I'm still alive!!!

Okay to everyone who has been emailing wondering if I am okay, I am doing great. The life of wife,mother, taxi driver, nurse, active church member, military family group leader etc hav really consumed my life. I think my last entry was about Ashley's Appendix surgery. SO needless to day the kids are keeping my busy.
I had no idea how much of a religion football and marching band were in the south. Hence I am driving almost every day to take Ashley to some kind of marching band practice or event 5 times a week. In addition Taylor is in Gymnastics and Cheerleading and Joshua is in soccer and Boy Scouts. Its hard trying to be three places at once (believe me I have tried. ) Anyway the kids are really liking Alabama!! They are all doing great in school! They continue to amaze me in their ability to start over in a new school and to quickly distinguish themselves as great students and individuals! I am truly blessed with my children and the amazing people they are becoming!!
Oh, by the way those of you who know me well don't fall over but in the middle of all of this settling down in Alabama I have completely fallen in love with our new addition our cocker spaniel Pepper. I was laying down the other day playing with her on the floor and Scott came home and he said "who are you and what have you done with my wife?" She has somehow gotten into my heart. Who would have thought!!
Scott is loving Aviation and the Army. His command and flying and training keep him busy!! I'm so proud that he is able to juggle all of this and still work with the teen boys in our church in spiritual development as well as in the Boy Scouting Program. Joshua loves hanging out with his dad in these activities!!
So just to let you know Fort Rucker is treating us well, it's just keeping us busy!!!

How to diagnose an appedicitis!

Monday 8:30 pm: Ashley "My side feels like I have a bruise on it"

Tuesday After School: Ashley 4:00pm"I feel so sick I have a bad stomach ache"

5:00 pm Mom "Eat Something you'll feel better"

6:00pm Ashley--Extreme nausea and vomiting ...Ashley "Now I feel much better"

Wed 2:30 AM--Ashley "I have a really bad pain in my lower right side...I looked it up in my health book and I think it is my appendix. " 3:00AM Ashley "Now its a dull pain"

8:00 AM Enterprise, AL emergency room doctor" I think its her appendix! Lets do a CT Scan"

2 Large Bottles of liquid and one CT scan later "Yes its her Appendix we are going to operate within the hour"

11:00 AM Surgery

1200 Pm Ashley Halverson less one appendix and recovering nicely!

Thank goodness for prayers answered and modern medicine!

18 years of Happiness!!!

Fight School 1992


Fort Rucker, 2009

Wedding 1991

2009

Happiness in being married to your best friend for 18 years!!

Happy 18th Anniversary!!

First Day of Fourth Grade

I can't believe my baby is in fourth grade! She informed me that she didn't want me walking her to school because fourth graders don't need their parents with them!! She is a brave little girl walking into a brand new school that she has never been too!! (It does help that we live next to the school and I watched her walk all the way there!! She never looked back!! My baby is growing up!!!

Happy Birthday Scott!

Happy birthday to the love of my life! Every year with you makes me glad you were born!!!

Its feeling like home

I can't believe we have already been in Alabama for over three weeks. Talk about fast and furious. I have been unpacking and decorating, sorting and tossing, filling out moutains of paperwork to register the kids for school and sports, and house training a puppy. We had a Change of Command Ceremony, hosted 100 people at a welcome reception. We have managed to fit in swim parties and the kids making new friends. Ashley has attended a week of band camp (8 hours a day)(They are serious about their bands and football in here in the south. ) Ashley also fit in an LDS Youth conference at Troy State University with 500 hundred other kids. Taylor is signed up for cheerleading and Gymnastics and Joshua for soccer. We have made multiple trips to the Gym here on post sice Joshua and Taylor have fallen in love with climbing the 2 story rockwall they have there. I feel like we have done more in the last three weeks than we usually do in a year. I guess thats the blessing in starting over in a new area it takes the hurt off of missing those you left behind.

I'm tired!!!!

The END....

Happy Birthday Joshua!!!!

Where does the time go? I can't believe my boy is 13 years old.

Joshua we hope you always keep your great sense of humor and

fun spirit!! We love having you in our family!

Happy birthday!!!