Blogging vacation!!

The kids and I are heading to Oklahoma tomorrow for the summer. We will be traveling for almost 24 hours by bus, plane, and car. Please keep us in your prayers! (Especially patience for mommy)!!! I will be taking lots of pictures while we're at home, so I will have plenty to blog about when we get back.

Everyone have a great summer!!!!!!

We're coming to America!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and a fini flight)

Okay, these pictures don't have anything to do with going home, but I thought I would share them anyway! I am BEYOND excited to go home and get off the ROK for awhile! The kids and I will be leaving the end of this month till the middle of August. David will be gone for 5 weeks to Alaska, so it's a good time for us to go soak up the U.S and spend time with family. The pictures are from David's boss's fini flight today. The kids thought the plane taxiing in was pretty cool, and when Houdini got sprayed down with the hose. Sydney didn't want to wear her ear plugs, she told me she wanted to hear the engine????? I told her I already ruined her ears once at Spangdahlem for her daddy's fini-flight, so I wasn't going to let it happen again!! We hope we get a chance to see everybody back in the States!!!! HARRUMPH!!!

3 Kindergartens in one year!!!

Mrs. Loden....Joe Cooke Elementary
Columbus, MS....1st day, Aug. 08

Mrs. Sullivan....Luke Elementary

Phoenix, AZ.....1st day, Oct. 08

Mrs. Stapleford....Osan Elementary

Osan AB, South Korea....1st day, Feb. 09

WOW!!! We survived it! Sydney was a big trooper this year. I knew this might be a tough year for us, but we got through it! We couldn't have asked for 3 better teachers than what we got. These women deserve a huge pat on the back for being such amazing teachers! I'm kind of fond of teachers, since that's my background, but I've never had more respect than for these wonderful Kindergarten teachers. I hope they enjoy the summer, that they VERY much deserve!!! We're so excited that Sydney will get to stay for her entire 1st grade year here at Osan, unless the Air Force has something to say about that!!! :)

Bam Bam!!!!!!

I am bleeding profusely here!!!

It's all fun and games now!!

The takedown!!!

I've been waiting for a few friends to upload some pictures of our naming so I could get this posted to the blog, since I so stupidly deleted all of mine!! I still have a few more coming in that I will share when they get them done. Our entertainment was Sumo wrestling for the Fiendettes. We had so much fun and laughed SO hard, all until the last two wrestlers. My friend Danicka and I (the namees), were the last two to go. As you can see from the above picture, never turn your back on your opponent, or they can just easily knock you over. I landed on "JUST" my nose, I heard a pop when I landed, and then the blood came a gushing (like a faucet). Our squadron commanders wife wanted me to go to the ER just to make sure it wasn't broken, so me and 2 other wives (all in our party suits) head to the ER. The male nurse didn't think we were too funny, but the doctor on the other hand, thought we were just hilarious! I insisted that they didn't call David because I didn't want to go home. I wanted to go back and get named!!!! So, the ER doc releases me to go, and this is what my dismissal sheet read:

1). Stop falling on your face.

2). Sumo wrestle at your own risk.

3). Consider a really good name dealing with Sumo Wrestling.

(true story)

Anyway, I made it back to the naming to receive the name of "Bam Bam"!!! The girl who knocked me out, they named her "Pebbles"!! Ahhhhhhh, good times! This is honestly the hardest I've laughed in a long time.

Field Day!

I didn't get to make it to field day to take some pictures of Sydney. But a good friend happened to take some pictures of her boys, and Sydney just happened to be his partner. I'm so glad she got these cute pictures!

More t-ball....

Not really interested in the game right now!!

Can you really see the ball Sydney?????

Did a ball go by me????

It seems like most of our time lately is devoted to T-ball, but we love it! These little kids are so cute, and we're always sure to get a laugh every practice and game. One of Sydney's cute little things she does is, no matter where she is on the field, she will go track the ball down and throw it to first. Now, that means even if she's in outfield and the ball just made it to the pitchers mound, she will go get it and fight for it. At least she's tenacious, right????

Party Suits....

O my goodness!! I didn't think I was going to blog about our lovely party suits, but I think there's some curious folks back at home that wanted to see what they looked like. I had an earlier blog that showed David's lovely red jump suit, so this is mine to match!! This is a die hard fighter squadron, rich in history. I'm not sure how many years the party suits go back, but the Fiends and Fiendettes are one crazy group. The Fiendettes have a naming just like the guys, well, maybe not quite as crazy as the Fiends, but lots of fun. My naming was last Friday, so, one crazy story and more pictures to follow....