We had some wonderful news this week. Looks like Josh will be coming home sooner than we originally expected. He is finishing up his last week of work in Kalsu and patients will start to transition to the new team over the next 14 days. He will be moving out of his "personal space" or CHU on Monday and into a tent. Then they will start to head out to another location. He can't leave country until the 3 of December. If he did, then the last 6 months wouldn't cont as a short tour and he would be open for a remote to Korea. None of s want that right now. LOL! So we are looking at 3 or 4 weeks until we can start reconditioning him to family life. None of us can wait!
We will keep everyone updated!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Sea World
We decided to pop out to Sea World today. It is good for exercise and it was nice to be together. The kids fed the Sea Lions and we watched Viva. Pretty cool thing with Viva. There was a baby Beluga whale there. It came out with it's mother and played around while the Mom did the show. Really neat to see. We also saw some baby penguins. They are suprisingly large and fluffy. The last thing we did was to have a caricature done. Skye has wanted one all season and she saved up her money. It turned out pretty well. Enjoy the photos!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Halloween 2008
We had fun trick-or-treating last night. Ms. Nicole came over for her annual Halloween family trick-or-treat. We met up with my friend Sharon and her son and a few others from the block as well as quiet a few girls from Skye's grade level. (That was something!!!!!!) Skye was an awesome Genie and Jax was a Captain Cody. (think Star Wars Clone Troopers) All in all it was a good time. Jax pooped out halfway through and chilled out with Mr. Brian. LOL!!!! Thank goodness for friends!!!!! Skye and Jax ended up with a pretty good haul!!! I have hidden most of the candy so that it can be distributed over the next month. Hope you enjoy the pictures. 
Magic Time Machine
Here are some awesome pics of the kids and my parents at The Magic Time Machine. It is a local restaurant that is amazing. All employees dress up in costume and it is a lot of fun. I remember going when I was younger.
Everyone had an awesome time and the kids look pretty darn cute. (and so do the parents LOL) By the way, their waitress was Velma from Scooby Doo. Mom and H had a hard time figuring that one out and the kids clued them in.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Some cool pics from the Maize
Really, cool tree
Remember the song from Oklahoma???? "The corn was as high as an elephants eye!" Well, it was............................
Skye and AlejandraThe Corn Maize
Skye, Jaxon and I headed to Hondo last weekend to have a little fun in the South Texas Corn Maize. We went with our friends and neighbors Robert, Hilda and their kids. The maze is run by a family on their working cattle ranch. It has been in operation for 8 years. Pretty neat place. The maze took us around and hour and a half to get through. We went in right before dusk. They gave us quiz sheets that, if the question is answered correctly, gave you proper directions through the maze. So Robert thought it was a fine idea to have the kids just go. We would find our way through eventually. I didn't see much wrong with it. Silly me! Dark soon fell, and the kids were GONE. They managed to find their way to on of the bridges over looking the maze, waving and hollering to us pitiful adults. We did join up again. It was really a lot of fun. 
The kids played on a hay pile and we saw a bunch of frolicsome goats. They played with some water pumps that are used for rubber duck races and finished off the night with a hay ride. It was pretty fun!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
October
Well, we are now into October. It is hard to believe, but we have about 2 2/3 months left on Josh's deployment. We are almost as ready for him to come home as he is ready to come home.
October is a big month in the Tomchesson household! Skye starts her first month of safety patrol at school! She is very excited to take part in this. Skye has also started choir practice. She is still a little bummed out that she is an Alto. She says there are never any good parts for the Alto's. The Saprano's get all the good parts. We have taken great pains to let her know that most female country singers are Alto's and one of her favorite singers - Pink - is an Alto!
Jaxon doesn't have a lot going on this month but he is doing really well in school. We - so far - have had very little difficulty with his behavior. It is very nice to hear awesome things when picking him up from school instead of "He is so sweet, but (insert favorite class clown moment here)........" . Both children are maintaining an A/B average right now as well. Very awesome.
Jared is well into his senior year. He is taking several dual credit courses and, though they are difficult, he is doing really well. His other family has just opened their Cheerleading Academy. It is a competitive cheering facility and he will be coaching the younger students as well as competing. He is also participating in Band, Drama and a few other clubs in school. Jared and his girlfriend Emily have just reached the 1 year mark in their relationship. He stays super busy! We would love to see him more, but we understand that he has a lot going on.
As for me, I am headed out of town in the middle of the month for a seminar. I have decided to go back to work. A good friend of mine and past manager -Mary - and her husband Rod have purchased Petland. Mary has some really awesome ideas for the business and she is sincere about the welfare of the animals! All that said, the store will be a from scratch project, so there is going to be lots to do. I am very excited about helping out where I can. I am even more excited that the store is set to open in early January. If all goes well, Josh will be home and we will have been able to adjust to him being back over the Christmas holidays. It also gives me some time to get some health issues straightened out and get my exercise on.
Well, that is the update on the Tomchesson homefront for the month of October. Expect some new pictures soon! I have a family fun day planned next weekend as well as Halloween pictures! Skye picked out the pattern for her costume so PLEASE everyone keep their fingers crossed that I can pull it off. She just refused to be a wench for 2 years in a row!
Love to all!
Jenn
October is a big month in the Tomchesson household! Skye starts her first month of safety patrol at school! She is very excited to take part in this. Skye has also started choir practice. She is still a little bummed out that she is an Alto. She says there are never any good parts for the Alto's. The Saprano's get all the good parts. We have taken great pains to let her know that most female country singers are Alto's and one of her favorite singers - Pink - is an Alto!
Jaxon doesn't have a lot going on this month but he is doing really well in school. We - so far - have had very little difficulty with his behavior. It is very nice to hear awesome things when picking him up from school instead of "He is so sweet, but (insert favorite class clown moment here)........" . Both children are maintaining an A/B average right now as well. Very awesome.
Jared is well into his senior year. He is taking several dual credit courses and, though they are difficult, he is doing really well. His other family has just opened their Cheerleading Academy. It is a competitive cheering facility and he will be coaching the younger students as well as competing. He is also participating in Band, Drama and a few other clubs in school. Jared and his girlfriend Emily have just reached the 1 year mark in their relationship. He stays super busy! We would love to see him more, but we understand that he has a lot going on.
As for me, I am headed out of town in the middle of the month for a seminar. I have decided to go back to work. A good friend of mine and past manager -Mary - and her husband Rod have purchased Petland. Mary has some really awesome ideas for the business and she is sincere about the welfare of the animals! All that said, the store will be a from scratch project, so there is going to be lots to do. I am very excited about helping out where I can. I am even more excited that the store is set to open in early January. If all goes well, Josh will be home and we will have been able to adjust to him being back over the Christmas holidays. It also gives me some time to get some health issues straightened out and get my exercise on.
Well, that is the update on the Tomchesson homefront for the month of October. Expect some new pictures soon! I have a family fun day planned next weekend as well as Halloween pictures! Skye picked out the pattern for her costume so PLEASE everyone keep their fingers crossed that I can pull it off. She just refused to be a wench for 2 years in a row!
Love to all!
Jenn
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