Moving on Out

It has been a good few days since I have done a blog, sorry. We had family here for Lance's graduation which went well. Since grad. is over we are on our way to Ft. Lewis. We will be in Ks Dec 10-15th ish. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. I will have a blog, of pictures ans stories from our adventures west once we get settled in.

Love you all.

Rachel and Lance, Annabelle, Mathew, Jacob, and Landon

Grad Time

Things have been crazy this week. Family has been coming in which is great. And the children have been in and out of school. Thank you veterans for all you have done. So it is graduation time, Friday is the big ceremony. Congrats to my hubby for all the hard work and dedication over the last year. We are proud of you!!

Well I hope to have another post before next friday!!!

Enjoy the days to come!!




Rachel and Lance, Annabelle, Mathew, Jacob, and Landon

School Pictures Ugh

I'm not even sure why I spend the money. I should just get photos done at good ole wal-mart. Annabelle's picture is great but Mathew's. Some adult dropped the ball on this one. I know someone had to think "I know his parents really want to see the grey sweat shirt in his picture"!!! I wish I could get a proof, then be allowed to pay for a package if I choose. Maybe one day the system will work that way. Well here are the 2009 Ft. Bragg school photos.

Easiest Cookie ever!

As many of you know I am all about easy! So I have been looking online lately for recipes mainly at http://www.foodgawker.com/ and blogs. But tonight I pulled out one of my very first cookbooks. The Home and Garden Limited Edition Pink Plaid Cookbook. And found this recipe I have had bookmarked for over a year now. I have always been afraid of flour. The mess more than anything, I mean that stuff gets everywhere. I have this fear of a bowl spilling, just thinking about it makes me cringe! Well lately I have been getting better and I tried this recipe tonight.

Scotch Shortbread

1 cup butter softened

2 cups flour

3/4 cup powdered sugar



Combine flour and sugar in a bowl.

Mix butter in a mixing bowl with mixer and gradually add flour mixture. Separate dough into 2 halves. Make into a ball on ungreased cookie sheet. I used 1 cookie sheet and 1 Pampered Chef stoneware (my first time for that too). Slice (I used a pizza cutter).

Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack. Mine made 10 pieces each. I think I had 12 the first day. I'm horrible I know but they are so good! I am going to use cookie cutters the next time too! Enjoy

Rachel and Lance, Annabelle, Mathew, Jacob, and Landon

Jacob's Pictures!

Here are Jacob's pictures we got done at Wal-Mart last week. I wish I could get better at taking pictures, but I can't beat 30+ pictures for less than $10.00!! The top one we got the package, and the bottom one is our free 8x10.

Rachel and Lance, Annabelle, Mathew, Jacob, and Landon

Jacob and his movies

Jacob is not really a TV kid. He would much rather watch movies. I think it is because he doesn't want to be interrupted by commercials! So this morning he choose Flicka and played with Annabelle's horses at the same time. Now we are watching his second movie Jurassic Park II The Lost World. Please do not be horrified by the fact I let me 3 yr old watch this movie. In fact he has been watching it for months, Lance got them all hooked on the trilogy. All of my children LOVE dinosaurs. So as we were watching the scene came on where the T-Rex invades the camp for the bloody shirt in the tent. As they are all running away one of the men is getting the tranq. gun ready and Jacob says "Monny, that's the bam bam to shoot the raurs, see monny." Then a few scenes later comes the field they are going to run through to get away. Jacob says "Monny, the raurs are there and their going to eat them men, see monny" He has always called me monny not mommy. It had to do with his speech delay which has gotten better, but I kind of like monny so I don't correct him. I know I'm hindering his speech but its just so darn cute!! I can't wait to see what movie he picks next!

Rachel and Family

Annabelle's Dental Gear

Annabelle has had a growing-up week!!!

She turned 7 in June and has sucked her thumb everyday since about 3 weeks old. That's 361 weeks of thumb sucking. And not just at night either, in the car to in school to during sports practice, her thumb has been practically stuck in her mouth. Last year at one of her dental checkups the dentist said "appliances would not work till she was ready to stop". Well 6 months later he agreed with me and said we need to do something before her teeth grow straight instead of down. So we chatted and agreed on mouth gear. This will remind her when the thumb starts to go in that "oh, I can't do that anymore"! She has been worried about the way it will feel. She was worried about missing the last football game. But after it was in and she realized no pain she was already running and jumping around and having a great time tonight at football practice(for Mathew, her season is over because of the gear).

Here is the timeline and a few pictures.

Sept. 25th 6mo cleaning, agreed on problem and remedy so impressions were made.

Oct. 16th dentist cancelled appt

Oct. 20th spacers put in

Oct. 22nd gear put on

Excited to be at the dentist.

Spacers

Gear

This is Annabelle's bite, see the gap from thumb sucking.

First smile with gear in!

She is doing good with it. I just have to remember it is like braces for all the food limitations!! So this stays on 6 months, which is both for getting the teeth to move around and its a good amount of time to forget the thumb sucking habits!

Rachel and Annabelle