I had my job interview. I was the first to go. I have never had to go in front of a board. They ask you lots of questions about what you can do to help improve there unit. And questions about your job. I did pretty good on all of those. Anyway to make a long story even longer I did not get the job this time around. They are having a couple more openings in December. So I will try again. This time I will know what to expect. Ryleigh and Dustin are up to the usual stuff. Playing and fighting each other. We hope that in the next week we can go up to KY. I have a test that I am signed up for with the US postal service. It is not a full time job it is a substitute position. But it would get my foot in the door to a federal job. Dee is out golfing this morning. He likes to go before it gets to hot. Yesterday He took Ryleigh. He said that she asked a lot of questions. But she is going through that phase. The batteries on my camera died so I have to go get more so Here are a few older pictures.

What a weekend. I am supposed to be enjoying my first weekend off with my family since training. But Thursday morning I went to get a pedicure, and my foot started to hurt that night. I went for a run and I took off my shoe and my toe was swollen. So I took some medication thought it would help. Then went to bed to see if I could sleep it off. That night we made the decision that I needed to go to the ER so I did. The DR. Said that it was infected and I got antibiotics and pain killers. The pain killers have had me sleeping like crazy. I think this is the most I have slept in my life. But it helps with the pain. Monday I have a follow up. They will tell me if I need to take off my toe nail. I will not be a very happy person if they have to take my toe nail. So wish my nail good luck. Ryleigh Dustin Dee and I went for a walk last night the kids got a chance to play at the park. I limped around the block. Yesterday Dee took his tests to see if he was certified to teach. He does not feel very good about the test but we will see what happens.

It has been a while since my last blog, but I have a good excuse. I have been in Wisconsin doing some military training. It was a long week. The weather was great though I think one day it got over 80 degrees. That was one of the only days we had to be in gas masks and chemical suits. That was hot. While I was gone Dee had his share of excitement. Sierra arrived I got to see he for about a second gave her a hug. Then we both went to sleep. Dustin is telling us when he needs to go to the bathroom. Not every time, but he is close enough for a 20 month old. Ryleigh is going through a phase that she feels like she needs to tell us when she has to go. So I guess that she does it so she gets the good girl like Dustin gets the good boy when he goes. We got tickets to go to Nevada in July. But I have to change them because they are making us do a four day training exercise. I applied for an active duty position on the base. It looks good for me because I am the only female that applied. Sorry I have no photos to post I am at work. But I will catch up with my blog later.

We had a very fun filled day yesterday. To start the day we took Ryleigh and Dustin to McDonald's for lunch so they could play in the play place. Dustin started to get adventurous and climbed the slide. He got all the way to the top looked down and waved at his daddy. Ryleigh spent some time playing with some boys that were there. Then she decided that she was not in charge and wanted to go home. So we stayed a little longer. By the time we left it was time for Dustin to take a nap. So I put him to bed when we got back. Dee took a nap too. After they woke up we packed up again and took the babies for a car ride. We went on post and found a good playground. Dustin picked up every stick, so he could play with them. Then the bugs started to eat us up and Dustin busted his lip open on a playground toy. We came home had dinner, and I replaced the bike tire and went for a ride. That was while Dee watched his playoffs.

I just thought I would post a picture of the little man eating his ice cream cone. I think that he liked it. After I got off work today I ran a mile and a half. It has been a while so I was not sure how I would do. I thought it would take me at least twenty minutes. I finished in 15 minutes and 42 seconds. So I did better then I thought. I still need to work on it. After I got home I went to bed. I slept for nine hours. I guess I was trying to recover from the run. Ryleigh went out and played in the backyard while her daddy mowed the lawn. When she came in she said, that her head was all wet. As she wiped her for head. I let her know it was sweat. Then she drank a glass of water. About an hour later she told me that she wanted to go to bed. Poor baby.

Sorry, it has been a few days. I have not been very busy, just lazy. The babies are doing very good. Dustin has been practicing ready set go. He squats like he is setting then he says go. He gets up and starts running around the house. What a precious baby's. Ryleigh is making carpet angles. The babies really know how to get on each others nerves. Dee and I are selling the cougar on e-bay it has a few more days. No one has bid on it yet. We will see what happens. Dee is looking at all of the corvetts and I think he has one picked out. I will be turning ion my application for active duty national guardsman this week. I wont know until after the 30th. So we have a lot going on. My new car is great I love it. The trusty old Durango is glad to get a break.

Today I spent most of the day on the computer working on my resume, and my application for an AGR position. The baby's have been quite busy beating each other up. Yes it has already started. Dustin has no problem holding his own. He already uses different weapons like plastic golf clubs. Ryleigh comes running into the room letting us know what Dustin hit her with. Then a few minutes later they will be hugging and playing together again. It is just the beginning. They put us back on orders so we get all of our medical benefits back.

Were back,
we had a good couple days. We looked at lots of homes. Only a few of the were worth looking at again. We Got home around 8:30am this morning. We drove through the night. We did not get much time with Ross, but it is more time then we have had in the past twenty years. Dee is going back up on Wednesday and Thursday.Thank you Connie. I hope that everyone had a good Mothers Day. Connie got a small gathering of family together. I learned to play PO-ken-O. A mix between Bingo and Poker. It was fun. Ryleigh and Dustin always have more then enough fun when they visit. I just thought I would put up some pictures that Connie took on Sunday. Just in case her computer decided to be a pain in the neck. I need to go to bed I have to work tonight. I took pictures of pictures so they are a little blurry.

We are looking forward to seeing ross this weekend. Dustin and Ry are both doing very well. Ryleigh is really getting the hang of the computer. All of the games that she has been playing have been educational. So I do not feel bad for letting her play for an hour at a time. Buy the way I will have you all know. I picked the Eight horse to win in the Derby. I guess I should have put some money on him. I took a blow dryer to Ry's hair, Just to see how long it was. I can't believe that when she was two She hardly had a little pony tail. Look at all of that hair.

This morning we all woke up early. We dropped the Volvo off to get detailed. Then went to breakfast. After breakfast we went to Tybe Beach. Ryleigh and Dustin had a good time. Ryleigh and her daddy tried to build a sand castle. Dustin just wanted to play with a stick. We only stayed for an hour or so because the wind started to pick up and Dustin was soaked. So we went back to the car. On the way we stopped to get a Starbucks Vanilla cream. Now we are all tired. So we will see if we can get some shut eye before we have to pick up the car.

Well, we finally did it. We had an itch and we scratched it. I guess in this case I had an itch. Dee gave in to let me get a car. Not just any car. My Volvo. It is a 2000 Volvo S80. We got a really great deal. It only had 57,100 miles on it. It was an early mothers day present. Dee said, that that should take care of the next five mothers days. Year right..... Ryleigh wants to ride in it but has not gotten the chance. She asked me this morning if she was going to go for a ride. What a doll. Anyway I love it I just thought I would spread the good news. I have been up for 27 hours and I have to go back to work in five hours. We had a mandatory meeting this morning. So I will drop a line later.

What a busy day. While Dustin took his nap Ryleigh and I washed the Durango. Then we all when to the Golf Course. Dustin had a huge smile on his face until we tried to put him back in the cart to go to the second hole. What a little terd. He even jumped twice and landed on his butt in this tantrum. So instead of continuing. Dee and Dustin went back home while Ryleigh and I played Nine. Well, Ryleigh just supervised. But she was very good. Sorry no pictures. Then after I got done with the front Dee came back and I took the kids home and he played the front nine. After we picked him up we took the kids to a local park. They were having fun until the sand nats decided to show up. So I think that bed time is coming very quickly for them tonight.

Ryleigh is really doing well on her ABC's and learning to use the computer. Dustin is going through a take off his pamper phase. He uses the toilet every time we put him on it. We are looking to go up to KY. The second week of May. We are going to try and sell the cougar. We might regret it later. No good reason except we would like a more family friendly car. It still looks so good everyone turn there heads when they look at it. It will be hard to let go.

It is finally my day off. Sadly it is being cut short again. Tuesday we have to go qualify on the 240 bravo and the M249. If you don't know what I'm talking about they are really big guns. Both of the babies are sick. So am I I have a very sour throat. And it is getting worse. I don't have time to go to sick call. Maybe if things don't get better I will go Wednesday morning. I took some pictures of the kids a few days ago playing outside and some of them in the tub. They are cute so enjoy.

Dee and the babies played there little hearts out outside. Dee said that Ryleigh and him raced from one end of the fence to the other. Dustin tried to keep up. I, of course went to work. The we have booked our flight out to Nevada. We will be there the 12th - the 18th. I really need to change the days I hit the wrong Button and did not realize the mistake until I confirmed. So I will see what I can do. Well I have to go back to work drop us a line.

We are back home our trip took 16 hours instead of the 14 1/2 that it was supposed to take. Everyone had the same idea. Get back to work before Monday. We had to wait at a lot of toll booths. The kids slept through the night. It made it easy to put some miles behind us. I think that we got a lot of good pictures of the kids while we were up there. Dee went out and played a round of golf yesterday. He got to use his new Driver he loved it. This morning he is off to get new tires put on the Durango. Ryleigh and Dustin have recovered from there road trip. Dustin got a Soccer ball from the Easter Bunny. He has been kicking that around the house. Ryleigh got the Barbie mermaidia. They looked so cute on Sunday. We had to miss church on Sunday I needed to get on the road to make it back home in time to get some sleep. The top picture is the best picture the kids and I took together. Sorry We will try harder next time.

We had a busy day yesterday. Devanie had to mail packages, go to the grocery store, pick up dry cleaning, drop Sierra at pre school, and the we did some Easter shopping. After all of the important stuff was done we went to McDonald to let the kids play. The weather has been pretty nice. We were going to go to the park for lunch. Dee called and said that he was having a good time. He said that it was 95 degrees. Dustin knows how to turn a doorknob know. And yesterday he said Shirt. What a big boy. Ryleigh is having more fun then she can handle. She loves playing with her cousin's.

We made it to my sisters house in CT. It was a long drive, but we split it up by stopping at Fays house to get a little rest. I think I have had a total of eight hours of sleep the past 72 hours. I can't wait to get some good sleep tonight. Harley is holding up well. He loves to travel. Yesterday there was a truck behind us while we were stuck in traffic. The people were taunting him. He was showing his teeth and growling. He is my little watchdog. I don't think he would let me down. Dee is out in Phoenix golfing with his friends. He says that he shot an 88 yesterday. That is really good. He had a really good time. Ryleigh has not stop talking and playing not even to eat. Dustin is still trying to recover from the road trip. We go back on Sunday after we see what the Easter bunny has to bring.

I got the taxes done. We ended up OK. I just hope that I did it right. I followed all the steps. Of course I took the Audit insurance. Ryleigh and Dustin have got the chance to play out side the past couple of days. The weather has been so nice. Dee and I got the babysitter to come over and watch the babies again. We went and saw Larry the cable guy health inspector. It was Very funny in the beginning. Then it started to get boring. Dee fell asleep. I thought it was pretty good though.

This morning Dee went out to the gold course, and I took the kids to wash the car and go to McDonalds. They needed to get out. Last night Ryleigh finally wanted to wear her dress that Niki and Ross got for her. She looked so cute I took a few pictures. Well I have to go to work.