Looking Back...

I was looking back and reading my posts from last year and I wanted to emphasize how extremely grateful I am to all the men & Women over seas this Christmas season and to all the families at home missing them! Last Christmas was so hard without Korry there with us! So much happens while they're gone and you have to face it head on and be strong.

I am so happy Korry is able to be home with us right now! I am SO excited to celebrate as a family this year! I can't wait to start up our family traditions we missed last year and just be TOGETHER!!!

So anyway, I just wanted to put that out there and say thank you to all of the people who don't get to be together during this time! Our prayers are with you! God Bless All of our soldiers and their families!!! :o)

This was one of the HAPPIEST days of my Life!!!

Too Early for Christmas Decorations?!

So we had a Terrific and EXHAUSTING Halloween weekend! It was SO much fun, but SO busy! On Friday Kiley had a field trip and Brendan had a Halloween party, then we went to a party at Korry's work and then to a High School football game...it was SO fun and by the time we got home...after 10 that night, we all just CRASHED! Then on Saturday, I had a hair appointment, which I dyed my hair brown, Again, and then CLEANED and CLEANED for company we invited over on Saturday night! We had some friends over on Saturday night and went trick or treating. They have 2 kids as well and they all had a lot of fun! Then we came home ordered pizza, put a movie on for the kids and played some games. It was nice to have some adult interaction. The next morning we woke up and went to church, had lunch with some friends and then came home, I cleaned out the car, it was SO GROSS, and then we went to the church carnival they have in the parking lot. It was a Blast! They had rides, booths, cotton candy machines...it was AWESOME! Then we went and had dinner with some friends, went home and took baths and crashed! SO, it was a crazy weekend, but lots of fun!
We also had a baseball throwing competition! It was fun and I got my butt kicked, lol! The kids did well, Brendan's fastest was I think 12 MPH, Kiley's was 20. Korry was the winner of the men with 61 and Jamey was the winner of the girls with 37! It was fun and I got a few pictures of the fun!!! ;)













So now that all my Halloween decorations are down I am ITCHING to start putting up Christmas decorations! Especially since this year we want to decorate the outside and put up lights and the whole 9 yards...so we will see if I can talk Korry into decorating this early...I had a hard time talking him into decorating at Thanksgiving, but since he missed Chirstmas last year because he was in Iraq, maybe he will be in the Christmas mood Early this year...lol...keep your fingers crossed! I also would like it to be decorated before my Mom and Tom come for Thanksgiving! So I have a lot of good points I will have to present to him, lol! ;)

Anyway...I am off to church! I hope everyone have a Great rest of your week! :)

Halloween ALREADY!?

So I am still in shock it's already Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! These past few months have been a whirlwind to say the least. The end of September we got to go on an Amazing family vacation to Disney World! It was a BLAST! Just what we needed to be together and have TONS of family fun! It was nice to not have anything to "DO" and no one to call or ask Korry to go into work, just good FAMILY TIME! We needed that!!! As soon as we got home from Disney World we closed on a new house and made the jump and moved off base! We are really enjoying it, but it's been a crazy hectic month since we moved and Korry started back to his crazy schedule of going in at 4am and coming home around 8pm...and me running the kids EVERYWHERE it feels like, but thats just life...crazy, but fun!

Last week we all got hit with the Stomach Flu...THANK GOODNESS it was short-lived, but it was NOT fun! Bailey came down with it on Tuesday night, then Brendan got it Thursday, Kiley borrowed it Friday then on Saturday we all felt great and we all went with some friends from church to a Pumpkin Patch and had a Great time...and then I woke up sick as a dog on Sunday morning, but by Sunday night, I was feeling alright! ;o) Korry didn't really get hit with it, so I am thankful for that! He is NO FUN when he is sick. ;o)

For Halloween this year the kids decided they wanted to be Super Heros'...so after looking through I don't know how many catalogs, we found a Batman Costume for Brendan, a "Pink" Batgirl costume for Kiley and a Robin Costume for Bailey! THey are SO Excited! It's going to be a fun and cute weekend! Since Halloween falls on a SUnday quite a few neighborhoods are doing the Trick or Treating on Saturday, so we will do that Saturday night and on Sunday we are going to our Harvest Carnival at church...so it will be a fulfilled weekend!!!

My Mom is getting to come down here for THanksgiving and the kids Fall Break is actually during THanksgiving, so they get a week off of school, so it will be fun for her to get to come and spend some time with all of us! :o) We'e very excited for that! She will be our first overnight guest in our new house, so I'm excited! :o)

ANYWAY, I just thought I would update my blog, since I seem to always be behind! But I hope everyone reading this has a fun and safe Halloween!!! :o)

Kiley is Officially SEVEN...

We had Kiley's Birthday party this weekend! It turned out ok, but MAN, it was more eventful than anticipated! We planned a pool party! After all this is Alabama and it's been HOT since the day we got here! And over the summer when it rains it just makes it hotter and more humid! ANYWAY, Kiley and her friends got to swim for about 45 minutes and it started raining...I mean RAINING! And it got COLD and BLEH! So then we got out of the pool had some pizza and did the cake and kinda wrapped things up early! None of the kids knew the difference, they were a little cold, but they all had fun and thankfully Kiley said it was an awesome party, so that was the point, so I'm happy! She got quite a few Great presents and had a great time! :o)
We went to the zoo on Sunday, it wasn't too hot and we needed to let the kids run off some energy. Our zoo it ok, not great, but it's worth going and the kids LOVE the zoo...so we were walking through the zoo and we stopped and we were watching the Kangaroo's. There was a guy out there feeding them and raking up their poop and all that fun stuff. While he was doing this, the "dominant" Kangaroo was getting closer and closer to him. and when he was raking and shoveling, the kangaroo pushed the guy, the guy took the rake and kinda patted him with it and told him to "Go On", the kangaroo got up on his tail and rocked back and fourth trying to punch this guy. The guy stood his ground, which I guess is what their taught, to teach them who's boss or whatnot...but the Kangaroo grabbed the bag he was shoveling stuff into and poured out all he had put in, anyway...this went on for a good 20 minutes...the guy was hitting him, not hard, but making him back off and telling him to BACK OFF...we were the only ones there in the beginning, by the time we left there was quite the crowd of people. I felt sorry for the poor guy, because he couldn't leave, he had to stand his ground, but man...it was like a Junior High Fight and people were just standing around watching it happen, lol! Anyway, I thought this was funny and worth sharing! I didn't have my camera, or this craziness would have been on youtube! I will never go ANYWHERE without it again, lol! :o)
I hope everyone has a Great week!!! HAPPY MONDAY!!! :o)

Summer's Over...

So our Summer was Crazy Fast and Furious this year! Kiley has now started 1st grade and Brendan is doing the Pre-K this year. It's only 2 1/2 hours a day, but he is SO shy it truly helps him a lot! Anyway, we survived Korry's first "Summer Surge", which is 10 weeks of classes he teaches where he has insane hours, like 4am-8pm...so I am glad that's over and we're back to the 5 week classes and then we get a breather. So maybe it was a good thing to get that right from the get go...Now I am thankful for 5 week classes, lol!
THings have progressed here! I am going back to school starting the middle of September. I am SO excited and SO Nervous! I am going to do something I LOVE, but I'm overwhelmed, so we shall see how it plays out. I am doing a 1 year program in photography which will get me certified to be a Professional Photographer! I have been wanting to do something like this for so long, and now I am doing it, just jumping in. I would love to capture people's memories they will have forever and make Beautiful pictures, but my true goal is do do mission work and take pictures there and spread awareness, but obviously that is WAY down the line! :o)
Our DIsney World trip is FINALLY approaching us! We planned this trip it seems like years ago, real life months ago, but it's FINALLY in the near future! As soon as this class is over for Korry we are going for a WEEK to Disney World for our FIRST Official FAMILY VACATION!!! We have never gone anywhere just us and it's finally happening! SO I am thrilled and excited and the kids are insanely excited! Already asking...how many days, lol.
Kiley will be SEVEN on Saturday! Can you believe that!? I can not! It seems like yesterday she was learning how to walk and talk and now she has grown up on us! She is having a pool party and has invited her class and kids from church, so we will have PLENTY of kids there, lol! But that is what has been our main focus this week, is when is my Birthday, who has RSVP'd...etc...etc...etc. She is too funny!
Since Fall is supposedly in the air (still in the high 90's most days here) we're starting to look into sports and activities for the kiddo's. Brendan has been BEGGING us to let him play Basketball, so we're looking into that, but I don't think he is old enough yet. And Kiley is on a waiting list along with Brendan to do Gymnastics. SO hopefully we will be able to start that when we get back from Disney World. She also wanted to start playing golf, but she has to be 8 to start that, so next year.
Well we have had a Crazy few months, but things aren't slowing down anytime soon, so...anyway, I hope everyone is enjoying the start to a new school year. And come and visit when you can and we will go down to Destin, FL and stay on the Beach!!! ;o)

Wow, it's been a While.

SO I am here in Montgomery Alabama. We got here the end of February. It's been a crazy move, but the weather is great! :o) Kiley is enjoying school and now has 16 days of Kindergarten left, I can't believe she has been in school a year already and she will be in 1st grade in a few months! I am super excited for this summer though, except that Korry has CRAZY hours ALL SUMMER!!! So that won't be great, but we have some friends visiting and I will hopefully get to visit some family this summer. And there is a pool right around the corner and movies and just have fun with the kids with the Beautiful weather! Bailey turned one the end of last month and he is now walking. He is adorable and SO much fun! Bailey, Brendan & I have kept busy fixing up the house and yard...it was HORRIBLE! SO it took a while and is a work in progress, at least the yard is...right now the house is finished. I am going to put up a slideshow of our house. SO you'll have to let me know what you think. We are headed to San Antonio to meet some family next weekend for Bailey's Birthday party. We had cake and ice cream here with just the 5 of us and it was cute and fun, but we're going to have fun at Sea World. The kids are so so excited!!! Anyway, thats all I have for now. I will try to stay more on top of this blog. I hope everyone has a Great weekend! :o)

So...This has been a heck of a Year! But the last few months have been extremely grueling! We found out at Thanksgiving my Grandma has Pancreatic Cancer and only had 6 months to live and about 3 weeks later this disease took her life. She was a Wonderful woman! The kind of woman I hope I am to my husband, Children, grandchildren! She was an Amazing example of a christian woman! She will be more than missed and I know I will see her again someday! We Love her Very much! Obviously this happened while Korry is deployed, so that was hard on us both. I wish he was here for that, but I went to NM with Kiley, Brendan & Bailey and we got to see family at the funeral I hadn't seen in Years and Years and people my kids had never met, so that was really great!
Korry will be home in about 3 weeks...so I am SO excited and ready for that! We all are! We will be moving to Alabama the end of the month...and on our way we will be visiting family and friends in NM, TX & OK! So we are all really excited about that!
I am a little nervous though...I have a TON to do before he comes home. I was sup posted to get it all done during Christmas Break, but circumstances prevented that...so it will have to get done in the next few weeks!
So next week my friend Bonnie and I are going to our SPA DAY! We have been trying to nail this down for a while now and it could not come at a better time!!! SO SO SO NEEDED!!! We are being pampered for about 4 HOURS!!! It will be PHENOMENAL!!! :o) So I am SUPER SUPER Excited about that!
Anyway, I am thankful for all of my friends and family! I love you all and I hope you have a GREAT 2010!!! God Bless!!! :o)