Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Another weekend
This weekend was pretty fun. Saturday the squadron (wives) had a pool party. Although the Pacific Northwest weather was its usual chilly self there were still some swimmers in the pool. Andrew and Ryan being among them. They have advanced from the kiddie pool to the big people pool. Of course since they STILL don't swim they are required to wear life preservers. Thank goodness dad got in the pool with them, they loved it. Plus, Troy got to show off all his cool moves!
Sunday we went blackberry picking on base. No one got stuck in the blackberry thorns this year (yes, it has happened in the past!), no one got attacked by killer ants (yes, that happened too...) The boys ate most of what they picked, especialy Ryan. Petey was eating as many as he could find off the bottom branches.
Okay, I'll post this in hopes for some help:
Ginger is still suffering from inconitnence. Anyone have any solutions? She's on some phenylpropinlamoifhuwerirre...whatever and I guess it takes some time to kick in. Its the same stuff as the Phen Phen diet of years ago. So, Gin is on it and this is suppose to help her be able to hold it. Yuck... She weighs almost 80 lbs! So you know what I am alluding to. Christ, I just potty trained the kids! They make Tinkle Trousers for dogs, no kidding, thats the name. Ughhhh... Speaking of which, I have to go let her out...
later ;-)
Sunday we went blackberry picking on base. No one got stuck in the blackberry thorns this year (yes, it has happened in the past!), no one got attacked by killer ants (yes, that happened too...) The boys ate most of what they picked, especialy Ryan. Petey was eating as many as he could find off the bottom branches.
Okay, I'll post this in hopes for some help:
Ginger is still suffering from inconitnence. Anyone have any solutions? She's on some phenylpropinlamoifhuwerirre...whatever and I guess it takes some time to kick in. Its the same stuff as the Phen Phen diet of years ago. So, Gin is on it and this is suppose to help her be able to hold it. Yuck... She weighs almost 80 lbs! So you know what I am alluding to. Christ, I just potty trained the kids! They make Tinkle Trousers for dogs, no kidding, thats the name. Ughhhh... Speaking of which, I have to go let her out...
later ;-)
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Just another weekend...
It's Saturday and my kids just went down for a nap at 3:50 in the afternoon. Crazy some may say, but hey, sanity is something we take seriously! Hah!
Petie is at my feet. What a sweet dog, he follows me everywhere and I take him everywhere I can. I just love him to pieces!
Last night we went to dollar movies on post at Ft. Lewis. Met up with a Tyler, Andrews friend from school and his mom Shannon. Her husband has been in Iraq for over a year now and I seriously dont' know how she does it?
We saw Ratatoully (sp?) It was great, especially if you like to cook. But what I remember most from the evening was what happened before the movie started. We had our seats and Troy was getting whapped in the back of the neck with licorice ropes by some "dad starved" kids behind him. All in fun, Troy thretened to eat the licorice. I was worried he might knowing his sweet tooth! Then a vet wheeled himself in with his family. He situated his spot in the aisle and got his extending leg situated. It was being held together by rods and pins with metal halo's around it in 4 different spots. Freakish looking, like somthing out a sci-fi movie. Just glad he's back with his family for dollar movies. What sacrafice.
Before the movie started a film of our flying flag played on the screen...the National Anthem started and everyone was at thier feet (maybe not wheelchair guy?), hats off and hands over hearts. No more licorice whips hitting my husband, kids were shockingly quiet (and this place is big and noisy!). Everyone stood as the song played out... Then everyone clapped and appluaded Applause! How cool is that? It's one of the things I love being part of the military family.
Some people don't know that every day on Military bases something called "Retreat" happens. The flags are taken down (ones that arent lit at night) and the National anthem is played over a Loudspeaker system (How Orwellian! huh?) well, AS it plays, everyone on base comes to a standstill. They face the nearest flag or towards the nearest source of music and men take hats off, hands over hearts, uniformed men salute and all cars pull over to the side of the road. Parents coming out of the commisary teach their young ones what to do. Often times you'll see an old timer vet get out of his car to pay the proper respects. It makes me choked up every time I am there around 4:30. Once when I was at the pool at 4:30 all the men/ women/parents/teens/kids hopped out of the pool and stood at attention with hands over hearts. Silence- and the Anthem played. When the song ended the pool cacophany resumed and people jumped back in. I LOVE moments like that. IT makes being on base special. Not too many kids get to grow up with things like that just being normal. I am glad our kids do ;-)
Petie is at my feet. What a sweet dog, he follows me everywhere and I take him everywhere I can. I just love him to pieces!
Last night we went to dollar movies on post at Ft. Lewis. Met up with a Tyler, Andrews friend from school and his mom Shannon. Her husband has been in Iraq for over a year now and I seriously dont' know how she does it?
We saw Ratatoully (sp?) It was great, especially if you like to cook. But what I remember most from the evening was what happened before the movie started. We had our seats and Troy was getting whapped in the back of the neck with licorice ropes by some "dad starved" kids behind him. All in fun, Troy thretened to eat the licorice. I was worried he might knowing his sweet tooth! Then a vet wheeled himself in with his family. He situated his spot in the aisle and got his extending leg situated. It was being held together by rods and pins with metal halo's around it in 4 different spots. Freakish looking, like somthing out a sci-fi movie. Just glad he's back with his family for dollar movies. What sacrafice.
Before the movie started a film of our flying flag played on the screen...the National Anthem started and everyone was at thier feet (maybe not wheelchair guy?), hats off and hands over hearts. No more licorice whips hitting my husband, kids were shockingly quiet (and this place is big and noisy!). Everyone stood as the song played out... Then everyone clapped and appluaded Applause! How cool is that? It's one of the things I love being part of the military family.
Some people don't know that every day on Military bases something called "Retreat" happens. The flags are taken down (ones that arent lit at night) and the National anthem is played over a Loudspeaker system (How Orwellian! huh?) well, AS it plays, everyone on base comes to a standstill. They face the nearest flag or towards the nearest source of music and men take hats off, hands over hearts, uniformed men salute and all cars pull over to the side of the road. Parents coming out of the commisary teach their young ones what to do. Often times you'll see an old timer vet get out of his car to pay the proper respects. It makes me choked up every time I am there around 4:30. Once when I was at the pool at 4:30 all the men/ women/parents/teens/kids hopped out of the pool and stood at attention with hands over hearts. Silence- and the Anthem played. When the song ended the pool cacophany resumed and people jumped back in. I LOVE moments like that. IT makes being on base special. Not too many kids get to grow up with things like that just being normal. I am glad our kids do ;-)
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
First day
So, we are a 'busy' family and we far away from family and lots of friends, so, I thought I'd try blogging, adding pictures and all that fun stuff to keep you informed on what we are up to. Not that you care or anything, I mean its not really ALL that exciting I suppose. In THAT case you can just read it whenever you want to feel better about your own interesting life and giggle at me. Oh, and you can critisize my writing, spelling, grammer and use of run-on sentences! Ahh, the public skool system.....
Here is goes!
Here is goes!
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