August & September

So much of our life is captured by my phone and I don't usually take the time to put them on the blog but, those are the little things that matter most because they make us a family, they create our memories and the little things are what we are doing day after day as a family!

Most of these pictures are from August/September ...

Bowling as a family the night before Brad deployed.

Right before Kason said good night - talk about a tear jerker!! Tears were definitely shed ... 

Love this ... he's rarely serious! 

First day of 1st grade!!

A couple weeks after our husband's left, my friend Charee & I put together a trampoline. 

Never. Again. 

That thing was a pain! Although ... I am pretty proud of us for doing it sans husbands!

Flea Market shopping ... 

he really wanted the hat & I think he was serious!

Kason & I took a trip to Ramstein Air Force Base for their annual Bazaar - we had to eat some Macaroni Grille while we were there...

We have sent lots of these over the last month! The picture Kason drew was too adorable not to document - it's a picture of all of us sitting around the dinner table ... 

This? Can't even write words to express how sweet it was! 

This hangs on our bathroom mirror to remind me that I can do hard things and that even if deployment is struggle, if I stay strong, we'll all come out on top! 

And I love little reminders like this that we are only a small little piece of this big beautiful world that was created just for us ... 

We also have done a lot of this the past 6 weeks ... I am so grateful for Skype & FaceTime!!!

I don't talk enough about these lovely ladies here ... Charee and Mary Anne have been my rock(s) since moving here! They are absolutely incredible and I couldn't ask for better friends ... Mary Anne is leaving soon and it's killing me! But, I know their family is moving on to amazing opportunities so, it's hard to stayed bummed for too long. Bottom line: I love these girls! 

Our new little nephew, Brevik! 

Erika & Jordan (Brad's sister and hubs) had this cute little guy back in July. I love him already and just wish I could snuggle him! 

Soccer FINALLY started around here ... Kason is a natural. 

He scored the first goal of the game in the first game of the season! 

We have since changed teams and he now sports a yellow shirt for soccer. But, regardless, he's loving it and I'm loving watching him! 

This past Saturday Kason did a kid's Spur Ride ... they fired real military grade weapons (with blanks of course!) and got to eat MRE's. Kason loved the MRE ... weirdo. Brad said the one he got was one of the most disgusting ones out there. Double weirdo! 

And that's a wrap. Happy October!!

Tough Mudder

Back in July, Brad ran a Tough Mudder with his platoon. The race is something like 12 miles and then has obstacles every miles. (It's been awhile, I don't remember the specifics) Brad loved it though - I told him it solidified his "meat head" status ;) (jk, I don' really think my husband is a meat head but, I did think the Tough Mudder was a meat head convention...)

Moving on ... 

Not all of his platoon ran the race but, here are the guys that did (I'm not even going to try naming all of them)

Do you like their camo daisy-dukes? Nice, huh? 

The obstacles were so spread out Kason and I only made it to see a couple of them ...

This was the obstacle I was most excited about - Electro-shock therapy! I guess it's not as bad as it sounds but, it was the final obstacle and all the guys made it to the end! 

There were a couple other groups from our Squadron that also ran in the Tough Mudder - this is mostly everyone that was there:

I love this guy - missing him like crazy but, love looking back on these moments and remembering the memories we have been able to make and looking forward to the many memories we still get to make! He's a good man - so glad I get to stand by his side for eternity.