Monday, December 29, 2008

Rylan FINALLY lost a top tooth


Hello everyone!

It has been a few days since I posted last, we had a great christmas day with friends from our ward. Lots and LOTS of food, and fun! We really had a great time with them. We appreciate all the friends we have down here, without them we wouldn't be feeling nearly as good as we are. We only have 22 more days left until my dear Wesley, and the kids' daddy come home! We couldn't be more excited about him finally being home with us again. Luckily time is going by pretty quickly still, I pray it continues. We are so grateful for the safety and protection our Heavenly Father has blessed him with, and we ask you guys (friends and family) to please continue to keep him in your prayers as the last few weeks are here, we still need him safe! We are staying busy getting the house and car ready for him to arrive. Work is great, I am going to be taking over a leadership position in the next few weeks! I am so excited to do that, and a little nervous. All in all things have been really great here in TX! Rylan is still doing fantastic in school, and Addie is loving her daycare (as much as she allows) The little stinker. We love you all very much and miss each and everyone of you! I hope you all had a wonderful christmas with your families and friends!


Love
Faith And Family

Monday, December 22, 2008

Super Fun Weekend With My Nephew Jake



Well this is going to be quick, I have to get ready to go. But I just wanted to write about how much fun it has been to have my 14 year old nephew down here just chillin with us! He is a great kid and alot of fun! We have had a great time with him! here are a few pictures of the gingerbread houses we made and also a pic of Jake...and how dang big he is! He is taller than me now. that is crazy! Anyway. See ya!




Saturday, December 13, 2008

Feast of Sharing




This is the kids with HE-BUDDY!!


Well let me just share with you what a great company I work for! Every year they have a community event where they donate over 5000 meals of Ham, potatoes, veggies, and pecan pie...sodas, milk, and water. To our community. Then all of us HEB folks volunteer our time and serve up this lovely meal to the community. They have music and lots of fun things for the kids to do!! We had a great turn out this year and served about 1500 more meals than they did last year. It is a great time for our community to get together as one and enjoy a big feast. I had pecan pie for the FIRST time and let me tell you...it was YUMMY!! The kids had a great time and it was really neat to get to know some of those people that come shop in my store on a regular basis outside of the store. It was great!! The mayor of the city Temple was there helping serve up the meals. I am glad and VERY grateful to be working with such a giving company. I really do appreciate the opportunities they give to families of all kinds. I hope you all are having a great and festive holiday season, I know I am. I hope also you are all well. Love you all!!

Monday, December 8, 2008

Christmas Party 2008 at Salado X-mas Tree Farm











Well yesterday we had a great time at our X-mas party that was given by the support group here called the FRG. (family readiness group) it was alot of fun, they had hay rides, hot cocoa, real TX bbq, Welcome home poster making!!!, A big pile of hay to play in...not fun down yoru shirt. Even old Saint Nick was there to give a big smile to all of us families going without our soldiers once again. So here are some pictures of the day, we had a super fun time!! We cannot WAIT for Wes to get home so we can have him all to our selves again!!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Almost the Middle of December

Whew, I have been here 1 month tomorrow!! WOW!! Time is going by alot quicker than I imagined it would being here by myself. I have been working almost every day of the work week and they are kind enough to let me have weekends off until Wes gets home. Usually they want you to be available to work weekends, but obviously I am not able to right now. The store director is very understanding and willing to help me with anything! I am very grateful for Belton, it has great schools, great daycare facility and a great store for me to work with. I have wonderful co-workers that are fun to be around. And my body is getting a KILLER workout every single day. I am going to my re-training for cashiering so i will be back on the registar next week! WOOT WOOT! I cannot wait!
Rylan is doing AWESOME at school! He is getting 100% on everything he is doing, his artwork he is doing is beautiful, and is having NO behavior problems.....hummm...I wonder why? Ha ha. It is amazing the change in him and his attitude for school. We went to his good friend Micheala's b-day party last night, they have been friends since pre-k. It was alot of fun, I wish i had my camera. I am sure her mom will give me pics of last night.
Addie is still doing good. She is learning to write her name, and is learning LOTS of fun songs to come home and sing. She had a great time at the b-day party last night, they had it at a skate rink and she tore it up!! I couldn't believe her. She is a natural. She got that from her dad.
We have a little less than 6 weeks left until we get to welcome home our Daddy!! WAHOO!! We cannot WAIT!! Wes is getting ready to come home, and isn't have the greatest time with all the details he is having to work on, but I know he knows it is for the end of the tour which makes it a litle easier to deal with. Right booty?
We miss you all in Utah and hope you are all doing well!! Please leave me notes and things to let me know how ya'll are doing. (Rylan HATES when I say ya'll, it's funny.) See ya'll later! Love to everyone! Have a great week!