There's a new superhero in our house. He's called "pull-up boy". I think he's going to rescue me from wet sheets that need to be washed. Thank you "pull-up boy"!

He's Home!!!

The boys hung out in the "ready room" until we got the word that daddy was about 4 minutes out.
We moved outdoors to watch them fly in. The weather was awful, but nobody seemed to care
He pulled up and we waited for the canopy to open...and then we ran out despite the pouring rain!
Back inside the hangar the boys caught dad up on the latest. Jacob - "I lost these two teeth". Noah - "I am all wet!".
So happy to have him home at last!!!
Our family, drenched but back together again!!!!

Christmas

Well, I forgot my camera when we went to Minnesota and Kansas for christmas, so here some photos from before we left. That is our christmas tree this year. I let the boys decorate, so it's kind of "bottom-heavy" with ornaments!









We were able to go to a christmas party on Dataw Island. They put this party on for family's with deployed military members (thanks Brian!). It was so nice. It was held at the golf course club house which was beautiful (why they would want a bunch of kids running around there is still beyond me). They had THE largets pile of toys I have ever seen and, after a great lunch, the kids got to pick any toy that they wanted. Oh my, it's like a dream come true for children! Jacob got the toy he had been eying, but Noah had to settle for his second choice (which I thought was cooler anyways!). He dealt with it better than expected. Even though it was a great time, I hope that next year we won't be eligible to go!
I hope you all had a great christmas - we did! Now that it's over we are just waiting for a certain someone to come home - 10 more days! Yippee!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

"Neighbors"

We had some visitors at our house a few weeks ago when Lisa got home from her run. We have wild Peacocks that live in the neighborhood. Mostly in the woods behind us, but sometimes they come into the yard for a bite to eat. This day they seemed to have an interest in the roof, the yard and the fence! It has been fun for the boys to see them and no matter how many times we have seen them, we still get excited when we spot another one. Aren't they pretty? Does anybody know what the white ones are? We haven't figured that out yet. So next time any of you comes for a visit, maybe you'll get to meet the "neighbors" too!

Thanksgiving

I am thankful for Brian ( he wasn't here for thanksgiving but he deserves a shout-out because we missed him terribly)
I am thankful for my boys
I'm thankful for Jen and Lisa - some
good guys need to come along and snatch
these two up because they are seriously
wonderful!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Hiking in Japan

Boy's: A couple of day's ago we went for a hike up in the mountains in Japan and had a blast. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Wish you could have been with us...the little girl is only 6 months old and we were huffin and puffin by the time we got to the top but she hadn't even broken a sweat. I think you would have done just fine as well. Love ya and thanks for looking out for Mom for me.
Love dad.