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I have SO much to say, and SO many pictures to post. The problem is that I kinda, sorta filled up the C drive on my computer, so I need to dump a LOT of pictures off of it. In the meantime, I really do have a lot to put up on here.

Small updates:

Tim's back in school (YAY). So far, so good. He's also qualified for a new watch that keeps him on watch for 24 hours. So that's fun. LOL He had his first 24 hour one on Monday, it wasn't too bad.. He was tired on Tuesday, but he was determined to make sure he was here for the girls and I. Once they went to bed, and he finished up his school work for the night, we both headed to bed. Good thing I didn't sleep well the night before too huh? :P

Kadie is in third grade and loving it. She has an amazing teacher this year, and she's really blossoming. She's made several new friends - including a new best friend. Even better, she's not being as shy. It's really great to see her coming out of her shell like this. I couldn't be any happier.

Molly is a typical 3 year old now. She has attitude, explores, and overall, just has fun. She's in her first class - she's taking tap lessons, and most weeks, absolutely loves it.

As for me? I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I'm usually a chicken running around with my head cut off, but honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love all the volunteer work I'm doing, and Tim and I keep joking about how it's a full time job. I have a few other things up my sleeve that I hope pan out in the near future, but in the mean time, I'm enjoying what I have right now. :)

That's about it on this side of the globe! How are y'all faring over there?

School's Back

Molly playing with her puppy.

And can I just say WOO HOO?? I love the start of the school year - and not for the obvious reasons. It means i get back to my life.. It means I get to visit with my friend(s) again. It means we're that much closer to Halloween! LOL

Working on her first 3rd grade assignment.

There are bad parts though - I have to get up early again. I'm SO not loving that part.. Neither is my lack of sleep skills. Tim's ship has pulled back in, which means he's back to work. Not loving that so much either. (Oh how I miss the days of little-to-no work day.. *sigh* In the meantime, girl scouts is picking up. I still have FRG for another few months. I'm planning on getting involved in her school this year.. Annnddd.. I started selling scentsy!! 

Link it: https://haworth.scentsy.us/Home

Well, more like I figured I was spending enough on it that I might as well make some money off of it right? :) I'm waiting on base approval to start selling over here, but in the meantime, I am selling online, and for any friends and family (and anyone else) back home, please LMK if you need anything from them or just want to learn more about it!

In the meantime, we're just recovering from our first (and halfway through the second) week of school. 

Kadie and I during girls' night in! 

Sick

I promise we're still around.. Tim and I have just been rather sick for the past few days.. :P

Games

It's a black flag day today.. We hit that status before 8:30 this morning. Nice. It's too hot for the girls to go outside and play, and really, it's just too hot to do much of anything.. So, instead we thank our lucky stars that we have a/c and we stay inside to play. Molly is playing Lego Pirates with Tim, it's pretty cute. :)

He wasn't happy I was taking pictures that involved him..

Sea Paradise

So we had a busy week this week. For one, we had lots of little tremors late night. Those are lots of fun. LOL At least we've gotten fairly used to them, so it's just an "Oh, we're shaking" instead of an "AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" moment.

Oh and just a warning, this post is going to be ladled with pictures..

We went to Sea Paradise this week.. We ABSOLUTELY loved it!! It was a blast, and I really can't wait to go again when it won't be so crowded! There were some amazing and innovative aspects to the aquarium, and I loved the twists to it.

The outside looked pretty dead, but inside the aquariums, it was REALLY busy. Of course, keep in mind, the Japanese are on vacation this month, so anywhere we could go that is touristy would be pretty busy.

Still.. Some are still able to just hang out.. :)

There is an anime that is about a mermaid and I'm guessing, her friend that is a sea star. They were all over several of the displays in the Aqua Museum. Molly and Kadie HAD to take pictures with her though.

I LOVED that there was an aquarium for dolphins. This one was a tube type walkway, and there was a family swimming above us. There was also a dolphin attacking a fish in there.. In front of several children - it was pretty entertaining. LOL

I'd never seen a show using Belugas.. I thought it was pretty darn awesome.

Another first.. I'd never seen a whale shark either. They were apart of the show too. LOL

One of the innovations I loved about Sea Paradise. They have what they call an open aquarium. You are given the opportunity to pet several different sea creatures. There's even a show where you can pet sea lions and penguins after, and then take a picture with them. 

The other really neat thing about the open aquarium - they have a wading pool that. It doubles as a "coral reef" of sorts. There ARE fish in there, the bottom is rough like coral would be too. They provide these goggle type things that you put into the water to see down in. (Kadie's in the sand area here, the pool got too deep for her to wear her clothes in). On the other side is a touch pool similar to what you see at say Sea World in the States.

The other awesomeness of Sea Paradise? There are rides. They are fun. Tim's on both of these in the pictures.. :) I didn't go on the ride in the second picture, but I did go on the roller coaster - it was FUN!!!

Overall, we absolutely LOVED Sea Paradise. I really just wish it was a little less crowded because we didn't get to do everything we wanted to. It just means we'll be back for another trip!!!

Storm Watch.. July Edition..

Pretty purple skys.. Well, I really don't know if that should be pretty..

SooOOooo... We have this HUUUGGEEEEE typhoons that come through here.. ALLLLL Summer long.. EVERY year.. Yeah. Sure. LOL (please note the sarcasm).  Since we moved here.. I've only ever seen ONE real semi-decent storm (at least a storm where I actually saw lightening bolts), and that was the day I moved into our house out in town.. Well, that was until today. This storm was SERIOUSLY active, and we weren't even warned about it. While it really didn't have much more than a breeze, this storm was MUCH worse than any "typhoon" I've seen here. We had lightening bolts touching down all over the place, one that touched down here close enough that I felt the hairs stand up on me.. Did I get a picture of said bolts? No. I kind of got one, and Tim got a pretty great shot of one.. But hey, I got to see some amazing stuff, and boy was the sky a pretty purple tonight!!

Keep in mind that with EVERY one of the shots on this post, it was pitch black until the lightening flashed!

Tim's awesome shot of the lightening!

Another shot of his.. I love how you can see where the flash is...

The ONLY shot I caught a bolt it.. And you can barely see it *cry*

PS - now that I've said we don't ever get any cool storms, there is a storm brewing in the pacific right now. Who wants to bet that since I said typhoons never REALLY hit us, it'll hit us now?? BAD BLOGGER!!!! BAD!!!

Molly..

Happy Birthday to my baby girl! She's officially three, and while she hasn't had her party yet, we had a mini one for her at home tonight! She got her favorite meal (pizza), followed by birthday cake ice cream for dessert! She was pretty darn happy to blow the candles out! Up next? The movie she picked out today (Dragon Tales) under her new Tiana blanket! I think she had a good birthday! :)

Molly says "BYE!!!"