Monday, December 14, 2009

A Challenging Weekend

So, Landin decided to test the boundaries this weekend. The first boundary, he learned his lesson from. On Friday night, he came out to me while I was making dinner and said that he had swallowed some money and that it hurt. I was a little thrown off by it, because I thought we had gotten past that whole scenario with him. I would have expected it from Ashlynn, but not him. So I called the nurses line on the base and asked them what they suggested, which lead us to the ER. The ER took an X-ray and then determined that he needed to go to Children's Hospital in Seattle, where there were specialists for this situation. So Josh took Landin down there, and I took Ashlynn home. Landin ended up being admitted because the specialist had already gone home for the evening. The next morning, Ashlynn and I woke up extra early to go down to the hospital because the procedure to remove the money had been scheduled for 8am. So we got to the hospital, where Daddy and Landin had only had a few hours sleep, and we waited for the procedure. Landin was sedated, and the money got removed safely. Unfortunately, that whole experience was all for a penny. Too bad it wasn't a quarter!!!
On the next day, it was just after naps so that everyone could catch up, I started to smell something funny. I went into the kids' room, and what do I find? Landin is POURING powder on Ashlynn. I was fuming at first...until Ashlynn turned around and I saw what she looked like. I started cracking up. I couldn't help it. I was trying to scold Landin, but I just couldn't help but laugh at the whole situation. Could you have helped it after seeing this face?

Busy Busy Day

On the same day that we went and cut down our Christmas Tree, we also went and visited Santa. So cute! It's the same cute little Santa from 2 years ago when it was Landin's first Santa picture. Ashlynn did really well until the end, then she started to cry.
After visiting with Santa, we went to Chuck E Cheese for some dinner and fun. Landin had a blast playing with Daddy, and Ashlynn loved just climbinb up the stairs to the little kiddo area.
It didn't take too long after getting home for Ashlynn to fall asleep, but before we knew it, Landin had also fallen asleep, cuddled up with Daddy. So cute...

Cutting Our Tree

We took a drive up to the base in Jim Creek to cut down, for the first time, our Christmas Tree. It took us a while to find the right one. We were cold and starting to get wet from climbing through the trees and bushes. But finally, we did find it, the perfect tree, and it looks great here at our house!!!

Hurricane Ridge

While we were in Port Angeles, we took a drive up to the top of one of the mountains to get a look at some real snow and let the kids play. It was a blast!!! Landin was SOAKING wet by the end of it because he wanted to roll around in the snow.





Port Angeles


While we had family in town for Thanksgiving, we took an overnight trip to Port Angeles. It was GORGEOUS!!!

The Beginnings of Black Friday


So you know how all those good deals come out for Black Friday. Well, one particular store decided to start their deals a little early. This is how everyone felt after a big Thanksgiving dinner...


Daddy's New Toy...

A few years ago, I made a promise to Josh that he could get a different sports car, if he sold his '99 Camaro SS (which he LOVED). Up until now, it just hadn't worked out to fulfill that promise. During this deployment, we were doing our homework on fulfilling that promise, and Josh changed his mind from another sports car to a motorcycle. So, surprise....here you go Baby!!!
Mission Accomplished!!!