Sunday, June 6, 2010

Our Blogspot Return!

New Routine
I apologize for our long absence from cyberspace! In the spring I was taking Anatomy and Physiology and it sucked every second of my down time out of my life. It was worth it though because I earned an A in the class! Hooray! I will be taking the second half of the class in the Fall and hoping to earn similar marks.
Greg deployed at the end of May. We are hoping it will only be a 7 month deployment and we are crossing our fingers that it will not be extended. Please email me if you are interested in his ship email address or his ship mailing address to send packages to. Before he left, our schedule was packed every weekend with fun adventures. We had a fantastic spring. I will be posting the "best of" pictures of it. I will now be updating the blog religiously because it is the most reliable way for Greg to see pictures of his 4 girls (counting Penny Lane on that one).
The adjustment without Daddy has been a hard one. Ava misses her Daddy the most at night and oddly at the park (Daddy does the Monkey Bars! Daddy can do back flips! Daddy taught me how to pump my legs on the swing!). Daddy is the super hero that Mommy can't quite measure up to but luckily she has many positive male role models in her life to help fill the Daddy void. We have mostly stayed busy by visiting family, hanging out with the other wonderful wives in our squadron and their kiddos, seeing my college friends who still live in the Hampton Roads area, and our wonderful church family at Community United Methodist Church. We are regulars at the YMCA and really enjoy their kiddy water park.
Enjoy the pictures and our now frequent updates.
Aunt Pat's 60th Surprise Birthday Party
Busch Gardens Trip
Sami and Cailin come to visit
Easter 2010
Easter Egg hunt at Poppy's house
Trip to St. Lucia in April
Sami's Wedding in March

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Maeve's TuTu Two year old party

Anywhere there is a cupcake, you can count on Ava being right there!
Happy Birthday Beautiful Maeve!
squirmy family picture
Ellie even wore a tutu!
Sweet sweet Ellie Bean- she is so frustrated she can't crawl and keep up with the big babies
Mo and baby Gallen
Silly Maeve!
Brenner and Ellie had their first date at this party. They kept holding hands!
Ava and Emmy playing a throwing / cleaning game with Greg
this babydoll bassinet was a hit
Brenner is the older gentleman being 2 months older than Miss Ellie Bean
Meg and I with our flirty kids
so cute!
Gracie so cute in her tutu
Emmy girl
Ava and Ellie chatting
TuTu sisters
Gallen dressed up for his big sister's party
How handsome is Brenner!
Megan has good genes!

Don't worry Greg is in a bathing suit!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Ellie's First play day at the park

Not sure what to think of the slide
Riding the elephant
Greg has got his hands full
Validates my claim that we are the Valdez traveling circus
Ellie loves her swings
Ellie Bean
First time in the stroller sitting up
Daddy teaching Ava how to do the big girl swing
Demonstrating how to pump your legs
Ava doesn't walk, she struts!
Family walk
Hi Ava
Our girls