Someone got a better team photo and picture of our immediate family in moustaches, but I will have to post that later.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Andrew's Hockey Championship Game
They WON! The whole team had been growing moustaches for the play off season. Andrew's parents were here, so we all wore rally moustaches to the game.
Someone got a better team photo and picture of our immediate family in moustaches, but I will have to post that later.
Someone got a better team photo and picture of our immediate family in moustaches, but I will have to post that later.
Field trip day.
Safety day at the base fire department.
Tour of the USCGC Gasconade.
You can see from the flooded gangplank that the river was already flooded. This whole area is now under water.
Not too often they let a pirate aboard a Coast Guard Cutter!
The boys really liked sitting in the captain's chair.
Going up the stairs out of the engine room.
Picture from the barge looking back towards the cutter.
The boys ended up having a great time and one of them told me they were going to be in the Coast Guard when they grow up.
Tour of the USCGC Gasconade.
You can see from the flooded gangplank that the river was already flooded. This whole area is now under water.
Not too often they let a pirate aboard a Coast Guard Cutter!
The boys really liked sitting in the captain's chair.
Going up the stairs out of the engine room.
Picture from the barge looking back towards the cutter.
The boys ended up having a great time and one of them told me they were going to be in the Coast Guard when they grow up.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
This week at our house...
Right on the ledge next to the front door we have a robin's nest. I am afraid that two of the eggs haven't hatched because we keep using the door too much...
But this little guy is thriving and is now at least twice the size of this pic. I will have to get another one. Soon. I feel so blessed to see a bird nesting and caring for her young up close.
Sad news: 3 of my friends are moving away this month. This is the going away gift I made for Rachael. Kara and Liz's gifts are still in progress (as is my mom's Mother's day gift from LAST year! I think I have a problem, folks!)
My organizer I made on the wall and working hard.
And last week, Seth helped me with assembling this rag quilt to go to a baby/mom in Mali. An 11 year old girl from our church has a ministry making blankets for the hospital there, and we were privileged to help out.
Other news: Seth and Gavin had their last 2 skating lessons (at least till after summer is over), and Daddy got them their own hockey skates and upgraded their sticks (Gavin had outgrown his) and put fresh tape on them. Seth got to play soccer today. He rarely touches the ball during games, but has a good instinct where on the field to move to get in good defensive position. He did have one good run down the field! Gavin missed his game because it was during church time this morning. :o(! Andrew's deployment got cancelled. This means that he will probably be having a new deployment scheduled to leave in June and be gone for longer... This messes up a lot of our summer plans and I am grieving him not being there to pick me up from the RAGBRAI and for family vacations, and also my friends leaving. We are however enjoying having Andrew home with us for a little longer this spring for sure!!!
But this little guy is thriving and is now at least twice the size of this pic. I will have to get another one. Soon. I feel so blessed to see a bird nesting and caring for her young up close.
Sad news: 3 of my friends are moving away this month. This is the going away gift I made for Rachael. Kara and Liz's gifts are still in progress (as is my mom's Mother's day gift from LAST year! I think I have a problem, folks!)
My organizer I made on the wall and working hard.
And last week, Seth helped me with assembling this rag quilt to go to a baby/mom in Mali. An 11 year old girl from our church has a ministry making blankets for the hospital there, and we were privileged to help out. 
Other news: Seth and Gavin had their last 2 skating lessons (at least till after summer is over), and Daddy got them their own hockey skates and upgraded their sticks (Gavin had outgrown his) and put fresh tape on them. Seth got to play soccer today. He rarely touches the ball during games, but has a good instinct where on the field to move to get in good defensive position. He did have one good run down the field! Gavin missed his game because it was during church time this morning. :o(! Andrew's deployment got cancelled. This means that he will probably be having a new deployment scheduled to leave in June and be gone for longer... This messes up a lot of our summer plans and I am grieving him not being there to pick me up from the RAGBRAI and for family vacations, and also my friends leaving. We are however enjoying having Andrew home with us for a little longer this spring for sure!!!
Flying the Open Skies.
Saturday I had the privilege of going on a spouse's flight. That means we got to go on a trip on a plane similar to Andrew's. This does not happen very often, and we were going to have an opportunity to do a fly over of Mt. Rushmore. The bad news was that the weather there was not cooperating. The good news is that we had a great flight, I met some new spouses and was able to thank in person the key spouse who helped me solve my snow shoveling problems this winter, and we flew out to Denver/Colorado Springs and home again. We also beat the big storm that hit several hours after we got home (hail - marble to golf ball sized). I got to wear Andrew's headset and hear everything going on in the cockpit and talk with others on board.
The view out a big window in the side of the plane's cargo door. We got to walk around and see everything during the whole flight after takeoff - very fun!
They have a window in the bottom of the plane with a video camera attached. We were able to watch the ground on take off, and then climb down in the hatch and check it out. Kind of like a glass bottom boat. :o)
I got to sit in this seat between the pilots for a little bit and ask them anything I wanted to (the navigator was right behind to the right.
Spouses looking out the big cargo door window.
View of the Rocky Mountains between the clouds.
The airplane travels to Russia to monitor nuclear sites in accordance with peace treaties. They travel with their mechanics and their tool boxes that are just like Pete's! Locked down in metal frames for safety!
We got to see our plotted and actual course on the monitors.
The pilots let me come back up into the cockpit for a picture while they circled DIA. "Hi, Abby!"
It was really nice to get a little taste of flying like Andrew does when he is gone on his missions. To Denver and back home again in a few hours - AMAZING!
The view out a big window in the side of the plane's cargo door. We got to walk around and see everything during the whole flight after takeoff - very fun!
They have a window in the bottom of the plane with a video camera attached. We were able to watch the ground on take off, and then climb down in the hatch and check it out. Kind of like a glass bottom boat. :o)
I got to sit in this seat between the pilots for a little bit and ask them anything I wanted to (the navigator was right behind to the right.
Spouses looking out the big cargo door window.
View of the Rocky Mountains between the clouds.
The airplane travels to Russia to monitor nuclear sites in accordance with peace treaties. They travel with their mechanics and their tool boxes that are just like Pete's! Locked down in metal frames for safety!
We got to see our plotted and actual course on the monitors.
The pilots let me come back up into the cockpit for a picture while they circled DIA. "Hi, Abby!"
It was really nice to get a little taste of flying like Andrew does when he is gone on his missions. To Denver and back home again in a few hours - AMAZING!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mothers Day!
My boys gave me a great Mothers Day. Yesterday Andrew took the boys on a Daddy Date to the Children's Museum while I biked and got a facial. They came home with flowers for me that they had picked out themselves. The also gave me my gift early - a bikerack for hauling the bikes on the car. Then we went to Andrew's hockey game - they are in the playoffs and his team won. This morning I got breakfast in bed! Today we had church, pizza lunch (keep this in mind for going out to eat on Mothers Day - you don't have to fight the crowds!), and this afternoon we have soccer and I have another bike ride ahead of me.
Quote of the day - last night at dinner (out of the blue, mind you) Seth asked, "Mommy, is there no farting on Mothers Day?" That would be correct, my son, and I will be reminding you of this for years to come!!!!
Happy Mothers Day! Love from NE!
Quote of the day - last night at dinner (out of the blue, mind you) Seth asked, "Mommy, is there no farting on Mothers Day?" That would be correct, my son, and I will be reminding you of this for years to come!!!!
Happy Mothers Day! Love from NE!
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