The George's

Disneyland

2010-04-12T16:40:00.002-07:00

Grandma, Eliza and I went on the Haunted House together.

Grandpa and Grandma with the kids going on the fairly land water ride.

Grandma and Billy going on Matter Horn.

Star Wars ride I think!

The fast ride Space Mountain

This was Eliza's favorite ride! She giggled the whole time with Grandpa

Eliza and I went on Space Mountain together

Billy and Grandpa in the haunted House

Us outside the haunted house this was the second ride

40 days and nights of starving...

2010-03-23T19:21:00.003-07:00

I did it!

And you thought I could not do it!

Family up-to-dates...

2010-03-14T20:36:00.003-07:00

Haven't posted in a while, so here what's new.

Billy lost his bottom 2 front teeth within a week of each other. He was so proud.

Eliza, not to be out done, tells us each day that she has loose teeth that are ready to come out too.

Yesterday, Tina went up to Park City with some of the other wives in the squadron. Bill took the kids out to lunch and then bowling. Billy decided to try and hand from one of the ball roller things that helps kids roll the ball down the lane. It came apart and the 1/2 inch metal tub stabbed Billy in the face barely missing his eye. His face exploded with blood and daddy had to rush him to the bathroom as people were starting to freak out. The cut was pretty deep and long, not to mention that it was on his lower eyelid. Bill took him to Urgent Care where they said he needed stitches but they were "too afraid" to stick a needle that close to his eye. So Bill drove him over to Ogden to the ER and after the standard 2 hr wait the finally decided on some glue to close the gap. It was a long day of waiting around. Poor kid.

While we had all that time to talk we the kids wanted to know what Holidays were in spring. Easter was the first one we talked about:

Daddy: "Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ being resurrected after 3 days of being dead. "

Billy: "What does the Easter Bunny have to do with Jesus being resurrected?"

Daddy: "I have no idea."

Eliza: "Well, when Jesus was resurrected he was very hungry after being dead for so long, so the Easter Bunny came over to the tomb and dropped off some eggs to eat."

Billy: "Oh, now that makes sense."

They are so cute!

Family Day before Daddy leaves...

2010-01-07T21:05:00.003-07:00

So Bill took today off for a family day before he leaves to Florida for 3 weeks. We decided to go skiing after Billy got out of school. The kids took some lessons and then we took them up on the chair lift. They did great, even though Eliza isn't tall enough to get onto the lift. You have to grab her jacket and throw her onto the chair as it comes around. She's not much better getting off, because she has to hop off the chair and that usually led to her falling down under the chair. They both had a blast and did great.

Here are some pics:

Everyone is sore and tired but we had a great day.

It's been awhile...

2009-12-21T21:07:00.002-07:00

I know it's been a while since we posted anything, but we've been a little busy.

Here's a some of the recent pictures from our new house in Layton, UT

Tina drew this F-16 and we cut and painted it for our roof. We are the envy of the neighbor hood!

Billy and Eliza in some new outfits.

Our first snowman of the year.

Eliza's first dance recital. She did great.

We'll try and post a little more regular now that we are a bit more settled in.

Billy's Graduation Day

2009-05-31T22:10:00.002-07:00

Billy was asked to do a talent for his graduation and so Bill got this smart idea and thought I will just teach Billy the guitar. So Billy learned Twinkle, Twinkle little Star. Billy did a great job and I'm so proud of him. He did amazing job for a 5 year old.

Billy and his class singing songs to all of us..
Billy made this picture frame for us...

I'm so proud of Billy and all the things he has accomplished this year in school. I'm so sad that next year he will begin Kindergarten..I will miss him so much.

Need to Help Daddy

2009-05-12T23:21:00.003-07:00

Bill had to look for AF papers so he was going through his postal box. Then Billy comes in and saw Bill going through his stuff and runs upstairs, puts on his pilot gear, then comes to help daddy. Billy was great help.....taking out all of Bill's patches.He was so excited to help his daddy.

Eliza's first haircut

2009-05-12T23:15:00.002-07:00

So here it is Eliza's first haircut EVER! I only took an inch off but that was way too much for me....she loved getting it done. She was telling everyone how she got a HAIRY cut! Too cute

Aunt Sharon came to town

2009-04-28T16:52:00.003-07:00

The other week

2009-04-28T16:22:00.001-07:00

The kids looking into a old shack... He is so cute

The family

My Princess

Rawhide

2009-04-27T14:30:00.002-07:00

Billy and my dad got locked up!
The family

My mom is such a flirt (they are so cute)

They are ready for the gun fights.....

Thanks mom and dad we had such a great time!! We love and miss you guys

Christmas parties...

2008-12-14T16:24:00.004-07:00

Yesterday we had 2 Chrismas parties to go to. The first was our squadron kids party. Santa showed up in the back of a 2 seat F-16. The kids thought that was pretty cool.

They had funny making marshmallow snowman and some paper ornaments. Santa brought some presents for them and the got to open them sitting on his lap. They had a great time.

Billy thought he was pretty cool sitting on the bar at work wearing our Duck hat. (He doesn't know that we make the pilot who did the dumbest thing over the last month wear it in shame!)

Later that night we got a babysitter and went the squadron adult Christmas party. We had a great time and it was a nice break from the kids. We won a nice Christmas center piece and a small picture frame. It was nice to take a break from the kids.

Christmas lights...

2008-12-14T16:15:00.003-07:00

We love to drive around and look at everyones Christmas lights. A lot of houses are filled with lights on every square inch, and that is fine. But this house is a little much...

Seriously, do you need 12 deer in your lawn! It just looked funny driving by and seeing a deer farm in the neighborhood.

Christmas Shopping...

2008-12-10T22:05:00.002-07:00

So, this year we each drew a name out of a hat for christmas presents. Eliza got daddy, Billy got mommy, Daddy got Eliza, and Mommy got Billy. Tonight we went to the mall to let the kids pick out their presents for their person. Eliza did a great job and was very quick. Billy on the other hand, had to visit every store in the mall. After 2 hours he finally settled on something for mommy that he approved of.

What was funny was when we finally all got back together and Billy was having trouble not telling mommy about her gift.

Billy - "Mommy, I got you a present!"
Tina - "Don't tell me what it is, ok?"
Billy - "Ok, I won't tell you; but it's not a game, ok?"
Tina - "Billy don't tell me what it is!"
Billy - "I didn't tell you, but it's not a game, ok!"

We couldn't stop laughing. Then when we walked by the store, Billy was explaining to everyone how we didn't get mommy's present in there. Poor guy can't keep a lid on it. He's just too excited.

Trouble making 101...

2008-11-09T14:18:00.005-07:00

Step 1. Wake up early, wake your sibling up, and dump out every toy in the playroom.

Step 2. Sneak downstairs, climb on top of kitchen counters, and proceed to devour enourmous amounts of candy all morning!

Step 3. Find the drawer with the permanent markers and use them to write on things! (Luckily most of the marker damage was found on the patio outside.)

Step 4. Sneak into upstairs bathroom, take 1 part bubble bath, 1 baby doll, and 1 toilet, and make a huge mess trying to wash the baby in the toilet! (Pretty gross really; they had a huge bubbly mess from the toilet to the floor and all over themselves, not to mention the poor doll.)

Punishments handed out today:

1/2 hour hard labor scrubbing the patio. (Didn't work; no marker came off and the kids thought it was fun.)

Sentenced to clean the playroom. (Didn't work.)

Cold showers to scrub off the toilet water. (That worked.)

1 hour timeout in beds. (They just talked and kept getting in trouble for it.)

So that was the morning, and it's pretty much destroyed the rest of the day. The whole family is tired and frustrated. Hopefully the monkeys will go to bed early tonight, somehow I doubt it.

The pirate and the princess

2008-11-02T22:43:00.004-07:00

My little man dressed as jack sparrow. He did not want any make-up on this time which was ok. But I still think he looks good. He is so silly with that hat. I think he was trying to act like jack sparrow

Then my little princess...she took a long time to get ready first was the hair which I curled. (oh and did a awesome job i might add) then.....

Her make-up! we are talking about the whole thing. Eye liner to mascara to blush to lots of sparkles.

She was so happy that day!! She is a true princess............

Then it was off to the festival.........

Pumpkin's anyone

They looked for a long time and they finally got the right one.

This is the costume contest! Lets just say it was a little disorganized

They had pony's for the kids to ride..

Eliza loved the pony then she found out that they moved and she freaked out and we had to get her off..

They also had blow up things and Billy loved going on them.

Our Halloween Party!

2008-11-02T22:21:00.004-07:00

So we started off by relaxing and talking. I thought one of the funnest parts of the night was when the Osbornes where doing the running man! Loved it
And it is not a party until you rock out with ROCK BAND! Go TJ taking on the men

Sitting around playing the games.......so fun

Tom and Sarah made it after a game of crud

So we had our George Halloween party next...Oh boy it was alot of fun. We had some really scary desserts and here are some of them. The winner was TJ with the brain. No one wanted to eat it because it looked so real. Then you have the cookies that make your teeth go black and the veggies with scary bugs in the dip.

Oh then the cat brains and yummy dessert thing.

Then you get the nasty, creepy eye balls with veins I might add. Fingers sick and the bloody scull. That was the best one i thought.

Eliza's birthday

2008-11-02T21:59:00.003-07:00

Well the beginning of this day I took Eliza to the ER because she had a very high temp. of 106. There solution was that she was having the beginning of pneumonia. What crap was that! Ok now we came home and had a little birthday for her. We had it across the street at a park.She had a blast and she got some great gifts from wonderful friends. Thank you Sarah for the bracelet making kit and Jandee thank you for all the little monster gifts. She loves playing with all of it.Thank you!
Billy had to help Eliza open the presents because he thought it would be a good idea.

And more.........

They had pizza and drinks and the wonderful barbie cake daddy made.

Then she got really sad when we started to sing to her. So I had to help blow the candles out.

This is the cake daddy made for Eliza. The barbie is holding a present . I am so proud of him. He did a awesome job making it.

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T18:14:00.003-07:00

Thought I would write this while Eliza and I are waiting to here how Billy's night of Trick-or-Treating went.

Eliza had many visitors tonight, most of them bringing treats; some of them just brought kisses!

She didn't miss too much of Halloween. She even got dressed up to make the rounds at the hospital.

She really liked these teeth that someone gave her. She is a very scary princess!

She's been without a fever all day, so hopefully things are improving. Cross your fingers.

Poor little Eliza...

2008-10-30T15:01:00.005-07:00

Poor Eliza has had a fever off and on for the last 3 weeks. The first round she was consistantly at 104 deg. Tylenol and Motrin had little effect. She also was having trouble walking, like she had no leg strength and was dizzy. We thought maybe a massive ear infection, but nothing like that showed up. The emergency room had no idea what it was and said it could be pneunomonia. She wasn't sick, other than the fever, so pneunomonia didn't make sense to us. But we took the antibotics they gave us and started her on them. For the next 3 days her fever wouldn't go down at night, but finally on the 4th day it broke. After that the she was fine.

Fast forward 2 weeks to Tuesday night where we wake up to her stumbling into our bedroom in the middle of the night with a fever of 106! We started loading her up on the usual mixture, Tylenol followed 3 hours later by Motrin followed 3 hours later by Tylenol and so on. This did nothing. All night her fever stayed high. The next day she started throwing up and complaining that the right side of her tummy was hurting. So Tina got her into the ER quickly. That was at 1 pm. At 5:30 pm they had the results of her CAT scan back witch showed her right kidney being infected. Her blood work was extremely high in white blood cells but her urine test didn't show any type of infections going on.

Well, after an ambulance ride to a children's hospital and Tina "losing it" on more than one occasion, Eliza is currently stuck in the hospital for the next few days. They don't know what's going on and why her temperature is getting so high. They are doing ultra sounds and doing cultures on her fluids. Luckily our friends have helped us so much with driving us between places and watching Billy.

Billy was so sad last night when he went to the kids bedroom and had to sleep in their bunk bed alone. He really misses his little sister.

Train Ride...

2008-10-19T20:21:00.004-07:00

Billy loves trains. No matter where we are or what we are doing, he wants to see them, ride them, or just look at them. Seems like we've been on a million little train rides in malls and carnivals. So we planned to take Billy up to this train in Arizona that goes through a really pretty canyon dubbed "The Little Grand Canyon" but it's real name is Verde Canyon.

Since Columbus day is an Air Force holiday, Bill had the day off, which was perfect for our little trip. Bill didn't know that you needed reservations and after we drove the hour and a half to the train station, we found out the train had been booked for weeks. Needless to say, in order to avoid some crying and embarrassing screaming, we paid a few more bucks to get into a first class car which had one spot left for us.

The train was really nice. We had two couches that faced each other with a table in between. We were served drinks and they had a small buffet for us to snack on. We spent most of the time out on an open air car to enjoy the sites.

We saw some eagles flying through the canyon with us and that was really neat. Billy and Eliza liked going through the tunnel which was pitch black for a good stretch. It was a 4 hour train ride and the kids held up really well. Both of us though ran out of steam towards the end!

Pumpkin Patch...

2008-10-19T20:04:00.004-07:00

Seems like every year, no matter where we are, we end up at a pumpkin patch. This years was no exception. The kids had fun petting some animals, playing in a sandbox filled with corn kernals, and hiding in the corn maze. We had a fun day, except for being lost in the corn maze for a good hour or so. This maze even gave you the cell number to call if you couldn't get out! It was a fun day.

My cute little girl

2008-10-07T19:20:00.003-07:00

Eliza and I thought it would be fun to curl her hair. Little did we know it all feel out in a hour. Oh but she is so freakin cute!!!!

Halloween costumes

2008-09-30T15:30:00.002-07:00

So I thought it would be nice to share our Halloween costumes with anyone! I thought it would save alot of money if we all shared our costumes with each other. These are the costumes that I have if you would like to know the size just let me know. Now just to let you know that this is just borrowing not giving! Sorry my kids love to dress up. So let me know soon..

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more Halloween Clothes

2008-09-30T15:18:00.003-07:00

Princess Bell Capt. Hook
Sleeping Beauty
Jack Sparrow also comes with shoes gloves
Robbin

BIG THANK YOU!

2008-09-24T11:34:00.004-07:00

I want to Thank my sister (in-law) Sara Dickman for giving Eliza a closet full of clothes! This is one of the many outfits that Eliza received. She is so cute!! Thank you so much we love them. Also on top of everything she gave us this family home evening sign... I love it and the kids have so much fun using it. I dont know how to thank you for everything you guys have done for us. You guys rock.. Can't wait to make more bows with you at Christmas. You rock Sara

Haunted House? No just my decor

2008-09-24T09:11:00.002-07:00

This is our house so far decorated for Halloween. I know it is a little early but it my favorite holiday. Bill thought it would be funny to put the guitar on the pirate.
This is the scary kitchen. I mix all of my potions here.
Well, this is the front room of coarse and you cant tell but there is cob web all over.

Billy ran into the picture and said that I needed to take a picture of him "acting scared". Eliza on the other hand looked at him like "what is so scary"

OK, so this is my fav the man in the window. His face goes dark then light.. I love it

Well, that is the end for now. I cant show everything because we are not done yet. Bill has alot of other things to help me put up. The end!!!!

FUN DAY!!

2008-09-23T21:18:00.003-07:00

So my awesome friend Natalie took us to the children's museum today and I have to say WE HAD A BLAST! Thank you for such a fun day!! This is Owen, Billy and Drake. They are doing a great job shopping!

Eliza! She is a great shopper like her mommy!!

This is the BALL room. Literally the ball room...

Owen and Billy tried on the shoes that some basketball people wore. They are like size 16 I think.
Ok, so this is my friend Natalie taking Eliza for a little ride through the "car wash". She is going to kill me for this!!! :)

Billy's latest ouchy...

2008-09-16T21:23:00.003-07:00

Running around our neighbors house with his friends, Billy ran right into the handrail going up the stairs. The result was a trip to the doctor to get a couple staples in his head.

Poor guy. Maybe he'll stop running inside the house. (Or maybe not; he was running in the house as soon as he got home!)

Harry Potter...

2008-09-16T21:19:00.003-07:00

The kids love to watch the Harry Potter movies. The other night their friends came over and they got all excited to watch a H.P. movie. This is them on the couch during a scary part:

I know, their too cute!

Birthday Party...

2008-09-13T23:11:00.002-07:00

One of Billy's friends from school had a birthday party today at a bouncy castle kind of place. I've never seen the kids run so fast and hard for 2 hours straight without getting tired. There were slides and tunnels and jumping and lot's of kids to play with. They had a blast.

Camping & Hiking...

2008-09-13T23:01:00.002-07:00

We got out of the heat with some friends last weekend. We drove up to Flagstaff which is about 2 hours away. We left Phoenix at 105 deg and arrived at the campground at 58 deg. That was so nice to be cool finally! But, we woke up freezing in our tent with the temp dropping to around 38 deg overnight! It was still nice, just a bit nippy. We went for a hike through the beautiful mountains around there which was great. It was a very nice little get-away.

By the way, we camped under this tree that was marked "killer tree"; lucky for us it had the day off from killing.

California Trip

2008-09-13T21:45:00.003-07:00

So I know this is going to be long but whatever deal with it. The first thing we did was drive to Disneyland..and what can I say about that...umm...it is like the best place on earth!!!!!

Then we headed up to Ralphie & Sara's house in Fresno for a little weekend fun. We had a blast playing "Rock Band", especially with Ralphie's singing! The kids were like 5 little peas in a pod, it was non stop action all day every day. We can't wait to come and visit again. You guys rock!

Baseball game

2008-09-13T21:40:00.002-07:00

We went to our first baseball game in Phoenix. It was alot of fun! San Diego vs. Diamond back

Gotta love the IRS...

2008-08-21T20:46:00.002-07:00

So today we received a nice letter from the IRS stating that our tax return from 2006 was 'randomly' selected to be audited and they found a mistake. Apparently we failed to report that we rolled a Traditional IRA into a Roth IRA that year. (Really, Turbo Tax failed to retrieve the correct tax statement from my bank and I failed to notice it.)

So the letter said basically, we're sorry it took 2 years to get back to you but you owe the IRS $1300 in back taxes and another $300 in interest. And even though it took us 2 years to figure it out, you need to pay us within 10 days.

Good thing we've used up all of our savings on our house that hasn't sold in Oklahoma, because what I really need right now is even more stress! Hopefully soon we will start bringing in more than what's leaving our bank accounts because it's really hurting my plans to buy my own airplane! I should have enough money when I'm somewhere around 300 yrs old.

(Of course, we could pay the IRS using the money we saved up for Disneyland next week, but I don't think the kids, or especially Tina, would forgive me. Tina sold a lot of purses and shoes to get that money!)

Tina may be a terrorist...

2008-08-18T19:46:00.002-07:00

So, today they wouldn't let Tina onto the Air Force base because she forgot her ID card. Usually one person in the car with a military ID is enough, but today they were having an exercise and the guards were checking everyone's ID. Tina had left her purse at home, which coincidentally is on the base! So we left Tina at the base visitors center while we drove onto the base, got her purse, and then picked her back up. (Which with my truck cost my like $6 in gas!)

Seriously though, do they think I'd spend 6 years in the Air Force married to some crazy mommy terrorist who lives on the base with me? Sometimes I wonder if the security guards are standing in the sun too long each day.

We will miss you Grandpa Dickman

2008-08-07T12:37:00.004-07:00

Our sweet Grandpa Dickman passed away yesterday. He was a great man who always thought of others. I am so grateful that he was part of the family he always brought a fun and entertaining spirit in the room. We are going to miss him so much but I know that he is so happy right now being with my grandma. We love and miss you grandpa!

Sunday BEST!

2008-08-03T17:54:00.003-07:00

I really have nothing to say but just I had to put this picture up because they are so freakin cute!

Fire Drill...

2008-08-03T17:42:00.003-07:00

For Family Home Evening a couple weeks ago, I gave a lesson on what to do when the fire alarm in the house goes off. I drew a little map of the house and which door to go out. Then we listened to what the alarm sounded like and went over what to do. Then it was time to practice.

Billy and Eliza got into bed and we turned off all the lights in the house. Mommy waited outside and I set off the alarm and hid. It was so funny. Billy jumped down from his bed, went and got Eliza, and held her hand as he helped her down the stairs, out of the house, and across the street. The both sat down on the sidewalk and waited patiently. We did another practice and it went fine as well.

Ok, so last night we decided to test the kids to see if they remembered. We got all ready to watch what they'd do and I set off the alarm. I held the button down for a minute. My ears felt like they were bleeding. The kids however were sound asleep! The fire alarm is in their room 5 ft from their bed and they still slept. I finally ran in and started yelling the house is on fire! Billy didn't wake up until we shook him awake. Eliza half woke up and started shaking. She was upset and didn't know what to do. It took like 10 minutes to get her to calm back down.

So the moral of the story is.... um.... I guess our kids won't hear the fire alarm and it's up to us to get them out of the house! We're going to try it again when the get a little older.

Twilight

2008-08-02T19:26:00.002-07:00

So... I started reading this book Twilight last week and I got through the first book. Which I have to say it is one of the best book's I have read in a very long time. I am just in love with it. So anyways the 4 book came out last night at 12:01 and my awesome crazy friends and I went to be with all the obsessed readers. It was a blast!!!! The night before we went over to Jeanne house (thank you, i had so much fun) and we made these fun shirts. Mine said (in front) Bite me...already. (the back) SAVE a Volvo, RIDE Edward Cullen... I have to tell you it was so much fun

I got bitten (don't tell Bill)
My fun friends

Trek camp out

2008-08-02T19:13:00.005-07:00

Our stake did a trek and we decided it would be fun to go and welcome the kids to Zion. What a spiritual experience.

RAWHIDE

2008-08-02T18:48:00.004-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we heard about this place called Rawhide. It had so many fun things to do in the little town.

Billy saw the Burrow and said he needed to ride it. The told him he had to leave his gun behind

Eliza and daddy on the train ride We ate at the cowboy restaurant there which they had a live band and dancing
And of coarse Eliza asked daddy to dance then Billy asked me to dance and sometime I ended up dancing with both of them. Yes we dressed up for the occasion boots, hats, guns and ropes.

Aren't they so cute

This is Billy's mean face! He does not mess around

And this is Eliza's mean face...

My NEW hair cut!

2008-07-16T12:49:00.003-07:00

Ok so my friend Sarah talked me into cutting my hair. So I did it that day and I love it. I have never had my hair this short in my life. Anyways thats it.....(oh ya Bill thinks I'm a hot, sexy mommy) ;)

Funny things overheard...

2008-07-15T20:13:00.004-07:00

So Billy and Eliza were sneaking around upstairs and whispering, which for them is not a good sign. We went up to check on them and they had been taking Mommy's bra's and placing them around the play room. When asked about it, they said: "but Daddy, these are our booby traps!" We had just watched Goonies and they learned all about the booby traps. (And of course they know all about girls having boobies and needing traps for them.)

Ghost Town...

2008-07-12T21:41:00.006-07:00

So today we headed up to an old gold mine ghost town from the 1800's. It was pretty cool. You can see it in this first picture with the Superstition Mountains in the background.

Billy and Eliza wore jeans and cowboy boots so they could fit in with the wild west.

We went down into this mine which used to mine gold. We had to ride this old mine elevator that made crazy noises and cracks. It really made no one feel safe not even the operator. The mine was very successful until they hit an underground aquifer that covers 5 states! The mine flooded and no more gold could be taken out.
Billy ran into an old miner who was trapped in the mine.
Surprisingly this large birdcage was not used for a kids jail or even birds. The bordello used it to display a larger type of creature in more provocative clothing. The kids do look cute in it though!
You can't go to a ghost town without taking one of these pictures, so here is ours.

It was a great day.

Daddy is so proud...

2008-07-12T21:37:00.003-07:00

It isn't every day that you come home to find your son practicing so he can be like daddy when he grows up. I thought he was pretty creative in modifying his football helmet for flight by adding the headphones.

Swimming Lessons...

2008-07-12T21:26:00.003-07:00

Tis the season for swimming lessons. The base has a good deal so we got Billy and Eliza going everyday for a few weeks. Billy is getting pretty good but I think he needs a little more body fat before he'll actually stay above water when he swims. Eliza likes being in the water but she's more into watching other kids swim then actually doing it herself.

Eliza has her second set of tubes in her ear and to keep the water out she wears ear plugs. They kept falling out in the water so she wears her little headband. She looks so cute!

4th of July...

2008-07-12T21:14:00.003-07:00

So, we are finally getting around to the blog again. We've been doing plenty and it seems that we never share it on the blog.

For the 4th we went over to one of Bill's friends from work and had a BBQ/Pool Party. The pool had a underwater tunnel that led to a hidden swimming cave area. Billy and daddy swam through that 100 times!

After the pool we went back home to watch the fireworks. On base they had a big party going on with water slides for the kids, food, and live music. We were there for about half an hour and a huge dust storm came rolling in. The winds got up to 40 mph and they cancelled the party and the fireworks. So we went back home and watched Boston's and New York's fireworks on TV. The kids were pretty sad. They don't allow any personal fireworks in Arizona so we didn't even get to shoot off our own. Kind of a strange 4th of July for us.

I'm so embarrassed

2008-06-26T22:21:00.004-07:00

So the story is this... we unpacked all of our boxes and we could not find the remote control to our little T.V in our room. So Bill my genius husband thought it would be a great idea to buy this HUGE remote so the next time we move we will not miss it. I don't think we will ever lose this remote. I would not check out at the store with him because I was so embarrassed. The sad thing to the whole story is that the remote is just as big as the T.V. (I love you babe)

Party at the George's

2008-06-26T22:12:00.002-07:00

We Rocked out with Rock band and I almost pee'd my pants when Sarah my friend in the video started to sing this song.... It was so funny when she started that I could not play the guitar Bill had to finish for me.

Cooling off

2008-06-26T22:00:00.004-07:00

Billy thought it was a good idea to buy a pirate boat to play in. He thinks it is too hot, but I have no clue what he is talking about it's only 115 degree's outside.

Moving to Arizona...

2008-05-30T20:56:00.013-07:00

Moving Day #3; Pizza break on the lawn.
It took 2 days for the mover's to pack and
another day for them to load. (Tina's bought
way too much junk.)

Before we could leave the kids had to finish
school. Billy's graduation from "Joy School."

Eliza's class sang "The Wheels on the Bus" at
her graduation. She really likes the driver
going "move on back!"

Billy's class sang as well, although Billy mostly
just stood there not wanting to sing. (They let
him graduate anyways.)

Billy was very proud this year to have his own
desk.

Mommy's little scholars.

We just barely had room for the kids!

We made a nice little spot in the back for the
dogs. And we towed the car on a trailer.
Everything was fine until Flagstaff, which
apparently is in the mountains. We didn't
realize we'd be up at an 8000 ft elevation
trying to tow almost 9ooo lbs. Luckily, Bill's
truck rules and had no trouble with the hills.

Eliza did well on the trip as long as she had
some treats.

Billy did well on the trip as long as he could
watch a movie.

The kids did pretty good sleeping in the same
bed.

We made it, 2 & half days, a few crying situations,
and a cool 10 mpg for 1100 miles.

It's nice to be on a base with 180 of these things
flying around. The kids (and Daddy) are enjoying
driving to the runway to watch them take off.
Eliza gets scared because they are "too loud" and
it shakes the truck.

Bill's new sqaudron is the "Wild Ducks"
or Mad Mallards if you prefer. The patch
is the only patch ever designed by Walt Disney.

Everyday is Pool day. We arrived in Phoenix
and the temperature was 110 degrees! When
you wake up in the morning it's already around
85 or 90. The dogs aren't sure what to do.
Their pretty sure indoors is the place to be.
Man it's hot.

We were suprised and happy to find out that
Phoenix has 9 of these, one of which is just
down the street. There goes Bill's diet! (He's
lost 40 lbs since December.)

So at 6pm while we were eating at the Claim
Jumper someone decided to break in to Bill's
truck. When we walked out to the truck, Billy
started protesting that he didn't do it! They
basically took a screw driver and banged it right
through. They took Bill's suitcase and the kids
DVD screens. We waited for the police for over
3 hours and they never showed up. They finally
came over to our hotel at 2 am. They actually
found Bill's suitcase a few days later when they
were chasing a suspect and the suitcase flew out
of the back of there truck. It was missing half of
the clothes and had a bunch of other people's
stuff in it. We got the window fixed, a few bucks
from our insurance, and the Air Force even
reimbursed us our deductable. Apparently,
Phoenix is a big city with crime. We sort of
got used to small towns with no crime, so
I guess we're trying to adjust.

Because the 'bad guys' stole Bill's garments,
we got to make a quick run to the Temple which
is just on the other side of town. It's pretty cool.

So we made it, only a few problems.
We are still living in a hotel until
hopefully in a week or so our house
will be ready on the base. If not,
we will be finding a rental off base with
a security alarm. Bill has the next few
weeks off until his academics start so
we have been checking out the zoo's
and other sights.

See you later!

Our Adventures today!

2008-05-08T18:13:00.004-07:00

So it all started at 5:30 this morning. Eliza, Billy and I were off to Bass hospital to have another set of tubs in Eliza's ears and also her adenviectomy taken out as well. I have to say I do have the best child there at the hospital today. She did so well before and after the surgery. She came home and got a couple of hours of sleep before Billy got back from school. The doctors said that she needed to keep it slow today and not alot of movement. (ya right) Have you seen my kids play together. Well I thought I could keep the kids still for a moment so I decided to paint there toes. Nothing new they know they cant move and they have to wait for their nails to dry before moving. WELL..... I had to get the door to talk to the roof guys and I turn around to see my little princess painting her own nails. Thank goodness she did not get any on the carpet. I was so proud of her so you have to see how well she did....

Our DAYS home!

2008-05-01T18:55:00.002-07:00

So, I got back from Africa about 2 weeks ago. All I have to say is that I had a blast! While I was on a safari with my mom and dad there was a point of time when we had lunch on top of this mountain over looking the amazing land. I told my parents I did not know how to describe to people what I have seen. I still dont..but I can tell you that I will one day go back with Bill and my children. I think it has changed me for the good. The people there were so nice except the ones that were cutting off people heads and burning tires in the middle of of the road. Other than that I think everyone should have a chance to see Africa. Then you can judge for your self on how lucky we are living in America and have a roof we have over our heads. My parents took around many different places which I can say that I am so glad that we have payed roads and no speed bumps. I have a different heart now that I have seen members in a different place live and stand up for their beliefs. The first sunday I was there we went to this small branch which had a baptismal font in the front of the building outside. We walked into the building and went to Relief Society first. I think that was one of the best meetings I have ever been to. It was so simple but so powerful. At one of the times the teacher asked the women what has been taken from them and how they felt about that person. I could not believe there answers. Then I started to cry. They had NOTHING!! but they had learned that they needed to forgive that person and move on. I dont think I would feel that way if someone took something from me when I would have nothing at all. Those women in that room know from the bottom of their heart that the church was true and they did not care what other people thought of them. Then we had sacrament meeting. I think at this point I thought nothing could surprise me but of coarse I was wrong. The meeting was great and the children were so good. They sat so still. One of the kids was being normal and wanted to look at a book(meaning the gospel principals book). And that was it. No crying nothing!! I just want to say to all that read this... be grateful for what you have that is if you have one to thousands of books or toys. These kids that I saw did not have one toy not even a book! I saw this one girl that have a coke bottle cap in her hand that she would not let go of. They did not even have a play doll or picture books or coloring books!! Now I was sitting there thinking that this was ONE of many, many branch's there. How many of those children had anything to play or look at? most likely none. It crushed my heart. I know that I am so grateful for my husband and all that he does for me, the children and his country. I am so grateful for the gospel and being able to watch conference on TV and read the Ensign. The sad thing is that this trip slapped me in the face to see reality and to be grateful for what I have(really!!) My parents looked so great and I am so happy that I was able to see them. They are one of a kind. Thank you for the great experience!! I had a blast hanging out with them and seeing the wild animals. Oh ya I dont want to brag but I saw everything!!! except the male lion but that is ok! I had so much fun and I cant stop thinking about it. I hope one day my family and I can do it again.

I also wanted to thank my brother and sister'n law for taking my kids. I know it was short notice but I really appreciate you guys taking my kids in. I know that you had a full house and the last thing you needed was two more kids but I thank you for watching them. They tell me everyday that they loved hanging out with you guys and had a blast running around in the water.

Things overheard today...

2008-04-11T18:35:00.002-07:00

I always think it's funny what the kids say and today I thought I should write them down for once.

I had to get a physical today so I dropped the kids off at a friends house. Billy was thirsty and asked Camille for a drink of milk. When told that she ran out of milk, Billy said "You must not have any kids. Mommy's never let the milk run out!" I just thought that was funny because she doesn't have any kids yet (1 on the way) and we always run out of milk but he's never said anything to us.

Eliza is just funny in her mastery of the English language. She is always trying to sneak a pacifier into her mouth throughout the day and I am constantly taking them out and putting them up. Whenever she gets upset or hurt she says "Daddy, I want my passi...I hurt myself and I don't feel well and I think a passi would be a good idea. Yep that's a good idea." It just cracks me up.

Bath time...

2008-04-09T19:17:00.003-07:00

So Tina's been gone for 4 days and the house is still standing. For the most part it's clean and the kids are still alive. I've been gone for awhile and so I'm a little out of synch with the kids schedule. So tonight I realized that I haven't given the kids a bath since Tina left so we did that.

Apparently you need a lot of toys to take a bath. If you look closely you can almost see the kids in the tub!

Bill's back home...

2008-04-09T18:52:00.004-07:00

Bill finally came back home after a 2 month training course in San Antonio. He graduated number 1 in his class for Air-to-Air kills (dogfighting). Good to be back home, even though we only got 1 day together as Tina left for Africa on Sunday. So we spent Saturday as a family again and since the carnival was in town...

Fun day. Eliza said 'too scary' to most things, but we got her to go on a few things. Tina didn't realize that scrambler things went so fast. It was funny to watch Billy laughing uncontrollably and Tina scared to death that she was going to fly out!

Another Day of doing nothing!

2008-03-15T20:32:00.003-07:00

This is Billy's room!! He spent one hour cleaning his room and this was the end result.
I thought this was so funny! Who would ever of thought putting airplanes on the dresser!

Billy worked really hard on this puzzle.. He wanted to show Daddy that he did it!!!! We had so much fun together do the puzzle.

This is Eliza she had a rough day playing

Dog march parade

2008-03-14T16:52:00.002-07:00

So the kids and I decided to walk the dogs in a parade today! We had a blast Buddy was dressed as a dog taking a bath (with a cap, soap on a rope and towel made for dogs only) and Jack with a nice looking jacket on. I have to say they looked pretty cute. Buddy won first prize for the BEST costume.(would you expect anyless)Jk..Anyways we had fun and that is all that matters.

Our First Dentist Trip

2008-03-10T19:19:00.004-07:00

We are so excited to go and get our teeth cleaned!!!

He was a pro. He sat so still.........

No more Germs! She let Billy hold on to the sucker thing.......

All DONE!! Look at me I have really clean teeth! Billy did so well and he was still smiling at the end of the visit!

Then it was ELIZA'S turn.....

2008-03-10T19:05:00.002-07:00

"Billy I don't know why you are so happy about your teeth being cleaned" Why are you smiling?

I had to hold her then I had to hold a mirror up for her then she would finally open her mouth (just a little)

Oh boy look at all the toys we get to choose from!!!

We made it!!! Are teeth are clean!! And we still like our dentist

Our WEEKEND in OKC!!!

2008-03-09T12:49:00.004-07:00

The kids and I went to The museum of COWBOYS this weekend. We went with our good friends the Baum family. It was so much they had tons of things to do there. We first walked by all the Indian costumes then cowboys costumes. Billy liked all of the different kinds of gloves the Indians wore. Then we went into another building where the kids got to run around and ride on saddles and try costumes on. There also was a cute log cabin to play in and a fun pretend camp ground. Then we went for a little walk outside which was so nice! Then the best part of the whole thing was walking into a huge building which had a dark mini old time town. It reminded me of Nauvoo. They showed how the town would look in the cowboy days. We had a blast and we wished Daddy could be there with us. We love and miss you babe.

Weekend with Daddy

2008-03-05T16:58:00.002-07:00

I was so happy this weekend because Bill came home! That Saturday we went to the Oklahoma Zoo. The kids had a blast. Eliza could not stop looking at the gorillas. She was imitating everything the mommy gorilla was doing. Billy favorite part at the zoo was the lion. He tells me everyday now that the lion likes to eat meat and we are made out of meat. What do you say to that. We had so much fun with daddy and we cant wait to see him next.

Billys Birthday in Dec.

2008-03-04T19:13:00.003-07:00

This was Billys 4 birthday. He loves his football uniform. Bill made him do up downs and push ups to get him in shape. It was so funny.

We love the goggles!!

2008-03-04T17:49:00.002-07:00

Thank you papa! We cant wait to use them in your pool! We miss you guys so much.

My son the Doc.

2008-03-04T17:42:00.001-07:00

I have to say he looks really good as a doc.

We are sooooo excited for Christmas!

2007-11-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

P.S. We miss Mama and Papa who are in far, far Africa

Our Past 3 weeks!

2007-11-25T14:34:00.000-07:00

So, we start off with Bill bringing home shrimp from one of his cross countries. For all that does not know what that means it is where Bill leaves out of state for a day and goes to eat somewhere really good and then comes home full! Meaning that Oklahoma does not have that restraint. Anyways, Bill brought home real shrimp from New Orleans. Then he had Billy hold it and take a picture. As my princess would be caught dead holding a dirty, nasty shrimp (with the head still on) in her hand. (She takes after her beautiful mother)
Next we went camping with Dan, Ash and handsome Kaden. We camped out and it got down to 30 degrees that night. But I have to tell you we had a blast.Like always us girls have to stick together when we pee so Ash and I went to the potty and saw as we were walking out of there this huge spider! It was the biggest spider I have ever seen. Bill put his had up to it to show how big it was.
Then we put our Christmas stuff a little early this year. Bill thought it was a great idea because he fills better about the money he spent buying the Christmas tree last year. The kids love to watch the train go around as well as Bill. We have been having a blast with the cold weather we have gotten. We love to have our fireplace up and running.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! We were so excited to have Bill's sister come down for the holiday. We had so much fun with her and the kids cant stop talking about Aunt Sharon. We had so much fun with her and we miss having her around. We just want to say Thank you for coming and seeing us! Oh ya I cant forget to say that Bill bought a turkey fryer and Bill fried the turkey. I have to tell you my husband is the best cook ever. I think we are going to fry a turkey for now on. I also want to say that I love Bill so much and I am so blessed to have him in my life. He has given me the most beautiful kids. I am so proud of him and all of his accomplishments and there is no one else I would love to spend the rest of my life with. He is my rock and my best friend and I love him so much. I am blessed for all that I have....... FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!

The latest...

2007-10-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

This month has been flying by. We've been busy getting pumpkins and carving them as well as preparing for Eliza's birthday party and and adult Halloween party that we threw. The kids are great and had a blast with all the activities. Ralphie would be proud of the decorating for the Halloween party!

Tina's handywork...

2007-10-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

So, in preparation for selling our house in February, we began with a few "easy" updates to make the house more appealing. 1 trip to Lowes and 4 trips to ACE hardware later and we still aren't done!

Tina did the hallway and the entry way lights, with Bill's supervision of course (he's a born leader.)

Bill attempted the kitchen light and it didn't work out so well.

We also installed a new kitchen sink faucet and 2 new bathroom faucets. Unfortunately with our house it took way too long to remove the old ones. Every time we removed something it broke, thus requiring a trip to the hardware store. Tina is known by name at ACE's and she has the entire bathroom fix-it isle memorized. Not to mention the fact that she is now familiar with what a hack saw is and how it is used to cut away rusted metal piping.

All in all it turned out all right. We still need to get the kitchen light working but that will require a trip into the attic, which neither of us is very happy about.

My first diaper cake

2007-10-03T21:13:00.001-07:00

This was my first diaper cake. I got the idea from my sister's baby shower. Her sister Julie sent me pictures of her cake (thanks) and now I made one for a friend of mine.

Bill's next assignment...

2007-09-18T22:35:00.001-07:00

Found out today that I will be moving on to the F-16.

This was my first choice and I am very happy.

We should be going to Phoenix around April for training.

And then our possible bases will be in: Utah, South Carolina, Germany, Italy, and Korea.

Busy Labor Day Weekend...

2007-09-04T17:24:00.000-07:00

Friday:
The kids helped make dessert. When I left the room to answer the phone I discovered Billy sneaking a taste with Eliza. He said it was o.k. because he was "sharing."

Saturday:

We went to Leonardo's Warehouse, which has a gigantic wooden playground. It's 5 stories tall with tons of secret passages and fun things to do.

Sunday:
We went to church and then drove over to Branson, MO. It's only about 4 hrs from Enid, OK.

Who knew that Taco Bell could be so much fun! When we finally got to the hotel we spent some time swimming to get out some of our 'sitting in the car too long' energy.

Monday:

We started off with a trip to the World Bass Pr o Outlet. There is one in Oklahoma City but this
one is like the headquarters. It was 4 stories tall and about as big as a mall. You could have filled a zoo with all the stuffed creatures. They had huge fish tanks with scuba divers feeding the fish. It was a really neat store (all though it's almost like an attraction really).

Then we headed to The Butterfly Palace which is home to over 1000 butterfly species or something like that. Eliza thought the butterfly's were pretty and Billy was scared of them. He was wearing a bright orange shirt that seemed to attract the butterfly's. They swoop at him trying to land on his shirt. He would get scared and run around all crazy.

There was a castle nearby so we went to go see it; (by "we went to go see it", I mean Tina wanted to see it and she forced the rest of us to go along!) It was actually pretty neat and had some neat history behind it. The kids were much more interested in the dogs that lived in the castle and they had a great time run and jumping through the long halls with their new friends.

Finally we went to Fantastic Caverns, America's only drive through cave. Maybe we are getting lazy, but it was nice to sit in a Jeep and go inside of a cave. It was the standard cave stuff, except you had to duck down in the jeep when you went between caverns to avoid hitting your head. One of the caverns is so big they have weddings and prom parties down in it. Billy liked the cave a lot, and for some strange reason he thinks that lions live down in caves. He spent the whole time in search of lions and bats.

They were supposed to be in bed SLEEPING

2007-08-27T17:44:00.000-07:00

They were supposed to be in bed!! All was fine until I heard laughter. Then I looked into Billy's room no Billy. Then I look into Eliza's room and it was dark but.......
Then I saw a little light!!! Billy took the little DVD player from his room to Eliza's room. He told me he thought Eliza was sad because she was alone so he was keeping her company.

Preparing for his talk sunday

2007-08-27T17:35:00.000-07:00

Billy gave his first talk on Sunday! He did a awesome job. He was so cute. Bill helped him prepare his talk Saturday night.

Daddy's work

2007-08-26T13:20:00.000-07:00

Friday the kids and I went to Bill's work to play around and to have some dinner. So anyways Billy loves to put on Bill's helmet and parachute. Eliza of course did not want to put anything on because it might ruin her hair style. So you see she now has to be like mommy and carry around a purse.(I love it)(minnie me)

Saturday, Bowling and Park day...

2007-08-19T21:06:00.002-07:00

Today was a fun day. Billy has been asking to go bowling for a couple weeks and it finally worked out. He had a great time. Eliza loved to watch and she loved the shoes, she's just like her mom!

After that we went to the park to get some energy out.

Eliza's first day of school...

2007-08-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

So Eliza started her little pre-school. She was very happy to be on her own.

Of course Billy was very excited as well. Not only to teach her what school was like, but especially to get her out of the house so he doesn't have share his toys!

Such a long day, I'm exhausted!

Time out doesn't work anymore...

2007-08-05T14:12:00.000-07:00

So Eliza likes to get her way, all the time. When she doesn't, this happens...

Then she gets sent to time out (which she thinks is fun)...

And when she finally gets out, she somehow thinks that she won the fight...

Someone please help, she's too cute.

Tina baked a cake!

2007-08-05T14:07:00.000-07:00

So our little Tina made a cake from scratch today! We are all very proud. Billy helped of course.

Splash Zone...

2007-08-04T18:24:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Enid's very own water park, Splash Zone. Everyone had a blast. Billy wanted to go down the steep slide first and after that he wasn't sure he liked water slides anymore. By the end of the day he was going down all of the slides with no fear. Eliza had more fun splashing around in the kiddie area and going down the small slides. She really loved the stairs going to the small slides. She much rather preferred going up and down those stairs to actually going down the slides!

Another fun Saturday in Enid. Only 24 more left, giver or take.

Bill

Tina's Birthday

2007-07-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

So Tina turned 25 yesterday and we decided to have some fun on the lake. The water was very warm and our friends brought the boat. We had a great time!

Well, since everyone else is doing it..

2007-07-28T21:42:00.000-07:00

I guess we will finally try and write in a Blog. Tina tried and died last Christmas. This time hopefully we can make it a bit longer. We can't even remember the names and passwords to get into our old account! Happy reading.