A Happy Month

Well Jason and I both agree that this has been the most fun month that we have had in years. It has been so wonderful having our family back together and having time to play together.

We were so glad to spend a week with Jason’s parents, Christmas is a long ways off…that is when we will see them again.

Pardon our Noise, It’s the Sound of Freedom.

This is on the sign in front of the main gate at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Our home is in the approach and take off path of the jets. It gets VERY loud!

We visited the NC Aquarium, the kids loved it. Lots of colorful fish, sharks, sting-rays to “pet”. We even found a cute hermit crab, that we decided to take home with us!

The same afternoon we stopped in at Fort Macon. I tried to keep Jason respectful of all the soldiers who battled there. But the temptation to scare the daylights out of the kids was too much for him. Becca got so mad she wouldn’t speak to him for 20 min. He got them good, by the time we left all the kids were clinging to me! Way to go Dad!!!

We have also done a lot of just hanging out around the house, the kids have had so much fun playing together. The girls adore Xander and will do just about anything for him. They play hide and seek daily, Xander loves to count, squeasing his little eyes shut, he can make it to 16 on his own. Playing puppy is also a daily thing, sometimes all day long. Xander named himself Addis when he is a puppy and Susie packs him around the house taking care of the “puppy” One day they all got dressed up in old Halloween costumes and went trick or treating to each other out of the hall closet. It was very cute. I have loved watching them play together. The girls bike, blade and scoot around the neighborhood, play in the creek (have wondered why all their tadpoles have died!!!) walk the dog, watch tv, and yes finally read a lot of books. Finally got our license so we could get a library card. Becca had all her books read in 2 days.

Becca had a fun day for her 9th birthday, shopping with Mom and then a family party in the evening. She got loaded up with Hannah Montanna STUFF!

We celebrated the 4th of July with a ward pancake breakfast…yummy. Then in the afternoon we did our first family bike ride. It was awesome (except for the scary narrow road that had Katie in tears, it was rather tight with passing cars, she did really good considering this was her first real ride outside of our neighborhood). Susie was amazing on the tandem, She and Jason looked so cute riding together. We ended the day with a BBQ, local fireworks and our own fireworks in our driveway. It was fun.

We hope all of you are doing good, we think about you often and miss you lots!!!

Take care,

Love, Jamie