He Made It!

Just a quick update.

I finally got to talk to Roger tonight! Yay!

He was sent to Kuwait and left there... But he finally made it to Qatar and is getting settled in.

Where in the World is Carmen San D-Daddy??

We don't know. When he left Idaho he flew to Georgia, then to Virginia. From Virginia he was supposed to fly to Iceland. I didn't hear from him after he left Virginia. All we know is, that somewhere along the way he was sent to the wrong place. So WHERE in the world is he??

We were looking at a globe and Kole says he thinks Roger is in Russia.

Abby says she thinks Roger is in Ice Age... (aka Iceland).

But we don't know.

Hopefully we hear from him soon.

Goodbye Daddy!

Since the kids will be asleep when Roger leaves, so they said their goodbyes tonight.

Abby is unhappy with Roger for leaving so she wouldn't look at the camera.

She's kissing his forehead in the above pic.



TLF

Well, here we are in the TLF (Temporary Living Facility).

We have gotten everything moved out of the house and today it is getting cleaned and we will be there shampooing carpets this evening. Then some last minute touches tomorrow (if there are any), and the final inspection is on Thursday. Then we can just have some family time for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and then Roger will leave (They changed his leaving date, so now he will get to spend Christmas day with us!). It's still sad to think that he will be leaving so soon though. being so busy with moving, we haven't had a chance to think about it. We'll be ok though. We'll just really miss him.

Happy Unbirthday Roger!

So, yesterday, Abby asked if we could make a birthday cake for daddy!

Even though his birthday isn't until Jan. 6th, he won't be here for it, so I decided that making him a cake would be fun! So the kids and I got to work!

Abby wanted to make a cake with 3 tiers, cover it in frosting, and use molding chocolate to make animals for the top of it... I guess I've been watching too much 'Cake Boss'. I didn't agree to go as extravagant as she wanted, but we did make a layered frosted one.

When daddy got home from work, we had dinner on the table waiting for him, after we all ate, we had him close his eyes while we brought out the cake, lit the candles, and then he opened his eyes and we sang to him! He was very surprised!!

Look at that bonfire! Old man! ;)

Happy Unbirthday Roger!!



Ammon's Magical Power & Pics

So I am fully convinced that Ammon has a magical power! I'm being completely serious right now!

His magical power is that he makes people happy! I don't know ANYONE that doesn't have their day brightened by him. The second he flashes his dazzling smile people just melt! Even in Walmart he flashed a smile at a cashier at the end of her shift and she commented how he just made her night all better! I mean, just LOOK at him!

And just look at the cool colors in his eye on the left. (No, that isn't a reflection.)

Here are some other random photos...

While down in Utah we celebrated Amy's birthday.

We were trying to get some pics of our dogs to show how big they are...

Chance is the white one, he is 7 months old. Roxy is the tan one, she is 3 years.

I love the look on Roxy's face in the above pic!

I love my ADORABLE Kids, and my big puppies!!!



Days until Christmas

With Roger's leaving date and Christmas approaching fast, guess which one we are getting ready for?

Nope, that's not a decorative chain for our Christmas tree... That is our countdown chain... A link for each day daddy is scheduled to be gone.

Yes, with Christmas quickly approaching, it is the last thing on our mind now days...

We will be busy moving and saying goodbye to daddy, who has time to celebrate??

Ammon Gets a Tooth and We Get Out!

So I just noticed yesterday, that Ammon has a tooth about to pop through! Normally, I think people find that sort of thing exciting, not me. I'm bummed about it. I always think it's sad when babies lose their cute little baby gums and get a tooth. It just makes them seem like they aren't baby-babies anymore.

Anyway...

It just occured to me that I don't think I've said anything on our blog about us getting out of the Air Force! I might have to change our blogs URL to airreservegales instead of airforcegales.

And yes, we have heard about every arguement against this that there is.

We know how crappy the economy is, etc. etc.

But basically, we have prayed and prayed and prayed about it, we didn't get an answer right away so Roger started turning in paperwork to get out. He said that after he turned it in he felt very good about it and there is no doubt in his mind that it's the best thing for us to do. I feel good about it too, except for when people give us a difficult time... Then I start stressing for a day or so. But we feel it's what Heavenly Father wants us to do, so unless you can argue with God.........

Anyway, Roger has several different directions and options to do. I have made him come up with about 100,000 "back-up plans". This has been very well thought through, this is not a spur of the moment decision. If you have helpful ideas for us, that's great, we appreciate hearing them.

Big Grump & Little Devil

Ok here is what this post is really about...

I've been really ornery lately for no good reason. When we pulled into the driveway after church today I saw my (once pretty, young and vibrant) Jackie-lantern and I said, "Hey look! Even my pumpkin has turned into an ornery old hag. Roger laughed and admitted he was thinking the same thing, but wasn't going to say it.

And then there is Kole....

Today, as we were walking out the door to go to church, Kole said, "UGH! DADDY! ARE YOU SERIOUS!? EVERY WEEK! EV-ERY WEEK!".... (He was talking about how we were waiting on Roger...)

Then after church I was in the living room and I hear Kole and Roger in the bathroom and Roger was getting mad at him for something. Roger spanked him, then I heard Kole laugh a deep, evil type laugh and say, "Again! Again! (evil laugh)". I sure wish we could find SOME form of discipline that worked with this kid!



Up To No Good

I went to lay Ammon down for a nap the other day... Was gone for 5-10 minutes.

Then came down to find Abby and Kole... Shockingly... Up to no good.

What is that all over the floor?? That would be about 6 pounds of food storage...

Mommy made them vacuum it up... They laughed and thought it was fun... Not exactly a good lesson... So, mommy went all crazy and said, "You make my food garbage, I make your toys garbage." And then mommy picked up a ton of toys and threw them away.



Happy Halloween- Early

Happy Halloween a little early!

Here are some of our Halloween photos...

The kids with our jack-o-lanterns

Tonight we went to our church's dinner/trunk-or-treat

Aren't our kiddos cute?! Abby is Tinkerbell, Ammon is a silly monkey, and Kole is Thomas the train!

Pumpkin Patch

Today Roger had the day off because he has a few "comp. days" for getting a 91% on his CDCs test (Career Development Course) and 90% on his PT test (Physical Training).

So we went to 'Quey's Maze' pumpkin patch.

P.S. anyone wanting a patch to go to, they are really awesome! I'm glad we switched to them this year!

They have a huge thing of oats to play in!

And they have a corn box!

We picked some pumpkins!

We played in the hay maze!

And the total for the fun... $1 entrance fee (included all the things pictured)

And $15 for...

9 pumpkins

1 little white pumpkin

and 1 yummy casaba melon!

It was a lot of fun! Thanks to farmer Quey, his family and farm!

 

Oh Deer!

Saturday we went up to go grocery shopping in Boise, and had some family too!

We went to the MK Nature Center and when we pulled up there was 3 deer sitting right at the enterance to the walk!

And of course we had to get our normal picture of the hooting little owls!

And a cute picture of our cuties with the changing leaves!

Aren't they cute!?!

Going Off the Rails on the Crazy Train!

Lately... This has become our theme song. There is never a moments peace at our house...

A flooded bathroom, is a daily (some days hourly, not exaggerating) thing...

I have come to the conclusion that we shouldn't have a fish tank... Kole has managed to kill off all our fish and our crab... The snails survived though... But I'm getting a little tired of finding random objects sitting in the bottom of the tank...

We should also not own a couch.... The kids manage to keep gutting it, and I find the stuffing covering our living room floor....

We should also not own any toys, as they have just become 'a reason to fight and an object to bludger our sibling to death with'...

We should also not own food, because that ends up every where except our children's stomach.

We should not own a sink, because that makes for a really great sprinkler to wash the entire room with... And we can't stop until we have soaked everything within 10 feet of it.

We should not own anything that is used to color, paint, or draw...

(Below, one SMALL example)

We should not own an alarm clock. On a side note, who in the world finds 5am an acceptable time to start the day??

We should not own anything glass, for obvious reasons...

We shouldn't own carpet, or anything else that can be stained.

We shouldn't own toilets, or anything else that can flood... Like tubs....

We shouldn't own anything flammable... Or anything that can start a fire for that matter...

We shouldn't own a backyard that has any dirt, trees, bushes, bugs, or grass in it...

We should not own paper... but I guess that goes along with the "flammables"...

We should not own anything that can be used to plug a toilet...

We should not own anything with sharp edges...

We should not own anything that can be used to choke, suffocate, or strangle our siblings...

We should not own arms, or legs....

We should get the children's teeth removed...

We should not own the left side of mommy, which is numb, and which Kole has discovered if he pulls on that arm, mommy will fall over... Hilarious.

Shall I go on?

Yes, I am going off the rails on the crazy train.

Holes in Her Head!

Abby got her ears pierced!!! I know, Roger and I are crazy for getting them done, right?

But she wanted them done, even when Mommy tried and tried to talk her out of them...

And she did really good and she loves them!

This is the best picture I could get with my phone...



Ammon's photoshoot

What a cute little cheeser! :)

Date Night

Well, this weekend we weren't able to have a date night because Roger has been working 13 hours a day, and he is working now (Sat. night/Sun morning). But we were able to go up to Boise and go to the nature center for a little bit...

Then we went grocery shopping and went home so Roger could go to work...

This was a cool view of the sky on the drive home.

When the time comes for us to leave Mountain Home, I will really miss the sky here!



Helmet

So, I was in the bathroom getting all ready for the day, styling my hair and such...

I was FINALLY not thinking about Roger's up coming "business trip"...

And then, Roger comes strolling into the bathroom like this...

Thanks a lot, Roger... Thanks-A-lot...

Gosh dang it!



Meet the Flintstones

Tonight, a certain little stressed mom decided we needed some fun time tonight to just sit and snuggle, just mom and the kids... So, we made our living room into a movie theater!

So I got us some movie theater snacks and we sat down and watched

But it didn't go as well as I had hoped. Ammon was screaming the entire time so I was trying to get him to calm down the whole time and I ended up ending the movie 20 mins early because Kole had wet himself and had plugged the toilet again so I had to take care of that and the kids were fighting so I decided, it was bed time.

I've been short of patience this week, Kole flooding the house and starting a fire this week, and Abby beating the tar out of Kole, things have been slightly crazy...

We will try for a better day tomorrow... Wish us luck!