Sleeping girls

We often wonder where our day goes, how we spend our time, and HOW did we get through another day.?
I just realized that I have checked on my girls sleeping every night (except for hospital layovers, an overnight retreat and one overnight girl scout event). I look forward to checking to see if they are in the blanket, check on their position and adjust where needed. Even if I fall asleep before I head to the bed (studying on the floor) I still have to go check on them. It is something I will miss when they are grown.

I will also miss walking my oldest to school every morning. We will have to drive her to another post early so I can get back and walk the other two. She will be a middle school kid. I pray that she keeps the sound heart and love for school, her friends and her church.

I already miss them and they are not grown up yet.

Dancing, Skating and RUNNING ...oh my!

We were so excited to find out the Lt DAN band was playing again this year....but for the first time in 3 years he was coming to SCHOFIELD.....we could WALK to the concert. The weather was bad leading up to the event so they moved it inside....WE had a blast!...danced all night, sang and got completely wild!

Another adventure for February included ICE SKATING....with all our friends!

We also ran the 8.15 Great Aloha Race. Cannon was a pace car and we just ran after her. She did a great job finishing in 2 hours! We know it was a slow pace but for an 8 mile run THEY ROCKED!

Thorin had decided that she is running with her dad next year.HOPE that comes true! We went to Chili's to celebrate the great race.



CAMPING again

WE were so lucky and got to attend CAMP again.The girls had the best time ever. We had a really fun day hiking, doing the giant swing and climbing the 50 foot tower. I did the 50 foot obstacle course and the girls went to a deployment camp class...it was fun!

We took tons of opportunities to do every fun thing there was...and it was great. I killed a scorpion and millipede within the first 5 minutes and all we good!...Year in the desert made me MUCH stronger...now if only I could get the roaches to stop flying before I smack them!?

YES,,that is Sorenna for the 5th time at the top of this tower. She wanted to do every route to see which one was best.

CANNON enjoyed a SMA...that is a SMORE without the chocolate....sma without the MORE

SO proud of my girls volunteering to raise the flag on our last day of camp. It never touched the ground!

YES, it is hanging from a palm tree.

We said goodbye to some of our favorite foreign exchange camp workers....we were all sad to see them go.

Student of the Month

Cannon

This is my little STUDENT OF THE MONTH. The first month she was there was a transition time, but she earned Student of the month her second month in...and she was a super student too. We had pizza, and special drinks. She was so excited to be on stage for her lunch time and so happy to share her spotlight with me.

January....Helicopters and NFL....

SO, as you all know I live on an army post and interesting things happen. This one was very interesting. I was on my way out the door for a social event, girls in the house with a sitter. The event was close enough to walk so I did. As I was leaving my house I heard a helicopter and it sounded very low. Next thing I knew it was coming over the single soldier housing low enough for them to jump out and land on it. They buzzed the palm trees (it was a vietnam, rice patty low....you know when they are half hangin out of the copter!?)...so that freaked me out JUST a bit....I waved to the guys on the side and thought to myself....DUDE..that is really low and I wonder if you are supposed to be doing THAT.?

 WELL.....it got even better.....I see them go over a house and it sounds like it is going DOWN....I am thinking about the crash that killed two pilots on the airfield last year and FREAK OUT....I run through my front door and notice out the window that they are LANDING...so I grab my camera (FOR PROOF......photojournalist in me).....and I run out the backdoor barking orders to the girls NOT to come outside. I get out the back door and make eye contact again with the guys in the copter as they are lifting back off. MY photos on facebook somehow got the the command group and these guys were in so much trouble....IT is a residential area, NOT SECURE, children are all over the place, things are NO tied down and the wind this things generates IS POWERFUL...guess they turned over trampolines, canopies and much more in a few other neighborhoods...SO this PHOTO made sure they had to answer to those issues!.....COOL photos tho....RIGHT?

ON to the FUN....The girls participated in this event called PLAY60. It is geared to get kids out for 60 minutes  and play. SO many kids need to use energy and the NFL sponsors this with kids. There were 100 kids playing football and 75 learning cheers. It was so much fun. The girls learned a dance routine used at the PROBOWL later that week.They all got water bottles and tshirts and got an autograph session. IT was even fun for the freaky grown ups with their memorbilia to sign...looked like BIG kids drooling over football players.

The mascots even showed up and I was REALLY happy to see Stanley DA Bear!.....I took some photos and sent them to some friends in Texas....YES there are BEARS fans in Texas!....

We later got a sneak preview of the players and cheerleader who didn't attend our specific event...it was SO FUN. We rode the bus to Aloha Stadium, watched cheerleaders dance, football players practice and the MASCOTS having some serious fun!...

 Thought THIS outfit was very interesting. She said it was a special outfit to support Breast Cancer awareness. IT IS HOT PINK for sure!

SAD to say,.....THIS girl looked amazing, but when she OPENED her mouth...it was worse than FRan Dresher.....It was a BABY TALK that made me want to scream USE YOUR BIG GIRL VOICE....just smile, dance and look pretty..NO more interviews PLEASE...makes Texas look LAME.