Army LaRonde

Happy Fourth of July

2008-07-04T08:53:00.000-07:00

Well it is another Fourth of July. We are going to try and make it to fireworks somewhere if we (Scott and I) can stand it to stay awake that long. It isn't due to sleepless nights because Seth only wakes up once at night and there is no excuse other than we are just getting used to our new family.

Scott and I are getting ready for our family vacation to Florida again. But this will be the last travelling we will do for a while because Scott is leaving at the end of the month. I am looking forward to a nice relaxing trip. Wish us luck. We will need it.

Take care and have a happy Fourth!!!!

Some More Pictures

2008-02-03T07:11:00.001-08:00

Here are the Girls at Cinderellla's Royal Table

Isabelle at The Wilderness Lodge

Sophia and Daddy with Buzz at the Magic Kingdom

2008-01-30T10:24:00.001-08:00

Grandma Wallace's Birthday,

The girls at Disney World at Christmas,

My van after the accident we had Friday Jan 25. They said I should get it back in 3-4 weeks.

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-30T10:09:00.000-08:00

I may be a little late, but Happy New Year. I have been waiting to send out anything because we didn't have any new information to give anyone. But in the last week the Army came through and we had a new ultrasound.

We are going to be moving to Ft. Lewis, WA this summer. We don't know when yet, it will depend on a lot of things. Scott and I are very excited to go somewhere you can be outside almost year round. I can't wait to see Mt. Rainer again. We are going to try and sell our house here so we can purchase one in WA. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

The other news we have is we are having one last child before I call it quits and it turns out it is a little boy. I guess now I can get rid of all that pink I have been saving. I am not sure what to do with a boy at this point but I guess it will be a new adventure. I am due in June so that will also affect the timing of our move because we are supposed to move then. I may be stuck here and have to meet Scott later. So if there are any volunteers to help me get the house packed up and drive to WA let me know!

The girls are both doing well. Isabelle is having a great time at school and looking forward to soccer this spring. Sophia is growing up so fast. Since Isabelle started school this fall, she has really started talking and now we are cutting the last of the molars. Thank heaven.

We are all tired of snow. We have had more snow already than we had the entire year last year. The temperatures have been so cold that once it gets here it doesn't melt. So snow has been on the ground since Dec. Have fun looking at the pictures hope to hear from you all soon.

Happy Harvest.

2007-10-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hi all. Well, I am finally sitting at my computer to work on picture's and things and should fill you in. Sophia is doing very well. She is happy she is home with mommy by herself. She has started going to "school" (really it is hourly care on post so I can do some volunteering at Isabelle's school). She isn't sure how much she likes it, but she seems happy when I pick her up. We have also started potty training and she is pretty good except for those poopy ones. Those are scary. We are using m & m's for training so she is learning her colors as well. great mutlitasking.

Isabelle finished the fall soccer league she was in and will start swimming lessons next week again. Thank goodness that is only one night a week. Her team was good and finished with a winning record. She is already asking to play in the spring. I have a parent teacher conference next week.

Scott is still working all the time. Reading, writing, and more reading. I am sure he will be looking forward to a job that he can come home from and leave everything in the office.

I am doing fine. I have never been quite this busy. between volunteering at isabelle's school and playdates for sophia and carpooling to after school events now.... Anyway you see what I am getting at. I am still keeping my sanity by going to the gym and I am going to try and do a race in a few weeks. I have been injured a lot this summer and fall. So I will see.

We are starting to travel a little around the area. We spent a weekend in Omaha, NE and stayed at the air force base there. It was a lot of fun. We took the girls to the children's museum and the Zoo. They were both incredible. I will post some pictures for you all to see.
I hope you all have a great fall.

School is in full Swing!

2007-09-17T12:09:00.000-07:00

Hi all. Well, school has started. Isabelle is having a great time in Kindergarten. She does come home tired, but happy. She has also started soccer this fall. The games are on Tuesday and Thursday night and we have the first one on Thursday this week. I will post pictures later.

Sophia is having some trouble with cutting those two year molars. They just seem to move down and then back up. Not through yet. One of these days she will get some good sleep. One of the girls at the Y even asked today if she was sleeping. Ho Hum. But Grandma and Pa got some new puppies. Miniature wiener dogs.

Scott is also trying to play soccer this fall. He comes home and complains that ALL the other teams are younger and faster. They are playing the other team that hasn't won anything in the league next Sunday so we are hoping for a win.

I am still being the bus and cook and maid. I have had Bunco groups in our house and I am very thankful we ripped up the kitchen this spring. I haven't had any trouble fitting everyone in the house (kitchen) for serving of food. Yeah.

Disney Photos

2007-07-08T17:54:00.001-07:00

Baseball game pictures

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Dirty Duo Pictures

2007-07-08T17:40:00.000-07:00

June was Busier!

2007-07-08T17:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I know it has been a while but now I have some time to get you all caught up on the goings on here.

June started out with all of us recovering from a Memorial weekend trip to Texas to visit Scott's family. Just when we caught our breathe, Scott graduated from CGSC on Isabelle's birthday (June 15th). She was so excited she turned 5 that she is still telling people she had a birthday. I only wish I was still that excited about all my birthdays. Isabelle has been taking swimming lessons also and is doing a great job.

The following week we started our triathalon of a vacation, 2 days at mom's house in Il, one night at aunt Kaye's to get ready for the baseball game, then one night at Michelle and Selcuk's, then off to our home to switch suitcases and on a plane to Orlando, FL for 3 days. We had a ball. And believe it or not, we came back not quite exhausted (I was even a little refreshed).

Scott and his friend Jasper did a team race together on father's day called the Dirty Duo. They had to alternate running and riding a mountain bike. at each switch, they had to do an trick and the last part was low crawling through a mud pit. (See Pictures)

Now we are getting ready for the last trip to IL for the summer and believe it or not, Isabelle starts school in a month, Aug 14th. I will post some more pictures. Take care.

June Pictures

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2007-06-05T05:52:00.001-07:00

Graduation

June Pictures

2007-06-04T16:35:00.001-07:00

Playing in the backyard.

May was Busy

2007-06-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

Well, May was a busy month. Sophia turned 2 and is very happy about it. She is using a big kid cup and doing everything herself. A common phrase is "I do it!". She is walking and keeping her clothes on a little more often. Thank heaven.
Isabelle's school had a field trip to the Red Barn Farm here in MO. basically, we got to walk around with the farmers and they taught the kids stuff about all the animals. They got to feed some chickens and plant a seed in a cup. Sophia was scared of the chickens though, and wanted to go home the rest of the trip.
Isabelle had fun at her graduation. Even though this smile doesn't show it. We are getting ready for Kindergarten now. She even volunteered to sing a part of the songs in a trio and I was very surprised she didn't back out and she did a great job.

I will type more later....

2007-05-18T12:58:00.000-07:00

Here we are on Easter Weekend. I am trying to post again.

April is over

2007-05-01T17:01:00.000-07:00

Hello from over the rainbow. We haven't blown away yet, but the girls are getting really good at telling me when the weather is on. I have been trying to post some pictures but so far have failed. I will keep trying.

In April we travelled to Aunt Kaye's house in IL for easter. It was pretty cold that weekend but the girls still had a ball. We even got to visit our friends the Reuter's .

We were also busy in April because I got to take a trip to the ER on Scott's bday last month. Turns out, we may have to do some work on my gall bladder. The jury is still out on that. I will find out more next week.

Isabelle is almost done with school. She has her last day of preschool on May 16 and even has her little promotion ceremony. She started swimming lessons today and had a ball. Although she did tell me she wasn't a swimmer, she is a soccer player. I found that amusing since she has never been in a soccer league. heehehe.

Sophia is turning 2 next week and she is a hand full.

Happy Spring!!!!

2007-03-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hi all. Well, we survived the cold Arctic winter in Kansas and we haven't blown away yet. Scott got to learn how to use a snow blower. Isabelle got to build a snowman and I think Sophia just got cold and mad.

We are staying here another year and Isabelle is starting Kindergarten in the fall. It is full day kindergarten and I am a little apprehensive about that but they do all the fun things like art, PE, and music in the afternoon. I think she would be disappointed to miss out on all that.

Sophia is growing up fast and is in love the princesses as much as her big sister. I think they would both live in dress up all the time if I let them. I think Sophia gets more hard headed with every passing day. I used to worry about Isabelle picking on her, not any more.

I hope you all have a Happy Easter!!!

2007-01-09T11:57:00.000-08:00

This is our last morning at Magic Kingdom. Isabelle was sick, but she was a trooper.

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here are the 2 princesses with Mater at MGM Studios.

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By the end of the week, Sophia was having a great time on the rides and with the characters.

2007-01-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

This is our late night arrival to DisneyWorld.

2006-11-01T14:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!

2006-11-01T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hi all. Well, trick or treat night was a lot better this year than last. No torrential downpours and no costume malfunctions. You all may notice an extra person in the picture and that is my friend Bella. She came up to walk around the block with us. Thank heaven because I had to carry Sophia all the way. She did get down and walk up to a few doors when she saw someone had a dog in the house. Then she started barking. I am hoping those will turn into a few more understandable words in the near future. Anyway. It was fun but cold.

Scott says I never say anything about myself here so here goes. I did a race a couple of weeks ago and won my age group. I was 3rd place female overall. Yeah. It was a trail run and a rocky one at that. A lot of people fell and tripped because the leaves had fallen and you couldn't tell what was under your feet when you put them down. I ran 3.1 miles that is a 5K race in 37minutes and 33 seconds. There it was. I might even let you all see the picture.

We are going to TX for a long weekend soon and I will send out more pictures. Take care.

2006-11-01T13:53:00.000-08:00

going through our treasures.

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On our way out to trick or treat.

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the happy kangaroo.

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our witch

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Grandma's and Pa's house for a wienner roast.