we can do this! And then printed of the training schedule!!! Actually Allen made up some training schedules for us...THANKS ALLEN!!! :o) Man my goal is gonna be a little more difficult than I thought, but I am gonna do it!!! It won't be the easiest with 3 kids and Korry gone, but I think it's do-able and will help me get this dad gum baby weight off of me!!! Which would be AWESOME!!! SO that's exciting! SO Korry was skeptical at first...with good reason, I am a fare weather worker-outer...so he was skeptical, but now I think we knows I am serious and really want to do this! I think it will be challenging and fun and will definitely give me something to do for the next 2 1/2 months...RUN!!! ;o) SO I am excited and Korry is excited for me too! Anyway, this was a random, small post, but I thought I would let you all know! Just pray for me that I will be able to do this and meet my goal without killing myself, lol! I hope you have a Great rest of your week! :o)

One Week Down...

I swear...this has been the Longest week of my life! It feels like he has been gone for at least a month! The kids ask all the time how much longer until Christmas...because we told them he would be home shortly after Christmas...and I tell them lots and lots of days and leave it at that. So we're taking it day by day.

Right now they are super excited about our trip this weekend. We are leaving Saturday for Billings, MT to meet my Mom. She is flying in that night and then we will leave Sunday morning on our Journey through NM & TX. It's going to be a SUPER long trip, but we're going to be able to see all our family and do lots of fun things, so hopefully the driving time will go by fast! We will be in NM for about 2 weeks and then TX for 2 weeks too, so if you're around there let me know and we can meet up!

I am dreading the driving though, lol! It's 20 hours to my sisters house, 4 hours to my Grandparents, 8 hours to my Mom's house, 4 hours to Korry's parents house/ Sea World, 4 hours back to my Mom's house and then 24 hours back to Great Falls...WHOA!!! A little Crazy...but it will be broken up, so hopefully it won't break me, lol! ;o)

So we have 5 days until we leave and our week is looking good this far! I have decieded having a busy week is MUCH better than having a week with nothing to do!!! I had nothing to do last week and it was painfully awful!!! It went by so slow!!! So tomorrow Bailey has his 2 month Dr.'s appointment and then I have a hair appointment Friday morning (Which I am SO SO Excited for) and the relay for life Friday night...so hopefully with all those things and packing will make this week go by fast and hopefully smoothly!!!

I am also hoping my friend Bonnie has her baby sometime this week so I can see her little guy before I leave! I am excited and I know she is ready! SO that will be lots of fun too! :o) Anyway, I hope things are going well for everyone! And if you would continue to keep Korry in your prayers I would appreciate it. He has one more week of training before he leaves for Virginia and then to his base overseas. I know he is ready for his training to be over and get this thing started, as are we! Thank you all for your support and prayers! :o)

HUGE Airplane...

The C5...

Going into the Airplane

We had to go up 2 flights of stairs!

Definetly the biggest airplane

I had ever been in!

Kiley looking around the cockpit!

Brendan Looking around too!

They both told me they could fly us to see

Daddy!

Looking around the Airplane!

Us outside the C5!

We look like little ants! ;o)

CHEESE!!! :o) Brendan was pointing at

the other airplanes!

The Other airplane!

So today was a lot of fun!!! For one I think I got about 8 hours of sleep last night. Which was AWESOME considering I had been up until after 4am since Korry left each night and was Exhausted! So that was great. But the fun stuff was a friend of mine and her 2 daughters came over and we let the kids play and I got to have Adult "girl" talk!!! Which was Great! I had been stuck indoors with a sick son and no one to talk to, so that was a nice change of events! But then her husband called and there was a C5 up at the airport and we not only got to go see it, we got to go in it! The kids were so excited and had so much fun. My friend Bonnie stayed with her youngest daughter and Bailey and her husband and I took Kiley, Brendan & Devin up in the airplane. So it was fun! Here are some pictures of it. We also got to see another airplane, I have no idea what it was, but people were waiting in line to take rides in it for $300 a person!!! WHOA, must be a cool airplane! ;o) This is a short post, but I wanted to share our first fun day since Korry left! Hopefully there will be more to come... :o) I hope everyone is having a Great week and has fun weekend plans. If not call me and we can go and do something, lol! ;o)

1 Day Down...

Saying Goodbye

The Whole Family Together...Can't Wait for
this to Happen again!!! :o)

Kiley Saying Goodbye to Daddy!

Brendan Saying goodbye to

Daddy!

Daddy Saying goodbye to

Bailey!

Korry with all his Babies!

Korry saying goodbye to Bailey...was not Easy!

Kiley & Brendan ran to give one

last hug!!!

Saying goodbyebehind the glass

while waiting to Board

Korry saying goodbye one more
time!

So it has Finally begun! We took Korry to the airport this morning. We left about 4:45, so the kids were all in their Jammies, but it was good for them to get to say their goodbyes to him. It was a little worse than I thought it would be, but I am glad the dreading and anticipating for the most part is over. I know it will be hard, but I know God is watching over him and he will be safe, we are just missing him terribly...Already! I would really appreciate you keeping him, me, Kiley, Brendan and Bailey, in your prayers! I know that would help tremendously! Well there is not much else going on, here are some pictures of this morning! I hope you are all having a Great day! :o)

P.S. Korry we Love and Miss you already! Please be safe! :o)

One More Week...

Korry, Bailey & Me and the Family Retreat

Brendan & Devin playing at VBS

Bailey almost 7 weeks old

BIG YAWN!!! :o)

Our Adorable Little Man!!

So in just one week Korry will be on his way to New Jersey for his training. I am all over the place with emotions! I am scared I am not going to be able to do this on my own and mess up our kids forever. I am nervous something will happen and I will not know what to do. I am relieved this is finally starting so it can get over with. I am sad for the kids and for Korry that he will miss 7 months of their lives. I am already feeling lonely that I will not have my best friend to experience the next 7 months of our lives and our family life. I am afraid to ask for help, this is definitely a huge struggle for me. So as you can see I am ALL OVER THE PLACE! It's a roller coaster, so I am trying to keep myself busy and keep that as the plan until he comes home in Jan/Feb.

There is one thing I would like to ask you all to pray for! Bailey has yet to Smile at us and it's getting closer and closer to when korry is going to leave. I know this sounds kinda dumb, but this is a milestone and there are not many at this age and I know Korry wants to see at least one in person and not have to see it second hand in a picture or over the web cam! So PLEASE just pray Bailey will give a HUGE goofy grin before Korry leaves. I would really appreciate it!

Anyway, I have to get some things done! So I will write more later! I hope you all are having a Great week! :o) I also have put some pictures that were taken of us this last weekend at our church family retreat and VBS. :o)

WOW...

Kiley & Brendan enjoying the
summer weather

Brendan, our little muscle man!

Brendan on his Slip & Slide he got for his
Birthday!

Kiley on the slip and slide

LOL, these are backwards, but here is Kiley...

mid-air going on the slip & slide! :o)

Oh Brendan...LOL!

Korry teaching Kiley how to ride her bike!

YAY KILEY!!!

Korry running beside her incase she falls...

Posing for the papporazi, LOL!

GO KILEY GO!!!

Brendan opening his presents!!!

Blowing out his candles!!!

Kiley fishing

Kiley & Brendan fishing...Gotta Love Kiley's

Hat!!! ;o)

Our Little Bailey

Bailey & his Daddy!

Our Baby Boy

Bailey Cooing at me! :o)

Bailey snuggling with his big sister!!! :o)

It has been over a month since I have posted a blog and SO much has happened in the last month! So anyway, Bailey will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. It's a bitter sweet! He is adorable and gets cuter everyday, but as the days pass it gets harder since we know Korry will be leaving soon. Korry leaves on Tuesday morning for the week and then will be back for a week and then he will leave the 15th until Jan/Feb. So we're getting prepared for this, as prepared as you can get I guess.
This last weekend was Crazy! I think everyone either had a Birthday, promoted or graduated this weekend, LOL! We had a last minute "early" birthday party for Brendan this last weekend so Korry could be there for at least one of their Birthdays, and Brendan's is the end of June, so it wasn't "too" early. We had a lot of fun! Brendan was excited and it was planned in 3 days, so thank you to all everyone who could come "major" last minute! The mosqitoes ate us alive, but it was a success! And then we had 2 Birthday parties to go to on Saturday! SO it was Craziness, but in a good, exhausting kinda way!!! ;o) It was also a milestone for Ms. Kiley! Kiley got out there on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and learned how to ride her bide without training wheels!!! It was SO Exciting to see her riding out there! So proud of herself and I am so glad Korry go to be there for it before he left! It was the most priceless thing ever!!! We are both SO proud of our little girl! She is just growing up too fast!
But now we're trying to get ready for the next couple of months. The kids and I are going on a whirlwind road trip after Korry leaves. We will go to New Mexico and then to Texas and then back to Great Falls in about a month so we can be back before Kiley starts school and also so Brendan & Kiley can still take swimming lessons here! :o) It will be fun. We are going to take advantage of the things we miss out on here. We're going to be able to go to Sea World and to the zoos and for me "SHOPPING", lol. There are quite a few good outlets malls in Texas that I am going to take advantage of while we're there. So it will be a fun and Exhausting trip for all involved, lol! But we're excited to see everyone!
So Bailey is 6 weeks old! I can not believe how fast the last month and a half has gone by. It feels like it was just winter, lol...thats because it snowed about a week ago, lol! But he is growing up and starting to stay awake a little more often and talk in his own way, so it's very cute! I am really hoping he starts smiling before Korry leaves so he can see that in person and not over webcam and pictures for the first time!
Also a few weeks ago Korry's parents came up to see us before Korry left. It was a nice Memorial day weekend and the weather was awesome! We got to go to the park by the river and we also got to take the kids to the pond on base and we taught them to fish! It was so cute to watch them and they were so excited everytime they saw something that resembled a fish...granted all they caught were sticks, but they still had a blast and want to go and do it again! :o)

I hope everyone has a Great week and enjoys all the warm...Hot Beautiful summer weather! I will try very hard to do better about my blogging and update more often! ;o) Please keep Korry and his safety in your prayers!!! I would really appreciate it! :o)