Only 30 days!!!

Well it's after midnight so It's more like 29 but YAY less than a month until I can (briefly) be in my husbands arms again!!!!! I can't tell you how much this excites me. The fact I have more days behind me than ahead of me, for basic at least, is huge! I am so happy I have had a wonderful support group with my Delta friends who are helping to keep me sane and busy :) I have some wonderful friends here doing the same. I love that the Alsobrook's understand this crazy Army thing and are so close. I know they would do anything that could in a heartbeat if I asked. Oh man and Ashley Pierson. While I have only "met" her through our online support group she has become one of my closest friends. We talk everynight and I know I can be sad to her and whine some and she listens and never judges. She is pretty much awesome and I can't wait to meet her March 13th. She and I will keep each other busy that day before family day, I am sure we will be very anxious. It's only 28 days now til I fly out and 25/26 til I start packing. I like to try to wittle down the days :) I have to say though I really believe this being apart thing has in fact made Jer and I closer. The letters are so amazing that I get from him. Like he can speak from his heart. Maybe things he wouldn't normally say out loud. I am so grateful he writes alot. I love getting near daily letters. Jer has made me feel so incredibly loved. I truly am a lucky woman

Anniversary

Today was my wedding anniversary. It really was bitter sweet without Jer here. I did get a anniversary card from Jer that he made and a letter yesterday that he wrote for our anniversay saying how much he loved me so I know he was thinking of me, not that I doubted it. He is an amazing man and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him. He is a great husband and an awesome father, I really couldn't ask for better. He is pretty hot too so that helps ;) I can not wait to see him in 35 days and a wake up. It will be truly magical I think. I was sad today thinking about what we are missing while he is gone but I know it will be worth it and I know he is doing this for us. He wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't for our family and that right there is huge. I love you Jeremiah Carter, Happy Anniversary, there will be many, many more!

My dad wrote this on my FB page today and I fell in love:

The Army does not issue a Spouse, they will not fit in a duffle bag, they can't be ordered through supply, nor even in a letter, but they fit in a tiny corner of the heart and travel everywhere with their Soilder. Missed birthdays, anniversaries, childrens plays all lived through the eyes of the spouse. The reason our Army is Strong is because of the strength of the spouse or loved ones left behind.

Awesome weekend

This weekend was one of the best in a long time! Mostly due to Beth Alsobrook! I love that woman!!! Saturday we took the girls to shop for dresses for the daddy/daughter dance. Grandpa is taking Jordan since it's not really possible for Jer to go :) It should be a lot fo fun for her since it's her fisrt school dance and I know she is excited with a new dress and new shoes. The shopping was a total blast and then I took the kids to dinner at the old spaghetti factory and it was super yummy and not to expensive, my favorite kind of dinner lol. Sunday Beth and I got up early and went to the commissary at Hill Air force Base. We shopped at the liquor store (much needed haha) then had lunch at the BX and bought out the commissary lol. Yeah we had 3 1/2 carts and we barely fit in the car, good thing we went without any kids :) We stopped really quick at the mall and were supposed to quickly pick up a shirt I had on hold but somehow, thanks Beth, I got a few more things. It's totally ok though cause I love it all!!!
After we got to our respective houses and put everything away the two families got together at my house for my Dad's chilli and the SUPER BOWL!!!! WAHOO GIANTS! It was such a close game but they won and that's all that matters!!
Monday my mom had taken the day off so we went and did a little more shopping and she let me place fashion show at the dressing room for her. I haven't done that since I was a teenager, it was nice. I got outfits for my entire time with Jer in March, Im going to look pretty :) :)

A long time!

Wow I haven't written in so long where do I begin... Well Friday and Saturday last week I got letters from Jer YAY. I hate days when I don't get them. Seems like they only come on Friday, Saturday, and Monday so I have decided the middle of the week sucks. Seem slike he is doing well there. He was worried about his shooting because he did awful on the simulated stuff but rocked it when he got out to the real range. I know he was a stud lol. He sent letters for the girls and one for Nick too. I put that one in my letter box I bought and I am going to save it. I think Nick will appreciate it as he gets older. He loves mail call and all but begs me to keep sending him letters, packages, or cards, whatever really :) Thats good because I send him at least one thing a day. He is loving MRE's (meals ready to eat) which I think is funny cause they look so nasty. My father was in supply for the guard growing up and we used to eat them and liked them but hell, what does a kid know lol. He told me to do some homework and cook a steak, baked potato, and all the fixing and eat it and report back on how yummy it was hahaha. Of course I had to do it, it was my homework. Have to say my dad cooked the steaks perfectly too! So good. Jer was sad because he couldn't buy me an anniversay card at the PX when they went last. DS told him nothing but the stuff they needed. Oh well at least he tried right? It's hard he is away for so many important days.
But another YYYYYYYAAAAAAYYYY he got to call on Sunday, yup for 30 minutes! It was bliss. However let me tell you how short 30 minutes really is. He got to talk to the girls and Nick. Oh man, Nick was so cute, he was squealing and laughing into the phone and kept looking at both sides of the phone trying to find daddy. Poor little squishy. He said his cold/cough is gone but he hurt his leg hiking. Sounds like a pulled muscle so it should be ok, he is so tough. I am incredibly proud of all he is doing for us. I realized something talking to him too, I am truly loved. Now let me explain I knew he loved me, never a doubt, however this is torture for him. He is pushing himself mentally and physically for me and for our children. He loves me so much he is puting himself through hell for a better life. I am blessed!
We had parent/teacher conferences last night. Ugh this is the kind of thing I really need Jeremiah for. I hate doing that kind of stuff alone. Jordan got mostly good reoprts. Big thing was talking in class, yup sounds like a teenage girl to me. She got moved from next to her best friend in science, it was close to becoming a problem so all us parents decided to just fix it before it really was an issue. Myah, oh Myah. What to do with her. She got kicked out of Science class on Tuesday for being to disruptive and not listening. Her grades are not goos and her teachers say she needs to loose her attitude problem. Yup sounds like home to me. I talked to the special education teacher since she has Myah for two classes and we have some ideas we are going to try out. Also Myah is skipping lunch and first off she is to small anyway, has monthly weight checks for loosing weight, and it's just not healthy. So now Dawn the spec. ed. teacher is eating lunch with her and encouring Myah through a food journal and a food critic type thing. Hopefully that helps because her weight is way down. I hate that Jer is not home to help with things like this. Plus I can't even write to him about it because he needs to stay focused. I am doing the work of both parents and it's exhausting.
I am so lucky to have so much support and so many good friends to help, otherwise I would probably be in the looney bin by now lol!