It just isn't FAIR!

I took the countdown off my blog because who knows when Dane will be home. Now it has changed and he is the LAST GROUP to come home! It's just not FAIR! He was the first to go and the last to come back. Of course I had to hear this like days before I was expecting him home. I had to wait overnight before I posted this post because I would have said some mean things about the Army last night, but I have cooled off. I guess I should listen to the other Army wives when they say, "I believe it when I see my husband and pick him up." So I have stopped counting the days because it is to hard to count! I'm just grumpy!

Special night for Devin- Bobcat Badge!

Thursday night was Devin's first night to get a badge in front of everyone. He got his Bobcat Badge for cub scouts. This is the first badge you have to get to get started. We also had to do a song or skit in front of everyone. We picked a song, "Going on a Bear Hunt." It was fun and I think our song was the best.

Parents promise to help their child.
Before they got their badge,we painted their faces. Each color stands for something. On the forehead is the bobcat pawl.

Jarom

Here is a cute video of Jarom doing Ring Around the Rosie! We just taught him the song, and he loved it. It is cute to hear him try to sing it and do it by himself. You can see just a little bit of my crazy kids near the end. They just feed off each other.

Full Saturday of Halloween fun!

Saturday we had our Battalion Halloween party. I helped plan the event, so I spent lots of time there helping. Jarom liked this game!

This was the best car for the Truck N Treat! That was a real person in there. The kids were scared! Jarom did not like him AT ALL!

We had to good turn out of people coming and it was a blast!

Friday Devin's school had a fun Harvest festival.
pumpkin bowling

This was the best picture I could get of them both in the picture. Jarom saw the pumpkins and went crazy! I had to get help from someone to keep him still for a moment.

Friday I learned something new about Jarom. As you can see a little in his eyes in the above picture. Jarom can not have a peanut butter garnola bar! This picture was over 8 hours later, so you can image how he looked before, not pretty! He had swollen eyes and hives but the meds I had at home helped. I would have taken him to the doctor if I was living in the States but not Germany. If you have any problem, they keep you in the Hospital for days. Since I have some experience with Devin and peanuts, I knew I could handle it. He was acting fine and breathing good.

Now I know NO PEANUTS in my house!

Plans can always change!

Our future plans for next year was to leave Germany early(next summer) and move back to the US to Fort Lee Virginia for Dane to go to Captain Career Course. Anyone in the Army knows your plans can change at any point. Our plans have changed now as I was told by my husband. The Army (or his old Battalion Commander) picked Dane for a certain job in Grafenwoehr Germany (about 2 hours from us now). The good news is it is a NON-DEPLOYABLE job!!!!!! I kept telling Dane he needed to find a job that was not deployable! I guess my prayers were answered. If this plans does happen, we might be moving in like 3 months, a little shocking to me! Looks like we will be finishing our total 3 years in Germany now, but at least I get to see my husband for a while. As always our plan could change again!

What day is it?

I have to keep reminding myself today is Friday since Devin is off school. I keep thinking it is Saturday. I am just wishing the days to go by so Dane will be home. We have 18 more days (give or take some days for security reasons). In one way, it seems so close but on the other hand it is SO FAR AWAY! I am just trying to stay busy, so I do not think about it. It is very cold 38 degrees and raining here, so we are stuck inside. Is it November yet?

Fun day with Jarom

Jarom and I went on another FREE trip with the Army to a pumpkin patch about 30 min away. You actually go out and cut your pumkin off the vine. It was really cold and muddy, but it was fun! These red looking pumpkins are good for baking and making soup I was told!

Germany sure has lots of different pumpkins!

One of the few words Jarom will say is "Bus." He will scream it in the car when he sees one. He was excited to ride on a Bus today!

Shhhh, don't tell Devin we went because he was at school! I would have liked to bring Devin, but I can not control the time of a free trip!

Well, the gym is already for the guys to come back home. All the Battalions came together and made a wall full of I love you signs. The "I heart U Daddy" and the blue people (our family) is from Devin.

I feel like I am about to go crazy. I booked this great cruise for us when Dane gets back. We flight to Rome and then cruise to Savona Italy, Olympia Greece, Athens Greece, Rhodes, Greece, Limassol Cyprus, and Cairo Egypt. I am so excited, but now I found out your passport has to be good for 6 months after your trip for the cruise line and airlines! Dane's passport expires 5 months after our trip. I found out I can not renew his passport with a POA and he can not do it in Iraq. He will get home like 4 weeks before we leave, and they will not expedited passports here in Germany only in the US. We can not get our money back for this cruise. I feel like crying! Can anything else go wrong?

Pumpkin patch

As you pick you pumpkin this year and carve it, think about this little story.

A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?

"The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin."

God picks you from athe patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you.

Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.

He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.

Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."

Lasagna Rolls with Herbed Cheese

I have been thinking of ideas to do for Relief Society craft day. I got over 20 free wood oval shaped pieces of wood and was trying to see what I could come up with. With the help of my mom, here is what I came up with.

I got Old English scratch cover for wood and stained it. Then I took a picture I made of my grandparents and family and burned the edges. I told Devin never do what I was doing! Very bad idea to say that to him! It just made him even more interested. Then I glued it onto the wood. Now it has a antique look. Free craft!

Lasagna Rolls

Now you can tell I must not be to stressed if I am cooking! I think it really does help to write things on the blog. I felt so much better after writing about my crazy life. My mom mailed me this easy lasagna roll receipt.

12 Lasagna noodles

1 cup soft herbed cheese (Boursin or Alouette)

1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped

1 1/2 cups prepared pasta sauce

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Just cook the noodles, mix herbed cheese, mozzarella, basil together. Spoon a thin layer of cheese mixture onto each noodle. Roll up each noodle. Pour pasta sauce on top of each roll with Parmesan cheese and bake until cheese melts. Lasagna so easy the kids can make it! I like that.

Fall is here

I looked at my blog for October of last year to see when the leaves started to turn red because they are red and falling already. It was Oct 2, one year ago today. I also notice Oct 30 it snowed! I am getting ready for that cold weather! I have been stocking up on winter clothes for Jarom. Those Florida clothes I have from Devin aren't going to work here. I just have this funny idea that the boys will be in the snow a lot this year with Dane home. Poor kids did not get that experience last year with me. I'm a Florida girl!

Life is getting busy with the kids and the preparing for the guys coming home. I am on the Welcoming home committee and formal ball committee which I like to do. I am almost to the point were "my bowl is almost to full." I am still Relief Society President, assistant Tiger cub leader, Battalion volunteer coordinator, point of contact person for FRG (families), Soccer, taking care of a huge yard and house, and raising 2 very active boys without help. I am sure there is something I am missing. I need a vacation!