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)

Bailey Talking & Waving...

Bailey is Hilarious and Adorable! I wanted to share these little video clip with you of him! He Loves his Daddy!!! ;o)







We All Love and Miss you Korry! Have a Great Day! :o)

A "Little" Stressed...

So there has been a new development in our move that was supposted to happen this coming summer. Well we found out earlier this week that we have orders to Montgomery Alabama for Korry to teach OTS (Officer Training School) and we have to leave the 30th of JANUARY!!! Yes that IS the same month Korry should be back from his deployment! So this means that he will barely have time to get back here and in-process from his deployment before we leave here and drive ACROSS the country. SO I am a "little" stressed and not quite sure even where to begin. I have to do Korry's out processing for him and schedule people to pack and move us, decide what we can live without for a month or two and pack what we "Need" for our trip and the things we want to move with us and SO SO SO Much more! There are just SO many things that need to be done and it doubles the time it takes when you're by yourself and with 3 kids. So my list seems to Grow and Grow everyday as I think of what MORE needs to be done before Korry gets back and we leave. So prayers for sanity, patience and wisdom would be GREATLY appreciated! I know this will all work out and things will be ok, but even though I KNOW this...I still have the thoughts...Kiley leaving the beginning of the second semester, Korry not even being over Jet Lag when we start driving on our trip, trying to get back to being a "Whole" fmaily while also planning a major move, trying to say goodbye to all the wonderful friends we have made while we have been up here in the 1-2 weeks we have before we have to leave, seeing all our friends on our "journey" to Alabama and trying to find a house in our price-range, good school district and that's is available...Most of the ones we look at aren't available until the earliest end of June. So Anyway, prayers would be appreciated and endurance will be needed, lol! I hope everyone enjoys the rest of your weekend! :o)

Just One of Those Days...

Bailey, 6 Months Old

Bailey turned himself around in his Bouncer

Kiley & Brendan Trick or Treating.

Kiley's Halloween Gingerbread House

Brendan's Halloween Gingerbread House

Look Mom, Bailey is Flying...LOL

Our Precious Little Superman!

Bumblebee, Spiderman & Superman

The Loves of Our Life! :o)

Ahhh! Brothers! :o)

So this weekend was a little harder than I expected. It just kinda caught be off guard. We went to a Halloween Carnival and we all had a good time. The kids had a blast and that was great! And then I tried to keep myself and the kids busy, as to not to have to think about the missing link to our family, and we went to make "Halloween" Gingerbread Houses here on base. Then it was time to trick or treat and it just HIT me...I am here and doing this all by myself. I always know I am alone, but there are those moments that it's just WAY more apparent than others. As we walked down the street I was carrying Bailey so he would be warm and had Kiley & Brendan and it was just Depressing...all the families and friends running together. All the parents taking pictures of their kids while they walked together...It was horrible. I think I was the most bitter that I had been since the first 2 weeks Korry was gone. I felt sick to my stomache. I know this is like my own personal pitty party and I am sorry!

Anyway, I stayed inside yesterday and didn't even attempt going anywhere...I didn't feel very well, but the real reason was I really didn't want to see anyone and I wanted to just get past "This" Feeling! I hate it!!! I like being in control of my feelings and knowing when things are gonna hurt...Like I KNOW Thanksgiving and Christmas are gonna suck...I just know that, but Halloween, I was not expecting it to be a hard on the emotions kinda day! I knew it would be more difficult since I was taking 3 kids by myself trick or treating, but emotional...NO! But it WAS! It was Craziness!

Anyway, Bailey had his 6 month appointment today and he is doing great! He is in the 75th percentile in weight and height and in the 90th in his head...I don't know what it is about my boys, but they have big heads! But he weighed 18 lbs. So he is doing great! He will be crawling before I know it and I want him to, but I am going to have to start baby proofing again.

Aside from the meltdown over the weekend the kids had a Great time on Halloween. Kiley was a Bumblebee, Brendan was Spiderman and Bailey was Superman! I was very protected with all 3 of my superhero's! Kiley decided she wanted to be the "Girl" version of Bumblee from Transformers, so she was a "Superhero" too! ;o) Anyway, time is passing and we are progressing, so that is good news! I am excited for November to be over, because there is actually things to look forward to in December, November I feel is going to DRAG...so I am not excited for that!

But December should be fun and should go by quickly, lets hope! My Mom is coming to visit for about 5 days the 2nd week of December and I am very excited for Tops in Blue to come, they will be here on the 9th. So those 2 things are going to be lots of fun! :o)

Anyway, I am sorry for the depressing 2 paragraphs, but I hope everyone had a Great Halloween and has a great November since I have not been the best "blogger" I don't know when the next post will be, but hopefully not 2-3 months between them! ;o)

THREE Months Later...

So it has been almost 3 months since I have posted anything on here...SO Much has been going on, so lack of stuff is definitely not the reason for lack of posts! So here is the "short" version of the last 3 months...

We went to New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma on our trip back home this summer, put over 5,000 miles on our car...so insane, but it was a good trip, won't do it again for a LONG time, especially without Korry, but it was a lot of fun! We got to go to see my sister and her 3 kiddo's and they all got along surprisingly well! It was nice to get some time at nights to play cards, drink margarita's and sit with my sister and her husband! It was a good time! :o) Then we went and saw my Grandparents and cousins that live around there, it was also a lot of fun! We hardly ever get to see them, so it was nice! Then we went and saw my Mom and her husband Tom and stayed there for awhile and went down to San Antonio to see Korry's parents. That was fun, we drove around the base down there and went to Sea World and swam in their pool every day! The kids LOVED it because they live near a farm and the animals all come around their house, and they got to feed them, so everyday was like waking up at the zoo, lol! It was fun! Then we also got to drop in on my friends from Oklahoma. It was a short visit, but it was Good to see them! And finally on our way home we stopped in Colorado Springs and saw some friends of ours, my MUCH MISSED Neighbors, from here in Montana and we had lunch with them and stayed and visited with them...so it was a VERY long trip, but again, very fun and worth it! :o)
When we got home Kiley and Brendan started swimming lessons 2 days later and it was FREEZING! SO SO Cold and Brendan Hated it, but Kiley did really well! So it was ok, but I was Very glad when it was over, lol!
Kiley started Kindergarten this year and had her sixth birthday 2 days later. She is LOVING school! She had her Birthday at the club here on base and it was a lot of fun! I still can not believe she is 6 years old! She is back in Gymnastics and is really enjoying it. I went ahead and put her in the class with the first graders, which is definitely more challenging for her, but she was bored in the other class and she is learning SO many cool things in this one, so I think it was a good decision!
Brendan turned 3 in June and he is in Gymnastics too! This is the first year that he is on his own! He goes to the 3-5 year old class and he really enjoys it...it took him a class or 2 to want to go by himself, but now he is excited when they get to go. He is also going to a Baptist Pre-School here in town 2 days a week for 2 1/2 hours and he LOVES it! He has actually learned a lot and comes home everyday with something new to share, so that has been neat. We will probably take him out when Korry gets back, but just having that 5 hours a week has been good for both of us to have a little bit of a break and he loves it, so it has been a win win! ;o)
Bailey will be 5 months old tomorrow! That is so crazy! He had his 4 month appointment a few weeks ago and he was 16 lbs and in the 90th percentile! He rolls ALL over and is the happiest little guy you will ever meet! I am very excited for Korry to get home to share all his adorable little traits he has! He is an Amazing little guy!
Korry has been keeping himself busy. He started a course for his Master's Degree a few weeks ago and will start another one the first of October, so that will be nice to get a few outta the way before he gets home. He has been staying pretty busy. He works 6 1/2 days a week and tries very hard to work out everyday, so he tried to keep himself as busy as possible!
As for me, I have been keeping myself busy as well, lol! I try to work in Kiley's classroom as much as I can. I am going to start putting Fall and Winter clothes on e-bay this next week, so that will keep me busy in itself, lol! I have been trying to ride my bike a lot with the kids. I went and got a Bike trailer for 2 of them and then Kiley rides her own bike sometimes, but when we go on our Mile(S) rides, I have a seat on the back of mine as well that Kiley and Brendan "fight" and rotate over, lol! I am excited for Fall to get here because that means things are changing and moving closer to when Korry will get home! :o) I am in the middle of the Twilight books and I LOVE them! I think I will be sad when I get through with them! But they are really, really Great books! So that has been a lot of fun! We are excited for Halloween to get here. We already have the kids costumes! Kiley will be a Bee, Brendan will be a Spider and Bailey a Caterpillar. Kiley wants me to be the Butterfly, but we shall see, lol!
Anyway, that is our lives rolled up into a few paragraphs! I hope everyone has a Great rest of your weekend and summer. I will try to stay more on top of this thing, lol! :o) Good Night! :o)