Just SO sweet...........

Madelyn was off to school today on the big yellow bus. Mom and Brynlee went to a meeting with the teacher, Mrs. Martinez.
She introduced the curriculum and explained how well Madelyn is doing in her class with these words:

• polite


• smart


• listens to teacher


• easily makes friends


• got a 96% on academic testing!

I thought to myself, "wow!" I feel so blessed to have such an amazing daughter (including Brynlee of course)!

As high spirited as I was, my little helper and I ventured to the wonderful world of Target to find something "special" for this extra special little girl. We of course got a treat and Brynlee had a tester to make sure they were good (learned that from daddy). Then we found a felt dazzle doll that captured me, probably because anything 'pink' or 'princess' is always welcomed in this house.

Madelyn got home. I was so EXCITED. I will miss the day when she stops running to me yelling, "MOMMY" and jumping up in my arms. I proceeded to gift her with her doll and treat and she said, "that was so very kind of you mommy."

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.

Daddy is the new found horse in this house................GiddyUp!

F-16 Pilot

We are PATIENTLY waiting for Isaac to begin training. The waiver gets turned in on Thursday and then more WAITING (we hope about another week).

These are the 10 PILOTS in the class. Pretty TOUGH DUDES!!

Seriously God, are You Listening to This?...'Cause We are and We Can't Help Smiling!

Well some of our friends had a good idea on their blogs about writing down some of their children's prayers and so we decided to jump on the proverbial band wagon and share some of our daughter's prayers. Mainly this will be used for embarrassment and teasing when they are older but also remind ourselves and remember how wonderful it is to be a parent and how proud we are of their heartfelt attempts at speaking with their Father in Heaven. I am absolutely positive that He gets a kick out each of their (all children) prayers and that they are probably His favorite thing to hear during His day.

Maddie has been praying a lot now and she is always ready to say the prayer. We have gotten to point now where Maddie and Brynlee compete to say the prayer, it really is humorous to hear two kids "arguing" about who is going to pray! Anyway, Maddie has arrived at that age where she is now ad libbing some of the words in the prayer and we can't help but giggle as she adds phrases like "help us to "repair" so that we have Jesus" (we think that means repent) or "bless this food for our hair will grow" (we tell her that her hair will grow longer if she eats all her dinner). But it really is adorable when she blesses the food at least three times, and thanks God for her sister, Mommy, Daddy, Neena, Papa, Sadie Sue Sally (Grandparent's dog in Utah) and so forth. We will have to start taking a running tally of some of the things she says, because they truly are a kick.

What is really amazing though is that they both are willing and excited to participate in the prayers and it just brightens you soul to think of how God must feel as these precious spirits do their best to speak with Him. I know we love to hear them and I am sure that He does as well!

Rolls

I have not cooked very much since we have moved. Why? I do not know. I think it's because our house gets too hot! So yesterday I had made a goal to make potatoe rolls. Maddie helped me stir in ingredients and the Bosch was a life saver. I am happy to say that they worked and are so yummy!

Waiting..............????

So many of you have wondered what is going on with Isaac and his training. Well, sad to say but we don't even know yet! We keep getting told when we'll know but never find out!!!

After an MRI, CAT Scan, millions of blood tests, lots of doctor visits, they found that he had an overactive thyroid that caused extra hormones, which made a muscle in his eye swell and cause double vision. Weird, I know! Who would of thought??!!

Anyways, it went away after a week and he has been good ever since. Now he has to wait for 6 weeks from the time his eyes were better to be able to fly. Sad, because he is suppose to start flying this Thursday!

So today was suppose to be the day we would find out what he would be eligible for. Now were not! They said we would find out after the 6 weeks, which will be sometime the 1st week of November. If AETC thinks he can catch up on flights during weekends, days off, holidays etc then they will keep him. If not, they will make him stay here and start next year in September. There is a slight chance they could send us to Phoenix for an earlier class date. So now we are holding off and just waiting, waiting, waiting??????

Other than that, things are pretty good. Maddie still loves going to school and I am surprisingly getting used to it. I love spending time with Brynlee one on one and I know she loves it too! Here are some pictures of her doing what she loves! Her favorite thing to wear is the purple skirt, high heals, and crown-that usually is on backwards. Then she gets "Fen (bunny)" and feeds her a bottle, rocks in to sleep and changes it's poop! lol!

Oh yea, I was so disappointed because we forgot our camera over the weekend. We went to the Safari Zoo and it was a blast! You stay in your car and drive though a Zoo feeding animals that come up to your window. The girls had so much fun until the huge Ostriches decided to shove their entire head in the window! Scary but funny at the same time. If your ever here in SA you should consider going there :)

Bus Time

Here is Maddie getting on the bus to go to school........
Here is Maddie coming home from school. The bus was a little early so I caught her already running to me......lol
This was Maddie last night after she was asleep. She has a bad habit of picking her bottom lip until it bleeds. She then gets blood all over the sheets, blankets, etc. I was tired of washing sheets every day so my mom gave me a good idea~to put mittens on so she won't pick. We also put vaseline on her lips and tell her not to touch the beautiful shiny lips!
Oh, just so you all know-we ended up taking her glasses back, the prescription was to strong and she used them as a toy. So we are going to use a patch when she's at home watching T.V and she should be good in about 6 months to a year.

My SWEET Maddie

Can I just say that I LOVE this little angel girl! Having her gone at school and becoming a "big girl" has really been a rough road for me~my heart strings have been tugged on a little much lately. But having her run to me and jump in my arms saying, "mommy!" every day after school is the BEST!! Today she told me, "mommy, I miss you like crazy, I think I can't wait for my daddy to come home from his airplane." I just had to laugh because I am usually the one telling her every day after school that I miss HER like CRAZY! Then so goes on to tell me that she did the days of the week, the months of the year, reading with the kids, etc. Then she always mentions what she had for lunch, her favorite is the chocoalte milk......mmmm!

This is a picture of the girls just before Maddie was off to school.