While we were in Texas, Josiah got saved!
16 years ago
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Filling In
Since our trip down south let me fill you in what we've been up to. We finally have a home, Mike came home from deployment, & Andy is FINALLY starting to walk! :)
Andys 1st haircut
Fathers Day
We took 2 weeks for a vacation to Texas at the end of June through mid-July. During our time there, Andy was surrounded by his peers who were all walking and he decided to join them. He has taken more opportunities on his own to walk.
A beautiful sunset ended a beautiful first day of driving... ugh!
Mary
Josiah, Jacob, Alaina, & Anya
Abby
Matt & Edna
Saturday, April 5, 2008
A Carolina Easter
For Easter weekend we (my parents, Andy, & I) went to South Carolina where there were drones of cousins for Andy to play with. The Easter pictures are taken all of which Andy is being carried just in case of craziness gets dare I say- out of hand? (naaaaaaaaaah!) ;)
We went to Swan Lake where they had a park where Andy got to ride on a swing by himself. Shortly after the swing picture was taken, Grandpa had the little tyke clinging on for dear life and a look of sheer fear on his face. So, for a more relaxing experience, I put him in the grass. He has only been in grass 1 other time when he was much smaller so he didn't like it very much, but this time, he seemed to be interested in the grass itself and in one of the grass pictures, he was pulling out the grass to investigate.
This first picture, he is saying his favorite word, "Da-da!!!" really really loud.
Easter Sunday!
Monday after Easter Sunday, we drove to Charleston SC where we walked around what seemed like FOREVER and we found this (famous) seafood restaurant, Hyman's, where Andy was so worn out as you can see, that he fell asleep while CHEWING his food! :) That made a very peaceful dinner at least for about 10 mins, but hey, close enough. :)
On the way home in Tennessee we stayed at this beautiful Colonial-style hotel where we got to chill out.
I am teaching Andy how to color with crayons... I'll let you be the judge of the progress.
*Note: Seeing these pictures of Cracker Barrel still gives me nauseous since the whole way to SC we ate there breakfast, lunch, & dinner, and then on the way back.
*Note to mom: Fireplace or not, how can you still STAND IT?! ;)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
The highlight of my day
I have needed to find out Andy's social security number so I can do our taxes, but his card is packed away because I didn't know I was going to be here this long. I have called the office a couple times, searched on the SS website for "How to find out your child's social security number" and all I got were run-a-rounds and other wrong turns like "Social Security" (for the retired). FINALLY, today I called up the SS office AGAIN and I stuck it out on hold for about 15 mins. The lady that answered was really nice and she told me that I needed to bring in Andy's medical file. "Medical file?" I asked myself- do I have that or does the base? She couldn't really answer my question, but I assumed the base has it. Anyway, she said that if I brought the file there is always something there that they can use. I asked, "what are you looking for?" and she said, "anything with his name and birthdate on it." I asked, "what about his shot record?" "Generally a shot record doesn't have that information on it", she replied. Well, I took a look at his shot record and lo and behold- it had the information I needed! WOOHOO!!
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Keeping within Ang's guideline of no post should be without pictures, here ya go!
CRANKY & CRANKIER
Hey Mike, tonight I made Pasta & Shrimp with the garlic, oregano, parmesan, & romano cheese! (I reminisced of the time you first made us that dish....mmmmm yummy!!)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Here are some interesting places that I have seen and things that I have learned.
My first views of Fukuoka, Japan.
See it snows here too!!
My first experience with real sushi. Not Bad!!
Yes Scott, I had the CoCo Curry. Very nice!!
These vending machines are everywhere. If you look closely you will see a Kit Kat soft drink??? Very interesting and no I was not brave enough to try it.
I had to take a picture of this Wendy’s sign and yes she is black or maybe they tried to give her an Asian complexion, I don’t know.
This is me about to be miraculously purified by walking through this gate. There were three gates to make sure you are purified enough just in case the first two did not work.
Finally, you had to rinse your hands, your mouth, spit the water out, and rinse your hands again to finish the purification process.
This is the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine built in 903 A.D. “It is the first and most important of several hundreds of shrines built and dedicated to the spirits of Sugawara Michizane, an influential scholar and politician of the Heian Period, who has later been identified with Tenjin, the kami ("Shinto god") of education.” http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4851.html. By the way Japanese believe in Shintoism (meaning there are many gods and anything can be one ie. wind, sun, moon, mountains, etc.) and Buddhism is for the afterlife, this way they are covered both ways.
These school kids are brought here before taking important exams so the priest can pray for good scores.
This is me in front of a 1500 year old tree.
This is a shrine for knives because they feel bad for the knives after they kill people.
This is a shrine for old brushes. Notice the small brush in front of the shrine.
This is another shrine that I visited. The Kushida shrine was founded in 757 A.D.
“This is MIKOSHI, the festival carriage used in Yamakasa Festival, the most popular local festival in Hakata town. And KUSHIDA SHRINE works as the main place for the festival.” http://www.japan-hopper.com/2008/01/06_181296.php. Today, they still weigh a ton but, are much smaller so they do not run into power lines. They also wear sweet loin cloths like sumo wrestlers wear. This link shows a good picture. http://www.isic.org/sisp/?event_id=25413&fx=event
This an elderly merchant making a center cloth for tables.
Here is one last tidbit of interesting information. The Japanese boys can express their love for a girl any day of the year. Valentine’s Day is the only day of the year that a girl can express her secret crush and she does this with chocolate. The downside is that 30 days later (14 Mar) the boy has to give the girl a gift in return and it has to be better the gift the girl gave.
See it snows here too!!
My first experience with real sushi. Not Bad!!
Yes Scott, I had the CoCo Curry. Very nice!!
These vending machines are everywhere. If you look closely you will see a Kit Kat soft drink??? Very interesting and no I was not brave enough to try it.
I had to take a picture of this Wendy’s sign and yes she is black or maybe they tried to give her an Asian complexion, I don’t know.
This is me about to be miraculously purified by walking through this gate. There were three gates to make sure you are purified enough just in case the first two did not work.
Finally, you had to rinse your hands, your mouth, spit the water out, and rinse your hands again to finish the purification process.
This is the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine built in 903 A.D. “It is the first and most important of several hundreds of shrines built and dedicated to the spirits of Sugawara Michizane, an influential scholar and politician of the Heian Period, who has later been identified with Tenjin, the kami ("Shinto god") of education.” http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4851.html. By the way Japanese believe in Shintoism (meaning there are many gods and anything can be one ie. wind, sun, moon, mountains, etc.) and Buddhism is for the afterlife, this way they are covered both ways.
These school kids are brought here before taking important exams so the priest can pray for good scores.
This is me in front of a 1500 year old tree.
This is a shrine for knives because they feel bad for the knives after they kill people.
This is a shrine for old brushes. Notice the small brush in front of the shrine.
This is another shrine that I visited. The Kushida shrine was founded in 757 A.D.
“This is MIKOSHI, the festival carriage used in Yamakasa Festival, the most popular local festival in Hakata town. And KUSHIDA SHRINE works as the main place for the festival.” http://www.japan-hopper.com/2008/01/06_181296.php. Today, they still weigh a ton but, are much smaller so they do not run into power lines. They also wear sweet loin cloths like sumo wrestlers wear. This link shows a good picture. http://www.isic.org/sisp/?event_id=25413&fx=event
This an elderly merchant making a center cloth for tables.
Here is one last tidbit of interesting information. The Japanese boys can express their love for a girl any day of the year. Valentine’s Day is the only day of the year that a girl can express her secret crush and she does this with chocolate. The downside is that 30 days later (14 Mar) the boy has to give the girl a gift in return and it has to be better the gift the girl gave.
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