Friday, February 20, 2009

A Military Man

Ok, so I haven't wanted to say anything until it was official, and it can't get more official than this. Robert has joined the National Guard and ships to BootCamp on Tuesday the 24th. This is something we have been weighing and due to the current economic situation and the status of his current employment, we went with it. He will be gone four 4 months, and we will have little to no contact with him, other than letter writing. As scary as the thought of being without him for four months and being a single mom with FOUR BOYS, sounds in my brain, I am very at peace with our decision. This is something that Robert has wanted to do for a long time, and is an exciting opportunity for our family. We have definitely weighed the options and pros and cons of the sitution and know what we are getting into.

I am so proud of his desire to support our country and our family, and I support him 100%. I just wanted to fill everyone in on our crazy life, and let you all know if I seem a little crazy for the next four months, it is probably just because I am.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

25 Random Things about me

Ok so I need to update my blog and I don't have any pictures to share at this point. I definitly have news to update you all, but I need to wait till Wednesday before I divulge anything. So this is my cheating way of updating. I thought it was cute on Facebook so I just pasted it here. It may give some of you some insight into my crazy mind. Maybe not, but it was fun trying to think of things.

1. I am a twin, my mom is a twin, and my last pregnancy was twins, but one did not make it through the first trimester.
2. I have moved no less than 35 times in my life.
3. I love the Rogue Valley and have no intention of ever moving away. This is truely my home!
4. I wanted to have all girls. But most of you know I was more than blessed with all boys, and now I wouldn't change it for anything.
5. My graduating high school class was 16 people. ( This included me and my twin brother, we were 12% of our class haha)
6. I have only kissed three boys, including my husband.
7. I only knew Robert 8 days when he asked me to marry him, and I said yes.
8. I depise my natural curly hair, it actually makes me cry sometimes.
9. I was the cheerleading captain, homecoming queen (soph year), senior class president in high school, (keep in mind there were only 17 people in my class haha)
10. I have a Bacholers Degree in Accounting, and LOVE it. I thrive balancing checkbooks, auditing, and making spreadsheets.
11. I am INCREDIBLY clumsy. I trip over stuff not even there and have even fallen over file cabinet drawers I forget to close. It is great entertainment for those around me.
12. I was on a two person cheerleading squad as a freshman in highschool in Yakutat AK. We Rocked it to Vanilla Ice!!! Although pyramids were tricky.....
13. I had a mad crush on the New Kids on the Block, and love the fact they are doing a reunion tour!!!! They got the Right Stuff Baby!!! Joey is dreamy!!!
14. My first kiss was at age 16, and I had to stand on a rock to be tall enough to reach his lips, then I fell off mid kiss....so embarrassing.
15. I have never drank alcohol.
16. I drove off a cliff when I was 17.
17. I had a car in four hit and run accidents in two months, (two in one day). (No I wasn't the one hitting and running.)
18. I was a janitor for an office building and a school while I was in college. I had to quit cause I couldn't life the garbage bags high enough to get them in the dumpster.
19. I used to have a wolf puppy, that grew into a wolf dog and ate farm animals. (I had to give him away, after he ate two sheep and tried to eat a cow). He was great in Alaska, but not a good dog for the lower 48.
20. I am really a terrible driver, and I get distracted very easily.
21. I won a full ride scholarship to college and was able to graduate debt free!!!
22. I have a hard time coming up with 25 random things about me.
23. I played varsity baskeball in highschool (those who know me well, or went to high school with me knows how funny this is)
24. I never went to my high school prom :(
25. My best friend from birth is married to my husbands brother. (All part of our master plan!)