Snowy days on top of snow days....

It has been so cold here, rarely making it to the freezing threshold. The kids have been off school, more than they've been in school, due to the accumulation of snow and ice that just cant melt due to the low low temperatures

By the second week of the nonsense, the kids were not longer happy to see the white magic falling from the sky.

but they sure were happy for the first snowfall! :)

Even the pond at school was completely frozen over. and students had thrown large chunks of ice on top in attempt to break it, but nope- it was solid as ICE (literally).

In the mix of all the freezing, we had a bathroom leaking problem, that must have been happening for a long time with out our notice. By the time it became visible, there was mold and everything conducive to a complete gut job.

the bathroom is a work in progress, but has already come a very long way! We are so excited with the turn out so far!

getting to live a little!

Feels like we have been frozen blocks of ice here in VA! Finally, the sun has come out to play! We sure have enjoyed it... felt good to live a little!

I caught Julian and Jai' exploring the chimney and questioning how santa could possibility fit! They were true investigators, and trailed me tooth and nail!

And JuJu is a full 100 days smarter!!! As he celebrated his 100th day of school! Yayyy!

and of course he's been super awesome at completing his chore chart and being a big helper! His poor eyes are still in recovery though, so dont mind them!

Our week days....

Our week days are long, and mostly uneventful. With Julian having school at 11:30-3:30, Jai' and myself are lucky to get out the house in between. Not to mention, Josh has been home around 12-1 everyday, so that sort of hinders our 'row-day' -ing.

But the plus side to school in the middle of the day is..... we sleep IN, nearly everyday! haha

we lounge for hours just watching toons........

But we arent always completely unproductive! Julian has been been completing all his chores each day, which won him(and the family) frozen yogurt on Friday! Frozen yogurt was still a huge WIN, despite the 28degree weather out!

And daddy has been busy building mommy's pinterest dreams! haha! here is the final product....

I hate how bare that wall was before! There are still plently of other projects under construction, and lots of other fun plans for our new house that we will hopefully complete over the next year-and half! It's just so much fun, making it OURS!!

1/27/15 Snow Day

 

yup! that's our Christmas tree!

Snow Dayy!!
Today, was teacher planning day, so thankfully all the kids were already off of school today! My dear oldest snow enthusiast, Julian, was ready to suit up and dive into the whole 2 inches at his 3 am blood sugar check! But this mean ole' mommy made him wait til sun rise!

Don't you know it, at the moment those green eyes opened, he squealed his way to the front door and went right on out!

  There were little ice sickles hanging just about everywhere, catching and reflecting the morning sun. With the white blanketing the ground, everything looked so peaceful, and bright.






In no time flat, that beautiful blanket of snow was hole-y with all the foot steps of my little munchkins!
 They were so excited... and simply just could not get enough of this white, fluffy, soft, but very cold- STUFF!






I found myself mesmerized by the trees! There is something about a bare naked tree, only covered by snow that just sticks out to me! SO excuse the random tree shots, please. :)

                                        

                       

It was like pulling teeth to get the boys back indoors to eat breakfast.

a whole 10 minutes later...
it was completely inhaled and back out they went.

 

Julian had a pouty lip, due to frozen phalanges! Go figure the ONE DAY he really needs his gloves- they are no where to be found!

new years-

I, for one, have not been looking forward to this year since last summer. However, I counted down the days til December 6th, is when we began our transfer to Virginia... What did I think? I could rush right through to December and then just have time stop..?
 Yeah..... well, that did not work out to well for me, here I am, already living in Virginia for damn near 2 months, and already beginning to face the reality that I had denied and dreaded.
....We are back on sea duty, at ship command. You know, the whole military, hurry up and wait... let us tell you one thing and do the opposite? .... not really giving a whole lot of compassion for your family, because lets be honest," if we wanted that baggage it would have been given to you in your seabag" type of reality. I will adjust, it's just a bit of a culture shock, for lack of better words.

To keep me sane, and occupied as I spend 80% of this year as a single parent, guardian of the home-front, homemaker, school seeking, worried wife, coffee dependent, insomniac... I plan to try my best to blog so that family, friends, and my husband can share our moments (and just so I can fill another slot in my bare calendar, to make me feel like I am busy,and important... in hopes of passing the time).

We absolutely love our house here, it is smaller than our first home, but the space is well used, and we are really enjoying making it ours, as we tweak things here and there to add our personality. We have spent almost everyday, at some part with our friends, neighbors or parks. We have begun settling in a new, fun, upcoming/growing church that fits our spiritual needs to a 'Tee'. I have absolutely no complains for Julian's school, they are a little less personable, but they do an amazing job taking care of Julian, and teaching him lots of new things. Josh has yet to step foot on his ship, as they were already out to sea by his report date, and despite all efforts to have him flown out, he is still here home with us( thank you Jesus, no complaints from us on that for sure).

I am getting use to being bored....hahaha! At first I was stir crazy, and losing my every loving mind, but as I adapt, my house is just always clean and I find myself spending more time in self evaluation, prayer, and study of Julian's diabetes trends and management. I also have begun to fiddle around with trying to cut corners and save money with couponing and sale surfing. Oh, and let me not forget, I also spend time, figuring out projects to help keep Josh's time filled up as well!(seriously....) he has this new thing for craftsmanship, and I am all about it! He spends hours in his cool little work shed, music playing, beer in hand, making me all my pinterest projects, (and making me one happy lady).

The boy's are making friends, and a new routine. Learning to play nicer together, and how to stay busy indoors, because this def isn't the same climate as good ole Mississippi, where flipflopps aren't just summer seasonal footwear.
 One thing we found to  be fun, and very entertaining is going to Dave and Busters! We went for the first time, and the boys had a absolute BLAST! We will probably make a habit of going there at least once a month while Daddy is gone. It's like a much more clean, well kept, yummy food and less germ filled arcade.