The best husband!

And did I mention daddy? Ok maybe not the very best of either, but pretty dang close. Jake has been so crazy busy lately and we don't get to talk much. And soon with everything going on over there, we'll probably talking a little less too. He says its actually probably perfect timing for me to be going home for a little while because it will keep me and the kids busy since we won't get to talk as much. But more importantly, just when I need to hear something sweet from him, he totally suprises me! I won't say what, but it was perfect. Something wonderful for me and the kids to read and simply sigh. What a wonderful man! I just love him dearly and can't wait to see him again. And I just had to share that thought. Have a great day everyone and please go give your wonderful spouse a huge hug just because you can!

Edelweiss

Whew! We are wiped out! The kids and I went on a "deployed spouse retreat" this weekend to The Edelweiss hotel in Garmish. Its something they do from time to time for military families. Its kind of a little military resort hotel place. Its really nice. Anyway, it was free and what they do is have a couple of short classes for you to go to and then the rest of the time is yours to do what you want. You can drive yourself or ride the bus. Just before Jake deployed we went on the marriage retreat and drove ourselves but with him gone, and gas prices, we decided to ride the bus. It was pretty comfortable and Kenlee slept almost the entire way (3 1/2 hours). The classes were good. One on PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and the other about personality differnces and about parenting.
Since we've been to Garmish before, we really didn't go out into the town but mainly hung out in the hotel and swam and just enjoyed ourselves. Not exactly a "retreat" when its you and 3 kids, but did I mention it was free? so you can't complain. Kenlee got to swim for the first time. My camera recently broke but my friend got some cute photos of her in her swim suit and they are cute! I'll post them when I get a chance. She LOVED the water! I'm glad its getting closer to summer so I can keep up the swimming and let her be a little fish! And when the only thing to really do at 8pm at night there is swim, that pool was packed and kids were splashing everywhere and she didn't mind in the least. What a good sport! And of course Rylee and Keegan had a blast! Keegan learned all kinds of new tricks and Rylee had a lot of fun playing with other friends in the pool! We also enjoyed sitting in the outdoor hottub for a litte while when Kenlee was asleep in the stroller. And not having to make dinner for a few days was fun too. So it was a good trip aside from the inevitable unpacking and laundry that always follows a getaway.
Now that its out of the way, time to run around like a crazy person trying to get everything ready for us to leave for the states by the end of the month. Yeah!! I really am looking forward to leaving and even the getting ready part. It keeps me busy and makes the time go faster. Just anyone reading this, please pray that our military flight stuff goes smoothly. That is my biggest stressor. Oh well, guess we'll just have to wait and see!