Flag Day

I Miss You

I miss you in the moring,

I miss you late at night,

But I know what you are doing

Is good and just and right.

You're always in my thoughts;

I hope that you can see

I'm proud of you for serving

Our country, God, and me.

And when you're home again

I won't miss you anymore,

But I'll always admire your courage

For fighting in this war.

By Joanna Fuchs

I just want to thank all the military who are out there fighting for this country and all of those who have fought in the past. Thank you, without you we wouldn't have the freedom we have today. God Bless you all.

Caravan Kids

Getting ready for the Caravan Kids awards.

Sorry this last picture isn't the best, it was taken with my phone camera.

Life is alll about Love

No matter what I say,

what I believe,

and what I do,

I'm bankrupt without love.

1 Corinthians 13:3b(Msg)

Life minus love equals zero.

Chillin' @ Starbucks

Maddie enjoying her chocolate milk box. Yummy!

Madison Jamming

Jamming to the music daddy uploaded to her Barbie girl mp3 player.

Crayon Molds

We made some crayon with some molds that I found at the thirft store. Pretty cool!

Relaxing Day

Kids Say....

I just wanted to share something cute Madison said today in the car. We were talking while we were in the car and she says "Well here is something to be happy about, Daddy's off saving the world. And here is something to be sad about, he might go to China." I'm glad that she knows that her dad has a very important job. I asked her about the China part. She told me she said that because the people in China can go to jail if they talk about Jesus and God, that is sad.

Good Night

This is how Madison was sleeping when I went to check on her tonight.

WeightView

I recorded the morning new yesterday because they had a preview with the headlines "see how you would look 20 pounds lighter." Last night I watched it the segment from the news and visited the site they were talking about, weightview.com. You go to the site and can send them a picture of yourself which they will alter to resemble a 5 to 50 pound weight loss, it's free. I sent my picture in last night for a 30 pound loss. The first picture is the original one and the second is the altered one.

USS Ronald Reagan

Sleeping Beauty

Daddy's Job

Madison and I got a tour of Paul's ship today. A tour of part of the ship anyways. We got to see daddy's office, the door to his plant, were he sleeps and eats. I am glad that we got a chance to see what and where he goes everyday. The thing I liked best about the ship was in the coffee cups in the Chief. There was a coffee cup for each Chief on the ship hanging in on the wall, I just thought it was cool. I was going to take a picture of Paul's cup hanging on the wall BUT of course his was in the plant. Maybe I will see if he can get one for me later.
This is Paul's locker/closet. It was actually much large than I thought it would be.



Madison sitting on daddy's bunk. Had to be the top one of course.


Madison sitting in the galley with Daddy. I love the chair covers.

Cute.


Daddy and Maddie.


Mom and Maddie.

Me and Paul

Cutie Pie

Breath Taking Views

We decided to go out and do something fun tonight since Paul got home a little earlier than normal. We packed the bikes up and headed to a trail that we seen yesterday. When we got there we realized that it was only open Wed, Sat, and Sun. Well the parking lot was closed and we could have parked on the road instead we decided to visit the park at the end of the road. It was a good choice. We had to pay three dollars to get into the park but I think it was well worth the views we got after climbing the mountain. It was amazing!!! We could see the ocean from up there, beautiful. The view really was breath taking. I can't believe how much land still in undeveloped around the area. The sad thing is that they are starting to develop the area more and more. We could see all the new housing that has been added in the last few years and I image what it looked like before they were all there. How gorgeous it must have been. It still is gorgeous but in the near future it will most likely be changed. It is so sad. I will post the pictures later but I really wanted to write about how amazing it really was.




I finally got the pictures up. I uploaded them as little pictures or it would have looked like picture overload on this entry, don't forget that you can click on them to make the better. They are awesome and look better bigger but take up a lot of room big too. Take from the top of the mountain, amazing views.

I'M GETTING BRACES

I had an orthodontist consultation appointment this morning. I talked with the orthodontist and he recommended a few different braces that would be good for me. I really don't want to be able to see the braces so I was thinking of Invisalign braces but was told that they wouldn't be the best for me. However, they have a new line called I Braces (Invisible Braces, http://www.lingualcare.com/). They cost more but they are worth it to me since I won't be able to see the braces. I am so excited! I had my impressions yesterday and they have to do a little work on then and they will be sent to Germany to make my braces. I don't have a date for them to be put on yet since they have to be sent to be made. They are going to call me when they come in. I will have to post pictures when I get them. The picture below is the braces I am getting. Soon I will have straight teeth and a great SMILE. The only down side was that our insurance doesn't pay for any of it since I am over twenty three. I think that it is a great investment and look forward to seeing the results.

Sea World

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day! I wanted to do something special with Madison for Earth Day, so we did a few things. I brought her to the library for store time. I checked the library calendar and there was a story time at 10:30 but the library was closed when we got there. Next thing we did was buy some flowers to plant in the backyard, the flowers don't require much water which helps us save water. We haven't planted the flowers yet but will do it tonight or tomorrow. After we got back from buying the flowers we went for a walk around the block to pick up trash. The block we walked around in probably around a mile or so long. I couldn't believe that we filled the whole bag with trash, the areas are all kept up by landscaping companies. Madison was so excited, she kept saying " I am so glad we are doing this to help to world." When she would see some trash she was like "Ooo, look I see some!" Then she would ran to get it. Needless to say there isn't any trash on our block now. (Expect the paper cup that was surrounded by bees, didn't feel like getting stung today.) On the walk we seen a moth and a three legged grasshopper. Both insects were big.
I have been think of stuff that we can do to help the Earth. We recycle and the appliances we own are energy star but I think that we could be doing more. I am going to walk Madison to school when she starts in July, that will help some and also save me gas. I will keep thinking of ideas that I can use. I guess I can follow the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
I just received an email with this article "Why Should I Care about Planet Earth?" I read it and enjoyed it. We are called to be earth-keepers and creation-caretaker. I really like the term creation-caretaker, I think of myself as a creation capturer. Capturing photos of God's creations. That is why I love landscape and nature photography so much, love at all the different landscapes God has created. How different Michigan, California, Arizon and Colordo are yet each one is special in it's own way. Each state in different from the others in some way. God created each rock, mountain and plant. It is amazing to me to see each plant, tree and body of water... amazing that there are so many different kinds.

Watching Grant

Yesterday we watched Grant for a few hours and Madison had fun playing with him. Maddie really wanted to feed him but she didn't want to pay attention so I ended up giving him the bottle and she played with him on the floor.

Mommy and Maddie