Here I go again on my own...

Dropped the hubby off at the airport yesterday morning...boo. I am praying that he does well this time, and is able to complete OCS without any trouble!!  The kids and I are already missing him like crazy.

School starts on Monday.  The kids both had open house this week, and I think they will both be in great classes with great teachers.  Lan clug to my leg for a while, but he finally allowed me to pull him off long enough to check out the room. Lex was excited to meet her teachers, and she is ready for 5th grade.

Gonna try to enjoy the weekend, maybe the kids will stop yelling at each other soon, ugh!

Where did my summer break go???

Every teacher knows the best part of our job is SUMMER BREAK, ha!! This summer we only had about 8 weeks off, and the time has flown by.  Monday I will start pre-planning for my 8th year.  I am excited to be teaching a gifted class this year, and that we will be teaching 4 classes.  I am moving back to 7th grade, and I am hoping for a really good year.

The girl child will be in 5th grade this year (HELLO! When did she grow up so fast?!), and the boy child will start pre-k (Where is my baby???).  They are both excited, and I hope they continue to be excited throughout the school year.  I picked up their new bookbags today, and Landon was showing it off and saying he was ready for school.

Ryan will leave soon for try #3 at OCS.  This will be his final chance.  This time he is going to Maryland/Pennsylvania for training.  If he he makes it through (WHEN HE MAKES IT THROUGH), we are planning a major family trip since the next week will be our fall break from school.

Panama City Beach 2012

A few pictures from our very short overnight trip to Panama City Beach.  We have had a great summer so far, and Ryan came home a few weeks early.  This Army ride is most definitely a roller coaster ride!!

I miss him!

I knew it would be hard.  I knew I would miss him, but I didn't know I would miss him this much.  He has only been gone for a few days, and I already miss him so much it hurts.  I miss his voice, even when he is making me mad.  I miss him laying beside me at night, even when he was stealing all the covers or snoring.  I miss having someone to talk to, even when he looked at me like I was crazy.  I just miss him.

I really do not know how military spouses deal with the longer separations for deployments.  56 days is daunting enough for me!! I know we will have a longer period of separation when he goes to tech school, but at least then we will be able to communicate through phone and skype.  Now I wait another 2 weeks for a call from him, and write him a little note each day to be mailed to him once a week.

Hats off to the military spouses who deal with MUCH LONGER separations, you guys rock!!!

St. Augustine 2012

Here are some pictures from our vacation this year.  Lots of rain the first half of the week, finally got some sun the end of the week.

Tropical Storm Beryl

Tropical Storm Beryl has put a damper on our vacation. :-( Here are a few pics of the waves when the storm was coming in to St. Augustine Beach.

Alexas is 10!! WOW!!!

Some pictures from Alexas' 10th bday party weekend...