Father's Day

So it's not the most exciting Father's Day for us. We aren't doing much celebrating since Dan is still gone. We will be heading back to Granite on Friday for 5 days, so we'll celebrate Father's Day with my family next weekend. We miss you Dan and hope you are having a good day. Wish you were here!!! The one small perk of having dad away though:

I made chocolate cookies today and Sydney said she was so glad I made them because she'll finally get one before daddy steals them all. :)

Sick Kiddos

Well we will be going on day 4 for Sydney being sick. The poor kid has missed her first 2 days of theatre camp and it doesn't look like she'll be going back tomorrow. I made a doctor's appointment for her tomorrow. Lyndsey was sick for about 3 or 4 days last week, but she wasn't nearly as bad as Sydney. Sydney's temp has been as high as 103.8! Hopefully she'll feel better tomorrow or we'll get some answers and help from the doctor. This sure has been a crazy summer!

Pretty in Pink

This is what happens when you let your 7 yr old sister decide what you are going to play. However, he was very proud of himself. LOL Poor thing is going to hate me when he's older!

O'Fallon Weather

Wow! It was always so stormy when we lived there It seemed we were always in some kind of watch or warning. Tonight they had a tornado and damage from straight lined winds. I hope everyone is ok. Looks like some damage to homes, businesses and schools. Lots of clean up and power outages. What a pain! I'm also thankful we don't live there right now. If we had damage to our house, I don't know what I would do without Dan for 2 months!

Painted Exterior

The painters started today - wooohooo! I agonized over the color for a long time and thankfully it looks good! It used to be a dark blue and I wanted something lighter and neutral. It was hard to match that ugly red brick, but now I don't think it looks so bad. It will be awesome once Dan is able to stain the wood and we get some decent landscaping. :)

Rainy, Cold Weekend

Well it turned out to be a really crappy weekend, weather wise. There was snow in the Black Hills and ND. Sheesh! So we made the most of it. We ended up going to the Washington Pavilion for the first time and then to Chuck E Cheese's. Wooo hooo! LOL The kids had a great time with their grandparents and cousins, but unfortunately Lyndsey was a little under the weather. She's had a bad cough and is really tired. She seems to be feeling a bit better today. I took the girls to VBS and I haven't gotten a call to come and get her yet. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Lyndsey lost a tooth today

So Dan goes to Iraq and Sydney loses her first tooth. Now he's off to Saudi Arabia and Lyndsey loses her first tooth. Wonder where he'll be when Brayden loses his first one.

She was so excited! She's been working on it for awhile and she can't wait to see what the tooth fairy brings!

Dan is gone

Well Dan left today for Saudi and Oman. He'll be gone for about two months, hopefully less if they can get things done sooner. Please pray that he will be safe and that the kids and I will manage ok without him. I've got some things planned for us to pass the time and when he returns we get to go to Disney - yeah! Can't wait.