Happy Bday Sis!!!

Happy Birthday Cylee!!! We love you lots and are super happy you are moving close to HOme so we can see you more and more......I have been blessed with such a great sister like you....You have been a great inspiration in my journey through life. I love you always sis!!!

and more pics.....

These are a couple pics i forgot to put in at the first from the 4th of July parade. Bella loved all the floats and crazy sounds.
And of course Maddux is in his ready position to go get the candy!!!
Another one of Maddy's face paintings!! He is so silly.
When dad got home it was time to build a big new kennel for the dogs. But Bella couldn't be away from daddy for a minute so they built the kennel together.
Maddux and I helped a bit but mostly just played.
Salmon only run through the sound every other year and so it was a cool expierence to see them all jumping and swimmin on through. Tilden has been out there catching them right and left. This year they made history with a record breaking 5 million salmon passing through. I have more pics to come......
Bella liked the feel of the slimy fish.

Maddux has really gotten into getting his face painted so this time he wanted to be a bunny. the cutest bunny I have seen.
This was Bella's first time getting her face done but she did great and it turned out super cute.
Maddux had so much fun at the command VQ-1 Picnic, chasing bubbles.

Im so glad that you made it home safe to us. We missed you!!!!
Just me and my sweetest lil kiddos....

Tilden brought us all home nice silk outfits from Japan. They are super comfy and fun to wear, and the kids look so adorable in them... Thanks babe!!

more pics

Waiting for T to get off the plane.....
First hugs......
First catch of 09!! Just a lil perch...
My lil portrait baby....
Maddux on an adventure this summer...He thinks he's Indy (Indiana Jones)
Bella's Bangs.....

Blue Angels...

they were so excited for them to start. Ready for Take-Off


Blue Angels

long overdue update......

So where do I even begin. LOL I have been out of the internet world for so long now its taken me a minute to get back into the swing of things. We didn't have the internet for a long time......But we are back in business.
The kids and I went to the beach for the fireworks this year and it was pretty fun. It was way warmer this year than any other year. Right there on the ocean gets pretty chilly. but it was fun. This summer was all about garage sales...lol we set one up almost every weekend and made some pretty good dough. and when we werent doing that we were fishing or swimming. The summer here is for only about 2 weeks so it was nice to get out and get some sun while it lasted. Tilden made it home the middle of August and we were so excited to see him. At last he's home for awhile. We also got to see the Blue Angels. They were awesome..Maddux loved them.
Maddux started his growth hormones about a week before Tilden got home and it went ok for the first couple of days but then he got scared of it and I couldn't do it alone and hold him down. Giving him this shot everday is the worst thing a mother has to do. To maddux he wonders why I am hurting him but in time he will understand I did it cuz I love him. Once Tilden was home and we got into a routine and the shots are now getting easier for him. Maddux is my brave lil hero. Even though he is only 4 I look up to him in so many ways. HE is so brave. And I must report that he is getting bigger!!!!!!! yay I have noticed all of his clothes gettin tighter. Which is amazing cuz we hardly have to buy him anything.... But I can't wait to take him shopping. Other than the shots Maddux is getting ready to go back to school. He can hardly wait. He misses all of his teachers and friends. He has also made a lil stash of cash this summer. He is all about making money and spending it on toys. lol but it is so cute to watch him when he gets to buy something that he worked for.
Now on to lil (not so lil) Bella, She is growing in the blink of an eye. ITs truely amazing to see how fast they grow. She started taking her first steps in July and full on started walking a few days after Tilden got home. Which was awesome for him because he has missed so much. She is such a climber... she climbs on anything and everything. And when she wants something she doesnt just want one she wants them all. so greedy...hahah but adorable. Her hair was getting so long that when she woke up or if I didnt put it up it was all crusted and snarly around her face. so I cut her some bangs. a few days before that I had my hair cut and colored...Im not sure if ill keep it blonde im alredy thinking of going back to brown. but we will see. anyway
bella is already saying plenty of words:
mamma
dadda
bobba
mine
uh ah
uh ha
no no
caca
and i swear she tries to say Dixie (the dog) but it comes out a bit jibbery..
so that my fast and furious update on our life and from here on out I will be posting regularly again. This whole playing catch up thing gets pretty confusing. especially if you have a million pictures to go through. well I have plenty of pics to post so I hope you enjoy lookin at my growing lil family.........
Maddux riding on the wiggles at our grage sale...Lil Bella


Ok well my computer is still not fully fixed so I am not able to upload most of the pics...So I will work on them more and get another post of pics up here in a few days.....

Happy Birthday Papa Randy..

And HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!! You know me I have been having an issue with getting things in the mail on time if I even get it in there at all. ha so I decided to give you a shout out on here to also document in our journal what a great dad you are. We hope you have a fun day spent doing things that you would love to do. You are such a special and great man. We wouldnt know where or what we would do without you. Maddy looks up to you and adores you so much, thanks for being such a great papa and hero to my lil guy. Thank you for being so wonderful. We love you so freakin much!!!!! XoXoXoXoXoXoXo








Also a little shout out to my hubby and all the people that served and protected our country. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! And come home safe to us baby we miss you....... Happy Independence day....

HaPpY AnNiVeRsArY BaBy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 years strong.............
How sad this is the most recent pic I have of us....3/14/09
Right after you came home from the desert.
I need to do better at taking more pics of us. We dont even look
like this anymore.lol



But wow we have come a long way..I wish we were able to spend this happy memory together...But know I am thinking of you and love you always. I am so proud of what you are doing for us, and our country, you are a strong man........Come home safe!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo