Week 9!

Another week down. Another week closer to having Dick home! This has been an emotional week for us. It was the first week back home after saying goodbye to him for a second time. He also FINALLY made it to Afghanistan so now on top of missing him, I am worrying about him. But the sooner he got there the sooner he gets to leave. Always a silver lining. :)

This week I:

• Had Christmas at my mom's house with her, my twin, brother, sis-in-law, & nephews! Lots of fun!
• Did Christmas with my Dad.
• Packed, packed and packed some more!!!
• Went & saw the new house. Got an idea of where I want stuff, and fell in love with it even more.
• Got all the utilities changed into our names. EEESH. That was kinda painful. :/ Really sucks when past mistakes catch up to you. But we got it fixed and are on the right track now. :)
• Played 3 games of Trouble with the boys. SO much fun!
• Rang in the New Years with the boys. Neither one made it to midnight so I rang it on the couch watching House Hunters. We watched that with Dick in TX so it made me think of him.
• Watched a House Hunters in Little Rock Arkansas. They were staying at the Peabody which is where we stayed with Dick when we went to the first Yellow Ribbon Ceremony so that was really cool. :)
• Took down all my Christmas decor. That was a MAJOR chore in itself.

All in all it wasn't a very exciting week. It was fun and busy, but not super exciting.

And as always some pics to finish off the post. Also gonna include some of Dick's unit heading out even tho we weren't there, it affected our week. :)

TWO MONTHS DOWN!!!

ONLY 10 more to go!!!! These last 2 months have absolutely FLOWN by!!! We have been beyond busy in the Scroggins house. Between packing (to move & to visit dick), Christmas, New Years, and a week long trip to El Paso, this last month has felt like MAYBE 2 weeks worth. But that is a GREAT thing. Minus the week in El Paso only feeling like 2 days. :( But we keep saying, the sooner he leaves the sooner he gets home.

I'm sure January will fly by as well. With packing, moving, and unpacking how could it not? Its AFTER January that has me a bit uneasy. I'm just hoping that the 9 months after that will fly by as well. Although, it seems like since the boys started school, the years have been flying by. I can't believe it was a year ago that me, Dick & the boys were ringin in 2012 & playing Ninjago with the boys. But it was. Like I said FLOWN by. I'm hoping that once I start work that will help too. We shall see. But for now, I am just happy that we are officially 2 months down. So we are 2 months closer to him being home! Can't focus on how far we have left. Just focusing on how far we have come! And we are ALMOST 17% done! How crazy is that?

Weeks 7 & 8!!!

 

FINALLY getting caught up on the blog. Its been a CRAZY few weeks!
In week 7 I:

• Went for the first & LAST girls night OUT. It was CRAZY!!! Had some fun but it was WAY more fun to stay in. :)
• Packed up some in the house.
• Went to Nathan's Christmas Party for school.
• Mailed out the 4th Care Package.
• Went to the CVMA Christmas party. LOTS of fun but really weird being there without Dick. :/.
• Made Christmas "trees" with the boys out of Ice cream cones.
• Made thumbprint reindeer ornaments for the grandparents and ourselves with the twin & nephews!
• Packed up everything to go see the hubs.
• Wrapped LOTS of presents.
• Finished my shopping. :)
• Went to see Santa.

In week 8 I:

• Drove 15 hours to go see Richard. :)
• Got to spend 5 days with the hubs.
• Went out to eat ALOT.
• Got to see Ft. Bliss. MAN HAS IT CHANGED!!!
• Saw our old house. That was kinda weird.
• Watched the boys play a 2 hour game of chess.
• Went to the El Paso Zoo. That was pretty cool!
• Saw Rise of the Guardians.
• Looked at Christmas lights!
• Spent Christmas with my family.
• Hung out with some guy that Dick is deploying with.
• Went to a veteran's transition center.
• Ate IHOP for our Christmas dinner.
• Watched LOTS of HGTV and History channel.
• Went to Rudy's BBQ. Been wanting to go back for YEARS. They REALLY need one in Tulsa!
• Said goodbye to the hubs AGAIN. :(
• Spent a night ALONE in a hotel.
• Drove 15 hours home.

Even though we only got to see him for a short amount of time and drove a LONG ways to do so, it was BEYOND worth it. My boys got to have the one thing they really wanted for Christmas (to spend it with their Daddy). My family was whole again for a few days. And we got to see him one last time before he deployed.

All in all it was a GREAT 2 weeks. A major whirlwind. And time with Richard flew by WAY too fast. But we knew it would and we enjoyed the time we had with him.

And as always, pictures to finish off the post. LOTS of pictures. :)

 

 

 

 

January...

Well its a new year! Time to start fresh! I think in addition to having my deployment goals & doing my weekly blogging I am going to set Monthly goals each month. And at the beginning of each month I will see how I did the month before and make my new list. So here goes:
For January I want to:

• Read 2 books
• Lose 5 pounds
• Get moved & completely unpacked in the new house.
• Send 2 care packages.
• Blog each week.

Not a very BIG list for this month but with moving, I don't think I will be able to accomplish MUCH more. I am BEYOND excited about the new house. Just can't wait! I hope everyone has an AMAZING 2013!