it's been so long since i've posted...

...that there's a new format here on blogger. 

i doubt i'll post enough to get used to it.  suppose i should update a few things here. 

the kids:
they're getting older!  i know, i'm surprised too.  they're doing plenty of kid things: reading, lego-ing, scouting, talking back, needing bandages and bigger clothes...pretty much average stuff.  i'm so proud of them though, i think my kids are amazing!  that's not to say i don't worry for their future spouses on a regular basis, especially for my girls.  they are going to need some really PATIENT men in their lives.  i should start praying for those boys already, whoever they may be.

me:
i'm getting older!  and grayer.  i am really shocked at how much gray hair is trying to sprout out of my head.  i'm even more annoyed that they gray hairs are some crazy texture and they usually stick straight OUT of my scalp, like they're waving to everyone that my roots need done.  gray hair is bad enough, the texture is just not fair. 

rob:
he's older too!  and grayer!  and balder!  ha, he's still a handsome man and i'm so happy that we're together.  we have regular meltdowns but we are probably both stubborn enough that we're not quitting on this thing.  dare i get too comfortable, but i'm so relieved that he still comes home to me at night. 

the critters:
still number 2.  they are (wait for it): older and grayer.  we almost lost the cat this january, he refused to eat for a week.  the veterinary fix for that was a esophageal tube sticking out of his neck that we had feed via syringe for about 10 days.  i will say it was easier to get his meds down the tube than in his mouth, maybe cats should all come with a tube out the side of their neck??  he finally started eating again and 4 months later is back to normal and just as grouchy as ever.  it was a $2600 vet bill, but we now know just how much veterinary care we are willing to do on a pet, and we will never do that again.  sorry current and future pets, but thems the breaks.

pooch is still a mooch.  still chasing frisbees and yakking regularly.  we love brown carpet, it matches the dog puke so nicely.

headlines of 2011:
we are no longer in northern virginia.  we miss it, but at the same time we think we're crazy for wanting to move back.  it's turning into a cess pool of humanity, but we didn't mind too much.  they have plenty of churches and some good shopping, it's easy to ignore all that humanity around you.

we are now on the west coast, doing $ubmar iner things.  i know, who saw that coming?  i thought for sure the na vy would keep us on the east coast.  rob is in charge and as he quotes a fellow captain "every day in command is above average."  personally, i'm going to spend the next 2 to 3 years on my knees praying for wisdom and humility for my husband. 

so that's the short list.  wait, not sure i mentioned that we're homeschooling???  yeah.  we're doing that.  we're finishing our 2nd year of it and it's going well.  we're going to forge ahead, reese will be doing 5th grade this fall and there's no way i'm sending my baby to the 5th grade wolves.  rob and i haven't really discussed how long we'll be homeschooling, and i'm using that to my advantage.  i'll have a 5th, 3rd, and 1st grader this fall (odd grades but even ages, wth??).  can't wait!