The best kind of prize is a Surprise!!!

Here are a few pictures of a beautiful island, in the Azores Islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, off of Portugal.

Here is a picture of a street downtown. Besides quaint villages, there are also, caves, hiking tours, vineyards, and lots of interesting history.



Here is a lovely view of the island scenery. Local weather is very mild, with winter lows in the 50's and summer highs in the 80's.


And last, but certainly not least, here is a picture of the Lajes Field, Air Force Base. I show you these pictures because this is where we will be stationed for at least two years!!!!! We got a surprising offer and after some investigation, we accepted. Surprise!!!

Just too cute

I recently picked up some refills for a Swiffer, my sister had in her closet and some Pledge duster wands. The kids have LOVED them. Savanna always wants to help and Kaelin and Sean run around with the dusters and dust everything and since we live in a desert, that is a big job. The kids end up fighting over who gets to mop! I don't have to worry about them making a big mess with all the water, with regular mopping. When we finally move I will definitely own a few of these.

We're down to three

With less than 100 days until Rob graduates, it would be nice to know where we will be moving.

I was going to say, "In random order", so as not to show preference, but its accidentally in alphabetical order. So, In alphabetical order, our choices have been narrowed down to...






Rob is in the Air Force so we really don't have to make the decision but we finally know its down to these three destinations. Let me know what your thoughts are. I made the name of the town larger, so you could see exactly where. Rapid City is not exact but its just northeast of there. I'm just excited to be to this point.

Our fireman

Sean told me he wanted to turn his bed into a fire truck. I figured he would move pillows around and pretend to drive it. Then, he told me to come "check it out".
I guess fire trucks do have ladders. He would climb up and over and do it over and over again. Saying "Look, I'm a fireman!" (in a gruff "man" voice) He tends to use the same voice for, "I'm Batman!" "I'm a dinosaur" and "I'm a Mighty Machine!" He has many more. He can totally play by himself and be entertained for a while. His imagination is fabulous. We were visiting family this past weekend and he ran in to tell them,"You have lava on your bed!" We all said alright and let him keep playing. Until, he came running in crying because of all the "lava". So, I handed him a "lava vacuum" so he could go clean it up. I love when he uses his imagination.

Our little artist

A few common phrases in our house:

"Is Savanna in the art room?"
"Vanna, give me the marker!"
"Vanna, you only color on paper."
"Kaelin, you have to make sure you clean up your markers"

Do you see a pattern? We sure do, because this is what happens.
This is an attempt at a "smile"

Kaelin has a new post

For anyone that wants to see it, she has a link on the right, or you can click on her picture on the right. FYI, Shauna, Micaela and Kerie I. should read this.