well we are a week down of matt being gone.. its been a decent week.. better than anticipated.. yesterday was the hardest yet as it was matts birthday and I was just thinking about him a lot but we are a week closer to getting him back. he is doing good over there and yesterday they had a little get together for him so he enjoyed that. he says that the weather is warm and humid (not too hot) and he works evenings so he has the better part of the day to work..
the kids are doing good.. ally is going through some mean spree where she is being mean to trevor and kids she knows well.. i dont want to be too hard on her b/c i think it is due to matt leaving and the change but hopefully i will get her to stop.

we have been staying busy so that has helped pass the time and i am working on the prep work to paint the kids bathroom. i havent gotten around to sewing any except to make ally's halloween costume (flower fairy) and i will be making trevs this weekend probably. he is going to be a mummy...

luckily i have a friend whose fiance is over there with matt so we are trying to support each other through this..

thats all for now

soccer

trev had his first soccer game on saturday the 29th. he did pretty good. the kids pretty much end up fighting over who is going to kick the ball but it adds some comic releif to our situation..lol the pictures above are from practice the day before i got the game on video tape.. while trev was waiting to go back in ally and trev and i were kicking the ball around and when he went back in to play ally ran after him trying to give him the ball and the coach stopped her and boy did she get so emberrased... i didnt get that on video ( i wish i had b/c it was very funny) but she didnt think so...

fall fun day

they had a fall fun day at school where they had games and such and trev got a whale and ally got a butterfly painted on her face. she wouldnt cooperate for a good picture but here is all i could get....

Trevs clown day at school

the day after matt left they had a clown day at school. they put on

a little presentation and lo behold the battery on my video camera was dead. i charged it the night before but on accident i left it on all night so i missed recording it.. they are luckily (for me) having another presentation and i will not screw this one up...... they probably wont be dressed up like they were at the last one but i will get it on tape.... when we got home the kids heard the ice cream truck so we all ran out and got some ice cream..