better late than never?

Im thinking that friends and family will appreciate these even though they are super late....there's a lot to see here!

Halloween events folks!

Pumpkin Patch...

Testing the pum'kees!

Mommy and Me

Carving pumpkins at Nana's... Noah loves his pum'kee...giving it kissies...

Finished products...

Outside view...

Carving pumpkins at Mimi and Pawpy's...Looks like Grover!!

Super cute lil cowboy on Halloween...

It must be noted that Noah is wearing Jon's old boots...and he looooooves them!


Our first house...Pawpy trying to show Noah how the gun works..Our lovelies...

Noah and his cute Nana!

Noah and his Auntie Aim

Mommy, Noah and the Kate!

Annnnd...the aftermath...

2 chocolate lovers....

two lil peas in a pod!

Yes, I know Im super late... but I hope you enjoyed the pictures anyway!

help...

Yes, this is so lame that I haven't posted in forever and now I am asking for help from all you green moms out there....

Cloth Diapers!

Jon and I are anxious to start trying them with Noah. He's getting close to potty training...and we want to give them a test run before he's totally through with diapers. We know that we want to have more kiddos in the future and cloth diapering is something we both have been convicted about.

I have already read thoroughly on the Simple Mom's webpage....that was a huge help. But, if any of you are actually doing this and have any suggestions for brands and such...please help us out!

I promise (all you friends and family who check our blog for pictures) to have a great post of what's been going on here in the Houston Home soon. :)

Welcome Home!

I know Im super behind...
Can you blame us? We had just enough time to get over the most ridiculous case of jet-lag then Jon came home!!!!!

I have more pictures to post...but I wanted to share a few.

Look at his face...PURE JOY...absolutely the best look on his face I've ever seen:)

There are so many events Im behind in posting...from when Noah and I were still in Texas, my birthday with the Kate, Halloween, fun times with family...and fun Daddy/Noah time. Just give me some time. We are in no hurry to be on this thing..we are enjoying family time, can you blame us though? We have so much catching up to do!
I promise to do a more regular post once life slows down...lol, but I know it will never fully "slow"down..especially with these two boys together again!

We are currently trying to "nest" again in our lil home here in Germany...moving rooms, cleaning, purging...trying to simplify:) Jon is adjusting quite well here. He has already enjoyed some good jagerschnitzel, dunkel beer, and of course, good Angie homecookin'. He is already in the swing of things around the house; he's got a to do list and has been enjoying getting to know his precious boy again. Im sure he'd be proud for me to post that he changed my tires for me, since it's getting close to snowy weather we have to put snow tires on my car. ...he changed them in about 18 minutes.:) He's so cool. We are also eager to start planning fun trips around Germany and around Europe. There is a lot to be done, and it sure is pretty wonderful to have him back again to do it all with!

We would love to schedule a chat/skype session with you guys, so leave us a message and a good time for us to do it and we will see what we can do:)

Let the countdown begin......

YES! We are within days of Jon's arrival.....

Get excited everyone!

Continue to pray for safe travels for all the men coming and going.

It's such a bittersweet time of year, we are welcoming home so many brave soldiers, Jon especially, and sadly saying goodbye. Our dear friends Jay and Gina are preparing to say their goodbyes for another deployment! If you all could pray for Jay's safety as he leaves and for peace and comfort as they say goodbye. We heart you guys too!

Look for sweet reunion pictures sooooon:)
For now..I will remind you what we looked like one year ago at this time....:
We were celebrating Thanksgiving early...We were saying goodbye...now...Jon will be saying goodbye to this!...:)
HOoooooooray! He comes home sooooon!!! GET EXCITED!

Im here

Hey everyone, I figured this might be the best way to let everyone know that Noah and I just arrived back in Germany and are sitting in our house right now.

We both are beyond sleepy....Noah is having fun rediscovering his house, toys, games....etc.

The flight over was pretty bad, I just couldn't do anything for the poor dude. He screamed and cried a lot!!! But, it doesnt matter anymore..Im just thankful we made it and we were happily greeted by Peter, our wonderful landlord.

I will post more once I feel normal..right now Im a zombie!

Our Aggie Girls weekend!

I know this is a little late coming, but I wanted to share some pictures from our super fun weekend we had in good ol' Aggieland a few weeks ago!

My dear sweet friend Katie and I drove up on Friday and we met my sister and my other wonderful friend Betsy on Saturday. I can't tell you how great it was to catch up with Betsy, whom I hadn't seen in what seemed like ages...and to hang out with some of my most favorite girls in the whole wide world!We stayed with Jon's lil sister Shan in the wonderful dorms.
Oh, fyi..those same dorms we stayed in are the very same dorms that Jon's Dad proposed to his Mom in! Teehehehe! How cute is that? Shanny is staying in the same dorms her mom got engaged in!? Shannon was a super cute lil host...we were sad that she couldn't sit with us, but alas, we were sitting on the Alumn side...and our lil Shanny is just a wee freshman. I think she was ok with it after we gave her JPs' for the game! (it's an Aggie thing...too long to describe) Here's us having a good ol time on our last day...freshly showered of course..
The whole weekend was just a blast! Gosh, we had had so much fun!
Of course I had to go back by the Corp dorms and see some old Aggie Band stuff...and ran into good ol' Col. Brewer!Then I ran into Abby and Jeff..some old friends of ours that were in the Corp with Jon.
This guy, Russel, was in the same RV platoon as Jon...so I had to get a picture to show Jon..
This guy, Will, was also in RV's with Jon...he was also a Yell leader our SR. year...Since I had only met him a once or twice at Corp functions with Jon it was a lil awkward to go up to him and ask him for a picture with me, but once I told him who my husband was, it was like we were old friends.

Anyway, I wanted to share these, mainly so Jon could see them, but I know yall like seeing pictures too!

:) and..Happy Birthday Eve to me! I turn the big 26 tomorrow!...with Katie! We share the same birthday:)

Apologies

Im sorry everyone.

My blogging efforts have been slim and hard to come by.
I promise, once I get back on my feet in Germany, things will be different.

Right now, Im sort of in a transition state right now.
I am trying to enjoy my last 10 days here before I leave.

I can't say any dates..but know this...Jon will be home not long after I arrive in Germany!
Can you even believe that?????
As you can imagine, my heart is fluttering like crazy already and Im beyond THRILLED!

So, for now, Im going to find some cute pictures on Mom's computer!
This is Nana and Noah together at the dog park in McAlister Park behind Mom's house! The sun was setting, it was kind of windy...She's going to be mad at me for posting a picture of her..but ain't they cute????

there's always a photo-op when Nana is around! I think most of these are from our zoo trip

Check out my cool hat that Nana bought me!


One very scared Noah...while Mommy bravely feeds the Lorikeets!

So, I might be able to get a few more posts in before I leave, but if I don't, please just be patient!