Beach Boys!

My friends Hannah, Karen and I decided to head to the beach for the first time this summer. I was a little hesitant about how Jack would do. I was afraid i'd have to chase him away from the water the entire time, but I didn't! He loved the sand and even took a nap! Sam of course was so thrilled we finally went, he loves the beach and would live there if he could. Tayler was happy to get out of the house and get some fresh air. He likes the beach too, but the beaches here in Washington aren't his favorite. He remembers the beaches in Florida when we lived in Georgia and it's not quite the same here, but they will do for now I suppose! So here are a few pictures of my beach boys having fun!

DUCK!!!! There's a curve ball coming!

Here we were sitting pretty not worrying about having to move anytime in the Near future (well at least for 5 or so years) when WHAM! We got hit with a curve ball. Jamie's detailer (the guy that tells us where we have to go next) emails him and tells him that the job he was going to take next summer had some changes and Jamie won't be able to go there. So now we're back to square one. What's square one you may ask, well! Where do I begin? IF he can't get shore duty here we will be moving! Which means we will have to try to sell our house (and more than likely take a huge loss) OR rent it out (which I really really don't want to do). I would have to leave my friends sooner than expected (which I really don't want to do). We/I would have to go house hunting alone (which I don't want to do). If we couldn't sell our house and had to rent it out then we too would have to rent where ever it is we have to move (which WE really don't want to do). On the other hand... More than likely we'd be moving somewhere further south, and that would be somewhere closer to our families (which I would really love to do). We may end up some place we've never been before which would be fun! Think Hawaii??? That would be nice for a few years huh? Maybe we could go back to GA (which I would really really love to do) that would be GREAT! GA is the closest place we could get to home ! So basically our next year of life could either change dramatically or we could end up staying put. I am just going to go with it, leave it up to God and pray about it and what ever happens is what happens and we'll deal with it, work it out and move on..... it's always worked out before why would it stop now?

Coming up for Air!

What a busy month or two we've had! It seems there's no end in sight either. Where to begin??? Tayler is gearing up for 8th grade and is kind of excited and anxious to get back to school next month! Sam really has no idea what Kindergarten means, he just know's it's "school" and really hopes they have show and tell! Sam has lost two teeth now and cant' wait to lose more, he thinks the money he gets is really cool. He got 6 quarters last time because he's 6 now ya know. Jack is crawling all over the place and is into everything. He can open cabinets, pull stuff out, squeeze himself through any crack possible and loves Bailey's water bowl. We've had to cage the lil monster in the living room for now until we can get the locks on the kitchen cabinets, he likes to pull stuff out of there. Jamie is about ready to be done with this duty and ready to move on to shore duty, he has until April or May of next year however, so it could be a long few months for him! He recently finished our bathroom (for now anyway). He textured, painted and primed the walls finally (the blue tape has only been an accessory in my bathroom since October), put up a cabinet over the toilet, and put up a new mirror (I didnt' have a mirror in there either since October). Just over a week ago I had to have my gall bladder out. I had an impressively large, almost record breaking (ok that might be a bit much but you get the idea) gall stone. That was no fun let me tell you. I never knew coughing could be so painful, it felt like my insides were ripping apart. The healing process has been ALOT slower than i'd like it to be. I don't know if it's because i'm older or if that's just how healing from this kind of surgery is, I prefer to focus on the later. We also had an airconditioner put in our house, boy what a difference. It got up to 95 degrees INSIDE our house a few times, it really was quite miserable and even Jack had a hard time sleeping. One day I even packed the kids and the dog up and went for a 5 hour drive just so we could be cooler in the car. We figured that was enough and went ahead and put the a/c in. Ahhh, so much better! The next few weeks are going to continue to be busy for us. I have go to get some school shopping done for both of the boys, make sure they are all signed up for school and the right classes and all, and I'm gearing up for a new MOPS year! I'm SO excited and am really looking forward to being on our Steering team for MOPS (mothers of preschoolers incase you were wondering). So in a nutshell that's us at the moment, we all know it could change any minute now! Thank you God for a wonderful healthy happy family!!!
And now some new random pictures!

Tayler and Bailey hanging out watchin TV!
























Sam being Goofy! as usual

My Sweet Baby!

Something's missing?

On our car ride when it was to hot to stay home

Eating "real" people food

Cute is pretty much all I can say

His 6th Birthday cake

Reading Sam's Birthday Card

This is our thermostat INside

Jack will cuddle with anyone when he's in the mood

Do you think he likes his swing?