More pics from Michigan

The kids with Grandpa Beaver going rocky rock



Aunt Christin and baby cousin Lizzy at Gracie's birthday party



Grandma Pat showing off Lauren's chubby thighs



What a face! The girls' cousin Caden....a little heartbreaker!

Pictures from our trip

Here are some of the pictures from our trip....more to come! We will be in Michigan until July 20th.





Lauren at the park....not too exciting when you're 4 months old



Leah and Luke holding hands on our walk at the park



Luke thought he was so funny riding in the double stroller



We went on the carousel 3 times at the Fish Fly Festival



Leah was too afraid to ride the horses




Luke and Leah at Grandma and Grandpa Nelson's






We took them to a really cool place called the Bounce House....they LOVED it!






Luke can really jump in those things!!






Sweet Lauren at Grandma Sachs house






Uncle Stan pushing the kids when we went to the park by the Zondervan house

Michigan Michigan Michigan

UGH..............It has been too long away from home the last few weeks. I miss my Texas friends and my husband!!

Leah has been a trooper. It has been really tough being gypsies, but she has done surprisingly well. She is saying more and more words and pretending. It is too cute. I think being around her "big" cousin Luke is helping her vocabulary. She is growing very attached to her Grandma Pat. She wanted her to get her up this morning and didn't even want me to look her way. It made me sad, but happy that she will be comfortable with her when I am in Texas. I don't know what I will do without my little sweetie for 10 whole long days. I will be a nervous wreck. But, at least I know she is in good hands. Aunt Kim and Luke are keeping her half the time. They are so funny together. They fight about as much as they play. You know the song that goes "anything you can do I can do better"....describes how they are towards one another. Kim calls them Pete and repeat.

Jeremy isn't going to recognize Lauren. She is growing so much. She is definately a thinker. It takes an awful lot to get her to laugh. She smiles more easily now. She is so chubby! Leah has been a little jealous of her lately, but it could just be that we are away from home. Lauren is rolling over both ways now. I am really excited for her to get to spend some quality time with me and Jeremy alone though. Compared to Leah (who was SPOILED) she is a poor neglected baby!

I am tired. Exhausted. Bored. Lonely for Jeremy. But, I am anxious, excited, nervous about Georgia. I am so happy my friend Ashley is going to be there too. It has been so nice to meet someone else in the same situation. It might sound cheesy, but I feel as close as sisters! Funny how different military friendships are from civilian ones. She is my "battle buddy"!

As soon as I can I will get some pictures up from the trip up here. It has been a tough trip. Losing my Grandma Nelson has been extremely hard for me. She was more than a Grandma, she was like my mother. I hope my girls can form the same kind of relationships with thier grandmas. The thing that gives me comfort is that I KNOW where she is now. Her disease isn't controlling her life anymore. She is probably doing a jig with Marge up in the garden. I have such good memories of our times together. I know that I will see her again. But, it will take time for my heart to heal. I am sad selfishly because I am going to miss her so much.

Michigan

So, we are in Michigan. Remind me never to fly with Leah again. She screamed the entire flight. We visited my Grandma. I am so sad. She is not going to be here much longer. We are gypsies. We are staying at Jeremy's mom's right now. It is nice because I feel at home. But, I am missing Jeremy so much already and it has been two days. How will I deal with deployment? *sigh* My poor kids are all off schedule. Leah has gone to bed two hours late every night and waking up early. I hope she sleeps in tomorrow. I am here now for a month. I was excited to come visit but sad at the circumstances. But now that I have seen everyone, I am ready to go home. The last year Jeremy and I have been apart for about 5&1/2 months. That sucks. I am just feeling generally down. My Grandma that practically raised me is dying and I am miles and miles from my husband and my poor kids are "homeless" for a month. Leah is staying up here until July 20th so she is homeless for a month and a half.
Oh well. I guess that being here is giving the girls a chance to spend time with their grandparents. I wish they could have the same special relationship with their grandmas as I have with mine.

Fort Gordon

YAY!! We got official orders. We are definately going to Fort Gordon, Georgia in July. I am so happy because now we can apply for base housing.

Cookout with friends

Some of our friends got together with us for Memorial Day weekend. We had a great time. The weather turned out pretty nice....it was only about 96 out today! It has been in the 100s. I am really going to miss these guys when we move. We only have 38 more days left here. I can't believe how fast it has flown by! We aren't even going to be here when the Nelsons have their baby.

On another note....I saw my very first cockroach yesterday. It was outside on our front step. It was about 2&1/2 inches long. YIKES! That was disgusting!! I just pray they don't get into the apartment. They are aquatic roaches too. They give me the serious willies. I always thought they only went into dirty houses, but EVERYONE gets them. They are like centipedes up north. I guess they don't hurt anything, but I really hate them! Yuck!!



Here is Scarlet covered in chocolate cupcake! She loved it!

This is Wescott with Callie the dog. She kept getting up on the picnic table.

This is a very random picture of a crazy person's house.....yes those are all PLASTIC flowers!!!! It is terrible! The worst part is, that it is in a pretty nice subdivision. I'll bet that brings the property value down on that street!!!

This is a sweet picture of Sarah and Scarlet. We sure are going to miss them when we move!

Jeremy and Brian playing catch. FINALLY, someone that will play catch with him!

Scarlet was sliming Leah with her cupcake. Leah thought it was hysterical!

Jeremy and Lauren....they are a handsome pair, aren't they?

Daddy and his girls

Dustin, Sarah and Scarlet Schroeder

The guys!

Rebecca and Brian Nelson. She is due in another 2 months.

Lauren had a good time at the cookout too!

and finally....Leah covered in cupcake. Sarah shared with her. Sarah is ALWAYS sneaking my kid sweets!! The other day she took her for a walk and brought her home covered in ice cream sandwich. No wonder Leah likes her more than she likes me!!!!

Goodfellow Appreciation Day

The kids are finally getting better. We may be going to Michigan for an extended visit due to my Grandma's failing health. I am getting nervous about the move. We still don't have Jeremy's orders in hand. But, I am sure that like everything else it will all work out.

Lauren is getting so big! She is grabbing at her toys and smiling and she started laughing today!! She is so sweet. Isn't she starting to look more like Leah?
Our little family at the military appreciation day at the Goodfellow Recreation camp. There were all kinds of games, boat rides, pony rides, a bounce house and a nice cookout. We went with the Blanchards and Ashley's mom. It was a good time except for the weather.
The Blanchard family with Grandma Dani.
Leah had to ride the tractor because she didn't get a chance to ride anything else. The line for the pony rides was way too long. She did go in the bounce house but Jeremy said she didn't like it too much. There were too many big kids in it.