FRIENDS

Jaydn got to enjoy a very special treat this weekend. Her best friend(from Kansas :)), Sienna, came down with her mom on Friday night and stayed with us until Saturday evening. Jaydn and Sienna hadn't seen each other in a while so it was nice for them to get together and play. When they got to our house Jaydn went flying out the door and ran to give Sienna a hug, it was so cute. They had a grea time playing together. When Sienna and Shannon had to leave, both Sienna and Jaydn were crying. I'm so thankful that they still live close enough that we can go visit from time to time.

Saturday was Apple Days. It's a big festival thing that Fort Riley does every year. They have a petting zoo, bouncy's, food, music, and of course Apple Pie. I got up early that morning and took the girls to Apple Days. Sienna won this sign that says "Support Our Troops". So as we are walking across the field, Jaydn is holding it up yelling, "Bring our daddies home safe". It was sad and cute all at the same time!

Jaydn was so excited to see the ducklings. When she saw there was a petting zoo, she immediately asked if there were duckings. So we found them in this cage adn i wanted to get a picture of her with them. She didn't want to get close because she was afraid that they would peck her. She is about as fond of birds as her mommy is.

jaydn and sienna petting a calf. I told jaydn that it was a baby cow and her reply, "you mean calf mom"..of course jaydn. they also got to feed a baby goat it's bottle but jaydn insisted on sitting on my lap so i couldn't get a picture of her.

jaydn riding Goldie. She loves horses and had a blast. Goldie is 19 years old..amazing.

Jaydn and sienna. it never fails that at least one of them is making a funny face. we enjoyed our visit with shannon and sienna and are looking forward to going to their house in october!

SUNFLOWERs!!

Jaydn and I decided to go out today and take some pictures. I really want to find a patch of HUGE sunflowers, but I have to go west for that. Maybe next weekend! My good camera wasn't working so I used this one but was able to still capture some good pictures. Jaydn wasn't cooperating very well either..dang it.

If you could see from the waist down, you would see that she has her hand on her hip. She wanted to pose...I wanted her to be 'normal'.

See ya in a year :(

as most of you know, robby left today for his 12 month 'vacation' to the sand box! it's been a long time coming, but i don't think it makes it any easier. we had a great last weekend together and had a lot of fun. we had to take him in very very early this morning. jaydn did amazing well and didn't shed a tear, which i think really helped robby and i to do better. although, as robby was leaving she told him,"daddy, you will always be in my heart". i haven't stopped crying today, just about anything will get me going. i'll feel sorry for myself today and then pick myself up tomorrow and move on. jaydn and i have to make the most of having daddy gone and living our life. everyone always says that the second deployment is easier, and while that may be true, the departure was much harder this time. robby and i have an amazing relationship and i love him more than anything in the world. letting go was very difficult. however, we can now start the countdown to having him home again and starting a new journey. thank you to everyone who loves and supports us...you will help us to get through this difficult time and we are truly blessed to have you in our lives. we have some amazing friends and family,both here and in idaho!!! i will keep everyone posted and post pictures as i get them!

family time

we went out to the lake last night so that we could just relax and take some pictures. we love going out there and having family time.jaydn and i are going to miss that..guess we'll have to do it on our own..yikes!

jaydn took this picture of robby and i. she does pretty well when she tries. i think we will be buying her a kids digital for her b-day!
got to love self portraits. robby always gives me a hard time but i think it's fun!

about 3 years ago, we took a shot just like this one. robby loves the picture and wanted to re-do it. jaydn is a lot bigger but still a precious shot.

more family shots

here's a few more pictures of us from this weekend. we had a great weekend and it was so nice to just spend time together!

me and the love of my life!
we have a fascination with ladybugs and this one just happened to be on a rose. it was so pretty!

her and daddy had been going through the water and well, she doesn't like to get splashed in the face. unforanetly, she got it right in the face and was very upset about this. she's a trooper though and got over it pretty quickly.

i think it must have been cold!

just being silly and having fun

1st day of pre-school, year 2

well jaydn finally started her second year of pre-school. she was very excited to be able to go back and see her teachers. her teacher had left a message on my answering machine over the weekend and jaydn told me that she got teary eyed listening to it...so sweet. she has only gone 2 days so far, since daddy left this week. it's back to the grind of things tomorrow and i can't wait. she loves school.

she really wanted to ride her bike to school so we bought a lock for her bike. it was a rough go, especially up the hill, but she hung in there. she was very proud of herself and we get there much quicker when we ride instead of walk.

more 35mm pictures...they still make them

here's a few pictures of us this weekend. i apologize for not being able to turn these, i took them with my 35mm and for some reason, i just can't rotate them! these turned out great. we had a great weekend with robby and mom and sharen. it was a perfect weekend before robby left for the dreaded sand box...i'll post about that later too!

robby and sharen

robby and mom

me and robby!

our family! i'm pretty blessed to have such a wonderful family

robby and jaydn

she was having so much fun at the splash park. although, she doesn't really like to be splashed in the face.

the girls!