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Price's Last T-Ball Game

2009-07-25T16:45:00.003-06:00

Here are some random pictures from his last game, and hopefully a video of him running home for the last time... awesome slide, huh??

Price's Graduation Day!!

2009-07-24T16:05:00.004-06:00

Okay... he didn't really graduate from anything, but Ron and I thought it would be a good idea if we gave Price his own day with just the two of us. None of the kids ever get to do this, so we've decided to make it a yearly thing (because it isn't cheap either). So every year as we finish our school year, they get to pick a place and we go there just with them. Price picked the Dinosaur Research Center in Woodland Park, CO. We had a LOT of fun... and turns out we have a pretty great kid who I liked hanging out with.

Very First T-ball Game

2009-06-24T08:45:00.002-06:00

I wish now, that I would have brought my video camera, because Price was not the only one who had never played ball before, and some of the places they ran (from home to second, from third to first, and others) were so funny. Price actually went where he was supposed to, but I think it's because he just followed the kid running in front of him! :)

Everyone on Meme's side of the family is very happy that he's a Cardinal!!

He's the one beside his coach (with his hands on his knees) during the other teams bat, he spent the whole time talking to her and telling her about just getting back from Arkansas!

His first time up to bat (they just went through each team's line-up twice). I really wish I would have video taped it... did I mention that??

He's waiting on first. He never ran when the person batting hit the ball... he ran because all the coaches were yelling for all the base runners to run! There was always a 5 second delay where they all watched to see where the ball was going to go, then mad chaotic running! :)

And the highlight of my day was when he was out in the field for the last time, not watching the batter at all (and I was)... I look over to see him running toward me as fast as he could, from across the field. He ran over the pitcher's mound and through two rows of parents on the side... why would he do this, you ask?? He didn't want to lose his lady bug when he had to go after the ball! :) So he brought it to me for safekeeping. The lady bug flew away just after I took her picture... I think she was camera shy!

2009-04-29T23:29:00.002-06:00

Welllllllll.... It's been awhile. The last time there was a post on this blog, I had four kids. I have four kids right now, but they aren't the same four kids.
There was a 3 year old, but he was only 2 when he slid into our family.... and he did slide... and fit right in. He was our first, and he will always be a special one. "You never forget your first", and they were right. I see his picture everyday in my house, and although I know he's living his life right where he should be, sometimes I ache to hold him just one more time. It's been four months, and I'm just thinking these things now, why? Because at 5:00 in the morning tomorrow I'm sending his little sister to live with him. She was another of the four kids I had during the last post. She was 5 days old, and had just come to our house straight from the hospital. She was the only girl, and I was so ready with all her clothes (even the ones that were 6-9 months :). She has finally come out of the newborn stage, and she smiles at me when I talk to her. She looks just like her brother, the 3 year old, and I think of him every time I look at her. She coos to me and I pretend that she's saying momma. I have been the only Momma that she's known, and I think I'm in denial about how much it is going to hurt me at 5:00 in the morning when she goes to get on the plane.
When "the 3 year old" left, we spent one month with only 3 kids... that was enough because one of them was a newborn and she wanted LOTS of attention. Then one night, a BIG 4 month old baby boy came sleepily to our home.... and he slept!! Until the Big 4 month old, I had no idea that kids would sleep for 12 straight hours. It isn't a myth... some of them actually do, and it turns out that I LOVE the kids who do that. So our Big 4 month old boy joined us and there were four kids again. The first moment I held him, he started smiling and now, almost 3 months later, he hasn't stopped. When I say he is the happiest and easiest baby, I mean it.... he really is, and not just because he will sleep for 12 hours. He loves crawling and he's now pulling up on everything. Those are wonderful traits unless you're trying to make sure they don't have any scratches or marks on them. I just want to go around the whole house and put pillows everywhere. He makes me laugh everyday, so he's doing his job.... and doing it well. He also eats during the 12 hours that he's awake.... he eats a lot. He eats at least 5 jars of baby food (number 2's) a day, and would probably eat more if I would sit there and feed him. I would love to be able to say that we'll be keeping this BIG 7 month old, but that's probably not going to happen, so I'm sure I'll have another one of these nights like tonight where I sit up and stare at him because it will be the last time.
Now, we're about to introduce "another 3 year old" into the family. He's been given a lot of labels recently, and some of them have scared me to death. I know that he's what God wants for us right now, and we are what God wants for him. I can't ask for more than that right now, and with God, we're going to take it one step and one day at a time.
So, while we'll be down to only 3 children again (for a week and a half) we'll be back up to four by the time I post again, and I guess that's just the way it should be.

2009-01-08T23:48:00.001-07:00

It is a little chilly here today: -22 with a wind chill of -48. Brrr! For those interested, a little weather history from Thule. The highest recorded temp (w/o wind chill) was 68. The lowest was -47. The highest recorded windspeed was 127 mph. These are from the main base where I am located although at one of the weather locations in the area the wind has registered at 207 mph. Also, all the vehicles here naturally have engine block warmers. The neat thing is at each building has several "hot" plugs so that you get out and plug in your vehicle to keep it warm. What's funny is that at some buildings the hot plugs are on what looks like a hitching post in from of the building adding a Wild North feel to the base. This is great except there is apparently something wrong with my vehicle. They are letting me us the Deputy Commander's while he is off-island and it keeps not wanting to start so they may have to take it, repair it, and give me another. Well, gotta go to the gym. I will try to stay warm.
Love,Ron

2009-01-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

"Busy week this week. Col Raymond and Chief Master Sargeant Omdal are visiting Thule this week. They are the Senior Leadership from Peterson and are coming here because the 821st Air Base Group (Thule) is a part of the 21st Space Wing (Peterson). I am going to let Col Raymond know that he did not have to come all the way up here to check on me when a phone call would have sufficed. It is a fairly active worshiping community here in the land of the midnight sun. In addition to the Protestant and Catholic services on Sunday, we have 4 religous education groups that occur during the week (two bible studies and two support groups (male & female), as well as a game night for the Airmen where we play Xbox, Wii, and Playstation. My accomadations are suitable. Billeting here for short visits consists of a roughly 8x12 room and a gang latrine down the hall. This sounds worse than it is because there are less then ten people, on average, in billeting (75+ rooms) at any time. Obviously it is better if you are stationed here. Officers, for example, have a two room suite with a private bath. Well, enough for now. Also, I found out yesterday that I was selected as the Director of Staff (part of the Wing the chapel falls under) Company Grade Officer of the Year. This is similar to what I won in November, but an annual instead of quarterly award. This puts me in the running for CGO of the Year from the Wing. Blessings and all my love. Ron"

Gymnastics and Babies

2009-01-05T14:40:00.003-07:00

Today we started doing gymnastics again. Price really had a good time and can't wait to go back next week. His teacher, Miss Heather, said he was very good at following directions, and he did a good job with the things she asked him to do. Here are a few of those pics.

We also went to the hospital today, and I was walking by the babies and saw this cute little one.

2009-01-05T00:02:00.000-07:00

Hello all. I have arrived here in Thule, where it is very cold and dark. I know that some of you are asking for picture to be posted but that may prove to be impossible until I return home as, right now, I have no way to download them. It has been kind of boring here as there is not much to do, obviously, and I have not yet been able to do visitation. That will change tomorrow as we get back to work. All that being said, it was an interesting trip up here. The DC-8 that normally flies into Thule was broken when I got to Baltimore so we billeted in the BWI Sheraton, tough duty I know. The next day, since the DC-8 would not be fixed before Friday, and being we had the New Year's Eve band with us, they bused us to McGuire AFB to fly out on a C-17. We arrived at McGuire at 8:30 PM and by 4:00 AM they decided the selected flight crew were not qualified to land at Thule (difference between a true North runway and a magnetic North one) so they sent us to billeting with instructions to return at 11:00 PM that night to try again. We finally left at 2:30 Wednesday morning and arrived at about 8:00 AM. It has taken several days to get my days and nights straightened out (not at all helped by the lack of sunlight) but I have finally gotten my bio-rhythms right and I am looking forward to doing some ministry. Will update more in a day or so.
Love, Ron

Kids and Tools

2009-01-03T13:20:00.004-07:00

This morning we went to Home Depot and participated in the Kid's Clinic that they have once a month. Theirs is the first Saturday of the month and then Lowe's does it on the second Saturday of the month. We'll be going there next week. Anyway... here are the pictures from the great time we had this morning.

Wesley didn't get his own project, but he helped screw some for the other boys. He did get his own apron with his name on it.
Price was concentrating so hard on screwing in each of his screws. He really had a good time and did almost all the work by himself.This is a little boy we picked up on the road *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*, and he had on the same clothes as Price and Wesley... what are the odds!?? Anyway... he did really well, and didn't want anyone to help him. Here is this little boy's finished bookends... cool, huh??Here is Price with his finished bookends. They got stickers that say NFC and AFC (Momma, Daddy can tell you what that means). Then we had to buy some paint and bring them home to paint them. So we put on some of Daddy's old t-shirts and got to work. They didn't make much of a mess, and had a really great time painting all by themselves.

Can you tell that someone ate spaghetti before we painted??

Price painted one lime green and yellow, and the other he wanted to be all blue because he thought Daddy would like that one best.

We had a really good time today and even spent 2 hours in between the making and painting of the bookends at the grocery store. All the boys were good, and now we're hoping for early bed tonight!!

2009-01-02T22:55:00.001-07:00

Just a quick note to say that we've been really busy lately, but pictures will be coming soon. Ron is gone to Greenland (Brrrrrr!!!) and will be back the end of this month. Price is loving our first year of homeschool, and he's been having writing assignments. (He tells me what to write). Anyway... I am going to post the things he writes every week, so check out our homeschooling blog http://feeseracademy.blogspot.com and see the first three that he has written. I'll be adding the new ones every week. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It's been a while... I know!!

2008-10-10T11:05:00.005-06:00

That gets us almost caught up!!! If you have any questions or wonder who anyone is, please feel free to ask!

June Pictures

2008-08-11T09:22:00.005-06:00

I know that it has been a very long time since I've posted, and most of you I have been keeping up with through e-mail. I wanted to at least get caught up with our pictures... so here they are. We have had MANY changes around here since June... we have three foster kids staying with us for a while, and we've been playing with our friends all the time. I'm not labeling these pictures because there may be a foster kid in some of them and we have to protect them at all costs. So... if you REALLY need to know who someone is in one of the pictures, send me an e-mail. Here they are!!

Playin in the Sand

2008-07-07T21:08:00.003-06:00

While we were at Meme's house (and when the geese weren't chasing me), Wesley and Price found a small spot of sand, and got VERY dirty every night... the bathtub water was so dirty you couldn't see through it at all.

Two things about these pictures...

#1 Wesley's hair gets curly when we go to AR.

#2 Wesley's body has sand stuck all over it... can you see it!?!?

We cut his hair before we came back to CO... those pictures are next!!

Push-up Party

2008-07-06T12:35:00.002-06:00

Mason turned 1 year old while we were visiting... he also LOVES push-ups... everytime anyone got a push-up, we had to get an extra for Mason... Memaw helped him eat this one, and he was too cute not to take any pictures!!

Doesn't he look satisfied? He wasn't.... he was just getting started!

Light Vs. Dark

2008-07-05T09:44:00.004-06:00

My best friend, Mandy, came over to Momma's house with her two boys and her mother (Mrs. Linda... aka my basketball coach from 3rd grade until I graduated high school) We took pictures of them, and laughed at how light my boys are and how dark hers are. They are black hair and tan skin, and mine couldn't be any whiter and they have blonde hair. Her boys are both almost exactly nine months older than my boys. Which means that for some reason, I can't get pregnant until she has a baby. It might be bad for us that she is finished having kids, and we aren't!! I tried to change her mind in that decision because we both need to have a girl next, but she couldn't be swayed!! Soooo... guess we're on our own! Here are the boys!

Dylan is oldest June 2003

Price is next March 2004

Rhett is 3rd... April 2006Then Wesley is November 2006They had a lot of fun blowing bubbles... here is Mandy helping Rhett, and Price and Dylan being big boys and blowing bubbles by themselves..Price felt it necessary to show Dylan how to play Spider-man on the Wii... Dylan didn't want to stop to eat! I'm pretty sure he wants one now, but his parents don't even have a computer, so I'm pretty sure a Wii is a long time away from him... isn't he just deprived!?!
This is where we forced the boys to pose together... can you tell how happy Mandy's boys were?? Mine have cameras in their faces all the time, and they like it!! :) So they smiled for us!

We try to get together at least once a year... it's a little harder since she lives in Arkansas, and we don't, but we made it work this year, and hopefully next year we can make it work too...

More happenings in AR

2008-07-04T11:48:00.002-06:00

Price could talk about no one but RJ for weeks before we went to AR... he couldn't wait for the school bus to bring RJ to Meme's house. They played all the time (I'm sure RJ wasn't quite as happy as Price was!... well.. maybe he was)...

Wesley didn't have a sword to fight with, but he ran around and yelled like he knew what he was doing.

Wesley was afraid to walk on the bridge because the first few boards are a little further apart than the rest, and you can see the water between the boards... he would completely stop and walk as slowly as he could all the way across the bridge... it was funny!!
This is the best climbing tree in the world, apparently... Price was in it every time we went to Meme's house. He had so much fun... and everyone takes good pictures in that tree.. something about the lighting I guess!

What Happens in Arkansas... (Part 2)

2008-07-03T08:59:00.002-06:00

Our first day, we went to Meme and Pawpaw's house. We went with them to the nursing home in Monticello to see Ma Shaw and Pappaw Clyde (she was in the nursing home for some re-hab on her shoulder)... the boys were worn out, but had fun seeing everyone.

Wesley and Meme... Price and Pawpaw...
Price with Ma Shaw and Pappaw Clyde...
Wesley and Pappaw Clyde... he really needed a hair cut, which he finally got right before we came home (pictures coming soon)...

We saw this when we got to Memaw Ethyl's house (where we stayed while we were home)... there were three total, but I couldn't ever get a picture of them... this is the best picture I took!

What happens in Arkansas....

2008-07-01T10:01:00.004-06:00

We video-taped more than we took pictures while we were home, but here are some of the pictures from our visit... I can't believe we've been back home almost 3 weeks already. We had a great time, and really miss everyone down there. We'll be back in December for Carly and Haley's birthday...

This was the first time Price and Wesley saw Mason... it was at Zach's baseball practice.. we surprised them and stopped by.

It was Boyett's birthday... WOW he's old!! 37!! But I love him anyway... leopard bikini briefs and all!! We went to eat with them at Fiesta Linda's (great Mexican food!!) and since Zach told them about fifteen times that it was Boyett's birthday... they brought him dessert and put this VERY stylish hat on his head...
Tonya was not the least bit embarrassed!!
The first Sunday that we were home, we went to FBC in Crossett to see Mason's dedication... Don't they look like the cutest little family!?! Just precious!

I have more pictures from our trip... it just takes my computer forever to load them... so I'll add more tomorrow...

Sky Sox Game

2008-06-23T09:37:00.002-06:00

We have our very own AAA baseball team here in Colorado Springs... We came home from a very busy day last week, and was just getting settled in (about to get everyone in pajamas), and the phone rang saying that someone had four extra tickets to the Sky Sox game that night, and wanted to know if we wanted to go. I said yes, without really thinking too much about it. I was excited because I've never been to any kind of professional baseball game, and since there is a very slim chance that we might make it up to Denver to watch a Rockies game before we leave here, I thought I should take advantage of this opportunity... the tickets were free after all!! Wesley lasted until the 6th inning, but he just couldn't stay still any longer, and he was getting fussy... Here are some of the pictures from our night out.... Both boys were very interested in the Sky Sox mascot... the Fox... Price was scared, and Wesley loved him! Ron took Wesley down to see the fox, and he was very excited!

Back Home - Quick Update...

2008-06-15T15:21:00.002-06:00

Wow... it's been awhile!! Sorry for those of you I couldn't communicate with in Arkansas... they do have computers there, but not where I was staying... sorry!! :) I did get A LOT of reading done while I was home, and it's a little weird to walk around and not have a book I need to finish!
I haven't loaded pictures on here yet, so you'll just have to wait for those. We weren't "chosen" for the adoption that we were hoping for. We were completely prepared by God for this answer, so it wasn't really that much of a shock for us. They gave us an explanation for their decision, and we're trying to accept that. We're just trying to follow God's will... even if we are finding out that His will is not what ours is at the moment. We're glad to be back home and can't wait for VBS to start tomorrow. Thanks for all the prayers, and we can't wait to see those of you we haven't seen in 6 weeks.

Randomness

2008-04-28T17:25:00.005-06:00

The last few weeks have been a little bit crazy for us, and we're not done with the craziness yet... in fact, it might just be getting started. We're in the process of trying to adopt two little boys into our family. That is enough on the subject right now because I don't know if we're going to be "chosen" for them or not, so I'll talk more about that after we get a definite answer. Just wanted to let everyone know why we've been absent lately. Not because we aren't still taking pictures... I have a ton of them, but because we're just too busy to sit down and post any. So I'm going to try to fill everyone in on our week last week. These are in random order, but are from our trip to the zoo, our playday at the park, our last day of bible study (the children's program), and just random pictures of them. I'll try to post more, and was told by someone (Dee) that if I wanted people to read my blog and post comments, I should write about sex. I'm hoping that just putting the word in this post will spark interest!! More about adoption to come, as soon as we have news.

No Museum... but Randomness

2008-04-11T09:43:00.008-06:00

Well... we didn't get to go to the Children's Museum like we had planned (get better soon Katie!) so here are just some random shots from the last few weeks/days... I can only load one picture at a time, which is why I haven't wanted to post... it's driving me crazy!!

Sooo... we got a new bird feeder, played outside (almost) naked, watched a squirrel climb a tree all the way to the sky, and enjoyed a car ride with "someone's" new idol... I mean best friend!! That pretty much sums up our life right now. We're counting down the days until we get to come home... see y'all soon!!

The child can't be convinced that he should wear socks anymore... his feet smell aweful every day!! Any idea whose family this came from... I will neither confirm or deny anything, but my feet are very tender, so I'm sure it wasn't me!!

Playing, Playing, Playing

2008-04-03T15:04:00.011-06:00

Last weekend, Ron and I took the boys to Chuck E. Cheese (we found a coupon), and they had fun playing...

Yesterday we met our church playgroup at McDonald's and had fun playing....

Today we invited some kids over for a playdate. We had so much fun hosting our first playdate. We've never been to a playdate at anyone's house, only out somewhere, so this was really fun for us. The kids definitely had fun playing!

We've just been doing lots of playing, playing, playing!!

Garden of the Gods Trip

2008-04-01T20:01:00.001-06:00

2008-04-01T19:22:00.003-06:00

Here's the head after the "thing" fell off. Just a little scab, and the Doctor said it would come off and be fine. Any redness you see if from wearing band-aids for the past month. Check out the static!

Mamas a Go Go Playgroup

2008-03-28T16:32:00.004-06:00

We had our first little playgroup today, and we had a lot of fun. My boys were both wiped out when we got home. From oldest to youngest... here are the kids... Tyler (5), Price (4), Cole (3), Kendal (3), Jacob (3), Brady (2), Hannah (2), Kayden (1), Wesley (1). We bought a stroller for the smallest two, and just corralled the others. Four mamas were enough to handle this bunch!! We played at the play center, then went to Old Navy and Borders... we didn't lose anyone (for long), and they all played well together. We can't wait for the next one!!

I can only get blogger to download one picture at a time... so this is all you get!!

Nate and Gwyneth

2008-03-24T22:14:00.002-06:00

I know I asked everyone to check out Nate's blog and read their story, but I thought I would post a picture that he had on his blog the other day. He entitled it "Perspective" It is his hand and baby Gwyneth's hand. Check him out here.

Getting Ready for Easter

2008-03-24T13:10:00.003-06:00

I should have posted this before the last post, but I forgot to upload the pictures. We dyed the eggs, then let Wesley get on the counter and have some fun. Enjoy!!

Then Price posed, quite nicely I might add, for a picture of the projects we did at our playdate on Saturday. He made three different things... the Easter lilly from his hand print, the paper cross, and the doorhanger with Easter words on it. We had a really good time.

Easter 2008

2008-03-23T20:54:00.004-06:00

This is our first Easter away from home. The Easter bunny came last night, and hid eggs in the house because it was SNOWING outside. I'm looking forward to spring, but for some reason, spring just doesn't happen when it is supposed to. Is there a happy medium between the south where it never has winter, and the north where is only has winter!?!? I want to be somewhere medium!! Anyway... here are some pictures of our day today. I'm not naming any of the children in these pictures for fear that someone will see how completely cute they are, and try to steal them! Our friends, FROM LOUISIANA!!, invited us over for FISH... they FRIED FISH, and we ate it. Price was so excited because this fish was "like at Meme's house", and he had two pieces. Just to show you what we were dealing with... we had one four year old, three three year olds, one two year old, and two one year olds. It was a fun day!!

Aren't they just too cute?!?!

This was in front of the alter at the chapel. The flowers were beautiful, but Wesley didn't want to sit still for ANY pictures.

Wesley spent the day going up and down the stairs!!

Price was a little upset with the other kids for wanting to play the Wii... but pretty soon, everyone was sharing!! Isn't Star Wars great!?!?!

What did everyone else do for Easter?!?

Emergency Room Visit

2008-03-21T21:00:00.003-06:00

Well... we've made our first emergency room visit. Actually, I think we took Price one time when he was less than a year old because he had some kind of sinus infection, and it was the weekend and I couldn't get his fever down. This is our first real, oh my gosh hurry up, visit. Wesley's head started bleeding, and we couldn't get it to stop. I took a few pictures while we were on our way to the hospital, but I can't get them off my camera, so these are pictures after we got back home. You can tell by the amount of dried blood, that he bled a lot before we finally got it stopped. We were sent home with lots of gauze, and told to go to our regular ped. on Monday. They will look at it and send us to a dermatologist who will remove it. I think I remember that part right. They will also "send it off for tests"... I'm not sure I like that. It makes it seem like something serious, and I don't want it to be anything serious. Ron says it's not anything to worry about, but hey... this is my baby, and I don't want anything to be taken off of him and then "sent off". Anyway... here are the pictures... if you are squeamish about babies with dried blood on their face, then don't look... but really.. he looks happy in both pictures!!

See how upset he looks by the whole thing?? He just wanted a bottle and wanted to be left alone. We cleaned him up as much as possible after we got a new band-aid on his face.

Randomness!

2008-03-21T13:58:00.004-06:00

We have a new house guest for about a week. He's getting used to living in the zoo! He comes from a house with a 13 and 16 year old, so he's not used to Wesley, but then again... who is? His name is TJ, but Price calls him PJ (because of our old dog PJ).

Doesn't he have the cutest face... he's so sweet!!

Also.. this came running in from his room and said..."Look, I'm an elf!"

And, this is a "snot-nose" kid. Just in case you were wondering what that meant!!

Bunkbeds

2008-03-19T20:59:00.003-06:00

The bunkbeds have finally arrived, and Wesley is already in his bed asleep! We spent the evening putting together the beds, and now Price is actually asking if it's bedtime. Amazing! Here are some pictures of the new bed... and who is that handsome pirate!?!?

I promise he wasn't drugged in this picture, but maybe now I'll know what to look for when he gets in high school.

Chuck E. Cheese

2008-03-18T13:25:00.005-06:00

We met our new playgroup for our first playtime at Chuck E. Cheese. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't get to talk to very many of the mothers. I was too busy chasing Wesley around. He hated being in the high chair, so I finally let him down and he ran into the kitchen at least two times. They just kept walking him back out, and he would just laugh!! I didn't get many pictures, but here they are!

Come See What we Did Today!

2008-03-17T16:36:00.006-06:00

If you want to know more about this... come check out the Homeschooling Blog! Today was our first official day. It took about 1 hour to do everything, and no one complained at all (well... I may have a little bit!)

How He Spent his Fourth Birthday

2008-03-15T21:33:00.003-06:00

Well... We thought about just staying home today and doing nothing... but, hey... Price will only turn four once!!

Easter Egg Hunt on base! They both had a great time... they were also both scared of the Easter Bunny!

Our next stop was the St. Patrick's Day Parade downtown. It was much better than any of us were expecting. Wesley LOVED the horses!

After most of the parade had gone by, we went to play on some of the playthings.

They were both just a little worn out, but the day wasn't over yet!!

We still had to make birthday cupcakes (We used chocolate chip muffins and put icing and sprinkles on them.

All in all... it was a great day!! We finished it off with our annual birthday picture wearing Daddy's uniform.

I love snow... sometimes

2008-03-15T00:14:00.005-06:00

I didn't have anywhere to go this morning, so I didn't mind this at all... don't you all wish you were here!?!? I know you do... don't deny it.

Yes... that's Price's Jeep under there!

I'm working on Price's birthday slide show... I can't believe he's four years old today. Does it seem that long to anyone because it sure doesn't to me. Look how he wrote his name last night. I only told him the sounds of the letters because we've been learning the sounds and not the names of them. I told him the sounds and he wrote them. I was so impressed I laminated it and I'm adding it to the scrapbook! I'm quite sure he's a genius.

On the way home today he said... "Daddy, is it raining AND snowing?" Ron replies, "yes"... after a few minutes Price says, "God must be using both hands!". We're still laughing!

Future Chef

2008-03-13T17:59:00.005-06:00

Wesley brought me one of Price's shirts today, so I put it on him on top of his clothes. Price was telling me the whole time that the shirt wouldn't fit him, and I shouldn't put it on him. I think he was afraid it wouldn't be all that big on Wesley, and Price wouldn't feel quite as big as he does now. Being almost four has made him feel 10 ft tall. When we got the shirt on him we all thought it was funny (well... Price and I did, but we were the only ones here)...

then Price announced... "Momma, he looks like one of those cookers!" Translation: It looks like an apron!

Basketball Closing Ceremony

2008-03-12T21:19:00.005-06:00

We had Price's closing ceremony for basketball. Ron and I coached him this year, and it was a lot of fun. It wasn't ALWAYS fun, but it did have it's moments. I can't put a lot of pictures on here because I don't want to include any of the kids without permission, so I'll put the ones I can.

We had fun hanging out at the tables.

Price cried when he got on stage! Poor baby!!

Look at the cool trophies we all got! Ron's has already escaped to the chapel.

Price finally liked holding his trophy and smiling instead of crying...

Ron and I have already decided to coach basketball again next time, but we don't think we'll be coaching anything else right now.

Kids

2008-03-11T14:48:00.001-06:00

If any of you have kids, or know kids, then you probably know that they can't keep up with anything. Well... it amazes me that Price can lose everything we have in the house, and doesn't know where any of his toys are at any point in time, but he can keep up with the smallest lightsaber in the history of the world It doesn't even have the saber part on it anymore... it's just the handle. He carries it around everywhere, and just recently he found the man that it goes on, so now they are complete. How can I teach him to keep up with his clothes and HUGE toys like he does this tiny little thing!?!

And speaking of kids... P woke up the other morning after having slept on the blow-up mattress with Memaw... and Memaw asked him if he leaked out because she said she was wet. P said "I didn't leak out... I'm not wet". Memaw gets up and Daddy comes in the room. P says "Daddy, the bed is wet on Memaw's side, but not on mine." Daddy asked why that is and P says, "Hey, I have a great idea what happened (everything he has is a GREAT idea) I think Memaw leaked out." This has made me laugh so hard for the last few days. Well... Memaw didn't leak out. She just got wet from sleeping on the blow-up mattress and sweating! :) So... I guess she did kind of leak out! We love you Memaw!

New Jeep and No Hair

2008-03-11T14:25:00.000-06:00

The pictures are here of the new jeep! The Chaplain hasn't been able to spend much time with it because he's been having to doctor all of the sick people in his house! Today is the first day we have felt like real people, so he has been enjoying it more. He took these pictures, and insisted that I post them, right now!!
He got these floor mats for Christmas, and he's very excited to be able to use them. Thank you Aunt Amanda
Now, for the no hair... Memaw was visiting this weekend, and she was going to cut both boys hair, BUT we all came down with some kind of awful illness, and we didn't get the hair cut. So we went to the BX today, and the nice lady cut his hair "just like Wyatt's"... most of you don't know Wyatt, and neither did the lady cutting his hair (imagine that), so we explained to her what Wyatt's hair looks like, and she cut it. Price absolutely loves it.

I'll be cutting Wesley's hair later this week... but I'll just be trimming his bangs so he can see!

For Nate, Tricia, and Gwyneth

2008-03-10T15:04:00.000-06:00

You should really check out this site. This is Cystic Fibrosis Week Go check out their site, and see their miracle.

We got our jeep last night... and then we all became very ill, and no one can do anything but throw-up and run to the bathroom today. I blame it on the jeep!! Picture of it are forthcoming.

Happy Birthday Mandy and Leslie!!

2008-03-09T10:06:00.001-06:00

Last year for Mandy's birthday, I made her a scrapbook of us when we were growing up and our boys (whenever they've been around each other). So when I tried to find some good pictures of us, I don't have any. I did manage to find a picture that includes not only Mandy and Leslie, but also Mandy's daddy, Mr. Johnny. I tried to just call him Johnny, I mean... I am an adult and all, but there's just something about him that makes me even have to type Mr. in front of his name! So here's the only picture I could find of Mandy and Leslie together (and no they are not twins... just happened to be my friends in school) Happy Birthday you two!!!

Leslie and her dad on the left... Mandy and Mr. Johnny on the right. See how scary he is!?!

He's not really all that scary, I was scared of him at first, and then I realized he just likes to talk a big game and act like he's scary. Another one of our friends, Nan, thought he was completely scary and probably still does. And I need to stop right now and tell you a small fact that you might not know about me... I love Ray Stevens... and the highlight of my high school experience was going to Branson to see Ray Stevens... LIVE!! It was great, but that's for another time. Back to Mr. Johnny... If you don't know Ray Stevens songs, then you'll have no idea what I'm talking about, and you should run out and buy a copy of his greatest hits at least. It will be worth the $1.99 for the CD. So... one day when we were in high school, I was wanting to do something bad... and bad for me was not all that bad. I was probably called "goody two shoes" by quite a few people. Oh... is it goody "TWO" shoes, or goody "TOO" shoes? I've never known what that really means... I decided my "bad" thing would be to prank call Mr. Johnny. This was a big deal, as I've already said that he was scary. So I dialed the number (pre-caller ID, so he didn't know who it was). I completely forgot to disguise my voice, and I just said... "Are you nekkid?" (This is where the Ray Stevens reference comes in handy)... I waited for him to yell at the "anonymous" caller. But there was silence for a minute and then he said... "What are you doing Amanda?" I was busted... so I hung up and hoped he would forget my being "bad"... I don't get to see him much anymore because we live too far apart, but I know he's at work some days, and thinks about what a annoying punk I was and he smiles for a few seconds before he goes back to work. He may deny it if anyone asks, but I know he does it!! I love you Mr. Johnny!

The Party and A Little Nonsense

2008-03-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

Below this entry is a slideshow of the birthday party today. I know that you can all tell how excited I am about the new slideshow feature that I've found on photobucket. I promise to stop doing that in about a year. Also... I won't mention that Wesley threw up after we got home and that me and momma didn't have the "intestinal fortitude" (as the Chaplain says) to clean him up. In fact, I also won't tell you that momma and I ran into the yard with the dogs to get them away from the high chair, and then the Chaplain proceeded to bring the high chair outside and tell us to come in and let the dogs clean it up where no one could see it. I also won't tell you that I'm probably going to burn the high chair tomorrow. I know that stuff would be too gross, and too much to share, and that's why I won't. Hope you all had a great day today... I know we did. I would just like to close by wishing Mandy, my BFF since 2nd grade, a happy 31st birthday tomorrow... I'm soooooooo glad you get old before I do, oh, and so does Leslie... happy 31st you two!! I'll post pics of you two tomorrow just to bring back memories of being young and free and happy... I mean... I'm sure you're both blissfully happy now, so I guess the pictures will just show you young and free!
I'm still taking offers on who is going to buy me the new camera... I'm willing to be bribed, so just keep that in mind. Especially if I might have photos of you that you don't want everyone to see.

Price's 4th Birthday

2008-03-08T20:56:00.001-07:00

Wesley Eating

2008-03-07T20:06:00.001-07:00

Was Wesley Eating, but it didn't work!!

2008-03-07T19:58:00.001-07:00

This is Wesley eating... I just got a little carried away trying different angles, and trying the zoom on my camera. A new camera is what I want for all upcoming holidays, so "Friends, Family, Countrymen... Give me your money!"
Birthday party pictures tomorrow - I can't believe Price is almost four!! I'll be having a crying party on March 15th at 6:30MT, if anyone wants to join me!

Apparently, photobucket doesn't want to work right now, so I'll post Wesley's slide show in the next post!

Wordless Wednesday

2008-02-27T17:09:00.001-07:00

The Big "C" Word

2008-02-26T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well.. it has finally hit my immediate family. Daddy has cancer. I know that sounds worse than it actually is. He has Basil(Basal) Cell Carcinoma (Skin Cancer). The most common skin cancer. Easily treated, and not life threatening... *sigh* Momma just called me and told me. God really is wonderful, and although I didn't know it, he was preparing me for this all day. Every time I turned the TV on today, there was something on there about skin cancer. It didn't even come as a surprise to me when Momma called and said he had skin cancer. She called me first because she knew I could look it up online and tell her about it before she called daddy. He goes back to the DR tomorrow, and I'm assuming they'll schedule surgery for his arm, or try one of the other methods first before doing the surgery. If you want to read about it, click here.
If you read this before Momma or Daddy told you about it, sorry... I just wanted to put it out there so people could start praying to our wonderful God! Love you all... have a great day!
I just found this thing online to make these slide shows, and since this post is about daddy, I thought I would try it out with him... enjoy! I love you, Daddy!
(The slideshow will be in another post... hope it will work!)
Amanda

Daddy Slideshow!

2008-02-26T12:11:00.001-07:00

Cutest Baby Contest

2008-02-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

Go to this place and vote for Wesley as the cutest baby!! Thanks!

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=361068&x=.JPG

After you click vote, just close the window... they will ask you about all these offers that they have. Unless you really want something, just close the window. Your vote will still count.

Basketball Boy

2008-02-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Price loves basketball. We don't have any games, but we "practice" once a week. All the kids have t-shirts, and their parents come out and play with them. Here are some pictures of Price.

Chuck E. Cheese

2008-02-15T10:36:00.000-07:00

We got a lot of things for Valentine's Day. The boys got some chocolate (I got a lot of chocolate :) Price got a man and Wesley got a truck. The boys also got gift certificates to Chuck E. Cheese. We went last night, and it was a lot of fun. I was mad that I forgot my camera, but they have a few things there that take pictures. One of them draws your picture. We wanted to get the boys together, but Wesley wasn't really wanting to do that, so he got his picture made with me and Price got his picture made with Daddy. The good news is that it has the date on the bottom, so we'll always know what we did for Valentine's Day 2008. Aren't they just cute?!

Water Babies

2008-02-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

Price talked me into letting him bathe with Wesley tonight. He told me that meme and memaw used to let him take baths in the sink. He's been kind of sad the last few days because we live so far from them, so I gave in, and told him he could. Now I can't get him out. Wesley is out, dry, and dressed, but Price is still playing. Aren't they just the cutest!?!?

Price didn't want me to stick his hair up, but I thought it looked cute!!

I thought this picture was so funny that I keep laughing as I look at it now! His hair is so long that I couldn't get it to stand up, it kept falling over!

Guitar Hero

2008-02-07T18:54:00.000-07:00

I know it's been awhile since I've posted, but we've been busy! :) Busy playing mostly... but still busy. We FINALLY got our Wii... after we were on the waiting list forever. So we traded in every game and everything that we had, and got just enough credit to buy Guitar Hero (YEAH!!) I love how Ron danced when he plays... and since I won't let anyone take a picture of me playing the guitar... here's Ron and Price.

Captain Ron... new pics

2008-01-22T20:28:00.000-07:00

These are Ron's new bio photos that will put on his official stuff, and I know that some of you have been wanting them, so let us know which ones, what size, and how many, and we'll have them sent to your nearest Wal-Mart! :)

Captain Ron

2008-01-10T20:14:00.000-07:00

Well... after what seems like forever, Ron was promoted to Captain. It was a short notice thing, but the Wing Commander, Col Raymond, was able to come and officiate the ceremony. He and I "pinned" on Ron's captain bars... I was pretty nervous, but the boys acted pretty well, and we were able to get it done with one day's notice. So... make fun of the "Captain Ron" thing as much as you can (I sure am!). These pictures are a little dark, but Ron has to have new pictures taken with his new rank on them, so I'm sure most of you will be getting those.

We're also working on Wesley eating on his own... here's what works best for him.

Snow Boys

2008-01-07T16:13:00.000-07:00

It is snowing harder than I thought it was possible to snow. Price couldn't wait to get out in it and play, and he ran out before I could give him his hat. By the time Wesley was dressed, Price had snowy hair. Wesley screams if he can't go out, and no matter how cold he is, he screams when he has to come back in. I think this summer we will be outside all the time. I can't wait!

While Price and I were gone to AWANA last night, Ron took this precious picture of Wesley and Leia!

See Our Pretty Puppy!

2007-12-28T19:48:00.000-07:00

Precious Princess Leia!! Doesn't she look cute in her new sweater?!

She still shivers when we go outside, but she only weighs two pounds and it was only 3 degrees this morning when she went out... so, of course, she shivers! :)

Christmas in Colorado

2007-12-25T11:50:00.000-07:00

This is what Santa left for the boys... they (well... Price) was very excited this morning.Price is showing off his presents.
Wesley loves his car that he got from Meme! :) He can get in and out all by himself (which Price thinks means that "Wesley is soooooo big now!")
Two funnies from Price.... Yesterday (Christmas Eve) we were outside looking for Santa.

"Price, do you think that is Santa? Do you think he's here?"

(We could see something in the sky)
"He knows we're not asleep yet Mommy"

"Yeah... he does."

"You know how? Because he lives in our bellies!"

Then today (Christmas), on the phone with Uncle Rusty:

"Uncle Rusty, it's snowing here... (not sure what Uncle Rusty said)...

yeah... it only snows in Colorado."

Merry Christmas to ALL!!

Playin' in the Snow

2007-12-16T13:17:00.000-07:00

We came home to a yard full of snow, and we've been playing in it everyday.
Price and I made out first snowman (we had no idea how to make it) so it looks really sad! :)
And then Price made some snow angels... when I tried to tell him how to do it he said.. "Momma, before we left Portland, Meme showed me how to do it." and then laid right down and made a beautiful snowman... so thank you Meme! :)

Two kids, two adults, and a weinie dog: Twenty hours of pure heck!

2007-12-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our visit home, we had a fantastic time, and we can't wait to go back this summer. The trip home was another story all-together. The children and the dog were as good as we could have ever wanted. They were fantastic, but 20 hours on the road will get to anyone, so we were all pretty wiped out when we got home.
Enjoy! :) I'll add more pictures of our trip when I get them on the computer.

This is just one of the many lights we saw at the Jones' lighting in Crossett.

This is our newest member of the family. Princess Leia had a wonderful time sleeping on Price for most of our twenty hours.
We came home to a yard full of snow. We had to immediately go outside and run in it. Our first dog, Anakin (I know... we have a Star Wars thing) wasn't sure what to think of the new puppy, and they have decided to just ignore each other for now. We have promised Price that we will make snowmen (plural... he wants to make a snow family) tomorrow, so we will post those pictures also.
For all the people we were able to visit with, we had a great time... for those people we didn't get to visit with, we are very sorry that we missed you, and we will be back in Arkansas in May... anyone coming this way, just needs to call... we will make room for you! :)

Birthday Boy

2007-11-27T14:33:00.001-07:00

We had a photographer come over and take pictures of Wesley eating his cake. He really liked playing in it more than actually eating it! :) We had a great time.

She made the best collage... it can only be printed in 8x10 and we're taking orders! :) Let us know if you want one! :)

Happy Halloween

2007-10-31T20:47:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures from our Halloween night. Price wasn't in a good mood for some of them, but he had a great time tonight. We missed all of you. Also... Wesley was supposed to be a pumpkin (Price's first halloween costume), but we couldn't find it (bad parents!) so he had to be santa (his Christmas outfit) so when you get pictures of him dressed in this same outfit, don't be mad! :) Price couldn't decide which costume he wanted to wear... he finally settled on Power Ranger, but Obi-Wan was my favorite... (Uncle Brer... he wanted to be Link, but we couldn't find that costume!)

Wesley is growing up!!

2007-10-31T20:10:00.001-06:00

Wesley just turned 11mos old a few days ago. He is almost one year. I can't believe it has passed so quickly. Here he is at two months, and then at 11. He weighs 23 lbs. and has taken a few steps. We're just waiting for him to realize that he can walk.

Isn't it Beautiful!?!

2007-10-21T20:03:00.000-06:00

SNOW SNOW and more SNOW!! We could not be more excited. Check out the fun!!

Visitors from Down South

2007-09-24T07:50:00.000-06:00

Price was so excited about Memaw and Pappaw coming to visit. He kept asking when they were coming, and when they would get here. He didn't really understand that the day they left to come up here was not the day they would get here. Anyway... after they got here, their blowup mattress was WAY too small, so Momma and I made a Wal-Mart run to get another one, and everyone had a bed for the week. It was so much fun... here are a few things we did.

If you look really closely, you can see the hot-air balloons... this was about as close as we got.

This was at the Wild West Museum... I told Price to pretend that he was driving Memaw and Pappaw around... so he pretending he was holding the steering wheel... :) He was too cute!
Some people were there filming some kind of film... I tried to take a picture of the bar fight scene, you can see one of the camera people, and on the floor in front of her, you can sort of see two men... they were doing a fight scene... it was pretty cool.
This is at Garden of the Gods... we had a picnic lunch, and then climed on the rocks for pictures.

More From the Last Month

2007-09-22T22:26:00.001-06:00

Price was finally brave enough to actually touch the airplanes... he climbed all over them! :) We set the timer, and took a group photo... it was the only picture of all of us that we took while Momma and Daddy were here.

Could there be anything cuter than my babies kissing on an airplane! :)

Long time, no see

2007-09-21T18:09:00.001-06:00

It has been a while since I've posted any pictures, and I can only blame it on the fact that for some reason here, no one does ANYTHING during the summer, but as soon as the end of August gets here, they all do EVERYTHING. I was worried when we got here that we would have a hard time meeting people and finding people to hang out with... well... I only had to wait for them to all come back from where ever they went this summer. Anyway... Price has found lots of people to play with, and I've made a lot of friends. We are having a great time here, and we know that we are where God wants us to be. We miss everyone back home, and we especially miss the free babysitting from everyone! :) It stinks to pay someone to come over and play with the kids! :) Anyway... I can't catch up one month in one post, so I'll do a few pics here now, and then another post later with a few more pics. Highlight this month: Memaw and Pappaw drove all the way up here to play with us.... everyone had a great time!!

Price needed a haircut... this was the day Wesley turned 9 mos old.

Price and I made Ron's cake for his birthday... Price picked out the decorations!!

Gymnastics

2007-08-28T08:06:00.000-06:00

We started gymnastics a few weeks ago. Price loves it, and he is in a small class, so I feel like he gets a lot of attention. Wesley doesn't care one way or the other, but he was sleeping the other day while we were upstairs watching Price so I had to get his picture. Price was wearing a blue shirt, so you have to hunt to find him in the pictures. Ron's birthday is just a few days away and Memaw and Pappaw are coming up this weekend, so we are all pretty excited!!

Visitors!!

2007-08-24T07:50:00.000-06:00

We were so happy to have visitors.... even though it was only for a little while. Randi had to be in Aspen for a few days, and when she was done, she, Kayla, and Ethan stopped by for a little while. We played in the house and outside, and then we went out to eat. Price still hasn't stopped talking about Ethan... he just loves having other kids over here.

Cripple Creek, Colorado

2007-08-22T16:57:00.000-06:00

Oh the benefits of being an Air Force Chaplain. Ron had to say a few different prayers for a festival this past weekend. It was called Cripple Creek Salutes America's Armed Forces. As you look at the pictures, I know you can't see it, but EVERY one of the buildings in these pictures are casinos. I have never been to a place that was nothing but casinos. Our hotel (that was completely paid for!) had a casino in the bottom floor... and can I just say... it isn't illegal to smoke inside a casino!! Oh my gosh... it was so smoky. So... I know I'm supposed to be against gambling, and I totally am (unless you have a bagillion dollars!) BUT... we were right there, and so close, that I asked Ron if I could take a few dollars downstairs and play some slots. I have only been in a casino one time in my life, and Ron has some kind of theory that the only way to play is to keep your original money (my $3.00) in one pocket, and then everything that you win in another pocket, so even if you leave with $.12 you still left with whatever you won. So... and let me just clarify that he DOES NOT gamble... he didn't even go downstairs... but me... the weak one, just couldn't help myself. So... I took my little $3.00 downstairs, and 30 minutes later I was back in the room. Now I know, to learn a lesson about not gambling, I should have come back empty handed and sad... BUT.... I came back to the room with $45.00. I could not believe it. I was so scared that I was about to be addicted (I have that kind of personality)... I was more proud of myself for walking away than I was for winning.

The very next day, I saw an article on the computer about a man who sat down at the casino and his chair was wet because the woman who had been there before him had gone to the bathroom on the chair. Okay... that made me sick, and a little sad that I was contributing to places that promote that kind of behavior. The article went on to say that sometimes people will wear adult diapers when they go to the casinos so they won't have to get up out of their chairs. I find that horrifying, and I'm declaring right now that I will not be going to a casino anymore!

Okay... the pictures... my babies are just so cute, and Ron is on stage somewhere!! :) We miss everyone and we're ready for some visitors... please come see us!!! :)

Family Pictures

2007-08-16T08:05:00.000-06:00

The wife of one of the Chaplain Assistants is also in the Air Force and she works for Public Affairs. She has been taking pictures for a while, and now she's trying to start doing "civilian" events such as weddings and things like that... well... sounded like the perfect chance for us to get pictures taken for not a lot of money! :) Anyway, she put them on disk for us, and they are fantastic. Here is a sampling (there are over 80 of them).

Aren't they just too cute!?

He's big now!

2007-08-08T16:36:00.000-06:00

Today was the big day that Wesley grabbed the couch and stood up. He was, of course, trying to get to his brother! :) Price yelled... "look momma, Wesley is standing up... he's big now!" He was so proud of him, and demanded that I take a picture.... well... by the time I found the camera, he had fallen, but it was just a matter of time. I finally got a picture, but this time he was going after the remotes (his favorite "toy") After I saw these pictures I realized that he IS big.

Sir Price

2007-07-31T20:34:00.000-06:00

Since the Renaissance Festival, Price has been obsessed with knights. Memaw came yesterday, and we had to go to Target. He talked her into buying him a couple of knights (it wasn't hard since she was in a spoiling mood! :) Tonight, we have had to go back to Target, because he just had to have the knight costume. Here is some proof or blackmail for later in life! :)

We also too Memaw to see the airplanes on base... she isn't adjusting so well to the altitude! :( We're hoping it gets better tomorrow. :)

Movie-ater

2007-07-26T21:05:00.000-06:00

Price and Ron went to see Transformers today. Price kept saying, "Are we at the movie-ater yet?" We couldn't help but laugh... it was just too cute. Ron thought the movie was great, Price didn't know what to think. He was just amazed how big everyone was. Tonight was also the second night this week that we have left the boys with a babysitter. They both seem to have done extremely well, and it makes me feel a lot better about leaving them.
My mother is coming up here next week, and we can't wait. Ron is going to camp on Sunday afternoon for a week, and Momma's plane will land on Monday morning in Denver.

Wesley is crawling around now, and getting into a lot of trouble with it also. He LOVES cords, and is constantly pulling on them to see what will happen!

I am now selling Discovery Toys.... go check out the website discoverytoys.com , but don't buy anything from them. If you see something that you want. Please e-mail me and I can order it for you. If you order online then I don't get credit for leading you to these wonderful toys and products. I have some of them already, and they are fantastic. They are also guarenteed for the life of the toy. If anyone is interested in getting some free toys then e-mail me and I'll tell you how you can do that. Thanks!! amandakayla@pafb.net

I'll leave you with a little bit of Price in his new favorite pose! (This is at the Zoo)

Renaissance Festival

2007-07-22T08:13:00.000-06:00

The front gate at the Festival... we had no idea what awaited us!

Price got a sword and a shield.

He had a wonderful time!!

Wesley was great all day, just hanging out

in his stroller.

Price and Ron rode on an elephant.

Price had such a good time.

And for the big finale!!!

We actually dressed up and got our

picture taken... for those of you who know

me well... you know that I would NEVER do anything

like this, but maybe a little of Ron has rubbed off on me.

I thought it would be fun for all of us to be in the picture, and

IT WAS!!

More adventures later from the Feeser's!!

Fourth of July

2007-07-17T07:27:00.001-06:00

We didn't get to take these pictures on the fourth because Wesley got sick, quickly followed by the rest of the family. On Sunday, we were all better and ready for our first visit to a church off-base. We went to Calvary UMC, and we loved it. Price had a good time in the nursery, and wanted to know when we were going back. This Sunday we are going to the Chapel (on-base) it is Ron's first Sunday to preach, and then we are having a church-wide picnic at the park here on-base. We are really excited. We love and miss you all!!

Pictures... Finally!

2007-07-09T16:06:00.000-06:00

Okay... I finally think I have figured out how to put pictures on here. We still don't have a good picture of the mountains, but we have pictures of the house. I also don't know how to type anything above the pictures, so they are all on here like this. Sorry... maybe I'll be better at this eventually.

Aaaaaahhhhhh.... Colorado!

2007-07-04T21:53:00.000-06:00

We've moved into our new house, and we are in the process of unpacking. We do have a fast enough connection that I can put pictures on, and I will... as soon as I have a second to sit down and do that. Everyone is doing well... those of us who know how far away we are are getting homesick. We had our first Air Force Cook-out... we ate with three of our neighbors, and it was fantastic. Not any kids Price's age, but there was a 7 year old boy that he played with all night. Thanks for all of your prayers, and I'll put some pictures on tomorrow!

Annual Conference

2007-06-12T22:19:00.001-06:00

Well... Ron finally made it. He was ordained tonight in Russellville, AR. It was a wonderful service. My parents came as well as Uncle Rusty and Aunt Susan (all the way from Georgia) and Aunt Lena, Uncle James, and Denisha. We were very happy that we had a whole row filled up to stand up when Ron went on stage. I think Price and Wesley decided that we had stayed up too long. Wesley just gave up and went to sleep about 10pm, but Price hung in there until we got back to our room and got him settled. Both boys were excellent today, and they were very well-behaved sitting through that LONG (it was sooo long to them) service tonight.
We have been researching Colorado Springs like crazy recently, and can't wait to get out there. Our computer has been on the fritz, so we ordered a new one (just computer... not monitor or anything else), and since out camera just up and broke one day, we have sent it off to be repaired, and hopefully they will both be back when we get home. We are done with Annual Conference tomorrow, but we have to go stay in Little Rock at the Air Force Base (AFB) because we have a meeting with the Travel Management Office (TMO) on Thursday about them moving us to CO. After the meeting (we're only taking Wesley) we are headed back home. I'm so ready to be home!! We already have a temporary home in CO, and we are very hopeful that we'll be able to live on-base. The housing office in CO said that they can't reserve us a house, but it looks "very good" that we will get a house when we get there. Guess that's all the updates for now. Congratulation all the Ordained Elders of the United Methodist Church.

Can Everyone Ski??

2007-05-30T21:13:00.000-06:00

I hope so because we are going to Colorado Springs, CO!!!!!! :)

We are so happy that we can hardly stand ourselves (I'm sure everyone else around here is in agreement.) I had myself convinced that maybe I didn't want to be that far away from home, and then when we got the news I was just so happy, and I still feel that way. I'm sure that in the next couple of weeks it will hit me and I'll be sad, but right now... I'm only praising God and feeling joy! :)

Mason Boyett Goodwin is home from the hospital and doing just great. Tonya is tired and sleeping a lot, but she is doing much better also. Isn't he just the cutest!?!

Zach is thrilled, even though he thought it was a girl before Mason was born, he's still very happy!!

Well... as soon as we find out all the information, we'll post more, just wanted to update everyone.

Mason

2007-05-25T22:16:00.001-06:00

The baby is a little jaundice, but he is doing great! They will probably get to come home from the hospital tomorrow, and everyone is so ready to come home.
We heard from the Air Force today... BUT we still don't know where... they are saying that we should find out where we are going on Tuesday, but we'll see if that's right.

GREAT NEWS

2007-05-23T19:17:00.000-06:00

Boyett and Tonya (my brother and sister-in-law) had a new baby boy tonight. Mason Boyett Goodwin was born around 6:15pm. He weighs 6lb 5oz, and is 19in long. His big brother, Zachery, is very excited. We are going over to the hospital tomorrow to see them both. Please pray for them with this excited news and big adjustment. I'll update more tomorrow after we see him.

Update

2007-05-12T21:36:00.000-06:00

Well.. we've managed to drive our car for a few weeks now, and no wrecks yet!! YAY!! No new with our assignment yet... we are told that all of the paperwork has been done, and we are just waiting to find out where!!! We are very excited, but I'm also getting very tired of waiting. We went through books tonight, and this room looks kind of sad with empty book shelves :(
Momma and I went to Tonya's shower today (my sister-in-law)... she is due June 4th, and they won't find out what they are having. So, I think everyone who brought them presents just picked what they thought they would have. Everything was pink!! I sure hope it is a girl, or Tonya won't have any clothes for him and she will have to do a lot of exchanging. Our family needs a little girl... we are being smothered in testosterone... Mother's Day is tomorrow, and I'm taking the boys and going over to Momma's church for breakfast, then Ron will meet us there after church... I'm excited about it, because I love spending time hanging out with Momma... she's what I will probably miss the most after we leave, but I have already figured out about what time we will come visit. Just after her birthday every year! :) That will be good. Guess that's all for the update... so... let's review... we STILL don't know anything yet!! :)

Jacob and Eeyore

2007-05-01T21:35:00.000-06:00

First of all... we got our car back today!!! Yay!!!!

Okay.. last night we were ready Price's bible story to him, and we were asking him if he remembered the story from the night before. Ron showed him the picture and said this is Jacob and who? Price just looked at the page, so Ron and I try to help him remember by saying EEEEE... he smiles up at us and says, EEYORE! We couldn't help but laugh. I'm sure God probably thought that was funny also. We had him practice saying Esau and few times, and tonight, when we quizzed him, he said Esau and Jacob... do I have a smart kid or what???

The Car is Ready...almost!

2007-04-30T07:40:00.000-06:00

If you didn't know... Ron had a wreck in our BRAND NEW car on March 26, and did A LOT of damage. Everytime I say he had a wreck... he is quick to point out that it wasn't his fault. Well... it wasn't his fault, but that doesn't get me my car back any quicker just noting that fact. Anyway... they told us this morning that we should be able to pick the car up tomorrow. We hadn't even made our first payment on the car when he had the wreck. :) He was completely fine, but the car looked pretty bad. I felt really good about the type of car we had when I went to see the car that night, and I realized that even in a wreck that bad, even if all four of us had been in the car, we would have been alright. The structure of the car really held together. Price thinks now though that every car we see is going to hit our tire, and I'm just hoping that this caution that he has carries over to when he starts driving. I know.. wishful thinking.
We met the new pastor and his wife for our charge. They had a little boy Price's age, and they had a great time playing. Price was a little upset when I told him that Zach would get to have Price's room when we left. He told me that he liked his room, and he liked our house. He is very confused by the whole thing, but I think he does understand that he would be able to play with his friends. I didn't realize how hard that part would be. I mean... I know I don't like leaving my friends, but I never realized or thought about the fact that my children will be leaving behind friends everywhere. It's kind of sad!
Our caterpillar has made a cacoon, and now we are awaiting the arrival of the butterfly. We had two caterpillars in the jar, but at last check we had one cacoon and one dead caterpillar. I can't believe I didn't take pictures... I take pictures of everything.

New Haircut

2007-04-21T12:45:00.000-06:00

Befor the haircut!!

Goodbye Curls!! :( We got Price's hair cut off. He was getting too hot this summer, and I've promised myself I'll let it get longer when it gets cooler... so maybe this is just temporary. I think it's precious, but I miss my baby with curls!!

We got the final paperwork signed, so I think we just wait until they say that Ron can be commissioned for Active Duty. After that, it will go to whomever gives us our orders (i.e. where we will live.)

God's Will & Good News

2007-04-18T06:17:00.000-06:00

I attended a seminar at Hendrix College yesterday about discerning God's will. It was given by Dr Schmidt from Perkins. It was a very interesting workshop the basic idea being that we often, when seeking God's will, are asking "I" questions instead of "God" questions. We try to see if we can fit God into our lives instead of seeing how our life fits into the will of God. Dr Schmidt was very good and extremely entertaining.

Also yesterday I got a call from my recruiter. My physical has cleared the Surgeon General of the Air Forces desk and is now in the hands of the Recruiting Service. We know send my entire package to them, in the next few days, and hopefully know something of our orders in the next week or so. Please pray for us.

-Ron

One Down, Five to Go

2007-04-16T09:25:00.000-06:00

Well... we finished going through one room and getting everything out and looking at it. Do we want to keep this?? I answered YES every time... then... Are you REALLY going to use it?? And then I would answer NO every time. So... needless to say, it was traumatic and cathartic all at the same time. Do we have spell check on here?? Oh well... we've done the dining room, next stop.. the living room.
We have TEN weeks left in this house, and no idea where we will be going after those ten weeks. I am extremely excited about all of this, just really impatient to find out where we are going. I'm sure there is a lesson from God in there somewhere.
This past weekend Momma, Tonya, and I went to Little Rock to see Women of Faith. I've been for the past three years in Shreveport, and this was the first time they have been in Little Rock since I have been going. Anyway... it was fantastic and hilarious, as always, and I really hope that wherever we go, I will be able to see them next year also. If you don't know what Women of Faith is, google them and check it out. They are some of the funniest women and some of the best singers, and they all have a real passion for serving God.
I've rambled enough for now, and I think I'm about to go be a Power Ranger with Price until Wesley wakes up. Fun times...

Easter Sunday-Part Deux

2007-04-12T18:17:00.000-06:00

Amanda didn't mention much about church on Sunday. It was awesome in Portland. We had nine people join the church. Three of our young people made Professions of Faith and were baptized. Four young men were Confirmed and claimed the Christian Faith for themselves. We also had two people move their memberships to our congregation. Both have been a part of the church family for years but now they are official members and we are glad to have them. All in all a great day for a growing church deep in the heart of delta country. Thanks be to God!

Easter Sunday

2007-04-08T22:04:00.000-06:00

Price was excited this morning to get up and find all the Easter goodies that had been left. We read in his bible last night about Jesus being killed and rising from the grave. I don't think he was very impressed, but then again... I don't think he can grasp the whole thing yet. Wesley definitely didn't know what was going on, but I got some cute pictures for his "first Easter" scrapbook page. Wish I could put them on here, but our connection still sucks. They have officially started working on our car... we will get the rental tomorrow which I know thrills my mother because she really wants her car back. The place fixing our car said it would take anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks, so now we have two things to wait on.
We started looking around our house tonight to find things that we can get rid of in our garage sale. Everything is going along quite well... just a little impatient. Until next time....

Maybe He'll Say "Communion"

2007-04-05T18:07:00.000-06:00

This is Easter week... I'm sure everyone knows... and we are in church A LOT during Easter week. Tonight was our Holy Thursday Communion service. Price wasn't there because he is staying with Meme tonight... So I'm sitting on the back row with Wesley, and a little boy from Price's preschool comes over to try and make Wesley smile. After a few minutes of smiling, Wesley thought he was try making some noises... cooing and things like that. The little boy, we'll call him Mark, said "I think he's trying to talk." I said, "what do you think he'll say first?"... he thought for a minute... looked up at me and said, "Maybe he'll say Communion." Needless to say... we all thought it was pretty hilarious. Thank you God for always helping us laugh when we need it.
Tomorrow Ron, Wesley, and I are going to Little Rock AFB to a pin-on ceremony for the chaplain who first got us started on this whole roller coaster ride. He is being promoted to Colonel, and we are very excited that Ron gets to be a part of the ceremony. After that trip, we have to come back home, pick up Price on the way through, and get back for the Good Friday service. Saturday is an Easter egg hunt in Hamburg, and Sunday is, of course, Easter!!

I wanna be Yoda!

2007-04-05T06:11:00.000-06:00

Usually Price sneaks into our bed at some point in the night. Sometimes he stays in his bed all night. As long as he doesn't bother me or wake me up, he gets to stay (I can't take him back if I don't know he's there, right??). The last two or three times he has come to get in the bed with us, he has walked over to my side and woken me up talking to me. As if it were 8 in the morning instead of 3 or 4. Last night, however, he climbed in the bed, and was, I hope, pretty much asleep when he yelled out, "I wanna be Yoda"!! I was too sleepy at the time to really laugh, but I did smile even in my sleep. Why Yoda? you might ask... well... He just turned 3 and he got a gameboy from his Meme and Pawpaw. We got him the Star Wars game because he has unlimited lives, and he can just run around shooting or slashing storm troopers. Anyway... he has decided that he loves to play as Yoda, but he can't really start the game himself, so he hands the game to us and tells us where he wants to play (in a building, in the desert, or in the jungle), and then he tells us who he wants to play as (a storm trooper, Luke Skywalker, or Yoda). Right now, everytime he plays it, he is Yoda... I guess he was dreaming about it last night when he shouted out. After we really woke up, Ron said "Did you hear Price yell that he wanted to be Yoda?" We had a pretty good laugh about it.
Today is Prices Easter party for his little pre-school. I can't wait to see them. It is the first time I get to help do something as the momma of someone at school! :) I know... in four or five years I will already be tired of it, but right now... I love it! :) We dyed Easter eggs last night and Price is old enough to put the eggs in the dye himself. He had a really good time, and we got a few cute pictures. (I will actually put pictures on here when we have an Internet connection faster than dialup, but right now, it takes toooooo long).

Waiting on that one last signature... we think!

2007-04-03T23:40:00.000-06:00

Well... after two years in the Reserves, and almost one full year of waiting to get on Active Duty A/D.... we still don't know anything. DH has taken another physical (not that he hasn't passed them all before now), and now all the A/D paperwork goes to the last man to sign it (The Surgeon General of the Air Force)... is he the guy who put those labels on cigaretes(sp?)? I didn't know there were different surgeon generals, but apparently I was wrong. Anyway... as soon as this guy signs the papers, it will be sent to the group of chaplains who will decide where we will go. My opinion??? Well, it depends on when you ask me. When we first started this process (a year ago)... I said "Anywhere but Arkansas... preferrably somewhere colder than Arkansas". I have lived here for my entire life, almost 30 years, and I'm ready for some snow!! That being said. I REALLY like to be outside, and being couped up in my house with my two children while it is snowing too hard to go outside could cause my nerves to completely snap. Six months ago my answer was... "Let's see what options they give us, and then we will decide where we want to go..." ha ha ha... that was back when I thought we had some kind of choice in the matter... so now... as the final decision reaches us... almost... my answer is... "Wherever God and the Air Force want us to go." I have had enough time to think about the fact that DH's job is to serve God first. He is going to be a chaplain somewhere, and wherever God needs him to do that is where we will go. The countdown begins for moving out of this place... we have to be out 12 weeks from tomorrow... so... Surgeon General... we need an answer and orders by then!!! Please! :)