Abby's first kindergarden field trip.

Abigail had her first Kindergarden field trip to Darden Farm. She had a great time with all of her classmates and Adrianna got to hop a ride on Q's back to help chaperone.

Pumpkin Carving.

Fall Decorations

We aren't that big on Halloween decorations but we found a couple of cute things to decorate the house with. The girls decided where to put everything, and I think they did a great job. Adrianna likes to say hi to the scarecrow and ghost every time we go outside.




The girls wanted to paint their pumpkins before we carve them, so here was the finished product. Abby's is on the left and Adrianna's is on the right.

Wrinkliest feet ever!

Adrianna's feet are so wrinkly when she gets out of the bathtub!

Backyard Camping

We have been wanting to do a little evening camping in the backyard for a while but the weather hasn't been cooperating. We were finally able to set up our little tent and let the girls play in it. We made smores and told stories in the tent! When the girls get bigger we might try the real thing, but for now this will work just fine!

After a long week

After my first week on the ship, which included a few days out to sea, we decided to take the girls to one of their favorite places- Chuck E. Cheese's. We like to go when they first open in the morning so there aren't as many kids (read germs) there.




This was the super-cute cupcake dog that Quintin and the girls picked out for me. It was yummy! We split it four ways, which meant about a half of a cupcake each and that was just perfect!

Tour of Mommy's new ship

Today we took a tour of my new ship- USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17)! The girls had a great time seeing where I am going to be working, sleeping, and eating when I am not at home. Abby said it was much different than the YP's at the Naval Academy- those are the only "ships" she remembers! It is much bigger than those- and any other ship that I have been on. Can't wait to drive it!


I am glad that I am not going to have to fight for parking anymore because I have my own assigned spot that is really close! Isn't the Alamo shaped sign cute?

Movie night in the backyard

Tonight we had movie night in the backyard again and it was great. We watched Night at the Museum- one of our all-time favorite family movies. The screen worked well at keeping out all the bugs but our popcorn got a little burned so we had to improvise with our snacks!

First day of Kindergarten

We dropped Abby of at Kindergarten this morning- in the midst of a big rainstorm. We thought about changing her outfit, but it isn't cold- just really wet. We opted for an extra sweater in her backpack in case she gets cold but doesn't want to wear her rain jacket in class. We got there early to make sure we could get a parking spot and not have to walk too far in the rain. When the weather is nice Q will probably just walk her to school because we live so close.

She looked so cute this morning and was ready to start her day. She wanted her hair in a bun, which was very appropriate for the day- and weather when your hair is curly!! I thought I was going to cry a little when we dropped her off, but I held it together!! Can't wait to hear how her day went when we pick her up this afternoon!!

Kindergarten Orientation

Here are a couple of pictures from Abby's orientation last Thursday. She had a great time and is really excited to start tomorrow!!

Yellow belt? No problem!!

Abby had her test for yellow belt last night and she did great!! She was so tired afterwards because the test didn't start until 7:30 and by the time we were all done and got home it was 9:00- way past her bedtime.

A new uniform

I've been in the Navy for 8 years now and they have recently added a totally new uniform to our seabag. It is called the Navy Working Uniform and is basically blue digital camouflage. I had to look around to find some good boots - I prefer Bates brand but the ones they have in the uniform stores were a different brand and not nearly as comfortable- government contracts at work. Luckily, I found the ones I wanted. So, here I am before heading off to work in my NWU for the first time.



It is actually pretty comfortable. I am trying to get the boots broken in before I am on the ship and wearing them all day, every day.

A good book...

Abby likes to read books in her bed before she goes to sleep at night, and today at nap time, Adrianna decided she would do the same. The only problem was she forget to put the book away before she fell asleep!! I had to get a picture before I took the book off her face!!

Baby Bunny Heaven

Sadly, the baby bunnies didn't make it. We waited for the mom to come back, but we don't know if she ever did. Every time we checked she wasn't there. Our neighbors were probably wondering what we were looking at all the time, especially once it was dark and we were out with a flashlight! This morning we found one bunny pulled out again and he was very weak. We don't know if he had crawled out of the burrow or was pulled out. We thought maybe she had to pull them out to nurse, but they never looked like they were getting any stronger.

Around 11 we took them to the vet to see if we could get some bunny formula to try to help them pull through, but by the time we made it there they had passed away. The vet said that she thought that they were old enough to be on their own because they didn't have a white mark on the top of their head anymore but they were very frail. She also said that of all the wild animals that rabbits are some of the hardest to try to nurse back to health once they have been abandoned.

The girls drew a pictures for them and we had a bunny funeral





This is a picture of the bunnies the day before they passed.










This is a picture of the bunnies after the vet wrapped them up for the funeral.

Mushroom epidemic

We have had a recent mushroom outbreak in our yard. It started out as just a couple and Q picked them very carefully so as not to spread the spores all around. Then the next day there were more, and we picked those and more grew in their place until we went out and picked this whole bag full at once. Thankfully that was pretty much the end of the mushrooms!

We play in the yard way too much to have to share it with some fungus!!