Tomorrow (November 5th) is Zach's 31st birthday. I just wanted to dedicate this blog to him. He is the best husband, father and best friend that I could ever have. Last year he was deployed for his birthday and all the really important holidays. He was gone defending our country and our families, and missed out on a lot of things. We all know that it was something that had to be done, and are very proud of him. I am glad though that this year is different and he is able to be home and celebrate with us. There won't be much of a party with just the five of us, but we want you to know that we love you Zach and want you to have a very happy birthday.

p.s. You are not that old, just older than me!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Here are some pictures of Halloween 2007. The kids had a great time trick-or-treating and got enough candy to last them until Christmas. As you can see Jax was Spiderman, Shade was a Cowboy riding his horse, and Aynslee was a little Kitty. Aynslee's first candy. She loved it of course

Our little Kitty

He kept saying "Howdy" to everyone like it was what he always said.

I finally broke down and let him be Spiderman. He loved it so it was worth it.

The Boys

This was at our ward Halloween party. I think it is funny to see Jax hold Aynslee like that. That is how he always does it so I guess it fits.

Home Sweet Home

I don't know why it is underlining everything. Sorry.

We made it!! We are here in our new home and we are loving it. We left San Antonio last Wednesday morning and made it to Baton Rouge, LA. We then drove most of Thursday and made it to Columbus and to our new home. It was a fairly good trip. Zach drove the Expedition and pulled the trailer. He had Jax and Shade with him. I drove our truck with Aynslee. I have to admit that before this drive I was not very fond of our truck, but driving in that truck makes you appreciate the scenery a lot more since it does not have any air conditioning and you have to have your window down. It makes you notice the rocks flying at your face, or the hair whipping around, or the people staring at you wondering why you and a baby are in a truck like that. It was kind of fun. The only problem was a very bad blowout….Aynslee’s diaper. It was bad. (Zach wanted me to make sure you all knew he is not a bad husband to make me drive his truck, I would not pull the trailer. I was ok with it I promise.) We hung out in our empty home until Monday when they brought our stuff that had been in storage for 5 months. I wish I could tell you how many boxes we had, but the house was so packed that they had to start putting them in the garage and then that got packed. It was ridiculous. As they were trying to get us to sign the paper work I noticed that a lot of stuff was missing, like our refrigerator, treadmill, half of the boys bunk beds, my dresser, and lots of boxes of toys, and all the legs to our tables. Needless to say, they made a trip back to the warehouse and found another crate they had forgotten. It was pretty ugly for a while. Poor Zach had to listen to me complain that they better have my stuff or else for 2 hours while they were gone. We have unpacked A LOT of boxes and are now down to the “I don’t know what to do with that stuff, why don’t you do that one” boxes. They may take a while.
The kids are loving their new yard and “own” tv room. Zach starts work on Monday and life gets started again. We will see how it goes.

Our great cars that helped us get here. We love them!!!

Our family in front of our home

The kids

Home Sweet Home

One of Zach's new purchases. His other one was a riding lawn mower.

I threw this one in as a bonus, pretty cute.

On the road again...

We are on the move again!!! Zach did a great job at pilot instructor training and passed all of his checkrides with flying colors. Yesterday he had a very hard day of drilling his knowledge of the plane and maneuvers and then had 2 flights that he was tested on how well he could instruct a student. It started at 7:00 and ended around 5:30. You can all sleep well tonight knowing that the Air Force does a very good job training their pilots and keeping them up to date. He passed everything and they gave him the go ahead to move to Mississippi. As soon as he told me he passed I started to pack and clean up this place. We are so excited to move and are leaving tomorrow. We should get there sometime on Thursday. We won't have the internet for a while, but I will let you all know how it is going as soon as we get it. On the road again......

Happy Columbus Day!!

Happy Columbus Day!! After a very LONG week for both of us, we have never loved Columbus Day as much as we do today!! We decided that for a long weekend we would do something fun. We drove to Canyon Lake about 1 hour from here. We went for a long walk by the lake and let the boys throw about 100 rocks each into the water. It is so funny to see them. As soon as they see any water they are looking for something to throw into it. Then, we went and had a picnic. It is nice to still have 90 degree weather when you want to have a picnic, but we already miss the changing seasons. We better get used to it though. We are getting close to moving to Mississippi. Hopefully next week sometime. We are looking forward to that. Here is a very funny story that happened Saturday. Jax was looking for something to do so I told him to line his crayons in a row to make a path. He looked at me like I was crazy. I told him it would be fun, and then left the room to be with Aynslee. About 10 minutes later he came around the corner and was making a line in the carpet. I thought it was the line he was going to line his crayons on . Well, I was wrong. He was making a line with his crayons by coloring a line on the carpet!!! I asked his what he was doing and he looked shocked and said that I told him to. I couldn't get mad at him because I guess I had. I now know why he looked at me crazy. I showed him I wanted to line the actual crayons up on the floor to make a line and he looked at me and said"Oh". I guess that when it comes to things like that I better show him instead of telling him. I have to remember he is 4 not 14. Anyway, I thought that was funny.

Jax looking for rocks to throw

Shade looking for the perfect rock



Still throwing rocks

My cute kids

Growing up

I took Aynslee to her 4 month (even though she is 5 months) well baby check yesterday. She is doing well and growing up so fast. She now weighs 12.4 pounds and is 23.5 inches. The doctor said she looks great. The boys came with me and Shade was so scared for her when they took her pulse. They took it from her finger with a wrap that looked like a band-aid. He kept telling the doctor to take it off and stop hurting her. He is a very protective brother. Anyway, just thought I keep you all up to date on our Aynslee Lyn.

Primary Program

This Sunday was a very big day in our home. Jax had his first Sacrament Primary Program. He was SO CUTE!! I had to hold back tears when the first song started. He looked so big and I can't believe that he can go up there now. It seems like yesterday he was asking when he would be big enough to go up there and sing. He has grown up so fast. He did a great job. There was not much singing, a lot of swaying back and forth and a few thumbs us and one teacher telling him to be quiet as he pushed his fellow Sunbeams out of his personal space, but all in all it was very good. Shade wanted to be up there with him, but was very proud of his big brother waving at him. Aynslee did not care for the

program and Zach had to take her out.

Shade got this new hat and will not take it off

Jax and Shade are best friends

You can tell they are buddies.

Aynslee is now in the "I want everything

you are eating" stage. Don't worry the

smoothie was gone.