Has it been that long?

I haven't posted in forever... mainly b/c I forget about this thing :)  

Going to try & make a better effort  :)

Is it bad?

That I remember about this thing when someone else posts on theirs? LOL

The kids had an awesome summer.... School started back Aug 23rd & I'm doing PTA again so things are pretty crazy around here.....

Time Flies...

When your not really paying attention... lol

The kids are growing like crazy... Mike's been back for awhile & things are starting to get back to "normal" around here...

Well... as normal as our lifes can get :)

Happy New Year!

One of my resolutions this year is to get better about writing here... lol.. I need a place to ramble  :)

We rang in the new year twice last night... once at 11 with the kids b/c were an hour behind New York where the ball drops... I think they should replay that last hour for the rest of the time zones.... lol  but anyway...

We rang our new year at midnight again with a few of our non-freak friends ;)  lol   We rented a new game for the Wii, mini golf... lol... yea....I'll have you know the more sleepy I got the better I played... how freakin sad is that? Mike & I aren't drinkers.. really haven't been in years.. so we always buy just buy Martinelli's & have that... the kids get a huge kick out of it b/c I still put it in our champange flutes... & it tastes good... so had that with the kids & Tanya & Quan bought over reg champange for us...   yummy.... lol

Today we finish getting the tree & etc down & put away... or at least I hope to... ol I got the ornaments off... that's a start right?

Tales of the 33 pound turkey....

LOL ok.. it's 32 & whatever ounces but it's a huge ass turkey... not to mention the almost 18 pound ham that went with it.... lol this has been an awesome Thanksgiving!

Mike's finally home from Afghanistan... a month early! lol... I had already made plans to come to Fort Rielly Kansas to see friends & spending thanksgiving with them... though I offered to cancel Mike said we'll still come... So here we are in the land of Dorothy & Toto... eating a monster turkey & ham with all the trimmings...planing out our black friday shopping... lol hitting a few stores if possible.. depends on what we can find.. the ads have been a little dissapointing this year... my mom REALLY wants a GPS & the kids want MP3 players... so that's the big things on my list... I'm going with a few friends so we'll see...hoping to get at least the GPS...

burp...lol right now I'm trying to get my tummy to settle down enough to stuff some homemade pumpkin pie down it :)

opps

my love note didn't post... let's try this again....

Whew... ok it's been awhile....

It's been awhile..

well... School started... which was huge for us.. Christi's in 5th Grade... Sean's in 2nd & mommy is now PTA prez... I'm used to working with the PTA I'm not used to having to make all the decisions so this has been pretty interesting having to figure it all out... it's coming along but with anything will take time...

Mike's still in Afghanistan... lol, he came home for R &R for 2 weeks... we did some fun family things & now he's back over there with about 3 months left... if I'm lucky, he'll be my Christmas present this year!

Speaking of presents... while mike was at the Dallas airport, he stopped at the USO & sent some gifts to the kids....

A book for each, beanie babies for Christi & sean & a blanket for Ian...

It was so sweet of him!

They took a Video of him reading the books & put it on DVD for me...

Oh & a little love note for me! lol