Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

Oh the weather outside is frightful!! It's snowing and turning into freezing rain. YUCK!!! It's September!! What was I thinking letting Matt move us to Alaska. I thought it would be an adventure little did I know! Poor Brys is sick. He keeps throwing up. We have had sooooo many bugs since we've moved here. I think they need to disinfect the schools! I know it seems like that's all I've been doing here! Max said Mama today, but Matt says it doesn't count since he wasn't trying. It came out during one of his screaming fits! But hey I'll take what I can get! Not a whole lot else is new here. Matt may be leaving next month for a trip to the desert all dependant on someone elses medical clearance! hopefully we'll know more next week. All I can say is that deployments suck and we sure have done our fair share in the last few years. Hopefully the other guy will be ok and Matt won't go in his place, but with our luck I highly doubt it! Well anyhow I have officially decided while Alaska is beautiful this place will NEVER be my home, it snows in September!

Matt watching the kids so I can study!

I asked Matt to watch the kiddos so I could study and here is what I got! Well atleast one of them is behaving!

Sooo busy lately!

Sorry I haven't been keeping this updated but the title says it all!! We have been so busy! I have no voice, which the children LOVE!! Mommy can't yell at us!! Now would I do that? That's daddy's job!! Too funny! I have been very active in Brys' preschool. They have Policy meetings twice a month and I have been attending those as a rep for Brys' class. I like going because they serve dinner and have free childcare! Can't beat that!! Plus it helps me meet people which ahs been harder than I expected. But oh well! All the kids are doing great. Max has 6 teeth now and 7 & 8 are on the way! He has been pretty fussy again lately and wants to be snuggled all the time, which I love. But the housework has been suffering. Morgan seems to be doing well at school. They have a weird grading system. She keeps bring home H+ 's hope that's good!! I have been really impressed with Brys' school as well. He is working on writing the alphabet. We had Bryson's speech tested again yesterday, well they tested everything, speech, sight, hearing, and development. He tested high in everything except speech, so they are going to have him tested by a specialist to see if help is warrented. I just hope he gets what he needs before Kindergarten. Brynn is FINALLY completely potty trained. Thank the lord. She has been our most difficult yet. I almost wonder if it had something to do with having Max as she wanted to wear diapers, like him. I don't think moving helped either. It took her awhile to be comfortable with the house. But we have been accident free for weeks now! She has also been pretty good lately "knock on wood" no crazy Brynn like things. Maybe she is outgrowning her terrible two's. One can hope right? Matt is up for NCO(Non Commisioned Officer) of the quarter. I was suprised as we have only been here 4 months and 6 weeks of that he was at ALS. So we aren't expecting that he'll get it especially if you take into consideration he's only been an NCO for 2 weeks. But hey atleast they are recognizing that he's a hard worker, and he thought he was gonna lay low here. I knew better! Me, I'm struggling to keep up with college, the kids and the house. I think I'm destined to be a dummy until Max is in school and then I'll go back to college. This semester has been rough!! Maybe I can talk Matt into going back. The house can run smoothly when he's busy, but for some reason if I am things fall apart! So I think it would be easier for him to go to school and me to go back to being just a plain old house wife! Well I hope everyone is well! We miss you all! Oh yeah, congradulations to Brent and Renee Schunk the found out today that they are expecting a baby boy, and if you are the praying type say a prayer for my friend's family. My friend Christy sister is having a baby(her 1st) and has cancer so immediately after delivery she'll be having a hysterectomy. Please say a prayer for them! Once again hope all is well with everyone! We miss you all and ya'll can start planning your trips up here anytime!!

New Montage!

Hi all not much is new here. Matt has a stomach bug and is super sick! I just wanted to let you all know I made a picture montage of the kids, and it's towards the bottom of the page! Check it out!

Pink eye!

Poor Max has pink eye! All the other kids had it for about 2-3 days. But poor Max has it the worst. His little eyes get crusted over at night! So gross. Bryson is probably signing up for Hockey this weekend. Morgan wanted to as well but I told her she had to pick either hockey or gymnastics since 3 of the 4 kids will be doing an activity there is no way we can afford both. She chose GYMNASTICS!! Happy mommy here, although I do think she'd be great at hockey as well! Not a whole lot of excitement here otherwise. I promise to take some new pics of the kids soon, we've just been really busy here. Alot of meetings this week, plus with Morgan's homework and mine things have been pretty hectic! Matt said the weather is calling for a chance of snow tomorrow! I'm soooo not ready for winter yet! Oh well I sure did enjoy Idaho's mild winters. After living here i'll be a cold weather warrior! Hope all is well with everyone! We miss you all!

Boring ole day!

So today Matt got his strips tacked on. Where they absolutely do not punch your arm because that would be against the rules, wink wink! I drove Bryson to the bus stop and when we got there I noticed he felt warm so I brought him back home with me! I'm slowly but surely getting caught up on school work. I'm having problems with my reading. I think I need glasses, now to find the time and money to get them! I think money is easier than time! With all the kids activities there isn't much "me" time anymore and when I do have me time I'm studying! Well it's bedtime here and Max is actually in his own bed......for now anyhow! So maybe i'll get a few good hours of sleep!

Poor Max!

Max fell last night and hurt his new baby teeth, and oh the blood! It was sooo sad! Matt is sick and Brys is getting it! The only healthy one here is Brynn! I wonder how long that will last! Other than that not much is new here! If anything of interest happens I'll add an update!

What a day to be sick!

Morgan got our funk today! On school picture day! I talked her into staying home, and went downstairs to find clothes for all 4 munchkins. Even though Moragn was sick we still had to take ole Brys to school. While I was finding clothes Morgan came down, ready to go. She said she felt better and wanted to go to school after all. We had 5 minutes to fix her hair which was disappointing for me, cause I would have dolled her all up, but oh well. She looked cute anyhow! Hopefully she'll make it through the day! She just has a little cold but I know it knocked me off my feet after a day or two! Well I've got lots to do and not much time to do it in! Hope you are healthy cause the funk is no fun!!

Had to share!!

Daddy & Brynn on Matt's grad night! Max and his first shoes!!
All 4 monkeys!!

Thank god for Mommies!!

Do you every feel like everything is coming at you at once?? That has been this week for me! We got an unexpected bill in the mail and while we could pay it, it put us a little short on extra cash! Gotta love the dentist right? If stinky old Bryson would quit bashing his teeth we'd be good! Then Morgan's school pics are this week as well, and let me tell you EVERYTHING cost more is Alaska and school pics are no exception. The cheapest package with pretty much nothing in it is $25. Crazy crazy! Well yesterday I got a package in the mail with a nice surprise. A check from my mommy! I called to thank her and told her of our little pinch, and she said "things always work out." Such a simple statement but they always do, don't they? Thanks again mommy! So Morgan was able to get the new outfit she said she just had to have for pictures, Max and Brynn got their much needed shoes, and socks for all for of them!Now if Ed McMahon would just come knocking! I do know that we sure can't afford anymore kids if school pics for all 4 of them are going to be $120 OUCH! Yesterday was such a somber day here. It was very powerful to drive by the "airplane park" and see 51 flags at half mast. It's hard to believe that September 11th was 5 years ago. What a sad day. Makes you greatful for everyday you have with your family and hug them all a little tighter cause you never know when the unexpected will happen! Brynn also pulled a Brynn yesterday, Nanny sent all 4 kids hand made scarfs and the big 3 candy & gum! Well Brynn decided her hair needed a bubble gum treatment. I had to cut most of what little hair she had to get out the gum! Little goober!Well Max is napping so I'm going to try and get smarter! Gotta love Psychology!

Monday, Monday!!

Still sick here! But I have atleast got a few things done today! Poor Max is miserable, and is FINALLY down for a nap. Brynn is up to no good and messing up the basement in her underoos. I got her dressed but as soon as we walked in the house from dropping of Bryson she stripped. Morgan has school pictures this week! That is always exciting! I think they are Wednesday! So i'll have to crawl out of bed early to doll her up!! She so cute anyhow! Well I'm off to scrub the bathrooms while my Max is napping cause as soon as he wakes up he's gonna want to snuggle with his mommy! I love it! I hope you like the new look a friend form Moutain Home made it for me. Thanks Sandy! Her link is in the credits if you want to check her blog out it is The Diary of a SAHM(SAHM = stay at home mom, for those of you not up with the computer lingo!)Thanks again Sandy! I love it!

Still sick!!

I feel aweful! Max and I are still sick! Life has been pretty uneventful!I miss Mountain Home. We were watching a program last night on the military channel about a exercise at Nellis/Las Vegas called "Red Flag" they followed a pilot from Moutain Home, Capt. Tripple, 2 of his 3 kids were in my gymnastics program. I sure miss it and his kids, they were too cute! Tayzlie always won the backbend contest! Bryson is excited for school tomorrow and so am I! Brynn and Brys have been fighting even more since school started! I hope you all are healty and happy! Cause being sick is no fun!

Sick sick sick!

Max and me are sick! It's not much fun having a sick mommy and baby in the same house! What's even worse is Matt had to work today so we just vegged on the couch! I forgot to tell you all about Bryson the day of the blood draw. You know the emergency ropes the have in bathrooms at the hospital, he pulled it! I felt like an idiot! Max has learned a new trick and he walks along the couch now! He's too cute, even with his runny ole nose and cranky disposition. We took a family walk down to the lake on base. It was fun. Brynn walked in ankle deep after being told atleast 20 times to stay out of the water. Little monkey! Matt's excitement for the day was he got to weld at work, one of his lifelong dreams! I don't know why but he has always wanted to learn to weld. Not a whole lot else is new here! My head is pounding and Max is screaming so I guess I should see if he just wants his mommy before Matt gets frusterated!

What a day!

As if having 4 kids ready to leave the house at 8 am for a doctors appointment wasn't fun enough. Bryson had to have his blood drawn! I had to have a Captain hold Max they put Brynn in a blood draw chair to watch. I had the pleasure of restraining Bryson. I took him to school, and Max, Brynn and I went to "Evil Mart" as Matthew calls it! We returned to the base went to the comissary, bought things to make dinner for a friend who just had a baby, and cooked it up! Finished just in time to get in the car to get Bryson from school. Start heading home from picking up Bryson at the bus stop and get a call from Matt saying he's on his way to the ER. I guess he was grinding something(YES HE HAD ALL HIS PROTECTIVE GEAR ON!!) and had a spark hit him in the eye. SO the kids and I turn the car around and head to the er. Matt is fine, and his eye is fine, just a little sore. We got home in time to get ready to head to Morgan's open house at school! Her teacher seems really nice and she showed us some of her homework! She's doing really well and loves school! Then we took dinner to our friends and bought dinner for ourselves! I didn't have enough noodles to make dinner for us as well. So today was one crazy day and I still have to try and get some homework done! But we are all well including both my boys who got to visit the dr. today! Hope you all are great!

Congrats Matt!!

Okay first off Congradulations Matt! He graduated last night! YIPPIE! It made for alot of work for me but all his studing payed off as he received the Academic Achievement Award! For those of you wondering the Academic achievement Award is presented to the student who has achieved the highest overall academic standing in both objective and performance evaluations and denotes excellence as a scholar. WAY TO GO MATT!! It was a nice evening our good friend Rob went even though his wife had a baby on Sunday, Congrats to Stacey, Rob, Callie and new baby Tarryn. Alot of Matt's supervisors were there as well but since I'm bad with names ummm I guess we'll just pretend I told ya! I did one other dumb thing last night, I forgot to put the memory card in the camera. So, I didn't get any pics at the graduation. Hopefully we can get some from someone else! On another note Bryson loved school yesterday and came home just a jibber jabbering about his day! I think on of the highlights was that he brushed his teeth at school! Bryson loves brushing his teeth! Little goof! He also enjoyed breakfast and lunch they served there and even tryed a little broccoli! Max has learned a new trick. He can pull himself up to standing position on the loveseat and does it quite often since it is my favorite seat in the house so he comes to visit me all the time! Once again I say he is growing up way to fast! Brynn is my little daddy's girl and was very happy to see her daddy last night when we returned from his graduation. She had to be included in the pics! Well it's time to get the kids ready for school and I have to jump in the shower! Hope ya'll have a fantabulous day!!

Bryson goes to PRESCHOOL!!!!!

Man, I'm in soo much trouble when Max starts school! Today was Bryson's 1st day of preschool! He was so excited. He was ready with his coat and all at least 1 hour before it was time to go! He couldn't wait! When it was finally time for us to drive and meet the bus he ran out to the car sooo fast! He had his seat belt buckled fast than I'd ever seen him do it before! We took off to our meeting spot at a church of few miles off base and he was all grins! We got to the church and waited about five minutes and when that bus pulled in I don't think he could have got his seat belt off fast enough! He ran out the door and to the bus so fast! He didn't even want me to take the pic, he just wanted on! But I got a quick pic and he climbed on up! I was happy to see the headstart bus has seat belts! Made me feel a little better about letting my little man climb on the bus! He looked so grown up I could have cried! Like I said when I started, I'm in trouble when Max starts school! Poor Brynn was pretty upset that she didn't get to go along with Bryson! Morgan is still enjoying school and loved her hot lunch last Friday! Matt graduates ALS(Airman Leadership school) tonight! YIPPEE!! Which means as of tomorrow he is a Staff Sergent! Which means pay raise!!!! Now we just have to hope he won't get deployed yet again! The last of his rotation leaves in October and as of right now no orders, but he's next on the list! I won't know what to do with myself if he doesn't deploy! This would be the first time ever he got passed up! Could we get that lucky! I'm hoping, but definately not counting on it! Well I promised Miss Brynn that we couls go to the play group! So we are off!

A great day for exploring!

Today was a wonderful day to explore our new home! We went out in search of moose! The kids wanted to stop at the "airplane park" and here are all of us in front of one of the monuments there! We proped the camera with Matt's wallet for the family pic! Gotta do what works! This is the Alaska pipeline, We discovered today that it runs right through the base! It's pretty big! Kinda hard to tell without someone or something to compare it to so you will just have to trust me on this! :)
This is the Lady of the Lake. This plane didn't crash there, I guess that would have made a more interesting story but it actually was put there for training purposes. They used this plane to practice retrieving planes from the water and now she just lives there permantely! It's definately a site to see. I personally have never seen a plane just plopped in the water like that before. The kids were more interested in the 2 ducks that were swimming in the water. No they aren't in the pic!
And LOOK! We found our Moose! I had just finished saying that we probably wouldn't find any at the ski hill since hunting season started we turn the corner and there they were! We parked right next to the and snapped away. We actually had to back up away from them to fit them all in the picture. This is a cow and her two babies! We have closer pics that turned out better but I wanted to share all 3 of our friends! As we drove away another car stopped to see the moose. We aren't sure what they were thinking but they dropped their weiner dog out of the car and let it bark at the moose. We were waiting for mama to stomp the life out of the little dog and she considered it for a second, but her babes walked across the tracks and away she went! All and all it was a fun little drive around base that we all really enjoyed! My favorite part were the moose. I'm just so fasinated by them. Now I understand all the crazy people gawking at the deer in Michigan. I guess if you haven't seen them before they would be amazing as well! Once again my housework isn't getting done with me sitting on the loveseat! So i'm off to accomplish something!

It's finally Friday!!

Yesterday was a busy day! Besides my normal house work I had to read for school! Made me wonder, what did I get myself into! I think online courses are more involved than going to class! My Pyschology course has tons of work and uggghhh History is soooooo boring! Atleast Matt enjoys history so maybe he can help me! Bryson visited his preschool yesterday, it is really neat! They have a 2 story playhouse! All 4 kids enjoyed going, and they all got to play! I volunteered for the parent commitee and I may be kicking myself for that later, but I guess we'll have to see!! It sounds pretty involved. Which is a good thing, but with taking classes again I'm a little nervous about time! Morgan still love school and quite enjoy walking to and from school by herself. She's having hot lunch for the first time today! I sure hope she likes it! One of these days I want to go have lunch with her. I think that would be lots of fun! Brynn didn't do any Brynn like things yesterday so i'm probably in for a double dose today! Oh Matt decided once again he's getting out! He was suppose to have today off, but the Master Sergent in charge of his ALS Class didn't like the presentation that the students put together so he is working today! He does this all the time, but quickly forgets and goes back to loving his job! He is considering trying to go full time guard to get us closer to home, but we have wait atleast another year and for an opening in Michigan. So I guess we'll have to wait and see what he does, me included! I never know what his plans are! Until the last minute when the Air Force makes him decided! But I always have a say, ultimately it's his decision though! Me and the monkeys will go where ever. Were pretty easy. But it would be nice to be closer to home! But for now I'm trying to enjoy my 3 year vacation in Alaska!! Well I guess I better start my chores! They sure don't get done with me on my rump........to bad it would be nice if they did!