Brandon Update

I know i have not wrote about what has been going on with brandon for quite a while but he has been moving around alot and we had not known what exactly was going on. We are talking to him pretty regularly again, he had been traveling to other cities with some of his guys but is now in a city northeast of baghdad. he is on an army base there and will be there probably until around sept 1st, then he will be headed back to tq until his leave in october. we are working on figuring out what we will be doing when he gets back for good and he will be doing a recruiting billet. we are trying to get louisville, kentucky as our duty station so that would be real nice a close for once. other than that things are going very well for him right now just very slow, which we like but i know he is bored out of his mind. he is getting to go to the gym again every day and getting to take real showers again so he is happy about that haha. he has not sent me any more pics but if he does or can i will post them when he does. hope all of you are well and we will keep you posted. thanks for all your support and prayers!

Ft Wayne Zoo with friends

kayla and i on the train
kayla and bella on the little play train
playin on the tortuise
feeding the baby goats
she didnt like them jumping on her haha
kayla, bella and hailey on the big monkey
right after they got their faces painted, they are so cute
watching the seals
our babies in the kangaroo pouch
the three mommies

kayla with her xs of course
the girls looking out at the monkeys
in a kid tunnel playin around
they loved climbing on all the statues
holding hands, arent they adorable

they couldve passed for twins i swear
kayla's first pony ride
this guy was really cool and big
on the carosel
hanging out in the bathroom haha

kayla and i went to the zoo with two of my high school friends and their daughters about a week ago. we had a lot of fun and the girls got along great. we never get to see each other so it was nice to do this. this was kayla's first time to the fort wayne zoo but she has been to others. she did very well and didnt have any accidents all day, i was so happy. she had a lot of fun and we will be going back with my nephews soon.

lake days 08

kayla sleeping in the boat
all the kids that were at the lake
watching a movie cause it was rainy out
sleeping again, her nap time
razzy sleepin in the grass
me, anne, aunt cindy, mom and brenda hangin out at the island
kayla and luke playin at the island
kayla and leah in their 4th of july dresses
kasota island party
kayla and razzy resting

kayla and luke playin around in the grass
having fun in the lake
all the great grandkids on the 4th
this glowstick was very interesting haha
island time again

we have been going up to the lake every weekend this year since we didnt get to go up at all last year and dont know about next year. kayla is loving it and getting really brave about the water. she is now going underwater alot and she even went tubing with me this weekend. she has been swimming out to the raft and back in her tube with her lifevest on and is doing very well. she is also doing good on potty training. we have the peepee down but still working on the poopy. we have just been having a blast but miss daddy alot.

Wild Cat

Brianna in the outfield
Tay running home
Brianna hitting
My two bald headed buddies, Zach and Justin
Tay just chillin
getting ready to get um out
me and my baby girl
zach hittin
zach chillin in outfield

Taylor, my nephew and his younger uncle and his aunt have been playing wild cat for the past month and i have been able to go to all his games unlike last year and we have been having a blast. He is doing very well, i think he is the best on his team :) maybe i am biased! Kayla and Justin have been having fun just watching and playing. Luckily the games and stuff are in the morning cause then we have the rest of the day to do what we want and have fun.

Viper!

Trout's bran new Mastercraft decked out boat!
the guys listening to Tom Cooper, our Millionaire coach
waiting for the boat to get back
just hanging out and having fun
The Viper!!!
The interior
I love this car!

I got to go up to a friend of mine's lake cottage this last weekend with a bunch of people from my business team. we went skiing and tubing all day and cooked out and ate pizza. the best part though was that a guy that works for crysler brought a viper by for us to test drive, it was awesome. i didnt get to drive it cause i dont know how to drive stick but i got to ride in it and all i can say is it goes really fast :) it is about an $80K car and is 550 horse power, candy apple green with black racing stripes, very sweet! this is my future car!