11 Weeks Down!

I have NO idea where this week went! I woke up Friday morning and could not believe the work and school week were over! I did not have much time to update the blog but Audrey and I mostly played outside and enjoyed the weather this week! So here we are through week 11 heading into 12 weeks of this deployment already.

When the weather is as nice as it has been here the only place we are in the evenings is outside! So every night when Audrey gets home from school we sit outside until it gets dark out. Her new favorite thing to do is catch bugs and worms. We go "hunting" for them nightly and she just loves digging in the dirt. Maybe she should have been a boy! I just love the fact that she likes to play in the dirt and get muddy. So outside every night it is!

This is kind of dark but note the huge earth worm in her hand! This is my life!

All prettied up for school and digging for worms

Adding these videos because I want Chris to see them and have not figured out how to email them to him. Just Audrey playing with Hudson!

Conversations with Audrey!

Since we have been outside so much lately there isn't much time for inside crafts but Sunday night I wanted to sit down and work on something. So we made Spring butterflies...

Audrey said he looked like Rudolph here... she is kind of right

Welcome Spring!

As for Chris and I time is definitely starting to take a toll. It has been 2 and a half months since Chris left for Afghanistan and sometimes it feels like an eternity ago. We stay busy here but for everyone time is starting to wear on us. Chris has his Internet privileges back so I am able to talk to him a bit more which is reassuring. We have also got word that homecoming will be September now. I wish that we would have never known about the July rumor but we all know how the military works and so we will push through the summer here without him. We are almost through March now and time is going by really fast here! I cannot say the same for Chris but we will just chug along as we get through this the best way we know how.

St. Patty's Day came and went this weekend and I was able to finagle an evening out with the ladies!  This night took a lot of planning and preparation. Donna offered to have Audrey overnight and the Burkes took Hudson and I was able to stay in BG for the night after work! So I decked Audrey out in her St. Patty's Day attire and I headed to BG.

I had to work during the day which was not a big deal... I mean I am a morning person but I do not think I could ever do that 5:30am kegs and eggs thing on St. Patty's Day. I felt like I was to old to even go out in the evening lol But I am glad I did it was a lot of fun!

The Frickers ladies all decked out for St. Patty's Day!

Frickers Girls!

She makes me feel young again lol

KT!! She definitely helps me get through this deployment! She has the best ears ever! lol

So Alyssa talks me into wearing one of these festive outfits, I agree, go up to change and fell all the way down her stairs. Then come to find out that happens all the time. They have all done it because they are very steep and I had just sox on. I slipped on the first step and slid all the way down on my butt. Most painful thing ever!

This picture explains it all!

I woke up Sunday with a bruise and swollen bottom. I mean it hurts to sit... and this was BEFORE we even went out! It was horrible. I will pay for this one for a couple weeks. It hurts to sit, it hurts to walk, it hurts stand... so needless to say I will not be running for at least a week. This is not good when the marathon is a month away! Well, better to ice it and rest then get back strong in a week or so then over do it now. Because it is really bad!

While everyone was laughing at me I was saying, "No, guys I am really hurt!" After my fall we had a lot of fun! It has been quite a few years since I have been able to make it out for St. Patty's Day. It was also nice to get a bit of a break and have some adult interaction for at least one night! When we woke up Sunday morning I was basically laying on Alyssa with my leg on her trying to snuggle... we all laughed because it had been so long since I had another adult in my bed I must have been taking advantage of it and snuggling in her bed lol Overall, a good night!

Although it was fun to hang out with the ladies I was definitely ready to get home and back to Audrey. We spent most of yesterday outside playing and enjoying the weather! We are definitely outside girls and we are both so excited that summer is within reach! Ready to plow through week 12 of deployment as the temperatures are suppose to reach the 80s!