Kayla's last day of 1st grade

June 11th was Kayla's last day of first grade. June 9th her class had a fashion show. She did great walking quickly down the 'runway.' It was fun. There was cake and juice for the kids afterwards. 

Kayla wore a handmade Cat in the hat skirt we got from our neighbor. 

June 10th was wear your pajamas and bring a stuffed animal to school day. 

And her last day of school she chose a fancy dress. 

And now we have a second grader. 

First base thrift store day

So, today's adventures for Mama, Carly and Caden were fun. We hitched a ride with our neighbor across the street to base. She dropped us off at the base thrift store. We shopped for 30 minutes. Each kiddo picked out a toy with their own earned money. I filled my shopping bag with hangers, 5 shirts, 3 pairs of snow boots for Mama, Carly and Caden. The boots were only 50 cents today. Winter shirts were only 25 cents each buy one get one free but I didn't find any. They must have sold fast, as we were only there 10 minutes after opening but the place was flooded with customers. 

After that I planned on taking a taxi to the bx but we ran into our next door nieghbor there who volunteers at the base thrift store. We gave us a ride to the bx. 

Walking through the bx was a hassle with a heavy back pack and heavy shopping bag and a 2 year old in my hip. I checked the thrift store for a spare stroller with no luck so we spent the $15 on a new one. 

Mom picked up some diapers, and pair of $15 pants on clearance for only $3 and change, a door organizer for the kids bathroom and some sticky hooks for the walls since our household goods will be here Thursday. I'd like to get stuff hung on walls quickly to start making this place more like home. 

After the bx we hit the food court so the kids could play. Carly didn't last long...we soon had to go home for her nap but stopped at the post office to purchase stamps (Caden chose batman stamps!) and mail out our post cards. 18 all together. 

We took a taxi from the bx to home for 4,800 won. About $4 American money. 

Private!

This blog is now 100% fully private! This means that only those of you who have sent me your emails have been invited to read my blog. Thank you so much to all of those who can see this and read this blog. Thank you for nothing but love and support of our family over so that past years. Some of you are considered my very best friends even though we have never met in person!

We had some major problems recently with Kayla and Caden's birth mother, and I had to make sure that she or any of her family members in no way, shape, or form had access to any of our lives details or photos. I'll go into details later on. But, I am now very happy to get back to blogging life. I love having our lives documented, and turned into books for our children to read when they are much older. I hope that some day they can look back at all the details, at all the awesome adventures that our lives have taken us on! And soon adventures in life will be in South Korea!

Catching up on October 2013

Whew. Life has been crazy. Trying to catch up on the blog while getting more and more behind.

If you know me in person, you already know we are moving. If you know me though blog reading only...Yes, we are moving. Back in August while we were at our daughters 1st grade meet your teacher conference, an email comes through to my husband saying "Congratulations on your new assignment." We didn't apply or expect for a new assignment so our hearts were definitely racing. We rushed out of there and rushed home for him to check his government email and we were notified of a new assignment to Osan Air Force Base, South Korea. SHOCK. Utter shock. It took months for this shock to wear off. We built this house expecting to stay put for a long time. Oh the military life. Thank goodness we are extremely spontaneous and adventurous people.

So, before any more details are spilled on this move....this and last week has been filled with paper work and driving all over town. Between the cat's 2 appointments to get his health certificate (which will have within 10 days of arriving to Osan) plus dental paperwork for myself and kids and school clearances for 2 kids....which need to be re-done because the papers that printed out were old forms. Yay. Fun.

Anyways, trying to get caught up here...I now need to catch up on October 2013!
It was a pretty uneventful month.
 

Carly has he first Halloween experience. 

She also turned 7 months old. 

Mama continued on her weight loss journey, with about 20 lbs left to go in this photo. 

Healthy baby.

More Halloween fun!

First adventures with hay.

Carly was taking off in the walker like a pro! She started walking in it at only 5 months old. 

Kayla was doing and progressing fantastic in Kindergarten.

We discovered having picnics in the living room at Mama's fav place to get taco salads, and free kids meals.