Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Community Service

Well, if you read the last blog I put up
you'll know exactly what this one is
all about! In the photo to the right is a picture of "the guilty party", the three boys involved in the golfing incident! I decided that one of Cory's punishment would be picking up trash in our neighborhood. That consisted of 4 streets and 2 parks. My friend, the mom of the other two, thought it was a good idea so I let her know when we were going and they came along with us. Us moms followed behind as we pointed out trash and made sure the boys didn't go anywhere unsafe or pick up anything that would harm them.



Since Cory was the one that actually hit the ball thru the window he was the lucky one that got to pick up a dirty diaper, LOL!!! His face says it all!

The boys did a really good job and to our surprise the neighborhood was not that dirty. They filled up 3 1/2 grocery bags of trash. Crazy thing...Cory actually enjoyed doing this!!! Who knows...maybe it'll be something he can do just to help keep our neighborhood clean!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

A shattering end to my Mothers Day...

Well, my Mothers Day was a nice and quiet one. This morning the kids and I went to Church. We all looked very nice, even got a beautiful picture out of it! Then we came home cleaned up a little bit and after lunch I got the pool ready for the kids. We went out and had some fun playing in the water. I then decided to put Caitlyn down for a nap so I could have some time to myself as Cory was outside playing with the boys and that usually lasts about 4 to 5 hours! Caitlyn went straight to sleep (not usual for her, but I wasn't complaining) and I sat down on the couch, put my feet up and began watching movies on Lifetime. Once that movie was over I decided to make dinner, Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo...one of my favorites!! Dinner was ready so I went outside to tell Cory it was time to come in and what do I see??? About 5 adults standing around looking at a window. I stand there for a minute thinking to myself "what happened?", "why is everybody standing around?"...I then call over and ask what happened and well.....Cory hit a golf ball thru a neighbors window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! No, he didn't!! He couldn't have!! Not in the short amount of time it was since I last came out here. At that point my quite and peaceful Mothers Day came to a screeching halt!! After reaming Cory and getting a much needed phone call from Jason I calmed down. I began thinking to myself....WOW, What a hitter!! LOL!!! Guess I have to find the humor in it somewhere! You'll see below in the picture the nice, perfect circle on the window...that is where the ball went thru.


Thank God nobody was hit by the ball! Cory is not looking forward to the punishments ahead. Like I told him, he is VERY VERY lucky his dad was not here for this!!! Kids will be kids but moms have to be moms and so begins the long list of punishments! Good luck, Cory!!

Tribute Video

video

We Salute You - 2008

Every year we are given a free concert here on base thru USO & AFAF. It's called the We Salute You Tour. It's a day filled with free food, free drinks, fun and games for the kids, goodies for everybody and great music! This year we had an amazing show given by Montgomery Gentry. It's great when music artists give up their time to show their appreciation for our troops. However, this is the second one I've had to do without Jason and hopefully one year he'll be here to join us at one! However, they had offered spouses the chance to submit pictures of their marines serving in OIF or OEF so I immediately jumped on the opportunity to have pictures of my husband shown for everyone to see at the concert! There is another blog posted (right above this one) that shows the video. It is of Jason and Jenn's husband Brian.

Here are some pictures of the day...

Caitlyn eating some watermelon.
Me enjoying time in the sun.
Cory catching some waves!
Cory and Matthew waiting in line.
Cindy, Jenny and Jill
Caitlyn being silly!
All the kids dancing!
Me and the kids taking a picture for Daddy!
Jenny and I
Jackie and I
Ashley and I
Jill and I
Montgomery Gentry putting on a great show!

Fun in the Sun!

It's finally that time of year again here!! The kids begged me for a pool and even though I refused at first, I gave in! I'm glad I did because they love it.


Our trip to Legoland!

On May 3rd Legoland was having a special day called "Kids are Worth a Million" thru the Carlsbad Education Foundation. We took advantage of this because tickets were way less than what we would have paid on a regular day! Jenny and I packed up the kids and headed down bright and early. This place is absolutely amazing. All the work and detail they put into making all these structures is mind-blowing!


Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Jenn and Briana in front of the Capitol Bldg.


Iwo Jima


The kids in front of the White House

New York City Southern California
Hollywood/Legowood
San Francisco
Daytona International Speedway
Cory's idea of having fun!
Briana on the water swing
Caitlyn on the water swing.
Me and the lego fireman!
Cory and Caitlyn
Our baby dinosaurs
Jenny and her kiddos!
Cory, Matthew and the Bionicle figure
Me and my kiddos!
Me and Cory
Me and Caitlyn
Brittany getting her mom all wet!
Lego figure Us at the end of the day!
We had such a blast. The kids enjoyed themselves and so did Jenny and I!! It was fun to see all the things that could be made out of Lego's...something I could never have the patience to do!!