Happy Halloween

We all had a great Halloween. The kids got too much candy and I got plenty of exercise walking around the neighborhood carrying Colin and dreagging Ryan. Colin was Thomas the Train and Ryan was an Army guy. Ryan had one of the best costumes in the neighborhood so that was nice. Ryan also had a costume parade at school where his whole class made pumpkin costumes and walked through the school.

Matt and I have been enjoying watching some football together, which I am much more into this year. The Cowboys have a new starting quarterback so it has been exciting.

I will try to write more later, but I just really wanted to get these pictures up! We miss you all!

October

October has been a busy month for us so far. Matt was busy with a big project at work and then had an exercise to be a part of so he has been very busy. Ryan has tons of friends around the neighborhood that he is constantly playing outside with. Colin keeps himself busy with toys and the trampoline. I am going to sing in the church Christmas show with a choir and so I have that and volunteering at the hospital. It feels really nice to be busy though. I thought I would stick a couple of pictures up that we took recently since I haven't been too great about putting up pictures. Other than that there is nothing much to report. I hope everyone is doing well over your way and I hope to hear from you soon.

We Wish We Were Home

I am seriously lacking pictures! I guess that I haven't been taking too many because this one of Colin and one that Ryan took of us are the only ones I can really find. I will really have to do better.

It is October now and so begins one of my favorite times of the year. As I told Matt, these are the three months of the year that I count as one. It always seems to me that these last three months just fly by, so I am now considering it one month. This is good news to us, because we are really starting to feel the itch to leave here and get back to our "normal" lives.

Matt has been very busy working on a project that has to get done, so he has been working a lot of extra hours. He is finishing up this semester of school and then is looking forward to taking a couple of terms off. He also should recieve his Associates some time this month. We are still waiting to find out if he has to go anywhere this next year or not. We are keeping our fingers crossed, or at least I am.

Ryan is still doing tennis lessons and he is signed up for flag football, which doesn't start until next month, or should I say later "this" month! He is doing well at school and really likes his teacher and classmates. He spends his days running around outside which is a plus for me, but very hard for Colin because he wants to go too.

Colin has had quite a temper lately and is still stubborn about using the potty and other "big boy" things. I think I need to just commit myself to the potty training so that we can really get it done with. We have the trampoline set up now and Colin loves to jump on it. I have to stand right beside it though because we don't have the net yet.

I have recoved from my surgery after the miscaraige and I am starting to look for another job. I really want to get out of the house. I am starting piano lessons as a birthday present and I am looking forward to being able to teach Ryan some stuff as well. I haven't been to the hospital in about a month, but when Matt gets done with his project I will be heading back.

Anyway, as the title of this says, we are ready to go HOME! We miss the states, matt misses football, I miss school, and of course we miss all of our family. Only a little more than a year and we will be out of here! Pretty soon the countdown will begin and we can say "this is our last (fill in the month) here"  Choices.....here we come!

 

Not Again

Sorry again for the lack of pictures again! It seems that as soon as I announce something I have to un-announce it. I had to go tot the ER tonight and I found out that I had miscarried and the the baby's heart was no longer beating. It is late and so I will end it there. I promise I will write more when I feel better and there will be pictures too!

AGAIN!

Yes, I said again...as in we are pregnant Again! No we weren't planning on having three, but I am excited about it. Of course there are many things that I don't want to think about...such as being out numbered as parents, or not havign enough money, or even little things such as  not fitting in a regular sized booth at resturaunts anymore.

It looks like I got pregnant the weekend Matt cam home which puts me due on about April 15th...Colin's birthday. I figure since Colin was a week early maybe this baby will be too, that way they won't have to share a birthday.

I will update more later...but just wanted to let you all in on the news.

Matt's Home

Matt is home from his 2 1/2 months in Texas. He has leave these first two weeks so we have been doing a lot together as a family. One of the pictures above is of a robot that Ryan made and that Matt helped him finsh. His name is Robo.

Ryan finished swim lessons this summer and moved up from level 2 to level 3. He also passed his swim test (a test they make the kids take before they can go in the deep end at the pool here). He was the youngest kid on the list and we were very proud of him. Ryan choose not to participate in soccer this year so I put him in a tennis camp that is everyday for two weeks. He is still driving us crazy and we are really counting down the days until school starts.

Colin has had little bit of trouble adjusting to Matt being home, but he is getting better. He loves riding his tricycle right now even though he doesn't use the peddles. He wants to do whatever Ryan is doing most of the time and has really increased his vocabulary as well as his physical abilities. He is a dare devil at the pool and wants to "swim" on his own. He is doing pretty well, but it is scary.

Matt has been spending time with us and with his friends. He hurt his ankle pretty bad playing basketball and has been on crutches for a few days now. We had to postpone our trip to go camping at the beach, but we are hoping he will be well enough to go towards the end of the week. He has moved to a new shop now and will start there on the 7th. He is not excited about it, but it will be good experience.

I am enjoying having Matt home to help with the kids again and I am reallly looking forward to going back to work at the hospital. I can't wait fo school to start so that we can get back into a normal routine.

Well, I hope everyone is well and that people are actually still reading this thing! We love you all.

Finally a Sunny Day

It has rained over here in Okinawa for about 17 day straight. This might sound like it is okay to those of you in Florida, but it has been raining nonstop for that long, no afternoon showers for us. Today is the first day the sun has been out and it feels so nice. I can almost hear all the people running to the beach!

Matt has been gone for just over a month now and he must have taken the nice weather with him. He is in Texas in the 100 degree weather. He is doing okay with his class, but says that it is difficult at times. He is really ready to come home. I know he gets really bored on the weekends especially because he doesn't have a car or tons of extra money to be running around doing stuff. He has about 5 weeks left and then he will be headed back to Okinawa.

Colin is sick right now so we are taking it easy today. I finally got his hair cut and it looks good but he looks a whole year older. He talks so much now and usually uses his words to tell us what he wants. He loves playing outside and jumping on the trampoline. Hopefully we will be able to get back to the beach soon so that he can practice swimming as well.

Ryan is happy that school is out, but he is already driving me crazy. I am going to get him in swim lessons soon. I also signed him up to take a periodic art class and I need to look into the golf lessons. They have a beginning drawing class for 5-10 year olds, but I think that maybe he should wait until next year for that one. I just wan tot keep him busy so that he doesn't drive me too crazy.

Today is the las tday that I am going to watch Aidan until the summer is over. I also stopped cleaning the house that I was cleaning. Starting next week I am going to watch our friends baby for a little while because there are no slots in the daycare center for him. He is only one month old so it should be interesting. I have only volunteered once since Matt has been gone, but I am hoping to go again soon. I am also watching my other friend's dog for a month while she is in the states, I have only had hime for 2 nights so far and it is already quite challenging. Having him here I can really see how good our dog is.

I better go and run my errands while it is not raining so I will post some pictures later today. We love you and miss you all!