Happy Easter

Dawson making a snow angel.

Dalton and Dawson, ready to throw the huge snowballs at me. They got me to.



The boys and our snowman

Dylan making his snow angel

Well, As I posted a while back, here are the pictures of snow. The kids and I had a blast. It was too cold for me though. After a snowball fight and then helping with the snowman, I was happy to come in!!! The boys stayed out for a while but by the time they came in their coats, mittens and jeans were soaking wet. I was a smart Mommy and they all had their wellies on!! I think this will probably/hopefully be the last of Winter since Spring officially started the other day. I am so ready for the sun and some nice warm days. They wind has been horrible, with gust up to 40mph for about 5 days in a row. At least it is not really blowing today.

We headed out for church this morning but when the truck started sliding all over the road two times, I turned around and headed home. I was too afraid to drive over to the other base in these conditions. I am saddened by this as I was really looking forward celebrating with our friends the true reason for Easter!! The fact that our Savior rose.

Well I must close for now, enjoy the pictures, we had a blast playing and enjoy your day. Praise God!!

Someone's 7!!

Where does the time go?? Dalton just turned 7 on Friday. I can't believe it. We didn't do anything for his birthday yet, we are going to do a joint birthday party at the bowling alley next month I think. We are getting short on our time here and a lot of the weekends are already booked with one thing or another. I did have to bake some cupcakes for a bake sale so I held 5 back so we could celebrate with him. I still can't believe he is 7!!

We also had an Easter party and the kids had a blast. The boys ate sooooo much junk. They had a table where the kids could decorate a sugar cookie and then eat it, the cake walk of course where they won cupcakes, cookies and candy. They were able to decorate hard boiled eggs, eat popcorn and jump in bouncy castles. It was great fun. Too bad Michael was in school.... I managed to be a VERY good girl and I didn't eat anything that I should not have. Here are a few pictures of the day.

Dawson with the Easter Bunny, he really looks grumpy!!

Dalton with his goodies

Dylan getting his face painted

Life

Wow, it has been a while since I posted anything, life just seems to get in the way.. We are so busy trying to prepare for our move, and one or more of the kids have extra activities after school 4 days a week. I am so exhausted by the time I get them into bed. We are down to 12 weeks and counting, and I don't think I am the only one counting. It is pretty sad but I think when you know you are getting short (in time left overseas) you start noticing all the things that really drive you crazy but for the last 3 years or so, you had just resolved to deal with it. That's how it is for me anyway. I am starting to be bothered by all the silly little things, like trying to get mail or having to order certain things online because I can't find them in the BX and it is too expensive to purchase them on the economy. The pound rate is killing us right now at over 2 to 1 so any shopping off base or any activities have to be planned. Michael is busy with school right now so we won't really see him for a week. I better get off this subject because I could really go on all day and it would not be doing anyone any favors.

On other news, I have some great news, I had my weigh in yesterday and I have now lost 40 pounds!!!! I am so excited and I am still really motivated. I still have a long way to go but I only have 10 more pounds to lose to meet my goal of 50 before I leave England. I think that is totally do-able.

One last thing, please keep us in your prayers, we are having some issues with our tenant in our house so I am just hoping things get resolved soon. I am really just praying they move out soon.

Until next time, have a great time and enjoy your life!!

Awana Games

Mike, Dylan with his medal and Dawson

Wow, it has been nearly a week since I posted, we have been so busy. It has been a very uneventful week since I last posted. We just do our thing during the week and try to squeeze in what we can. We were lucky this past Saturday to be able to go to the first ever Awana Games held here in England. They have had the regular clubs here for years but they have never been able for whatever reason to have the games. It was so much fun. We go to Awana at the Chapel on Mildenhall on Wednesday evenings and the boys are doing great with it. Our group along with RAF Alconbury, RAF Menwith Hill and RAF Marum met at the RAF Alconbury High School on Saturday. Dylan's team for T n T won first place over all and they got a really cool medal. Dalton's team placed second for the Sparks but they all had a great time and did a good job. I will attach a couple of pictures of that, what few I have, my camera is freaking out and I don't know how to fix it.

Dylan and Jared doing the 3 legged race.

Dalton is in blue somewhere, they had to crawl to the other side and then run in for the team.

Dylan doing the 4-way tug of war, good thing he has long arms, he had to reach and grab the yellow bean bag which is behind them, his team won.

Yesterday, Monday, Michael and I were finally able to get some things accomplished as far as getting dates for our move lined up. We went to the "Smooth Move" brief and then we were able to set up dates for TMO (the movers) to come and pack us out. We are not able to do that until April 29 due to the fact that we will be camping out in Normandy for the weekend of the 25-27 and we would need all of our camping gear for the camp out and of course, we want the movers to pack it out for us. We also have plane reservations for June 3!!!! YEAH we are so excited. I am so ready to come back to the states and be just a little closer to friends and family. I am also excited about being able to go back to our church. I sure do miss it and all the friends I had there. Won't be long now, we only have 2 months and 29 days!!! HEEHEE The kids are pretty excited as well but we have so much work to do. I am afraid we will be way over on our weight so we need to get rid of as much small stuff as we can, if we don't need it, it is broken, missing bits, ripped, or doesn't fit it is gone!! Any volunteers to come and help?? Dawson had picked up one of my empty plant pots the other day and accidentally dropped it, of course it broke and Michael said, "that's ok, one less thing we have to ship". Oh well, I imagine I will be making several trips to the tip!!





That is all for now, I guess I better get a lunch made for Daws and then I am off to the gym. Have a great day and thanks for sharing.