Thursday, May 13, 2010

Traveling Home ... R&R Time!

Today is Thursday May 13, 2010. This morning at 6:40 am Mark landed back in the United States at Dulles Airport having traveled for days from his base to Kandahar, to Dubai and then on to the States. My heart is so happy that he was able to all of this once again safely and without any travel problems with the airlines. He will spend the next few days in Virginia visiting Justin and friends then he will travel here on Sunday morning. Max and I have been counting down the days on our calendar until it is time to pick him up! We are so excited to have the next two weeks with him. Happy day for all of us! We love when daddy comes home!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Mothers Day at Montessori Preschool

Today mom's were invited to come to school with the kids to see them work and to celebrate Mothers Day. Max and I were both excited to be together in his school. The preschool area is designed with four different rooms were there is various "work stations" set up for the children. The children are free to roam about each room and work independently as much as possible. Max is given a lesson each day with one teacher one-on-one and it will pertain to math or letter instruction with sounds, drawing out the letters, reviewing pictures, saying various words, etc. I can see so much progress with Max and his social skills. Counting, learning to wait his turn or raise his hand, being able to pour juice, water, etc. picking up various thinking strategies, etc. I can no wait for Mark to be able to go school with him when he gets home. I think Max is going to have a ball introducing his dad to his friends! Here are some photo's of today's visit:

Working on threading beads on to a string
The children sang a mothers day song & five little ducks went out to play .... video to come


Max had to take my picture too ...

Max & Logan working on colors (Logan also knows the colors in Spanish)

Max is using tongs to pick up very small fuzzy balls.

Max is working on rebuilding the house.

Play time ... which includes a huge sand box ...
we get at least a cup of sand in the car every day!


My New Life

My New Life

So I can not seem to figure out how to completely download this video, but if you take 10 minutes to click on the link above entitled, "My New Life" you will hear a short video on a woman named Stephanie who has a whole new perspective on life and motherhood. It will completely give you a new perspective on your life and the blessings that you have.

I hope you will take the time to view. Let me know what you think.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Our New Sleigh!

This past weekend we took the plunge .... I bought our family a "new to us" Ford Explorer! It is a 2009 with a third row with two seats ... or you can have lots of trunk space. Mark and I decided to trade our truck in and get a car that will hold all of us and luggage, etc. We had sold our Honda Accord last summer, used the truck to get us across country and have been using it ever since. But, after much thought and search here in St. George, we decided on this beautiful red Explorer. Runner up to the Explorer was the Pilot but in the end the numbers, mileage, color, etc. went to Ford. We plan to have this car for many many years and we are looking forward to picking Mark up in it on the 16th of this month for his next R&R trip! Can't hardly wait!