{Family Pictures}

Once again Korie Hayes of Everyday Memories has done a fabulosly beautiful job at taking our family photos!!
These were taken before we left Puyallup.  Here's where you can look at all of The MRs and Mrs. during some fun times while we got our pictures taken.
THANK YOU SO MUCH KORIE FOR YOUR AMAZING FRIENDSHIP & TALENT!!!

{Our New Journey}

Seven and a half years.....two tours in Iraq.....and the long process of a med board....The Mr is finally medically retired from the Army.  It was a hard decision to make.....but we are happy to start down this path of our life.
Long story short.....I don't want to go into the past and tell all the decisions that we had to make....rather what's going on now.  :-)  WE MOVED TO SPOKANE WASHINGTON!!!  It was a hard decision to move away from family and friends and even the school.....but we are also excited to be here with family and friends.
We have moved in with our sister and her husband and family.  We are renting the upstairs of their house.  It's really nice and it's working out great for all of us.  :-)  The Mr is enrolled at SFCC for summer quarter and I am looking for a job.  The Mr's Dad, Big C has offered to watch the boys when our schedules over lap and that is a huge blessing to us.
We have been busy busy with unpacking and organizing things.....lots of things to get into small places lol Even with all the stuff that we purged before we moved I'm finding myself purge even more....which is a good thing!  :-D
So far this is the journey that we are traveling.......And I'm going to do my best to keep up with this blog again.  :-D

Luvs!

{The Reasons I Do What I Do...}

{Basketball Boys}

Mr E & Mr A have really been into basketball lately so we brought them up to the park so The Mr could teach them some things and we could all have some fun.....and of course I could take some pictures.....lol..... :-D

{Geigers On Mt. Rainier}

Yesterday we went up on the mountain and played in the snow with Oma, The Tante and Her Mr, & Big Mister......we all had such a BLAST!  I have pics from it.....I thought I would put this family pic on here first and then when I get a little more time I would post the pics of us all having fun up.  :-D

This is it for now though!  I know I know I have tons to get up on here!

Luvs!

{Halloween 2009}

This year we went to the trunk or treat at the church.....and then we took the boys around our neighborhood for a bit.  Then we took them to my parents' house.  I still do love living this close to our family.  :-)  I am slowly making myself more involved with things.....it's a slow process as I'm getting back on track and on the path that I want to be on.  :-)  I did get pictures of the boys by themselves-but I totally forgot to get them together and get a picture.....silly mommy!  So here they are in their costumes!  :-D

Mr E was a Doctor                                                 Mr A was Kangaroo Jack

Mr T was Batman                                   Little Mr was Bob the Builder

Also this year The Mr and I were asked to go to an adult costume party.....so we actually dropped the kids off at my parents' house for the night.  :-)  Here is The Mr's costume.

Of course I forgot to get a picture of mine!  And I also forgot to get a full picture of us together.....but we did take a couple pictures of us together at the end of the night......thankfully I remembered to do that!  lol  But I couldn't decide which one I liked best!  lol So I'll ask The Mr when he gets home lol  And I'll post it soon.  lol

Luvs!

{Sneak Peek.....}

Okay...Okay...So since our camera hasn't been working I am stuck with my camera on my phone and other people's cameras.  So here is a sneak peek from part of Mr A's birthday cake!  :-D  I still haven't gotten the pictures from my parent's camera.....as soon as I get them I will be able to put them up.  Sorry!!!  This is a picture that I took with my phone while I was working on the cake.  :-)

{Good.....or.....Scary.....?}

While our friends were here we played all sorts of games, RockBand, board games, videos games, we went to the park and most of the older kids played football.........and of course we played Singstar! :-D It was really nice that the guys let us girls go the store quite a bit by ourselves.....not even with any of the kids! It doesn't happen often for either of us. There were a couple of times where we brought one of the kids, but she is a girly girly that really enjoys shopping, so it's nothing to bring her. lol Well, one of the times we went out.......when we got back to the house we walked in and heard the guys singing......and walked into the living room and found them sitting on the coffee table singing a song on SingStar together......LOL.....it was actually a funny sight!!!! LOL

{Seattle Children's Museum}

Since our friends got into town on Wednesday night we let the boys stay home from school Friday. This is something that we do not usually do. Our friends we knew in North Carolina, and they are in Utah right now, but are PCSing to Germany......so it has been a long time since we have seen them and it will be even long before we will see them again......that is a military friendship. But we have a good one. :-)
So we went up to Seattle.....and we went to the Seattle Center......and walked around and brought the kids to the fountain......I love this pic of all of our kids looking at the fountain.....yes this picture is posed! lol We were told that at 4 they let you into the Children's Museum for a 'donation' so we thought that was a much better deal than paying for 12 people to get into the museum. lol And we had a wonderful time walking around looking at things and taking some different pictures. I took a picture of their family with the space needle in the back ground and they took a picture of our family with the space needle in the back ground too. :-D I can't wait to have that pic! I'm going to frame it for sure!!! :-D It's on their camera though, so they are going to email it to us when they get settle at home. :-) AAhhhhh.....I love the Internet..... :-D
So after the museum our kids had had quite enough......they can only do so much.....which really isn't too much.....our friends decided to keep going.....which I think is awesome, & I definitely didn't want to hold them back.....there is SOOO many things to do in Seattle! :-) So they took off and went and did some awesome things with their kids and we drove back home. I got dinner started, and actually was just about finished as they walked in the door! LOL So, it was perfect timing as we were all more than ready to eat after a long day. :-) We had yummy chicken enchiladas.....we took turns cooking all sorts of delish meals together. :-D

& They came home with these beautiful fresh flowers for me! :-D Aren't they just gorgeous!!! :-D I am SOOOoooo lucky to have such amazing people in our lives!

THANK YOU!!! For a wonderful time and for touching our lives in an amazing & fantastic way! You truely help me realize who I am.....& that it's okay to be who I am. :-D LOVE you guys!!!

{Do The Puyallup 2009 (Part 3)}

Mazatlan was doing airbrushed face painting or as our boys call them 'tattoos' so we let Mr T pick his design out and his colors out...... A Blue & Green Dragon
& The Mr picked Red & Blue Stars for Little Mr


Well it must have been a sucussfull day because of the ride home we heard Little Mr chatting up a storm telling us all about everything and when we turned around to see what Mr T was up to

This is what we saw..........

So we took that as a good sign.... :-D

{Do The Puyallup 2009 (Part 2)}

When we decided to take the boys to the fair in the first place we were only going to take them to look at all the animals. We love looking at them and see all the different kids there. lol We stopped by the Petting Farm that they had set up. They had a blast in there. We got Little Mr out of the stroller and let him walk around with Mr T and The Mr while I took pictures. :-) It was so cute to see their faces. And Mr T was hilarious! He would pose so sweet with his hand still and his smile pasted because he knew that mom wanted to take a nice pictues of him! Aren't I a spoiled one! lol :-)

My Boys Petting A Goat
Looking Through the Window At New Chicks

Mr T Posing So Sweet Petting a Bunny

Little Mr Petting a Chicken

{Do the Puyallup 2009 (Part1)}

I've finally decide that I'm going to do this post in three parts, yes you heard me right.....three.....we just took so many great pictures, and had such a great time that I want to be able to share them with you. :-) They were so cute! :-) So here we go for Part 1! :-D

Ride Tickets!!!!

We were so blessed to be able to get into the fair for free. On Mondays they were having a Military day and we were able to get in free. So we decided to take the two younger ones while the two older ones were in school. As we walked in the gate a lady asked if we wanted to ride the rides, I said yes and she handed me SIX tickets! I was so happy that we would have six tickets for Mr T since we were not planning on buying any. Well we were looking at the rides and decided to get just a couple more tickets to that he could pick two rides with the tickets we already had....longer story short lol......they tickets the lady gave us ended up being 'ride' tickets....so we ended up with EIGHT RIDE TICKETS.......silly parents didn't read the tickets all the way.....each ticket was good for ONE RIDE! lol So he wanted Daddy to go on some rides with him which I of course thought was adorable. :-D Here's the rides he picked. :-D

Rockin it on his MotorCycle Ride

Fun Arms on the Lion RollerCoaster
(Would have gone on the Dragon one if I had seen that one first lol)

Little Mr loved watching all the people as Mr T & The Mr rode the rides

The Giant Slide

Pushing his way through the Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark

Loved being an Airplane Pilot

Well there's the rides that were so much fun....stay tuned for the next part. :-) We went to the petting zoo. :-) And I think that was Litttle Mr's favorite. :-D

Luvs!

{Mr E Got Baptised!}

It was very exciting to have Mr E come up to us a couple months ago and tell us that he wanted to get baptised. I feel that this is a very strong and big decision. It is common in our church to get baptised when you are 8....and I'm okay with that...as long as that specific child is ready to do that. I really wanted it to be Mr E's choice....not something that we just did because we as parents believe. It was very exciting. It brought back lots of memories of my baptism and the choices that I made and make every day.

{First Day of Summer...}

Today is the boys' first full official day of summer! Yay! I am so excited to spend time with them & figure out things to do together. I also don't mind the idea of sleeping in once in a while! lol :-D

I have some pics that I've been meaning to post....my computer is acting weird AGAIN...so I'm using my sister's laptop now...so we'll see how much I can get done on it. :-)

{Coloring Easter Eggs}

{College Spring Break}

OH.MY.GOSH!!!

Okay, so Here's my excitment!

Thursday: we get to pick up AMANDA & ANNA from the airport!!!! YAY!
Saturday: we get to pick up SERENA from the airport!!!! YAY!

Well, I'm not as excited for them to be leaving but Anna and Serena will go back on Wednesday. And Amanda is staying with us until SUNDAY! hehe hehe hehe

I really just had to share that with ya'll LOL

{We are a LUCKY bunch}

{Sean & Christina's New Place}

Here's a picture of Sean & Christina's new place! :-D It's SO cute! :-) And I am so excited for them! It's a great place for them to really start out and grow a little bit.....they will be happy here for a while. :-)
I drove over this morning with the two younger boys....which I have during the days....to hang out & help some with the house. It is so nice to be able to just drive over and see her! :-) I am really loving having so much of our family so close to us. :-)

Auntie Christina with Mr T & Little Mr

Me & Christina!!! :-D

{At The Park}

I absolutely LOVE IT when I'm able to get all four of the boys together in a decent picture!!! :-D
We went to the park as a family! The boys were needing to get some energy out & it was about the time that The Mr gets up on his weekends off.....so I asked if he'd like to go to the park together. :-D It was SO windy and COLD! lol But of course the boys don't notice things like that! lol
Mr E was playing with Little Mr and he took him down the slide...and then Mr A slid down behind them and got stuck cuz they didn't get off the bottom fast enough....and I grabbed The Mr's arm and was like "That would be a GREAT picture!" lol OF COURSE! lol So I went and got the camera, and asked the boys to do it again....which they thought was fun! lol & I also asked Mr T to slide down.....and snapped a few pictures and was able to get one that we liked. :-) AND I didn't even plan them all in blue! lol That just happened!!! hehe

{Valentine's Weekend}

The Mr had to work this weekend....he had to work our anniversary too....and call me a sap, but I like to be with my husband on holidays....I mean come on especially if he's actually in the country it would be nice to spend them together. lol So Josh and Cathy came over for the weekend to visit. I'm really glad that we got to spend some time with them, and I really wanted to see Cathy all prego. :-) She looked amazing! :-) We really just hung out...played RockBand, ate some food, watched some movies....lol...the norm around here really. I truly am a homebody. lol I would so much rather curl up on the couch with a bag of popcorn and watch a movie than go...anywhere really...lol :-) So it was a great relaxing weekend for all of us. :-)

Uncle Josh & Mr T :-)