October came quick.....

I know, I know, I know, that I promised to write every week but I couldn't seem to find time last week to resize the pictures.
Chris came home last Sunday from the field...and he is already gone AGAIN. This time he isn't in the field....He's in Alabama and next week he'll be in South Carolina. So please forgive me for not posting during the only week I've seen him....(did you like the pity party?..it was fun for me too.)

So what has been going on?...Tons. There is nothing like dealing with last minute military plans...seriously, I don't think Chris' head has quit spinning.
Our car: the registration expired while we were in the US so now we are dealing with many headaches ...I won't even go into it because it's a long and boring story that just gets me all worked up and there is nothing I can do but shell out more money because of that nasty thing that people refer to as "red tape"...ugh.

Gabe turned 10 yesterday...I'm still trying to "deal" with the fact that I have a kid in the double-digits...It kinda hurts. The kid is a DECADE old. I fully remember being 10 so this is just a bit surreal to me. Of course I'm not so thrilled that my "baby" is 7....Darn numbers!

In other Gabe news: He has joined Boy Scouts this year. He's a Webelos....
This is where I start to feel really inadequate as a parent. He needs Chris around for these things. I guess I'm going to have to learn to tie knots and make sure he works on earning his badges and belt loops....I'm so clueless....aka Mom that was only a Brownie for two years and even one of those years was spent play Red Rover in the back of a beauty salon instead of earning badges.

Alex news: Not so much...He's thriving (somewhat) in First grade and making us all just a bit nuts. I think we really threw him off by coming to the States. Oh well, we just can't sit in our home forever.....

I guess that about covers us.
Write me comments of send e-mails and let me know how all of you are doing.
I never hear anything.

and these are the pictures from Family Day (September 24, 2006)when Chris was in the field. We had a nice time but 4 hours just wasn't enough.