August 22

So the kids are doin well in school. Samantha is loving it, and never give me a hard time when I take her to class. Andi had a great birthday, she had a fun party with her friends and got some nice things. We have a cold that is going thru the house, that is always fun, back to school, woohoo. We found out yesterday that we get to go to Florida for a 3 day weekend next month. We will be going to the Bay Point Marriott in Panama City, the same hotel tha we went for the spouse group retreat last year. I am very very excited, especially since the room and meals will be provided. It is a marriage retreat, thru the Chaplains from the group. I cannot wait to go to the white beaches of Fl. with the family, and John is looking forward to it too! I have been enjoying the alone time I get ever afternoon. I am sad tho, Brandi leaves us in two weeks. BooHoo! They will be going to Hawaii for three years. I hope that I will see her again soon! Well, that is all for now, I added a few pics.

First day of school!

So the kids are off to they're first day of school today! I am very excited about that as you can imagine. Samantha is in pre-k this year and feels like such a big kid going to big kid school. We went to the school yesterday for orientation, and got to meet the kids teachers and see where they're classrooms are. Both teachers seem very nice and I look forward to a good school year. Andi is in her last year of jr. high, then it is off to high school. It is so crazy, she was just in diapers and now she is a couple years from driving! How fast the time goes! John is doing well at work, he will be going to the E5 board in the next couple of months, so he will finally have the NCO position that he deserves. There are several schools that he is trying to get into for training. We will find out if he gets them in the next month or so. All of the soldiers are back from they're block leave, so now the training begins for the next deployment, even tho it is over a year away. It has been very hot here lately, lots of humidity, so we stay inside a lot. We got a badmitten set, so we go out to the backyard in the evenings to play that. Erik is getting better at it, and Andi is a natural. John and I play for 30-40 minutes each evening to get some "cardio" LOL. I will post some new pics soon.