Bama Bound!

We are Bama bound! Kyle finally got the phone call tonight from his commander, Colonel Homola, letting us know that he made it on the Air Command & Staff College list. That means we are headed to Montgomery, Alabama for a year starting in July. We have been so blessed by God and are so excited for this new chapter in our life.

Thanks again, General Tinsley, Colonels Armstrong & Homola you have truly given us a wonderful opportunity!

Thanks Fluffy!

Luke wanted to send a huge Thank You out to Fluffy! He loved his card, bat money & stickers!

Luke & his 'wal-mart' stickers

Luke & Aubrey's Halloween Costumes

As most of you all know, I love the fall, which includes Halloween, my birthday and Thanksgiving. Each of these events fall two weeks after another, which I think is the main reason why I love fall. The party never stops, every two weeks there is something else to celebrate. Anyway, I love to dress the kids up for Halloween and Kyle takes them down the street for Trick-or-Treating and I stay home to pass out candy. This year, we let Luke pick out what he wants to be, Old Navy has the best kids costumes for cheap and we always end up buying them there. We don't let Luke pick anything too scary or freaky, but something cute. So this year, he wanted to be a mouse (I think that's in part because we have Ratbert (aka Scooby) the Rat as one of our pets. (Fred and Shaggy didn't fare to well.) We wanted to keep the kids together as a theme, so Aubrey is a cat. The funniest thing of it all, ever since we bought these outfits at the end of September, the kids run around the house playing cat and mouse!! Too cute!

Where will we be moving next?

That is the question of the year. We have been wondering that for two years now. Each time we think we are going to be moving, we never do. Actually, they keep asking Kyle to stay, not us asking to stay. We don't mind living here, but we thought it was only going to be for 3 years, then 4, now 5. The suspense is killing the both of us. Right now, we are waiting on the ACSC list to be disseminated, hopefully, Kyle's name will be on that list. We should know something by Halloween, but in the meantime, tell us what you think, where will we be moving to next?

My first Moose kill...

A couple of weeks ago, I was driving home from a function in Anchorage and I hit a moose calf that was crossing the Glenn Highway. It was nine o'clock-ish and I saw the mama moose run across and tried to stop, but I couldn't stop in time to not hit the moose calf. That 'little' moose (I say little, but it was as tall as the hood of the Suburban) caused over $12,000 in damage to the car, which lead us to get a newer Suburban. I managed not to get injured during the accident, only a minor burn on my arm from the air bag, but it was traumatic to say the least. Luckily, my friend was up ahead of me and I called her and see came back around to wait with me since Kyle was at home with the kids. What an adventure, not only that, but the tow guy was jerking me around which lead to me going to the cop on duty and having him straighten it out and my friend that was waiting with me, her car died and we had to get it jumped. Well, police don't carry jumper cables, so we had to track down the moose cavalry (they come and get the roadkill to be given to charity for food) to see if they had jumper cables, luckily they did. What a night. So, next time, you see wildlife on the road, think of me and be safe!!

Suburban + Moose = New Suburban

Snow Day

Well, we've been having snow off and on for the last couple of days and finally, we had a good snow day. So, we all got dressed and went outside to 'play'. Of course, Kyle and I are 'sick' of snow since we've been living in it for the last five years, but the kids love it! Aubrey has a blast in it and loves to run around and play on the sleds. Luke loves the sleds too, but also likes to shovel the driveway (that's a good thing)! Anyway, here are some picture of the kids playing in the snow, snow that we'll have for the next six months!!!