Baptism

One of the fun things we did while Dave was home on R&R. It was sure nice to have him home for her baptism. It was also a suprise birthday party for Dave which at the time he didn't know. It was really fun.

Ballet Recital

This was one activity that we did while dad was deployed and found that ballet recitals aren't for the faint at heart. It was grueling and costumes changes were a pain. It ended up being a 2 day event and long hours. Needless to say Kaitlyn and I slept well and I have since learned that I do not mind being a plain Jane.

El Paso

Well it has been awhile since I have blogged. So I thought I would take some time today and fill in what we have been up to so far. We moved back to El Paso in June. Same house, same phone number, and same area. We added a few things to our home like enclosed the loft and actually repaired our master bath. We now have axcess to a shower. Tyler started tackle football and wasn't quite sure about how that was going to be. He is showing his first battle scars from the first week of practice. Nice. Going to school was interesting because teachers always have to wonder about marks on kids.

The kids have started school. This year was 3 weeks later than usual. That was nice. The were afraid that people wouldn 't remember them. They were wrong all their friends remembered and them and they have been doing pretty good so far. Ryan isn't to sure about school yet. You have to do work, work, work. So he struggles a little. I don't know if it is the youngest kids syndrome but we will adjust.

Dave left last week for an NTC (training) in California. It seems a little weird to not have him here. The kids aren't liking it to well. They miss him. He comes home the end of this month and then will be home for about 3 weeks then move on to his deployment for a year.

We are doing well and gettting along with the friends we have here. It is nice to come to place where you have already established friendships and the kids have some familiar grounds to tread on. I think that wraps up our most exciting times. Tell next time.

Nauvoo

We recently went to Nauvoo with Dave's sister and brother-in-law. It was a very fun trip and there was so much to see that we are planning to go back. They don't tell you that to get it all in you need 3 days. These are only a few of the buildings that we were able to see. The bottom house next to the Gunsmith shop was actually Carthage Jail. That was a pretty neat experience. You got to see the Dungeon where they were kept first and then taken to the room where they were later Martyred. It was really neat.

Kaitlyn's birthday party with her school friends. It was a little crazy with 12 1st graders in a very small space. We had a lot of fun and I can't believe that she is 7. Where do the years go?

This was a very interesting race. They called it the groundhog race. You run underground. It was fun and warm. We had a great time doing it. This is where dealers hold their vehicles until they need it. Very cool.

This is our new addition. She is 5 months old and her name is Zoey. She is definitely a puppy. Since we lost Scooby the kids have been wanting a new dog and found her at the Humane Society.

She is fun and will hopefully not be as big as Scooby was. She is Lab/English Pointer and should get only to be about 50 lbs.