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..

matt deployment

MAtt and the kids getting ready to head out to drop him off at the bus
all of his HEAVY bags
our day counting chain for the kiddos


ally hugging daddy

Matt left today around9:30 to head out... The kids took it ok. they both did cry and ally wanted daddy to come back home (as did trev) but we watched the bus leave and we came home.... its been a slow and boring day and hopefully tomorrow will be better.

trevs first day of school

i thought these were cute. Matt was reading their bedtime story..

heres snaggletooth

Trev lost his first tooth on sunday. I was hoping that he would make it to school pictures before he lost it but i got a letter home from school the next day saying pictures were tuesday.. oh wel.. it will make for a cute picture..

lately

Here is ally modeling some of the bags i have made. she has claimed the red one as her own...




















here trev is just being silly, kicking his legs around..














and a cute one of innocent ally.... ( dont be fooled )
















bug eyes..... memories of my past horror with my sister.... (look kate I'm mickey mouse) gotta love sisters.... (and you have to look to the future torture ally gets to look forwards too) poor thing...














and some really cute ones of Trevor bean

lately

here are the kids at a local strawberry farm. allison go so dirty. the dirt was so fine that it looked like she was a homeless child.. the kids really enjoyed it and we had a ton of strawberries. each of the kids had their own basket....

here are some easter pictures

sorry guys that it has been so long since i last posted. a lot has happened and changed.

1. ally is finally potty trained.. for the most part at least.

2. trev starts kindergarten in aug.

3. matt is being deployed in october for possibly 4 months.

4. i picked up sewing.. and for once a hobby for me is sticking..

Matt is still into is RC airplanes. he mainly enjoys the building and modifying process but he really does a good job with the air planes he builds. we are hoping trev gets into it but who knows..

I am possibly going up to delaware for thanksgiving this year. since matt will be deployed at the time i will be coming without him but luckily i found out that a friend of mine who lives in summerville has family that she was wanting to see for thanksgiving in wilmington (same town my family lives) also so i offered for her to ride with us so i wouldnt have to ride alone. she was planning to fly so it might save us both some money. her hubby will be deployed on the same deployement as matt so it will do us both good to do it...

as for christmas i am not sure what the plan is. i know i will be in spartanburg for a good bit around christmas. dont worry ill make my rounds but i like to be spontaneous when i can so ill see what happens....

please keep us in your prayers when sept/oct comes around. he leaves at the end of sept and it is our first deployement and i am not sure how it will go for us and the kids. i dont want to become too relyant on family too much b/c i know i will have to do it a lot in the future since he is making a career out of the military but just pray it will happen smoothly and with no setbacks or complications. and while he is gone i will post from time to time about how he is doing... pray for his safety while he is there and a safe return.

feb/ mar 07

feb

allison asleep in the tub after a bath

Matt flying his home made airplane..

jan and feb pics

heres trev riding his new bike