April 20, 2012 - Our Friday Night Treat

Ryan's favorite place to eat on a Friday - The Cheesecake Factory!  The reason?  Clam Chowder Soup!   That is their soup of the day!  So we went out to dinner.  Ryan loved the sugar they put around the lemonade glass!  Jeremy wanted us to have a treat for him, so Ryan picked Coldstone!  We then went shopping at Von Maur for Ryan.  He loves that store because they sell Under Armour, Nike and Puma!

April 2012

Here's a picture Jeremy sent us.  In his own words...
Lt. Col Julio Negron is the guy in the picture with me.  His son was on Ryan's football team that I coached last year.   The F-16 taking off in the background is sweet!  The picture was taken on top of a building known as the Taliban's Last Stand Building.  It it now part of the headquarters building used here.  There is a big piece of it missing where a U.S. JDAM missile hit it!

April 2012 - Master Shower After

 

 

March 2012 - Master Shower During

 

 

March 2012 Master Shower Before

 

 

April 8 - Easter

 

 

 

 

 

The Easter Bunny came early for Ryan and gave him a hockey net on Thursday!  Ryan has loved playing in the backyard!  On Sunday, Ryan gave Stella her basket first!  She loves the toys that the Easter Bunny left her!  She took the bone and tried to chew it before we could get the wrapper off of it!  Ryan had a great basket! In addition to the net, he was given a gift card to Nike, gift cards to iTunes, a rip cord bracelet, a Playstation magazine, money, and a bunch of candy!  We then went to Tim Horton's for a donut!  Then we went to Easter Brunch at WPAFB Club.  It was delicious!  We ended the day spending time with our friends - the Lipsetts!  It was so nice of them to have us over!

April 7 - Coloring Eggs

 

 

 

Ryan and I always color eggs every Easter!  It is one of our favorite parts of Easter!  We tried a Tye-Dye Kit...for one egg.  The egg turned out cool - it was Ryan's favorite egg!  It was time consuming and Ryan just  wanted to put the eggs into the different colors!  He made some awesome looking eggs! 

April 7 - Easter with Friends

 

 

The Lindsey Family invited us to Easter at their Grandma's house.  Ryan and I had a great time!  The kids went on an egg hunt in the backyard.  They gave Ryan an Easter Bag of goodies. The food was delicious!  After dinner we played Disney Headbandz and Sorry with Gabe, Ellie and Mindy.  We feel very lucky to have friends like the Lindseys!!

April 6 - Lazy Morning

 

 

 

Ryan and Stella love to cuddle in front of the fire!  It was the perfect way to start a day off of school!  Those two love each other!!

April 3, 2012 - Countdown to Reunion

190 M&M's!!  Ryan has been having a Peanut M&M each day Jeremy is done.  We will draw a line at the beginning of each month to see how the M&M's are disappearing!  Jeremy is scheduled to be gone for 185 days, with a possible of two weeks extension. 

March 2012/April 2012 - Hanging Out

 

 

 

One of our favorite things to do in the spring/summer/fall is to have a fire in the backyard and relax!  God has blessed us with an early spring, so we can enjoy some good times with Jeremy! 
Ryan fell in love with some nice cars while we were waiting for an oil change.  His favorite right now is the Camero...although he enjoyed sitting in the Corvette!
Stella just wanted to be close to Ryan while we were working out!  She layed in front of him...then right behind him...she eventually gave up and let Ryan work out!