Houston Central: October 2010

Here's what we've been up to this month!
We had a spouses coffee...but...it wasn't just any coffee.

It was an 80's Bunco Party at our Battalion Commander's house.

What a hoot!

I borrowed the most ridiculous 80's dress did I not?

I dressed Jon in a Miami Vice type getup! (it was embarrassing only bc he had never seen Miami Vice and therefore had no clue how cool he looked! LOL) That's what I quick trip the local thrift store on post will buy you! (you can't tell he's wearing a women's blazer can you? LOL)

Family Bowling...

This was Noah's first time to get to bowl all by himself.

Well, almost!

Things to note about our bowling experience:

Noah carries his own ball.

"I wanna do it Dad!"

Noah gets super excited when he bowls!

AND.......James turned 2 months!

We decided to make a cake each month...so we'll remember!

Crazy huh?

This little guy is too cute!

Next up.....Halloween...AND....MIMI AND PAWPY come to GERMANY!!!!!!!!!

I am still trying to adjust being a mother of 2....and a good wife to my amazing husband....so, pardon the lack of posting...some things are just more important right now than sitting in front of the computer. I'd rather be interacting with Noah while he still WANTS me to play with him...or just sitting with James...because I know all to well how fast they grow up. Seriously, it seems like we have a little man in our house, not a preschool aged son. ;(

All that said...let's get down to updating.
A few weeks ago, Jon's friend Wade (who happens to be an extremely avid rock climber) invited our entire family to go camping with him for a night. Jon, after asking Wade multiple times if he knew what he was getting himself into camping with a family of 4(...2 of the persons going being under the age of 3), told him yes we'd love to go!
So, we took off...our goal for the camping trip was to find some great climbing rocks for Wade to visit in the future.
Wade has this super cool van, not much bigger than ours, but it's a camper. So, the hood has a pop-up feature that sleeps 2 peeps up top and then 2 more on the seat(that turns into a bed) This van is complete with a stove, fridge and table! Yep, I loved it!

We had a blast. I was extremely sore by the end of the trip from all the uphill hiking we did...but it was worth it to hang out with the best boys in the world! (Wade..included;) )

It has to be said that these "rocks" are very illusive...although pretty enormous...they are quite hidden in the woods...so it took lots and lots of hiking and land navigation skills to find them.

Here's the boys as we are about to embark on our 2 1/2 hour car ride to the rocks. :)

Jon graciously sat crammed in the middle of the boys' carseats....don't be fooled, it really was quite roomy, just not with 2 big carseats in the back.

Here's us at one of the rock sites.