Pizza Night

So tonight was really movie night.. I kind of turned it into pizza night instead though. The girls DID watch a new movie - Megamind. Kadie says it's her new favorite, and she wants a Megamind cape (hint hint Nana). I, however, was talking to my Mom for pretty much the entire movie via skype, so I didn't exactly get to see it. I did, however, get pictures of the pizza making! They each had their own pizza to put toppings on. Kadie did everything but roll out the dough, Molly just didn't put sauce on hers (didn't trust her THAT much. LOL). They had a blast tonight, and I'm happy for it - we need more nights like this when Tim's gone!

Cheertastic

Kadie had another game today. She seemed to be happy the ENTIRE game - woo hoo! LOL After, we went over to watch our friend's daughter's game. Kadie and Molly were SO happy about it.. :)

Otherwise, not too much happening here. Lots to do next week, but at least, for now, it's calm for the next day.. LOL

Also, to my friend Debra, can you email me? I can't find your email anywhere, and you've disappeared!!!! I hope everything is alright!

100

100 posts!!

Last night we went to the Macy Gray concert on base.. Had an absolute blast! We were pretty much front row - we were second row at first, but people left and moved around, so we ended up in the front. It was pretty awesome. She sounds amazing, while it was in the gym, it was still a lot of fun!!! :) Thanks again Kristen for letting me know about it!

yeah, I don't take group pictures well... lol

I love my life

If there's one thing I've learned over the past 8 years, it's that I have the best husband that I could possibly have for me. He's my match in every way possible, and while he's not perfect, he's darn well near it. Thanks to him, the possibilities in our lives our endless, but I know one constant that will always remain no matter what. He's my rock, and while skype during his last deployment really felt like a stab because I was struggling so much, tonight was different. It was wonderful to watch him react to me and what I was saying - it was amazing to see the smile that I love so much.. The faces.. OMGOSH I missed the faces on someone else besides Molly! LOL :) So I just want to say thanks hun. :) Oh and don't kill me, but one of the smiles I love??

Oh yeah.. I love it. :) What can I say? I'm incredibly lucky.  

Technology

Last week, a box my sister sent for Christmas FINALLY made it's way over here! YAY!!! So the girls and I go to open our Christmas presents!! I love today's technology, we skyped on two computers so that my Mom and sister could watch us.. It was fun, and I'm SO happy she stayed up to do it with us!!! Thanks for all the presents Lisa - seriously, those jeans are awesome - Kadie LOVES them!!!

In the meantime, Kadie also had her 100th day of school this year. In honor of it, her class made fruit loop necklaces with 100 fruit loops. She LOVED it. Didn't finish it, but loved it. So I let her finish it this morning.. Molly HAD to be in the picture too.. LOL

There really hasn't been much else going on here. We've been pretty busy, but nothing exciting. I played with fondant at our friends house on Saturday! That was lots of fun! hehehe

Tim's currently in Hong Kong, and well, I'm not really sure what he's doing today. Whatever it is, I hope he's having fun. :)

New Hair

So we've been incredibly busy over the past few days. On Wednesday, I ran my first FRG meeting, and we had a WONDERFUL turn out. I was pretty darn happy with it! LOL Thanks to the meeting (and a few other things) though, I was pretty much go, go, go from 4:30 AM until about 9 PM.

Then on Thursday, it was another go, go, go day. LOL I did, however, have an appointment to get my hair done! For those that aren't here, or don't talk to me religiously, you haven't had the pleasure of not only hearing my complain about my hair, but seeing that it was GREEN. Yeah. GREEN. And not a pretty, on purpose, shamrock green.. It look liked I'd stayed in the pool a few hours too long. EW! I ordered more dye over a month ago, it still isn't here. I also desperately needed a haircut - I realized it when I had a blonde moment in the shower and freaked out about whatever was touching the small of my back.. LOL So my friend called her hair dresser and made me set up an appointment. I am SO happy that she did that and I went! She gave me an awesome cut, and now my hair is (finally) BRIGHT pink!! WOO HOO! I love it, and everyone who knows me is telling me that it fits me very well. :) I can't wait until Tim gets home now so I can show him.. I also think I'm permanently sticking to pink.. LOL

In other news, Tim's just been hanging out in the PI.. I think he's ready to get out of there and move on to the next port. I don't blame him.. I WISH I was going to the next port!

Molly's potty training has been going REALLY well this week - she's made some huge strides.. I'm hoping it continues!

Kadie's class is doing their first research project for black history month. Her original person was AWFUL and completely inappropriate for her age. After getting really upset about it, we sent a note into school, and she got her person changed. She's now doing Rosa Parks, and she's VERY excited! I now need to find a simple jumper.. EEPS! Maybe I'll grab some plain fabric and make her one - that might be easier than trying to find one here.. LOL

That's about it here. I don't actually know, but it sure feels like we've gone back into rainy season.. I sure hope so, I hated the dry cold we've been dealing with. However, we're kind of having a crazy wind/rain storm today, and it kept me up all night. I hope that this wind part dies down here soon! I definitely DON'T miss the wind! LOL

Only Molly..

Only my daughter would be as obsessed with tea as she is. She HAD to have tea with her breakfast this morning...

That's right, that's MOLLY'S tea mug...

In other news.. it snowed again last night. Pretty heavily too. Schools and buses were delayed 2 hours... Of course, these were the base things, NOT the Japanese.. The cars are going along like normal. According to CFAY though, the Yoko-Yoko toll road required chains and a speed limit of 15KMH.. For those unaware, that's REALLY slow, like having to hold your foot on the break the entire time to make sure you don't go too fast. Most of the snow had melted off by this morning, but it was nice and covered last night!

Since everything was delayed and we didn't find out until AFTER Kadie was almost ready for school, she decided to help me clean up the living room/playroom, and then we went outside to play! (all while Molly slept).

Molly woke up before Kadie left for school, so while we were waiting for the bus, the girls goofed off.. :)

As always, there are PLENTY of more pictures on FB!! Even a video of it snowing (I took it so Tim could at least kind of see what was going on here.. LOL). I hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day in the States!

Almost Perfect

I love the sunsets here.. Fuji-san was out much more today, but I've been busy screwing up and having to re-make dough all day. :) I missed the smell of baking bread in my house this week! In the meantime.. This is what it looks like outside right now...

One more thing.. This is what it looks like on the street whenever we have a pretty sunset and Fuji-san is out. They are all stopped to take a picture of it. Sometimes they stop there to watch the surfers too. This is a bus stop.. I hope that the bus doesn't have to get there!

It hits again..

this is on my drive... The bottom? That's a park.. Those are trails..

So it snowed again all day yesterday and this morning. Weirdly enough, it never snowed on base this time, but it came down and STUCK around my house. Unfortunately, I was on base the entire day, so I just saw flurries and sleet. Fun. LOL

saying goodbye..

Otherwise, we've been keeping busy. Tim deployed again, so it's just the girls and I for a while. It's all good, we've been so busy that it's kind of hard to even think about. Kadie's cheer is going well, she even had a clinic with the Cardinals' Cheerleaders! She LOVED it, and says it was one of the best days of her life.. haha

cheer clinic!

She had her first game today, and she was happy to be there.. Well, until she got tired, then she was miserable. LOL It's my fault though, they weren't in bed until late because we were at a friend's house last night until about 10.. oopppsss... Next weekend? She gets in bed earlier. LOL There are plenty of pictures on Facebook, I just can't upload all of them on here. There's also a video of the half time show.. Check it out - Kadie introduces herself to a crowd!

revving up the girls for half time!

Besides that, it's been FRG related things, and hanging out. Overall, we're doing pretty well this time, so I'm happy about that. We got some (hopefully) GREAT news this week! If the orders go through, Tim will be going back to SD for school for about a month. The girls and I will tag along, and I really hope this works! I would love to go back home and see everyone!

That's it for now! I've got to go get the girls dressed since we're heading back to the base for a dinner and a movie with our Yoko BFFs!!

SNOW!

Look carefully, you can see it snowing and you can see surfers in the water.

Wow. So uh. I haven't been here in a month huh? I'm sorry guys! (and hey, Tim, you could have posted too.. LOL). We've kind of had a pretty busy January, and well, things just kept slipping my mind.

They LOVED it!

This weekend, it snowed a bit here in Yokosuka! Keep in mind that while I've been TO snow, and I've been in a car when it was falling, I've never actually walked around in falling snow. There's something actually pretty magical feeling about it, and I LOVED it. I don't think I would have loved if it had stuck and I had to deal with it the next morning, but I loved walking around in the flurries we had all over. These are a few pictures from it, there are even more on my facebook!

An update on our lives in general though..

Last month, I was voted into our FRG to become the president. (Not that I had much - or any - competition. LOL). So one of the things I've been pretty busy with is the switch over - the old president is now my VP, and she's been so wonderful and such a HUGE help. Thank GOODNESS! I was really nervous about taking over things, but she's been great about stepping me into it. I think I've got a fairly good handle on things, and I can't wait until I've really got a handle on it. HA!! So far, I'm loving it! We spent the past two days at the pre-deployment fair (you read that right, we're gearing up again), talking to families and Sailors about our FRG and what it is that we do. :)

Otherwise, you saw that we're in pre-deployment phases right now. It stinks, but hey, it's what we get paid for right? It's why we get to live in this amazing country and experience everything we've been able to. And you know what? I'm OK with it. I don't like it, but I'm OK with it. I haven't been OK with it for the past 2 years or so, and you know, this time around, I really AM fine. That'll make things easier on not only me, but Tim and the girls as well. I think a lot of it is being more settled here.. Or at least, that's what Tim keeps telling me. LOL I don't know if that's the case, but whatever it is, I'm not completely dreading it and crying over it. Yay for me, right? ha! At any rate, I'm just looking forward to homecoming. :P

Kadie's report card for the quarter should be coming home today or tomorrow. I can't wait to see it. I spoke with her teacher yesterday, and she told me how proud of her she was. Kadie has come a long way, and is FINALLY at 2nd grade comprehension. She wants her to be a little higher before she pulls her from the class, but there is FINALLY a light at the end of the tunnel in this chapter. Kadie might finally like school again - or well, let's hope this class didn't permanently damage that. She is doing really well with math right now (you know, now that they've switched from addition and subtraction of large numbers to money.. LOL), and her spelling is really coming along. She even won her class spelling bee last month, and was asked to be in a school wide one coming up next month! She's very excited about it, and is currently studying the LONG list of words she was given. :)

Molly's potty training came along, did really well, and then it went. LOL I'm not sure if she wasn't ready or if we just have too much going on right now, but after three days of not making it to the potty more than once a day, we've switched back to diapers and pull ups. She asks to go every so often, but with prepping for a deployment, we decided it'd be better if I waited until Tim was gone. (She does MUCH better with it when he's not home.. Go figure - I think she did it on purpose.. Maybe they had a talk.. haha). Her speech is coming along, and now instead of not talking at all, she sounds like she's speaking German (as a friend puts it). I'll go for German over nothing any day of the week! Oh and she SINGS - I really should tape her doing it, she LOVES to sing, and will sing with pretty  much anything I put on - including some Katy Perry.. hehehe I don't think her Dad's too happy about that one... (And she knows the words and tune to them).

SooooOOoooo.. That's us here. Just living life half way across the world from where we grew up. We're good, and we're all pretty happy. :)