Ramblings.....again

I seem to be slacking quite a bit on blogging lately.  Well, for the past few months.  And I do apologize.... I seem to be saying that a lot lately! 

This past Wednesday we packed up and headed out to the Bruneau Dunes to camp with Rick and Dee for a few days.  We got there by about noon, and were packed back up and driving home at 3am.  We got the FLU!!!  Started with Bryant not feeling good, and heading to bed for the night, so we all turned in.  Austin and I started not feeling well while laying in bed, Austin started shaking and moaning. (Bryant had been having bad chills as well while laying in bed.)  I thought maybe he was just cold, so I held him in a recliner chair in the camper, and cuddled him.  I ended up putting him in bed with Bryant because Sydney woke up.  So I was cuddling Sydney trying to get her back to sleep and Austin started throwing up.  At that point Bryant was not feeling well at all, and I wasn't either, so we packed it up.  We probably looked funny driving through the gate, all of us had plastic bags on our laps in case we threw up.  Austin lasted until we pulled into the drive way and started throwing up again.  We got Sydney layed in bed, and made a bed for Austin on our floor to keep an eye on him.  Bryant ended up throwing up before bed, really bad.  So we finally were in bed by 4am, and I was not doing well, so didn't really sleep.  It hit me bad when I got up with Sydney. (of course at 7:30am...which mind you, that's the earliest she's woken in a long time...go figure)  So I ended up throwing up as well, and also other unpleasantness. HA.  Austin woke up that morning feeling great, running around like nothing ever happened, eating, the works.  So he was fine.  Bryant still wasn't feeling great, but was doing better, and ended up feeling pretty good by that evening.  Both of us had severe body aches and splitting headaches.  Sydney escaped it, who knows how, but I am thankful for that.  Bryant and Austin were fine after a day and a half and I'm finally doing better today.  I still had an upset stomach for days afterwards, and only have a touch of a lingering one today.  So hopefully we're all over it and it doesn't come back--- it was NASTY, and moved fast.  Oh, and the day after we came home from camping, Rick & Dee asked to keep Austin and Sydney for us the next night since they were both feeling fine.  So Bryant took them out where they were, and we ended up getting a phone call at 4:30am for Bry to come get the kids.  Rick and Dee even got the flu!  I'll tell you- it moved FAST and HARD. 
Anyhow- Rick and Dee ended up staying here after they felt better for a couple days.  We had a good time, BBQed and even got to eat a dinner outside.  That was nice.  I love warm weather!  The kids loved having them here, and got extra loves and cuddles.  They left last night for another show in Weizer, ID. 

We've got a week and a half of down time and then we'll be headed to Oregon to see more family.  Dad, Nancy, Connie, Paul, and Grandma and Grandpa Hines.  Jenn and Jeremy will also be joining us for the 4th of July weekend in Eugene, so we should have a blast.  I am so excited to see everyone.  I think we are going to see if a couple of our friends can keep Petey for us while we are gone since we always do so much while we're there.... we don't want to have to worry about leaving him the whole day while we trek to the beach.  (And we don't want to mess up Dad's perfectly manicured lawn!)

Today, I started The Biggest Loser Bootcamp DVD workout.  WOW.  That is tough!  I was sweating & my legs were burning before the warm up was even over!  Out of shape much? =) YES!  But I'm excited.  I know it will get easier for me, and I know I will see results.  It's a 6 week course, done in 2 week intervals.  I will do it M-F and have weekends off, which Saturday I will do the elliptical.  After I finish this, I will have enough money saved (Only 60 bucks, mind you) to order Power 90 and start that 90 day course.  I am determined to get my weight off, and I am so excited to start seeing results and for clothes to start fitting better.  I am tired of having old, perfectly great jeans & other clothes, folded up and put away because I cannot fit into them.  No more.  That isn't going to be me anymore, and I am excited for that!

As for the kids- they are as ornery as ever.  Austin will be 4 in just a few short weeks & Sydney is crawling around the house like she has always been doing it.  She is a monster when it comes to food, if you have it, and she doesn't, WATCH OUT.  She laughs, babbles and yells at her brother & Petey.  Austin loves his sissy, and can't get enough.  He tries to ride Petey like a horse when we're not looking & asks for a motorcycle daily. 

OH!  And we are SO CLOSE (or we should be anyways...) to finding out our follow on base for where we will be after Greenland.  We are suppose to find out 120 days before we separate from this base, and that date would be right around July 5th.  So only a couple more weeks and we should know were we will spend the next few years of our lives.  I am so excited, anxious and nervous for it.  The possibilities are endless, and while we filled out a "dream sheet" of places we would LIKE to be placed; in the end, it's the MILITARY, and they will place Bryant where he is needed the most.  So what I'm saying is that we can get placed anywhere it doesn't matter.  If there isn't anything open on our dream sheet, we can be placed elsewhere.  So that's always a little nerve wracking to just not know.  I will post on this blog AS SOON as we know where we will be stationed and you all can start planning your visit to us. HAHA =)

Well I gotta get some laundry and house work done while little miss is still sleeping, so adios for now!

xoxo
k.