Happy Birthday Cameron!

I am enjoying Kevin's last few weeks at home. We had my parents up for some little home projects and a visit...and CAMERON's FIRST BIRTHDAY!
Cameron was a trooper, he even ate his cake with a fork. He is so fun and loves to play games. I cannot believe he is already a year old. That may have been the fastest year on record!
Collin is trying very hard to be a 'big boy.' He dresses himself, goes to bed most nights without a complaint and is generally making my life easier.
Kyle has started Gymnastics. We found a boys' class and he is already loving the high bar, parallel bars and horse!
Carrie is still a book worm and lives in a fantasy world of characters. She is a great big-sis and helps me so much. She is playing soft-ball right now. It is Fast Pitch and she is working hard at making the transition from co-ed baseball!
Kevin is working for another week or so and then he is on leave. We will take a little trip for a week to our friend's family cabin in NC and then just veg out and enjoy each other's company. The kids are all pretty much in the know about his trip now and it is causing some ripples in behavior. Carrie a little more cranky (or it could be pre-teen drama), Kyle a little more likely to burst into tears and Collin just wonders every time Kev goes to work if he is going to come home.
Overall, we are happy and healthy. We are currently together in one place and life is as it should be....
More to come as soon as I load the darn birthday and sports pics! :)

Well, the saying is 'when it rains, it pours,' and this is the case at our house.
This past weekend was a lot of fun seeing my friends. Kevin managed to squeeze in almost 2 days at home because of a weather related flight delay. Christy and Jim stayed for a long weekend. The kids were all pretty good and the weather stunk!
It rained the whole time!
Well, this was all fun, but somehow, my ability to have things go terribly wrong always sneaks in! The main water line to the house busted. It was a weekend and the repair was an emergency $$$ cha-ching!
Then the very nice big screen tv we have decided it no longer liked functioning....cha-ching$$$...Kevin will enjoy getting to pick out a new one though!
The toilet in the kids bathroom seems to have lost it's ability to work properly! I am sure that as soon as I call the plumber another cha-ching$$$!
Then Cameron lost my car keys. We thought maybe Kev packed them by mistake, nope...the search took 2 days, digging through the trash and a lot of swearing under my breath...finally, Christy found them. Good thing, because I could not find a spare and I am pretty sure it would have been a disaster!

So, needless to say, I am trying to cope with no hubby and things keep falling apart. Maybe God is trying to help ease me into the long deployment by making this short seperation so bad! :)
See I AM looking for the silver lining!