Priceless

Lift Tickets for 2- $100

Romantic dinner at Tucanos- $50

Night at the Anniversary Inn- $200

Being with my Capt again: Priceless

There are some things money can't buy....

These pics are from our first post-deployment date in 2007. It was awesome!

Little did i know that 2 years later we would be doing our 4th such date, sad.

He and his crew grew a stash on that deployment, scary huh?

Sand Storm

Quinn sent me this pic of the washing machine after a sand storm. The washer is actually inside a building, the sand just seeps in and gets all over everything.


Here is a conversation we had about the most recent (18 hours!) storm.

Quinn: Man this sand storm just keeps going, it is so annoying. I hate walking to chow and stuff, the sand just gets in my teeth, eyes, ears...everywhere!

Sandra: Don't you wear like a bandanna over your face or something?

Q: I left my scarf at home! Actually, i left both of them. I think they are still lying on the bed waiting to be packed. And, I left my goggles at home too, I swear I packed them. I have two of those too.

S: Isn't there a way you can get something? Can't you buy a scarf thing somewhere?

Q: Well, they sell bandannas at the BX but I don't want to buy one.

He didn't want to pay like 3 bucks for a bandanna, sound frugal huh? Yeah, this from a guy who doesn't think twice about $90 shoes or $60 dinners. He isn't known for his frugality but every little bit helps right?

His pic got me thinking of one I took for him last year (but he has probably never seen it) so here it is:

We miss you! Only 4 days till I see you again Capt :)

The divider thing got blown in the storm from there to there.

no more troubles

Quinn finally got a great internet connection out in the desert so, with one week left to go, he can now send me pics! Here is a sampling:

Humm, the guy on the left looks...interesting.

I think he looks pretty good as the guy in charge, wouldn't you agree?

No worries, it's henna. Although, Julie was concerned that he may want to get a real one now...no need to fear, he may be deployed but he hasn't lost his senses.

He really is there

Quinn hasn't been able to send any pictures of himself home this deployment because of the tightened computer security...but his squadron was in the AF news for flying the 20,000 hour of combat while they have been deployed continuously for the last 5 years. Quinn was the pilot that few the famous flight so he was pictured in the article. here are the the pics

crew and maintainance people
Just the air crew

My capt, boarding the plane, isn't he hansome?

You can view the original story at http://www.386aew.afcent.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123135655.

The article talks about how the guys have to get deployed like 3, 4 even 5 times (that will be quinn this fall) and yet they "still have a smile on their faces." Just so you know, its a lie. Everyone is totally over worked, lots of marriages are falling apart etc. They are severly undermanned and have been for the last 5 years and yet the Air Force doen't send new people. Thats the military for ya.

sledding

Jack is an awesome sledding partner!

Amanda and I took the kids out...hers didn't like it very much but Jack is just getting to the right age to really enjoy this stuff!

This was the one run where we went out of control!




love my little boy!!

One of the best parts..

One of the best parts about being a mother...

Getting both kids down for naps at the same time so I can have a nap!

I love naps!

Occasionally my biggest goal for the day is getting them both to bed so I can snuggle in for some shut eye...maybe that seems sad for a biggest goal. Oh well, I love naps!

Powder to the people

Skiing!! Finally!

I have been here, just minutes from the slopes for almost 3 months and I finally got to go!

It was an awesome day with soft fresh powder. Not too deep, just right.

I havn't been for almost a year, and as it turns out it is like riding a bike. I wasn't too shabby

I really enjoyed a break from my boys, thanks mom!!

This couple reminded me of me and my Quinn.

I miss you Capt...you are my favorite slopes buddy.

3 weeks from today and this will be us :)

Happy Birthday to ...

ME!
Yeah! I love birthdays! Last year was my worst birthday ever and this year has already been so much better. Yesterday i told my mom that i tried explaining to jack that it was my going to be my birthday tomorrow . The only problem was that it wasn't going to be very exciting as there weren't any wrapped gifts for him to see me open (just a box sent from Quinn) and we weren't going to have cake with candles until sunday dinner with the family. So, she got me a wonderfully thoughtful gift: she helped jack wrap a mini cake and candles for me to open this morning, so nice huh?

"Here let me smoosh your cake for you, mommmy"Then Quinn got me the best gift!
No not the new boots (although i super love them and can't wait to go snowshoeing in them).
He wrote me an email that said, "Babe!!! The scrap book thing you sent is AWESOME!!!!! I love it! That is way cool, one of the best gifts ever. I will take it with me to work all the time now."
I made him an 8X8 story book/scrapbook about a day in the life of our boys with lots of pictures of them taken since he left. I am so glad he likes it (one of the best gifts ever?!?)

Now i am looking forward to 'Jump on it' with the kids today then dinner (Pizzeria 712) and a movie (Taken!!) with my sisters and mom tonight! Yeah!

p.s. thanks to Brent for babysitting during dinner and Pierce for babysitting during the movie, you guys make it all possible!

This one is for Stacy

I havn't posted for a while because i have been having so much fun playing with photoshop and working on my scrapbook (not to mention i am currently a single mom of two sick boys, ugh!) but here is a little sample of something new i learned today: cardboard pictures

You will not believe how much time and work went into getting this picture. Chase has been sticking his tongue out like this for some time now and it is so cute. I think he does it to feel his teeth that are coming in. Even though he does it all the time he one does it for a second or two each time he does it. I have taken like 50 and just missed it every time. So, here it is: the cute little tongue.

He tried so hard to reach the gingerbread houses!

Are those 2 little cousin snow bunnies cute or what?

He would spend most of his waking hours here if I would let him!

(too bad he doesn't eat any food while he is there!)

Ride em cowboy vacuum!

I don't know how to turn this the right way, sorry!