Tatum and Pooh Bear

Tatum is pretty excited about Winnie the Pooh these days.  She gets really excited when I pull him out of the closet.  She grunts and opens and closes her hands.  What a silly girl.  She is so much fun.  

Tayson's First Day of Kindergarten

Tayson was really excited for his first day of school on Wednesday.  Of course I had a hard time seeing my "baby" going to school.  So far it's been a really big change for all of us and definitely something we're trying to get used to.  I was so excited to be able to have some time apart because we desperately needed it and now I'm having a hard time not having him around.  I think I'm more excited to see him at the end of the day than he is to see me.  Hopefully soon we'll all be accustomed to the new schedule and life we'll go a lot smoother.

Big Spiders

Spiders have never really bothered me that much, until we got here.  So far we have had 3 encounters with these huge spiders and it is always quite the experience.  I am starting to believe that the bugs and animals around here are on steroids.  We'll have to get you pics of the snails and bats.  The first encounter with these huge spiders was crazy.  Jay took a swipe at it to push it out the door and the thing literally reared up for the attack and jumped toward him.  We all screamed like a bunch of little girls.  The one from the video happened to be hiding under Tayson's bed.  Tayson came to me and said, "Mom there's a big spider under my bed."  Of course I was thinking it was just some little spider so I go to get it and once I looked under the bed I definitely decided we would just close his door and wait for Dad to get home.  I hope this doesn't change anyone's mind about coming to visit (hint, hint Sarah and Mom Barney).  

We're still here

Okay, so it's been a while.  We went on vacation for a month,then it took about a month to get our lives back in order.  I'm getting together all the pictures from our vacation into a slide show so we can post all the fun stuff we did while we were in the states.  Now you have something to look forward to in the very near future.

Cute Kids

We were finally able to get pictures done of the kids and they're a couple of cuties.  It took quite a while to get a picture of Tatum without her hands in her mouth.

This one is especially for Aunt Sarah who made Tatum's beautiful blessing dress.  

What a little angel.

We were laughing so hard during this pose.  Tatum loved wiggling in the soft material and it was hard to get a shot that would be clear.  I'm glad she had a good time though.

I love her cute little bum.  Too bad they softened out most of the dimples.  This is the age to show them off.

Airman Leadership School Graduate

Well, after 6 weeks of ALS Jay is finally done and he was really surprised to be awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award, which means he was the top 10% of the class overall.  Now he can officially be a Non-Commissioned Officer, and sew on Staff Sergeant on July 1st.

Deep Sea Fishing Excursion

This is the second time I went out but the first time I didn't take any pictures, and we did not catch the Mahi.

The other 40 fish are Yellowfin Tuna and Skipjack (Katsu).