Our Weekend

Hello ya'll!  Sorry, it's been way to long since we last updated the blog!  We've just beenextremely busy this past little bit.  We've been trying really hard to quote "Kill" time till daddy comes home for the weekends.  We picked him up for the weekend around 2 on friday.  We had so much fun getting to hear daddy's fun stories from the week.   Matt is doing very well... considering the current things he's having to undertake I'm sure.  We stayed home this weekend and has the greatest time.  We had our date night after I picked him up friday going to Smokey bones a local rib joint that was really good.  Than we spent Saturday hanging out and enjoying our busy crazy family time.  Than Sunday was of course spent at church and home teaching.  It was just so nice for all of us to experience " The Norm" which we haven't had for awhile. We were also able to have  time to compare the special blessings we've both received while we were apart.  We're still so grateful to have this opportunity to serve.  

Andy's Birthday At Don Jose's

Andy's 2nd Birthday we spent at his favorite mexican food place with our favorite people. Logan, Ethan, Katline and Garrett and of course big sister.  We had so much fun spending our time in California with our family the Smith's and the Heller/Hitchcock family's.  We miss them terribly!

Lexi and Andy enjoy Bear Lake with the Aunt's and Uncle's

We enjoyed Bear Lake with the family in our last few days before leaving to join daddy.  We had so much fun with the Curdy Aunts and Uncles.  Lexi and andy had such a fantastic time playing in the water dirt and mud.  It also turned out to be a very beautiful day on the Idaho side of the lake.  

The Surprise

Ok, yesterday was tuesday and I was of course not supposed to see my husband.  He wasn't supposed to be home until friday afternoon as previously posted. Well, it turned out that last night after dinner Matt called to ask for a ride home for the night. He had some things to attend to on main post before he was able to continue on where he was.  So he came home and spent the night with us which we loved.  Thank you all for your fervent prayers. They've certainly come in handy.  Please keep them coming by all means!

By the way... yes we certainly did finally let Lexi get her ears pierced.  We talked daddy into it about a week ago.  Lexi was so certain she wanted her ears pierced that she literally marched right into Clarie's at our local mall and almost screamed to the ladies there that she was ready for her earrings.  She also took no time at all deciding that red was just the right color for the earrings she'd be wearing for the next six weeks.  She marched right up to the chair with daddy close behind and let the ladies do there thing.  When she was done she screamed to daddy..." I finally got them, I've waited my whole life for these!"  Of course the laughter was overflowing at that point.  No tears or regrets!  It does make Matt and I worry about the teen years though.

Today is the Day!

Finally!  Matt left this morning for the first leg of his training.  This portion will take four weeks and he'll only be able to come home on weekends. He also doesn't get very good reception out there.  So, i woke up at four o'clock and dropped him off for his 5:30 departure for "Camp".  We'll get to pick him up this Friday around noon.  We already can't wait.  It is so super nice to see him focused and excited again!  We're finally on our way!  We all still feel so lucky to be on this very special venture together as a family.  Thank you all for the love and support!  We've also heard after this Matt will have a week break and then he'll be onto selections( last two weeks of training).  We're all very proud and excited about Daddy!  Please always remember him in your prayers over the next couple weeks.  I'm positive he'll need the extra.  We love ya'll and will keep you all informed more later!

Myrtle Beach SC

Hello everyone! Just got Back form our special weekend in Myrtle Beach.  We got a little lost with the lack of Mountains to guide us but we finally made it into N. Myrtle Beach on Sat. morning around 2 in the morning.  Matt was more than a little delayed with Army stuff Friday into the late evening.  So, we were so very thankful to finally arrive when we did.  It was just as beautiful as we had heard.  We slept a few hours and when the kids woke up of course the first thing they wanted to do was go and play in the ocean.  Mommy and Daddy were happy to make that possible.  We played all morning in the warm ocean and enjoyed building Sand castles for Andy to destroy.  Lexi loved the Ocean and made it very clear that this ocean was much warmer than the one at Nana's house and that it did hurt her feet less at Nana's. ( the sand there is much softer and not full of shells like at Myrtle beach) At almost four Lexi continues to amaze us. She's so smart. After the Beach Andy and i enjoyed the lazy river in the hotel swimming pool.  We floated on a tube for over an hour.  Andy loved relaxing and flirting with the pretty ladies in bikini's.  After all our swimming we spent the night at this really cool place called Broadway at the Beach.  They had some really neat specialty shops and cool gift stores.  Most importantly they had a giant candy store with all these giant bins of every candy you could ever think of.  We were even able to find our favorite green army gummy bears!  So delicious! The kids totally loved every minute of it.  We ended Sat. cuddled with our kids watching a movie. Sunday we checked out of the hotel and took the kids to the Ripley's believe it or not aquarium.  They had a huge tunnel that you could walk through where the sharks would swim over your head and all around you.  The kids were both in awe.  They thought we were really underwater. The sharks were the favorite but when it came to touching the sting rays in the open tanks no one was brave enough!  Not even Matt.  Then we ended the day getting lost somewhere in South Carolina where Matt got a really bad bug bite while peeing of the side of the road.  I know it was really funny! We finally found our way back to North Carolina where we were supposed to get back home.  We made it home just in time for cousin Sarah's birthday party.  Which was really fun because we finally got to meet all of the extended and adpoted army family. The whole weekend was so much fun!  We're so lucky we got to have some very special family time.  Pictures soon to be posted! 

Hurricane Hanna!

Hurricane Hanna is apparently headed strait for the Carolina's according to our news reports.  Matt of course could not be more excited about this opportunity.  He's got Friday off which also happens to be the day they think Hanna will be touching down in North Carolina.  We are currently around 45 min from the ocean so it does have the chance of getting pretty crazy!  When we first arrived here there were a series of nasty storms that kicked up a mini hurricane here in Raeford.  They actually practiced a hurricane drill that same day with the girls.  I do have to admit I'm sorta with my husband in that it's another exciting adventure.  Besides, knowing our luck it will swing right past us!  Well, we'll keep ya'll posted on the out come and never fear we will be just fine! So, just in case you see some crazy man standing out beside the ocean greeting this thing smile to yourself and know that it's none other than my crazy man!

Ft. Bragg North Carolina

We Finally arrived here in North Carolina three weeks ago and are really loving it!  We've been blessed with lots of time with Daddy and have already had lots of fun.  Lexi and andy are growing in leaps and bounds and never fail to amaze their parents.  We're so glade that finally after six months we get to be back together as a family.