Randomness for Daddy

Well we have made it though the first week of Nathan being out of school...and Jacob NOT. So far it has not been too bad although Jacob did have a four day weekend so that may have helped. One month to go and they will both be out and then thankfully at the same school as of September.

Here are just a few looks into the craziness that is our life:)

Batmen eating breakfast:)


There is a constant battle over who gets to play mom's phone. Especially Angry Birds. I found a new ap though today that has kids cartoon videos on it and loaded it and it kept Owen busy watching these 10 minute Fireman Sam episodes for a good half hour. He was so cute I had to sneak a picture. He saw right before I got it and actually smiled. I was surprised. He has been a grump today.

I bought the kids a wading pool right after Ian left and then it got cool again so I had not taken it out. The past few days have finally been pushing 80 so yesterday and the day before they had fun in it. They were quite upset when I would not let them have another round today but both Owen and Nathan have been coughing all day so I decided we needed a break. And its cooler. Here are a few shots from the first day though. Owen LOVED "scaring" Jacob and pouring water over his head.





And last but not least. Owen. A self portrait picture. He steals the camera all the time when I am not looking if I forget to put it up. He will take 50 pictures in a matter of minutes. He did this the other day and I deleted all of them but this one made me laugh. Reminds me of a certain 8 year old I know....

We miss our daddy but the days are still crazy and mostly good. Slowly but steady our stars on our countdown are going away. Owen tells me many times a day "stars go way daddy come home!" I am glad he understands that.

Happy Father's Day!!

To Grandpa, Gramps, Grandpa Jim and of course our favorite Daddy in the whole world, Ian! We sure miss our daddy here today.

Here is a picture we took on the beach of all the kids for their daddies yesterday.

We hope you all have great Father's Days! Wish we were closer so we could enjoy the day with you.

We love you!

My new toy!

I am in love. With my new little Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker that is. I have wanted one for years. Probably at least a decade. Ian always tells me to just get one but I always find something else. Well impulse buy the other day at Costco. It was $29 plus they had a coupon for $6 off. I could not resist. I let Nathan pick the color (they had white and red) and he quickly chose red. So far we have made two kinds. Chocolate ice cream with oreo cookies and a strawberry ice cream with mini chocolate chips (think chocolate covered strawberries YUM!). It is super easy to use and the kids LOVE it especially Owen who wants to cook and "help" all the time. You can see from these pictures of him his idea of helping is questionable at best.

Another tooth bites the dust.

I swear the tooth fairy is going to be broke by the time Ian gets back. We are up to two teeth each kiddo (J and N) plus the one J had to have pulled.

Nathan had been trying to get out his second tooth for days and could not quite get it. He and Owen were playing and it got knocked really loose right before we were heading out the door for dinner. I told Nathan to hurry up and he yells down stairs from the bathroom "hold on I am trying to rip out my tooth" (just great). I tell him to come and maybe eating will help. He gets in the car and I jokingly say have Jacob yank it. Well so much for it being a joke. Jacob reached up and yanked the tooth out. I am so glad he did it because I was already feeling nauseous and a bloody tooth was not going to help.

Nathan was THRILLED. So here are some pictures of him showing off his new smile. Note that his first tooth has grown in so fast its at least half way to three quarters in already. I try to imagine him with no front teeth and I just can't. THAT is going to be interesting. I hope he waits for his daddy to get back for that though:(

This first picture he asked to post like this...don't ask me?

Happy 11th Anniversary!

Today marks 11 years of marriage for Ian and I. While I miss him (A LOT) I got to wake up to two hours of emailing with him, got GORGEOUS flowers with the sweetest message (I swear it is his goal to make me cry) AND just now a 10 minute phone call. It was so great to hear his voice. How lucky we are to be together so young and for so long and to still love eachother so much. Last year I blogged about loving our "complete" family. Obviously that was premature! I still am in awe and shock that baby number four is well on his/her way. I can't imagine sharing my children with any one else. Ian is the best daddy and husband and tries so very hard to make sure we are taken care of even from thousands upon thousands of miles away.

Happy Anniversary Ian! Next year we can celebrate in person:)

Pictures of Nathan swimming at school :)

I forwarded an article last night by email that talked about how due to funding Nathan's (and soon to be Jacob's!) school has to suspend their swim program next year. It is such a bummer. Nathan LOVED the three weeks he had. I am not sure if Ian can see the pictures so I thought I would post them here where I know he can.

Nathan is so proud he had THREE pictures attached to a news article!

Nathan is officially a FIRST GRADER!!

How time flies! Today was Nathan's last day of Kindergarten. Hard to believe he is growing so fast.

For their last day the four kinder classes all walked to a nearby park for a park day. Owen and I met Nathan there and played for a couple of hours before it was time to go home.

Here are some fun pictures. (Note Nathan's shirt it is their field trip shirt. For every field trip they went on a different picture was stamped. SO cute!)








Nathan's main teacher Mrs. Delgado was out sick:( But this is Nathan and Mrs. Her one of his other teachers. She was fantastic!

USS Howard in Malaysia

Here is a picture posted this morning on Facebook of the 5 inch gun being shot (what Ian used to work with). I thought it was a pretty cool picture and thought I would share.

110611-N-SP676-566 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 11, 2011) The projectile from USS Howard's (DDG 83) 5-inch gun is caught mid-air during a live-fire drone exercise (DRONEX) as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2011. The DRONEX was designed to improve U.S. and Royal Malaysian Navy proficiency in destroying targets with a variety of ship weapons systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian A. Stone/Released)

Daddy Blankets!

A HUGE thank you to the Armed Services YMCA here and the volunteers for Operation Kid Comfort. I got an email today that the "Daddy" blankets I requested were all ready. I was so excited to go and pick them up. They turned out SO CUTE! And they love them.
Here are some pictures.






You can see a close up of the star embroidery to match Owen's space theme. So cute!

And here are two of the boys. Jacob showing off his muscles for daddy and Owen and Jacob building a tower. This picture was right after Owen destroyed most of it:)

Beach Day!

It was not the warmest day here (about 65 and breezy at the beach) but sitting at home was not an option. Kids have been fighting and our neighbors who are attached moved out so they are turning over the unit and ALL morning we listened to them rip out carpet and bang and bang as they put new back in. They are STILL over there banging at 8:00 at night although thankfully not nearly as loud. So, it meant no real nap for Owen today. So we had to get OUT. So we went to the beach with our friends and enjoyed almost 3 hours out in the sun.

The water was freezing but that did not stop the kids from getting in at the end. Nathan was practically blue. They had fun digging and helping other kids build things. Aleisha dug a big huge hole that Owen and Brylie had a ball playing in.

We stopped at Mc Donalds on the way off base and headed home to have baths and watch tv. Kids just got in bed and praying the banging is done for the night. I for one am ready for bed too!