THE day that changed everything.....

As i was looking at the calender this morning I realized that 13 yrs ago today our lives changed,


On the morning of March 3rd 1998, The reenlistment NCO showed up to my house to pick up Boyd and take him to the wonderful world of the United States Army. I can remember it as if it was yesterday. The NCO told me in a few years i would thank her, it took more than a few but yes I Do want to thank her for this opportunity we have had. WE have been stationed at fort Riley Kansas twice yes we love it i know we are weird..... and we have been stationed in Hawaii!! OMG would go back in a heartbeat. and now we are in AZ back home after 12 yrs of being away from family we are now with in a days drive of just about everyone.  I have learned a lot about myself over the last 13 yrs I have learned that you can survive just about anything if you put your whole heart into it. I get asked all the time how do you do it with 12 month deployments and gone here and there in between and i usually say that in the army the mission comes first and the family second, this is something you learn to deal with and accept I also let them know that we survive because WE are Best Friends and completely trust each other as well.  OH and the 12 month deployment we haven't seen one yet they were both 15 month deployments so 12 would be awesome!!!  It is just a fact of life as an army wife, only the tough can survive the full 20 yrs or more it is not easy and it is not for the weak. I thought I was weak apparently I'm not !! LOL!! here's to at least 7 more years !!! HOOOAH!!!

FYI I never say that!!! !ICK!!!

BUsy Busy Bees

SOrry it has been awhile since i have posted, we have been busy busy here. Well i guess we will start with last thursday, The boys were on a recess break and riding bicycles when they come in the hosue and paden had managed to dislocate his jaw!!!!! he is 5 and the boy drama has already started ugh.. so off to the ER with him. they took xrays and nothing was broke he just was going to have to give it time to heal up. about 10 min before we leave the ER he asks if he can ride his bike when gets home. of course paden would do this on a day that the Dinning Facility had a specialty meal which means no one can leave LOL. But, daddy made it to the ER thank god it takes forever in the waiting room of the ER LOL. as soon as paden was cleared from the ER daddy went back to work and we home.. It has been a week and paden is still sore but doing better.

Now we get to lawrence who now has to have 8 weeks of Physical Therapy  for a dirt bike accident. He was trying some new things he learned from one of his uncles !!! of course he would get hurt duh!!! he hit his growth plates thats the only reason we are concerned. oh and baseball season is only weeks away. so all the chaos is about to begin, we have lawrence who is in minors and paden who is in T-Ball it should be nice an chaotic for mommy.

It hink that is about all for now thank you