Date night

Cliff and I went out to celebrate a few things on Nov 12, 2008. He was gone for training for his birthday on Oct 29th. We also have our 8th wedding anniversary coming up in Feb and we wanted to celebrate early since he'll be gone. We went to Chamas Brazilian steakhouse. It was really romantic. The men come out with skewers of pork cuts, chicken, different types of steak cuts like filet mignon, sirloin, flank steak, etc. Its a good thing steak is my favorite food. I didnt eat half as much as I wanted because my jaw was hurting so bad. I have to get my wisdom teeth out here shortly...not fun. We walked around the little historic shops and got some hot chocolate since it was 40 degrees out and we both forgot our jackets. Then we went to Lake Jordan and snapped a few pictures of each other for fun. We wanted them together but no one was nearby. It was a great day and we were glad to get away from the kiddos for a day. I love you Cliff, the 8 years have flown by.

Megan's first tooth

Megan lost her first tooth on November 11, 2008. It had been loose for about 3 weeks and her and Zack got into their usual cat fight and he knocked it out by throwing a toy at her. She is still waiting for the tooth fairy to come because every time the fairy comes Megan is wide awake waiting. So the wait continues till she is actually asleep. At some point she'll fall asleep from all the excitement finally catching up to her. I thought for sure Zack would lose his first tooth.

So....I am thinking about making this profile become private. I keep getting random people I dont know making comments about my blogs. I swear people dont have a life. I wanted to make it not private so my family could read it and I know people like my dad wont have an account on here just to read a blog. Too complicated. I wish that dumb people would just leave other people's lives alone. Anyways...

Halloween 2008

Yet again for 2 years in a row we spend Halloween without Cliff. In 06 he almost missed Halloween (to make 3 years in a row) but luckily that year he flew in the morning of. We werent so lucky this year but as far as plans are now he'll be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The more fun holidays where family should be together. I also had a halloween party at my house for Ben's playgroup.

We had a good time regardless on Halloween. We went to a few different parties and then ended up trick or treating on Halloween night. Ben has finally tasted candy and begs me ever since. He sees me with the candy bowl and he comes running. He loves candy corn.

Ben is a spider, Megan a witch, Zack is batman and I am a vampire. I love the twilight saga and got hooked on vampires. To my surprise I really actually liked dressing gothic. I went through a phase in 9th grade where I really liked black so I guess it was second nature. The dress I am wearing I bought for a military ball a couple years ago, glad it makes a nice vampire "formal" dress now.

NC State Fair- Oct 22 2008

The kids had so much fun at the NC state fair. We had corn dogs, funnel cake, cotton candy, candy apples. They rode several rides including their first roller coaster. I even got them on one of those spinny rides that even made me want to throw up. I went with my good friend Veronica and her 3 kids. We decided to keep our kids out of school for the day (bad moms we are...or prob the coolest moms ever) and take them to the fair because it was military appreciation day. We all were free admission which was really nice. The only negative part about the fair, well two things, was I would had liked to seen more appreciation for the military like stands or flags- or something patriotic. The other negative other thing was that it was really confusing at the fair. I had to pick up a friend from the airport around 5. So I was leaving 2 hours early so I could grab the kids dinner before the airport. Well we walked around for over an hour and kept going in circles at the fair. We were exhausted. Thats most likely because I stink at reading a map. But the signs and the map were all confusing. Plus we parked in a free lot but that always means its the farthest one from the fair. It all worked out though. Amy and her husband treated us to pizza for picking her up and we had dinner anyway!! We had a lot of fun. I had some requests for a recent pic of me since I've been trying to avoid the camera. Now that I am down to a size 6, I sucked it up and got in front the camera. Dont get used to it though till I am back down to my normal 2 or 4. hehe.

Trunk or Treat

We went to a trunk or treat party on Oct 17th (friday night). The kids had a lot of fun getting tons of candy. This is just one of the many parties they will be going to the next week or so. So you'll probably see more pictures just like these. Ben is a spider this year, Megan a pretty witch, Zack is batman- the face mask is way too big for him. Everyone keeps saying that I need to get a snow white costume. I almost bought one but then 80 bucks seemed a bit much. Anyone want to sew me one for cheaper? :-) You can see Megan's front loose tooth in the pictures. She looks so funny.

Trip home to Maryland

I went home to MD in August and got to catch up with family. We had a lot of good times. Some of the pictures are with my Aunt and Uncle and my cousin. Some other pictures are with my best friend from high school, Alix and her family. THe other pictures are with my sister and her boyfriend and his 2 great daughters.

Zack's football team

Zack decided to do flag football this fall. It ends on Nov 8th. Cliff was asked to be the assistant coach. Its funny because the team so far has only tied one game- the one cliff did all by himself. They have lost the other 2 games. Hmm..maybe he should be coach. haha. Zack was doing great in practice. He really liked being the runningback and quarterback. Both positions he did great. Then at the first game I knew he'd be nervous because the first thing he said when we pulled up was "man there are a lot of cars here." During that game, he decided to play with his flags, at one point chewed on the flag, and really enjoyed sitting on the bench so he could have strawberry gatorade (something he never really had). Luckily by the next game he was understanding more of the concept of the game. By the way, Aunt Rochell you asked what Flag football is...I am starting to understand now myself- instead of tackling they grab flags. Zack's position for the season ended up being center. He really enjoys this and he is the fastest on the team for hiking the ball. Hey, not everyone can be quarterback. He likes hanging out with the kids on the team and he has learned good sportmanship. Now he is asking to play basketball. Cliff is flying home really late the friday night before zack's last game to surprise him and the team. The team loves Cliff and the parents always ask how he has gotten so much patience. That is something cliff doesnt lack, but I do!! :-) Megan is signed up for dance class starting in 2 weeks. We get to go pick out a ballerina leotard, tights, shoes and also tap shoes tomorrow. Geez, that costs more than the class itself!! She told me how she can do splits...yeah ok Megan we'll see how it goes.
Here are some pics from some football games.