So, my dh is at NTC.  That's the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin, CA for those of you who don't know.  :-)  They go there in preparation for deploying to Iraq.  It's all over the news now....he's not deploying in May, he's leaving in March.  If he is here that long.  We will see.  I'll not say anything more about this right now, as I don't want to violate any op-set stuff.  :-)  I hate being a single parent, but it comes with Army life I suppose. 

Devin went paintballing with a group of kids from our homeschool group today.  He had a BLAST!  Thankfully, I didn't have to drive him there and wait for him to be done.  My friend Becca's husband drove the boys to the paintball park, and the rest of the kids and I hung out at Becca's.  For quite some time.  lol.  I think my kids overwhelmed her.  I'm quite sure she is thankful that she only has 2 kids right now.  :-)  Liberty is a handful, and that is putting it mildly.  Becca's dog is named Josey.  Liberty insisted on calling her Joseph.  It was pretty funny.  :-)  After the boys returned, they played on the trampoline for a bit and chased some glo-sticks that miraculously appeared in the yard.  :-)  I must say, I feel much more confident in my ability to cope with this deployment a bit better because I have friends who I know will be there for me if I need them.  :-) 

I am whooped.  I have stayed up way past my bedtime.  Katie went to bed not feeling well, so I'm rather certain we won't be going to church.  I was sick last weekend, so it only makes sense that atleast one of the kids would get it.  I've been busily printing pictures.  From our vacation to Disney last February.  Shhhhhhh.....don't tell......I think we're going again this February.  To SeaWorld and Magic Kingdom.  Same thing we did last time, but we had so much fun. 

School news.....we did pretty well this last week on our school work.  Mikayla scored a 100 on her spelling test.  She's up to 10 words in Spelling Workout B now.  May not seem like much for a 2nd grader, but let me just tell you she has progressed so much already this year.  I can't wait to see how she's doing by the end of the school year.  :-)  Devin learned some fun stuff in science this week.  We'll see how he does on his test next week.  lol.  Katie wrote a great journal entry about her favorite vacation we've taken.  I always love reading the kids journal entries.  I'm not sure how well this week will go, since Mike is gone.  It will require great patience on my part to get through the week, and I often times lack in the department.  So, pray for me, OK?  :-)  Until next time........