July 2007 Archive

7/22 - Hello again from Okinawa Japan. In case you didn't know we had a Typhoon on Fri the 13th. Typhoon Man-Yi was somewhere between
a category 4 or 5. It by far was the worst Typhoon I have seen and I was here in the mid 90's as well. If you want to see some videos of the
Typhoon you can click on this link which will take you to You Tube. Man Yi videos  There was very little structural damage that we saw but tons
of trees down. We lost power for most of the day and lost cable and internet for about 3 days. So if you would like to see so pictures of the rain
and our boredom click here.

ZAQ has started to move around the house by "scoot crawling". He has started to figure
out how to pull himself up on his own. He can even sit up on his own from laying on his belly.
And so it begins... Two little ones tearing down the house instead of just one.

Riley is becoming a "girlie girl". She likes to play dress up and has wanted to wear dresses to
daycare all the time. That is odd especially since she is the only girl in her daycare. As you can
see from the pictures she got new dress up clothes. She can be Aerial, Belle or Cinderella.

Well that's all I have for now. until next time...

7/4 - Happy Fourth of July! This is a time to celebrate independence and freedom (which by the way, in case you did not know Freedom Isn't Free).
This 4th we are spending it with a friend and her boys. 

Well let's catch up. In the beginning of Jun Riley had her dance recital. She did very well, even when she had a little girl in a head lock.
The recital was about an hour long and included all different age groups. Riley had a good time and wasn't the least bit stage fright.
See all of Riley's recital pictures here.

Zachary has 2 teeth now and has started eating baby food. He is scooting around on the floor so he will be crawling in no time.
He had a check up recently and I'll let Sam give you the scoop on that when she gets a chance to hop on here to do an update,
but I can tell you he weighs 17lbs and is healthy. He has slept all the way through the night this week. When I say all through the
night I mean he goes to sleep around 9 or 10 and doesn't wake up until 6 or 7. We have been waiting for this for a long time. 

Child Labor? Well I decided to clean off the back porch and Riley wanted to help so she put on her swimsuit and
boots and got to scrubbing! Maybe if I keep the kids motivated about helping Daddy I can get some good workout
of them when they get older. I know wishful thinking.
 

Also in the month of June, Master Sergeant Mathieu retired. I was a part of the retirement ceremony and you can
see those pictures on my page as well as pictures from my trip to Seattle. The Seattle pictures are from the Space Needle.

Also check out Cake Lady Cakes page new look. Samantha has been baking a lot of cakes lately and she wanted the page to have a new
look, so check it out and let us know what you think.

More updates to follow...

7/2 - I know I went over a month without an update. Give me a few more days and we should have a good update. I have an all night duty tomorrow, so I
will have plenty of time to get this done. Sorry...