Sunday is the day of the big Football game GO AZ Cardinals ! and also the day that Brad will be leaving us for about 8 months! I know its 8 months and we have done it far too many times before but, this year Emily will know that dad is gone and not just working long long hours! He and his team will be heading to WY. (of all places to do the desert training) going from one slightly warm place to a colder then cold to the heat that we in AZ would not even like. 120 or hotter it just too too hot. Once his two and a half weeks of training are done, and waiting for 5 days in WY, they will be on there way to Qatar, he will be at a Army R&R so its not bad. Once I get Brads address and If any one would like to send him a note I am sure that he would like it.

Turning in the first order

Last night at Girl Scouts Leslie turned in her first order form! and she did bet her goal of 200 boxes leslie got 204 thank you to all who ordered from her, and all of you who would still like to there is still time. I will be picking up our boxes on the 15 of Feb, and will mail them out to you all the next day. then I believe that the cookies booths will start on the 19th oh what fun, brad has well for the last two years has gotten out of helping due to not being in the Country!

He will be leaving on the 1st of Feb now. and we will see him again in mid Sept. in the time he will be gone we should be moving in to the new base housing so that is one good thing and from what they say TMO will be packing us up and moving us. that will be nice the girls have been going sorting their rooms (we will be having a yard sale at a friends house off base) so right now the hallway to the door is blocked off due to toys and a lot of unneeded things!

It's Cookie time again

Well its that time again for Leslie to sell Girl Scout Cookies (I am leaping with joy!) This will be her last year doing it (I hope) . if anyone Friends or Family that I have not called would like to get a box or two let me know or you can donate a box or two for the troops! this is something that our base girl scouts do , they collect boxes for the men and women serving over seas. Leslie has set her goal for selling 200 boxes!

Mt Lemmon 09

This weekend we went up to Mt. Lemmon. We tried to stop off at the same places that we did last year. The girls had a lot of fun. Out of the two disks that we had last year only one came with us. So we spent about an hour running around town to find some more. We ended up at a resale sports store and got the last two. ( from what brad said there was a family hording the rest and Leslie was only able to get one from them. When they would not let her have another one the manager got the display down.)


AThe first hill the girls went down. Emily said, "That was AWESOME !" I was standing right by the guard rail next to the road.

This was a path that was just right for Emily, she went down it about 4 times. Big smiles one her face the whole time..

The girls and I, off to my left is a steep hill that Leslie wanted to go down. Brad said yes and walked her up to the middle of it. I was down at the bottom with Emily. OK in the picture the girls and I are sanding on a bridge with a small creek and right behind us is a small tree. Emily was standing by the tree and I was getting ready to stop Leslie. She hit me. I went flying and landed on my face. Leslie curved around the tree and stoped. I got up and was dizzy and went over to where she was and noticed that her right arm was at a strange angle and she was not moving. Brad made it down and scooped her up and started up towards the car. There I am with Emily and the three disks trying to follow. Emily was crying because her sister was hurt, long story short, we made it to the truck and 45 minutes later ended up at the ER.

Leslie is fine. She has a buckle fracture on her shoulder joint. She is wearing a sling and is doing great. I am taking her to the Base Dr. today for a follow up.

On a side note, it was raining all day yesterday and brad asked her if we should head up to the Mt. again and she said, "No! not until my arm is better!" We will go up again but I am sure it will not be until next winter.

Craft fair posabiltys ?

Last night Brad went up to his Parents then off to get Leslie.(yeah) I was fighting off a headache and made all of this. the gift bags that I made for Leslie's Birthday, she is going to have friends over for movies and pizza. we were going to have a sleep over, (I changed my mind) the girls will stay tell about 9pm then head home.

a new bag for Emily I am going to get some primary prints and make another one for church and I will also make one for Leslie I will make hers a little bit lager.( any one who would like one let me know and I will sell you one.)

Here is Emily with hers, I think this one will be for her ponyville ponys

and the bag has a little pocket !

a small purse, bag something else for the many little toys of Emily.

I am trying to make a few things for a craft fair this fall, l also have a Quilt that i am going to make. there is also a bib that I am going to try, I thought that with brad going to gone for little over 6 months I might as welll try to make a bunch of this and sell them at the craft fair on base, if anyone would like anything let me know.