Busy, Busy, Busy

We're starting to get really busy!! Between the end of the school year, that they pack almost every single event that they can think of in two weeks, and our pending move...WE ARE BUSY!! I think it really starts tomorrow. Jenna has a end of the year party at school, then a t-ball game that night. Saturday brings us a bridging ceremony, a combined birthday party for the kids and then our Friendship Circle group over for a BBQ. Sunday is a sprinkler party for the kids, then a BBQ for church. Monday, another t-ball game. Tuesday, a field trip to Woobang Land and t-ball practice. Wednesday, field day. Thursday, t-ball practice and a coffee (for the Mommy). Friday, t-ball game, farewell dinner for Bill and a night out with the girls for myself. Saturday, last t-ball game, possible dinner with Bill's big boss. Monday, packers and movers come. Tuesday clean the house. Wednesday, Jenna's promotion, Brodie's last day. Thursday Jenna's last day and we move up to Camp Humphreys. I'm not sure that we can fit one more thing into our schedule!! We'll see how we all fair after this.

After we get all set up at our new apartment. THEN MIMI COMES TO VISIT US!!! WE CAN'T WAIT!!

Enjoy your Thursday everyone!!!

Tiki's sign

As most of you know, I had a BIG BOO BOO with the Tahoe back in April. I happen to know the Garrison Commander's wife. I told her my story and asked if she could talk to her husband to get a sign put up so others may be fortunate enough to see the sign before they back over the spikes that completely flatten your tires. Here I am with MY sign.
In this picture you can see the spikes that I ran over. OOPS! I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!

Armed Forces Day

Today is Armed Forces Day. Here at Camp Walker, they opened up the airfield and had helicopters, humvees, demonstrations...well basically a whole bunch of really cool stuff. The kids had a GREAT time!! Creed is going to be some sort of driver or pilot. He had to be in the drivers/pilots seat at all times. We saw a Korean dance demonstration, some kung-fu guys and Korean rifle team. They also had some jumping things for the kids and you could get your face or hand painted. We had much fun.

Here is the Korean Rifle team.Here is the Korean drum demonstration.Jenna and Brodie piloting a helicopter.
Creed being a pilot.Daddy and Creed.

Jenna's 1st T-ball game

Jenna had her first T-ball game today as last Saturday it was rained out. We had drama to begin with, but ended very well. While warming up, Jenna got hit in the face with a ball. She wanted to quit. We told her that she wasn't a quitter. Then Mr. Sparks got her out on the field to play the game. She did great. She was 2/2 with 2 RBI's. She currently has a slugging percentage of 1.000.

Creed's new haircut

Creed finally got a haircut. He looks so much like a "little boy" instead of a "baby". How the grow so fast!!

Before:

After:

This is what you get

This is what I asked for.......

This is what I got....

Too funny if you ask me!!

Wednesday's Hero

">This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog - Cindy Lance Cpl. Steven Chavez

20 years old from Hondo, New Mexico

2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

March 14, 2007

Tears ran down cheeks and strong men choked back emotion as the city of Hondo, NM payed tribute to fallen Marine, Steven Chavez. LCpl. Chavez lost his life on March 14, 2007 in a non-combat incident in which he was accidentally shot. Chavez enlisted in the Marine Cops. right after he graduated in 2005. "You pray and you pray that the day never comes, and then it does," said Novelda Chavez, Chavez's mother. "Your emotions are mixed — it’s not true, it’s a bad dream, a bad dream you never wake up from. "In a letter Chavez wrote before he was sent to Iraq, he wrote:"First of all I would like to thank everyone for your support. When I'm home on leave and when I'm away. That is so important to me. Thank you for your kind, supporting words in your letters and for the packages I've received. Those are awesome. I've been through some pretty hard times, in the short time I've been in the Marine Corp. None harder then what I'm about to face. Yes I'm scared; nothing is scarier than the uncertainty of what your future holds for you. I'm prepared to face whatever lies ahead. I put my life in the hands of the Lord. And pray that He guides my fellow soldiers and I down a safe path, that He will calm our fears, and give us the strength to do the job we have been trained to do, and to do that job well. There are many lonely nights, when you're lying in your bunk thinking of family and friends, wondering what they are doing at that very moment. Wondering what mom is cooking for supper. I can almost taste the tortillas on the griddle. I want to say to all of you tonight, I wouldn't change one thing about my life. I've never been more proud of the choices I made in my life than the day I graduated from basic drill instructor placed that Anchor, Globe and Eagle Pin in my hand I knew then I was a UNITED STATES MARINE! I'm Proud to protect and serve My Country. I'm Proud to protect and serve My Community. I'm Proud to protect and serve you. Thank you so much for your Support. Keep those letters coming. Mail is a precious commodity when you're so far from Home.

YOUR U.S. MARINE

LANCE CORPORAL STEVE CHAVEZ

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

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Wednesdays Hero

Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip

21 years old from Irving, Texas

2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

October 14, 2004

Louise Vandertulip fussed at her son about his spending. He bought wild, overpriced hats that had flames on them or horns coming out of the top, she said. While in Army basic training, he bought portraits of himself. His mother told him to save his money. She's glad he didn't listen. The hats and the pictures are all a part of her memories now. Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip was killed in Baghdad when his patrol came under small arms fire. Josiah Vandertulip joined the Army right after his graduation from Irving High School in 2002. He spent a year in South Korea before being stationed at Texas' Fort Hood in February. Against his mother's advice, he volunteered to go to Iraq. She told him to wait, to go to college. "When he was determined to do something in his heart, he would do it and hell or high water couldn't keep him from it," she said. By going, he knew someone else with a young family could be saved from serving, relatives said. He always had the important things right, Louise Vandertulip said. "There's a lot of rest in knowing that he died doing what he believed in and doing what he thought was right," she said. "We have a much more real sense of the cost for the freedom that we enjoy now," said his father, Robert Vandertulip. "Josiah was the first brand new soldiers I received as a dismounted team leader in Korea. He was one of the best soldiers I have had the honor to train and work with. He loved being a soldier as much as any guy I have met. He was a great leader in the absence of his superiors. I could always count on him to make sure the mission was accomplished. I watched him change over the year I had him from a goofy kid, to a hard charging soldier." Sgt. Nickolas Faul

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived.

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Field Trip

Today Jenna had her first "real" field trip. The other two surprise field trips were due to bomb threats. We went to a Korean school where Jenna made a heart out of oragami. Then we went to the Childrens Hall. It was a fun time, but I think all of the parents were glad to get out of there. There were MANY children, running and screaming. You know, the basic fun stuff for kids!! Below are pictures.

Sulema and Jenna with their oragami hearts.

Out front of the Childrens Hall.

A little area that had these mushrooms, butterflies, birds, etc.A Korean boat.

Jenna, Jonah and Sulema with Mickey Mouse.

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Hospitalman Luis E. Fonseca Jr.

On August 11, 2004, Navel Hospitalman Luis E. Fonseca, Jr. was awarded the Navy's second highest decoration. The Navy Cross, which is awarded for extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States and must be performed in the presence of great danger or at great personal risk, was awarded for his actions while serving with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, Task Force Tarawa, II Marine Expeditionary Force.On March 23, 2004, Fonseca, Jr.'s unit were trying to take the Saddam Canal Bridge. Five Marines were injured when their vehicle was hit by an RPG. Fonseca, while still being fired upon by machine guns and RPG's, pulled the Marines to safety and established a casualty collection unit inside his own medical evacuation vehicle. After his vehicle was hit once again, Fonseca organized litter teams and directed the movement of four of the Marines, while personally carrying one wounded Marine over open ground to another vehicle. On November 15, 2004, Seaman Fonseca was awarded the "Grateful Nation Award" from the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs for his actions."I was doing my job," said Fonseca. "I wish I could have done more."

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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