Man can kids scare you good.

Kids, especially my kids seem to know how to scare the daylights out of me. It never fails one of my boys has to scare the daylights out of me every now and then... and every once in a good while its a really good scare. Well today was one of those days when it was a really really good scare. The day hadn't started out that great with Zander waking up and throwing up all over me at 6AM. So after cleaning up the mess we tried to lay back down and sleep a little later. The day wore on Zander had gone to Austin's house to play. Well a little bit later, Austin comes to the door screaming that I need to go help my son, he's at the park and he's hurt really badly. As anyone with kids knows hurt really badly can have a wide range of meaning. He then tells me Zander is bleeding really badly and needs my help right now. I jump up to be met at the front door by my son, head, hands, and face covered in blood. Once I got him calmed down I started cleaning him up to see where on his head this amount of blood could have possibly come from and sort out what the heck had happened. After finally getting him cleaned up I find this tiny hole, about the side of a pencil lead that was the only wound. The stories never all did match up other than Zander fell off a toy at the park. All that matters is he's fine, it didn't require stitches, and all is well now. It never seems to fail when John is gone for any length of time that one of the boys has gotten hurt or scared the daylights out of me. Thank God it's never been anything really major and they've always been ok.. but man oh man can they scare ya good.

I got the call

Nothing is more exciting when your husband is gone than the call letting you know when he is going to be home. Whether its a 30 day training deployment or a year long deployment to Iraq, that phone call telling you he will be home on this day at this time is always exciting. The past 30 days have been interesting none the less. This time around when John deploys the boys and I are going to stay in Washington instead of going back to Oklahoma. The past 30 days have given me a taste of what our year is going to be like. It has made me figure out how things are going to work while he's gone for that year. I can honestly say the strangest part has been cooking. Its strange to cook smaller meals. Its been hard because I don't know how to cook smaller meals. When John is home I always make more than enough food, so with him being gone I definitely make more than enough food for me and the boys. I can say a positive is our grocery bill has gone down. I would gladly trade that smaller grocery bill for him being home. So.. now that I know when he's coming home the fun of making sure the house is clean and in order begins. If I can just figure out how to make my laundry fold and put itself away that would be a miracle.

7 Years

7 Years. That's right, John and I have been married 7 years. On June 29Th, 2002 at 5 PM. John and I became husband and wife. Its amazing how fast time has flown. We have been blessed immensely during that time. We have 2 very handsome boys that I am so incredibly in love with. We've survived 2 deployments and are preparing for our 3rd. We have survived 7 moves in the 7 years of our marriage. Numerous ups and downs have come our way. Through it all we've held strong to our marriage and our love for each other. I'm not going to lie.. it hasn't been easy. Its been the hardest thing we've ever done. Its been a continuous fight and will be a continuous fight to hold fast to our marriage. I have the joy of being married to one of my Hero. John is definitely one of my heroes. He is my hero because he serves our country and makes it possible for me and my boys to be free. He is my hero because he allows me to stay home and raise our boys so that we know they are being raised and cared for the best they possibly could be. I love him more than words could ever express for that. I will never be able to express to him how thankful I am for that and how proud I am to be his wife. 7 years.. WOW! I know there are many many more years to come and I'm overwhelmingly thankful for the 7 amazing years we've had. Thank you baby, I love you and can't wait to be able to say "Wow! we made it to 50 years!"