New Baby Niece in the Family

I am so happy! My youngest brother's baby girl was born this past weekend. She is healthy. Her name is Aracely Martinez. I can't wait to meet her.

The kids are fine. We are off to our boy scout meeting. They are shooting off rockets this weekend. I still have to help David put it together. I hope it doesn't blow up in our faces. We shall see.

I am ready for Summer. My Tim will be home and then we will be a family again. I can;t wait to see him. My birthday, mother's day and our wedding anniversary are coming up. We will celebrate when he gets home. We are thinking of taking a family trip to someplace fun. Anybody have any suggestions?

Snow for Easter?

It is funny. We really wanted snow for Christmas but instead got lots of sun. It seems that we will have a White Easter this year. We have tickets to see the Avalanche play today but the road conditions are worrisome. My son will be heartbroken if we do not get to go. I am hoping the sun shines through.

All is well with us. Tim mentioned that he might get home around June 5th. I can't wait to see him. I think he might get a week off. Let us hope. We want to get out of Colorado Springs. I am looking into going to South Dakota to check out Mount Rushmore. We will see.

Hope everyone has a nice Easter. The kids have a nice four day weekend. We saw the Monster VS Alien movie. It was okay. We also went to the nice Fine Art Museum. What treasures they have there. I have plans to take them to the Olympic Center and Garden of the Gods outpost on Monday. I am trying to see all the great CO sights before we have to pack up and move again. Once the weather is much warmer we will have to do Denver.

My parents will be here in less than three days. It will nice to see them. They are excited to see the grand kids.

I have a great friend that is being reunited with her husband after a long year deployment in Iraq. I know that she is excited and nervous for the reunion. I feel happy for families that get reunited after being apart for so long. Congrats to the Peek family.

Colorado

We have been here in Colorado for 10 months and I am really starting to like it here. We have about two more years and then we move again. I can see why people decide to retire here. I think that we might consider retiring here after our military career. Our next tour I am hoping we can either go to Germany or a nice beach location. I loved living in Monterey, California. Maybe we can go to Florida this time. It is currently very windy and cold. David has flag football this afternoon and I am hoping that the sun comes out.

I spoke with Tim this morning and he sounds fine. He is working a lot but seems to enjoy what he is doing. He should be home the first week of June. I hope he gets some days off so we may go on a family trip somewhere.

The kids are fine. They get smarter, funnier and a bit more daring as they get older.

We are off to church this morning. It is Palm Sunday. I hope that my middle child doesn't vomit like last weekend. She told me this morning that she thinks she will do better this morning. This time I will sit in the back. Just in case we have to run out!!!

They are back to school

Moira the future hockey star!

I thought the ugly cold weather had disappeared. Well, this morning it is 29 degrees and light snow. I took the kids to school this morning. Now I need to balance the checkbook and play on the computer for a while. I discovered my youngest dressing up in her brother's hockey gear. I took several pictures and I want to share with you. I think I have my next hockey player.

My parents are coming to visit in about two weeks. It will be nice to have some help with the kids. They love to hang out with the grand kids.

My youngest brother is expecting his first child any day now. He lives in San Diego, CA. I can't wait to hear the news...boy or girl!

Is Spring Break Almost Over?

The kids have been home for the past week. We have been to museums, pool, ice rink, library, playgrounds, grocery store, played board games and survived the two day blizzard. It has been nice having them all home and not having to taxi them to practices, meetings etc. The madness starts again on Monday. David will start hockey spring league (Monday's and Wednesday's) and then he signed up for flag football at school (games and practices are on Sunday afternoons), Karina is signed up for soccer (do not know the days yet), Moira is doing Saturday morning soccer. Life gets busy!!

I am posting some pictures of David winning their squirt division hockey championship. It was fun to see them be victorious.

Tim is doing fine. They keep him super busy. I spoke with him yesterday.

The blizzard that hit the area was quite rough. I had to shovel snow from the front of our yard. It was quite time consuming. I am glad that we only get ugly snow storms once a year. I am so ready for Spring.

Tim leaves for awhile

Tim is taking off this Monday. He will be working for an SF general in Iraq. He should return in late June. We have a lot planned for this weekend. The kids and I are busy. David is playing his championship game this Sunday. They had their semifinal game tonight. It was so much fun to watch. We hope they will win on Sunday. They get a cool trophy. Just wanted to update on deployment status.

It is cold again!

We have been having really warm weather for the past two weeks. This morning we woke up to flurries and cold, cold weather. I was hoping that spring was on its way. I can't complain too much. I know that in other parts of the country it is bitterly cold.

Tim will be returning to Iraq next week. He will be there for about 4 months. He has to work for some SF general. I was a bit upset because he hasn't been home for more than three months at a time. I know that once this Fort Carson tour is over he will be home more often. He gets his company command in June and that will be a long year. It is different in the SF world compared to regular Army. You get your company command as a major not as a captain. Tim has worked hard to get to this point and I am proud of him. I do like the tax free money. It is great come tax time. I hate that we will miss our anniversary again this year. To all my friends, hug your husbands, significant others and treasure their company.

The kids are doing fine. David has his hockey championship this week. He is very excited. I hope they win.

I volunteered this past Friday for our PTO Lenten soup night. It was a fun event. The soups were actually pretty delicious.