tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63947361421132513372012-02-16T00:47:45.389-08:00You wouldn't want to miss anything!Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-53749342296241431072011-08-09T17:47:00.000-07:002011-08-09T17:51:54.419-07:00

Today started 47 hours ago. I'll see you guys next week! As Lynette said to me, "Just skip..." ;)

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-77243097973769417452011-08-02T08:21:00.000-07:002011-08-02T08:37:09.801-07:00

Here it is, the Tuesday I have been waiting for. Today was the day that MSRON 2 and PSU 307 took the watch!The whole of this last week has just been prep for this day. We have been showing them around the base, and in my case around town, so that they have the information they need to run this operation. I was going to say smoothly, but as we have all learned in the PSU community every unit

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-56621583602665380802011-07-26T09:49:00.000-07:002011-07-26T10:06:39.722-07:00

Good evening in blogland! (I write these around 8 PM local Kuwait time for those who didn't know.) Here is another Tuesday come up to bite me. Time to think of stuff to talk about!Good news on all fronts this week. First and foremost, my illness passed within a couple days. I got about 12 hours of sleep last Tuesday into Wednesday so I think I rested enough to help fight off whatever I had.

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-66338945157779816702011-07-19T09:36:00.000-07:002011-07-19T09:56:27.829-07:00

Hello blogland! I see Lynette finally graced you all with her presence. ;) I guess her segment should be called Lynette's Takeover Thursday since she hasn't posted in FOREVER! Anyway, it's Tuesday again, which means you get to read this weeks adventures. Well...sort of...Today's blog is going to be short. I think the allergies of being in the dust bowl have finally won, and I 'm getting a

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-3005993045467983342011-07-14T12:40:00.001-07:002011-07-14T13:06:21.651-07:00

Wow it's been a long time since I posted on here! I had every intention of being back before now, but with all the deployment hoopla, which included starting a blog just for that, I have been so incredibly busy. I hope you'll all forgive me, and will enjoy these pictures that a friend of a friend took for us recently. She and her sister are Two Sister's Photography. You can find them on Facebook

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-72240272632139027662011-07-12T09:43:00.001-07:002011-07-12T10:11:06.243-07:00

Blog day! As Tracey says, "One week closer to being home with Lynette and the kids!"Oh the excitement this week! I don't even know where to begin. Let's begin with the move since that is where the title comes from. In preparation for the oncoming crew we have condensed from 7 PCBs (Pre-cast Concrete Building) into 3.5. My PCB was one of the lucky ones that got to move. This is my second

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-77870503004623597292011-07-05T09:39:00.000-07:002011-07-05T10:33:36.608-07:00

Blog day, here again! It's July!!! X amount of time before we come home!!! One less Tuesday to go. And so on and so forth...on to the show!As per usual, this week was mostly uneventful. As I mentioned last week, I was supposed to go to the range. That was canceled due to weather. The group that went the day before us got stuck their the next morning because the visibility was terrible.

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-58234136935302081332011-06-28T09:46:00.000-07:002011-06-28T10:02:03.958-07:00

Another Tuesday is here! Last blog for June 2011 from Kuwait. Ahh, the milestones we keep track of here. ;)Really the only things I want to write about in this latter portion of the deployment are gripes and complaints. That, however, is not the purpose of this forum for me, and if the command found it they would not be gentle. So I'll keep the ranting to a minimum and try to be civil. :DWe

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-82364091699201715392011-06-21T09:19:00.000-07:002011-06-21T09:36:28.027-07:00

Another week has passed us by. Yay! The good news about this week is I don't remember much of it. ;) Time is starting to blur together in a rapid fashion which makes time seem to fly by.As I mentioned last week, this was our big show. There wasn't a whole lot going on in my world, but we got the last major milestone of the deployment out of the way from the command standpoint. Now we are on

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-49108516299682757482011-06-14T09:36:00.000-07:002011-06-14T10:04:28.464-07:00

Good news! Another week has passed! ;) That is about all though, that I can talk about. I'll do my best to say what I can this week.So the title of this blog may be confusing, but I will explain the best I can without saying too much, as I said before. Last week was relatively busy for the Boat Maintenance Facility. We were playing the musical boats game. We had all of our boats in our shop

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-26393628093458512372011-06-07T10:14:00.000-07:002011-06-07T10:28:36.745-07:00

Ahh, Tuesday. The first Tuesday of June! Someone gave me a number of Mondays we have left. I told him not to tell me that again...it's still way too many. :pThis week, like so many before, has been uneventful. I can't even think of anything interesting to write. And the things that I can think of to write, I'm not allowed to. So this week I'm just going to make this a quick, "Hello!"

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-52025152450474671962011-05-31T09:05:00.001-07:002011-05-31T09:25:26.372-07:00

Ahh, Tuesday again. The alarm is working, and Lynette didn't have to remind me! What happened this week?Well, beyond wishful thinking, I have nothing exciting to write about this week. The highlight of this week so far has been Tracey unloading her FrontierVille collection inventory on me. (Thanks, Tracey! I probably would have never gotten all those things. ;))We had our first three day

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-61819389073523527032011-05-24T22:11:00.000-07:002011-05-24T22:23:03.717-07:00

So it's technically still Tuesday at home! Lynette reminded me in a quick conversation this morning that I forgot something...typical. ;)My alarm I have set for this went off right in my hand, but I was having issues getting some webpages loaded and I lost track of what I was doing. These things happen. Now to come up with something interesting to say...We have now had the guys on the night shift

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-27822433821902274082011-05-17T09:15:00.000-07:002011-05-17T09:32:43.314-07:00

Another Tuesday has arrived! I have heard that this has become someone's weekly ritual. Yes, someone other than me! ;) If you're wondering about the alarm...it did go off, I was not here (initially,) and Andy did not smash the phone! Luckily for me, I was only about 5 minutes behind the alarm.So this week I have absolutely nothing to write about, hence the title. The only big news is that it

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-76713533385260486582011-05-10T09:33:00.001-07:002011-05-10T10:17:46.308-07:00

It is 7:30 in the PM locally. My alarm went off at 7:00...and I wasn't here! But I did have my phone with me so Andy wouldn't smash it!!! ;) (Crap, I need something to write about...)So last week was less than eventful for me. The most exciting thing that didn't happen yesterday you may note at the bottom of this week's blog entry. I am no longer posting as "Lynette Fuge" on this page! I

Tom Fugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06423869194612641053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-61138654843421869742011-05-03T10:24:00.000-07:002011-05-03T10:57:23.140-07:00

Well, it's Tuesday again. According to the passive-aggressive note on my iPhone, that I sent an alarm on, anyway. ;) This will be the first week that I wing the blog...and I'm dedicating it to Andy. (Thanks for the note, jerk! :p)Just to follow up on some old business, last week I talked about the cats. I have an update, sort of. On Friday before our command barbecue at the beach there was a

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-43469965734160636592011-04-26T09:50:00.000-07:002011-04-26T10:59:09.208-07:00

Here we are again. These Tuesdays just keep getting closer and closer together. That's a good thing, I guess, when you are waiting for the day to come when you can go home! I am not the only one away from home this week though...Lynette finds herself in Chicago as of yesterday. But this isn't about Lynette, she can post something if she wants. ;) On with this weeks topic!So here at Muhammed

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-19210257880651835692011-04-19T09:04:00.000-07:002011-04-19T09:29:49.790-07:00

Is it really Tuesday again?! Well, my iPhone alarm says it is so I guess I should come up with something to write about! Here we go...So the weather here has been interesting since I arrived in January. First off, it was winter when we got here so the days were in the mid 60s and the nights got into the 30s...no big deal, if this is how the desert is going to be I'm gtg! The unit we relieved

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-4694689347158311242011-04-12T09:23:00.000-07:002011-04-12T09:56:28.940-07:00

It's Tuesday!!! Yes, I did set an alarm, but I was at dinner when it went of...I'm sure my roommates loved that. :D On with the storytelling!So I left off with our crew taking over. We work in essentially a carport that is enclosed on three sides and the Navy crew we work with splits to bays within the building with us. The rest of the building is Kuwaiti Navy and we don't ever see anyone

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-8109958859684460532011-04-06T06:08:00.000-07:002011-04-12T09:56:50.586-07:00

So as usual, I forgot to blog for two weeks then I'm a day late the next week. I guess I should set an alarm for Tuesday afternoons! Anyway, on with the update!I left off at the end of week one, desperately wanting the rest of the unit to arrive! That would wait another week though. So in the meantime, between paperwork and turnover stuff, I went caching on Kuwait Naval Base. Yup, they have

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-51418942668377722322011-03-15T10:30:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:20:58.947-07:00

What is this?! A blog from Tom on Tuesday?! This can't be...he vanished off the face of the earth!I assure you, I am alive, I have revived the blog takeover (not that Lynette uses it anymore, :p) and I will be keeping you abreast as well as possible while I do what I do in the desert.Where to begin? Since my birthday, as I mentioned, I was going in and out of Everett in preparation for the

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-48951339808717509172010-08-13T21:56:00.000-07:002010-08-13T22:00:07.284-07:00

Greetings all in blog-land! (And happy birthday to me! :p)Things have been hectic around here this summer. We have been on caching road trips, and I have been in and out of Everett in preparation for an upcoming trip. In other words, time hasn't been my friend. Tuesday will roll around and I'll remember in the morning, but by the time it comes to post I have forgotten and fall asleep. :pSuch

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-6827720330391248282010-07-14T10:45:00.000-07:002010-07-14T15:22:05.909-07:00

Well, I missed last week and I'm a day late this week. What a terrible week to miss too because it was GeoWoodstock week and there is a ton of stuff to talk about! I'll attempt to get it all from 6/30 til yesterday, but I can't make any promises. :p Here we go!On Wednesday 6/30 I took the boys with me and TheMcMorrows (Sean and his two boys) to GCD - Geocache. This is the oldest active

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-728044425466924192010-06-29T22:20:00.000-07:002010-06-29T22:53:13.430-07:00

It's Tuesday night...time for the weekly recap!Well, there really isn't much to recap this week. Most of the exciting stuff happened today! The only notable caching feat before today was Keira getting her 100th find! She's a little behind the boys (who are both knocking on 200,) but she has to go to work with Lynette so she misses out on the daily activities during the week.As for today's

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-21517603790166138982010-06-22T22:39:00.000-07:002010-06-22T22:51:49.774-07:00

Welcome back! Let's get to the recap of the week.Well, there really isn't much to recap. I managed to get 1 co-FTF this week with WindingPath. It was a Spiderman hanging in a tree along Fennel Creek. Nothing really spectacular, but FTF's are FTF's. Another cache posted that morning in Enumclaw, but I got beat there by a pedestrian with two dogs. :pNothing much to tell about this week. No

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-68916916631495311652010-06-15T22:19:00.000-07:002010-06-15T22:37:03.030-07:00

It's Tuesday! No, really, I'm not late this week... Ok, enough with the shocked faces. :p Let's get to it!In the FTF realm I scrounged up 3 this week. So in the month I said I would be slowing down on FTF's I already have 10. :p To my defense though, a lot of caches are posting now that summer, well, is supposed to be here. :DThe first FTF this week came on Sunday when I got home from Everett

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-45662379279858274852010-06-09T13:11:00.000-07:002010-06-09T13:27:31.691-07:00

Welcome back! I'm late as usual, but this time I didn't forget, I was out late yesterday and didn't have the energy to put together comprehendable thoughts. :) Now on to this weeks wrap-up!In my quest to slow down on the FTFs I have already gotten 7 this month. :p Granted I mentioned the 3 from last Tuesday, but I said I wouldn't go chasing after ones too far away from home. I tried to stay

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-81972042926408638352010-06-01T18:09:00.001-07:002010-06-01T22:00:27.913-07:00

Here we are again on another glorious Tuesday! Let's not waste time and get to this last week's festivities!This week was looking pretty slim in the FTF realm until last night. Since last Tuesday I had only amassed one FTF. Well, as of today the last 4 finds were all FTF's! One FTF yesterday was a 3-way with WindingPath and another local FTFer. When I arrived they had already been to the

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-71964043376103334512010-05-25T17:45:00.000-07:002010-05-25T18:04:19.023-07:00

Welcome to Tom's Takeover Tuesday...on Tuesday!!!This week I have three FTF's. One in the north radius that took 2 hours to find! The other two were part of a series of 4 that posted along Commencement Bay. This brings the FTF total to 46.So the first FTF this week was a micro (mini M&Ms tube) with camo tape hidden in a rock bed along the river trail. When I got to GZ there were three guys "

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-82803797466313411122010-05-21T18:44:00.000-07:002010-05-21T19:04:48.223-07:00

Welcome back to what has become more of a late week post than a Tuesday event. Either way, I'll try to keep it between the Tuesdays as far as an update.There really isn't a whole lot to say about this installment. I spent another week in Everett/Marysville so the main focus was just keeping the streak alive. Mission accomplished!So other than getting a cache everyday while away from home and

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-75219299748614697142010-05-14T19:24:00.000-07:002010-05-14T19:44:49.572-07:00

As promised, here are pictures from the geocaching 10! Year event that we hosted:The signing in, travel bug trading, door prize winning, name tag making, tableLet's see how many I can identify...utox2rox, krnklnmn, ImLuckiest (family), NWCrew, & theBadCopBloomingIdiot, swissnavy, RiantheMost of the revelers!! When you find a cache you sign a "log." Here's the official log for the event:)

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-49621767895851105992010-05-13T20:39:00.001-07:002010-05-14T22:03:19.269-07:00

So here another addition of my caching adventure update...late as per normal lately. :)So from Tuesday to Tuesday I found a couple FTFs. That was pretty much it...except I went on a trip to get our 500th find!!!A couple fellow cachers as I mentioned last week invited me on their 2000th find milestone trek. We all stopped 5 caches shy of our milestones. Thursday morning we met at our house, and

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-10138394315079538162010-05-04T23:53:00.000-07:002010-05-05T08:30:49.383-07:00

I might actually get this post in before Tuesday is over!Our 10 Years! Celebration Event at Aversano's on Sunday was a smashing success. Pictures to come later, but we filled the back room. We got lots of compliments on the food and the interaction with the attendees. We raffled off ready made cache containers with swag, some trackable items, and a couple other little things that people

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-23979760279310730432010-04-29T13:15:00.001-07:002010-04-29T13:26:07.523-07:00

Ok, so I forgot about Tuesday the last couple weeks. Last week I was working 14 hour days in preparation for my unit's inspection (which my department killed btw!) And this week I just up and forgot since I missed it the week before. So here is a quick down and dirty for the last couple weeks since I still plan on posting this coming Tuesday.I managed to keep the streak alive while up in

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-38210913970539961632010-04-22T17:50:00.001-07:002010-04-22T17:52:22.535-07:00

Hey everyone! My friend Mel...aka Tall Mom on the Run...is having a giveaway on her running blog. Click the link on the right side of my blog/your screen, and check it out. Even if you don't run, maybe someone you know does, or a loved one works out in a different way. Any way it's a great deal!

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-32186066541855604462010-04-13T23:51:00.000-07:002010-04-13T23:56:50.035-07:00

Welcome back to another installment of my escapades! Not a whole lot new to report this week. I've been in Everett every day since the last post except for Saturday. I have managed to find at least one cache a day to maintain a streak. Today was day 79! There were some more issues with Tiki's Revenge, but I managed to get them fixed and the cache up and running within 24 hours!No FTF's to

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-37636676056132774862010-04-06T22:18:00.000-07:002010-04-06T22:42:22.699-07:00

Welcome to the latest episode of my caching escapades! Today's episode is coming to you from *cough* beautiful Everett, WA.There really isn't a whole lot to say this week. After last week's post I took the boys up to Mill Creek to finish our 65 day streak challenge. The reward for finding this cache is a hand made chainmail man! Here is a picture of the boys, Logan is holding it.Lynette's

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-12890581940392110422010-03-31T07:38:00.000-07:002010-03-31T10:51:12.836-07:00

Ok, so it's not Tuesday the 30th right now, but yesterday was Lynette's birthday so that took precedent over blog posts! :p Without further adieu, on to this week's update.The wood carving project got a snag in it called Spring Break! I had almost finished it on Thursday, but Friday was Jackson's field trip to the Seattle Aquarium. Guess who was asked to chaperon. :) So here is a couple

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-81028363421672761482010-03-23T20:31:00.000-07:002010-03-23T20:57:53.429-07:00

Has another week gone by already?! How time flies by when 3 days are spent in Everett for drill weekend. That didn't prevent me from getting some caching in though! Here's this week's news:Starting with the wood carving project, 75% of the carving is completed. Now I'm just working on some finish work. This week's pictures will be by far the most exciting to me. There was some epoxy, some

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-42650950122598799552010-03-16T23:07:00.000-07:002010-03-16T23:25:21.798-07:00

Well, this week was pretty uneventful on the geocaching front. I managed to only squeak out one FTF last week, and there were no major milestones to speak of. We did attend our first geocaching event on Saturday though. It was the "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" event in Kirkland. Apparently the host has been doing these events for 5 years in NY, but has recently moved to the area so decided to carry on

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-6787661716461081222010-03-09T14:09:00.000-08:002010-03-09T15:15:56.506-08:00

It's that time again for the week that was in Tom's geocaching-land. Not a whole lot to report this week. We made our 350th find, we got a couple more FTF's (we're now winning the race against our caching friends WindingPath,) and last night I placed another cache that came in the mail.Our newest hide comes from eBay. I'm not overly fond of the product I bought, and Lynette and I both thought

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-67392597348346671352010-03-02T19:09:00.000-08:002010-03-02T19:21:39.082-08:00

After last week, Lynette decided I need to just make this a weekly segment. That of course brought me to wonder who is really reading this and if anyone is interested in what I have going on here. Lynette informed me that some of you have expressed at least a little enjoyment from my adventures...so here we go!So I have started the wheels in motion to get our next cache made and planted. We

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-1626466748295259362010-02-23T22:33:00.000-08:002010-02-23T22:48:25.278-08:00

This won't be as long as last time, but I did some exciting things while geocaching this week. I found a couple FTF's (first to finds for you non-caching types.) This brings our total FTF count to 10. This is a pretty highly contested part of this activity around our area. We live in a black hole and are surrounded by FTF-hounds, but a couple daytime postings have helped me out.I also

Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08575228584666873008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394736142113251337.post-36703262493443130902010-02-17T23:46:00.000-08:002010-02-17T23:59:52.079-08:00

So since Lynette has been slacking off on the blog for almost two months, I thought I would toss something out there.Some of you might have noticed the new little banner on the right. This reflects our geocaching career. If you don't know what that means, it is basically a high tech treasure hunt with GPS units. It's an excuse to go traipsing through the woods like we used to when we were

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The last six weeks or so have been very crazy, sad, busy, and fun around here. I haven't done a real post on here in all that time. I am taking the time tonight to give you a quick update through pictures and captions. Here you go:Logan and Jackson's school has Fall and Spring Concerts. Your grade determines which you participate in. This year, Jackson was in the Fall Concert. It was a

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We went and had family photos done recently. Two weekends in a row to be exact. The first was just our kids. We like to take them for their fall pictures/Keira's birthday pictures in November every year. The next weekend, we went with the whole family for pictures. Christa and Ruben had his kids for Thanksgiving, so we had to take advantage of everyone being together! Here are a few of the

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Okay...wordless until later. :)

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We celebrated Keira's birthday with a family dinner tonight. Grammi, Papa, Uncle Ruben and Auntie ReeRee joined us for pizza, salad, and cupcakes from Indulge (which just moved to Sumner, yay!). Tomorrow we are having a party at daycare with her friends there, and on Saturday we will host our friends and some of their kids here. Wow...that's three days of celebrating. What a lucky little girl

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We had an interesting evening on Halloween this year. We actually didn't make it home until after 11pm on Saturday. "Why?" you ask. Well, we decided to run all over Western Washington this year, and consequently were caught in traffic from two car accidents. Needless to say we were exhausted the next morning. Plus, Keira got sick in the night. My mom is giving me a hard time about the junk

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Our good friend Melanie is hosting a giveaway on her running blog this week...Please be sure to check it out. It's an amazing prize, and she's an amazing person! Here's the info:BROOKS FOR HER GIVEAWAY:Brooks created the Brooks For Her (BFH) collection to help support the fight against breast cancer. For each BFH piece purchased from March through December 2009, Brooks will donate 6.25% of the

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Yesterday we made our annual pilgrimage to Scholtz Farm's Pumpkin Palace in Orting, WA. We've been going here as long as I can remember. We often visit other patches with friends, but keep coming back. It's not the fanciest patch, with special themes every year. It's also not the patch with the most stuff to do. But it's the patch that we feel comfortable letting the kids run wild at, never

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So for those of you who don't know, I teach preschool two days a week. Now, it's only four kids...and it's at our daycare...but it's great. One of the nice things is that since I actually have the kids all day, five days a week, we can start things in class that might take us longer than actual "class time." Most of these things involve our science experiments. Here is one that I thought I'd

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So for fun, and to earn a little money, I make cards. My aunt has a flower shop on Whidbey Island and she sells them in her shop. I also make them for friends and family when they ask. I had been getting a lot of requests for Autumn and Halloween cards, so instead of taking orders this time, I made up about 50 cards. I sent around 20 cards to my aunt for her shop, and the others are "hanging

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Or "Go Teehawks!" As Keira would say. Up until a few weeks ago she couldn't get that "S" out at the beginning of Seahawks. She's definitely her mommy and daddy's little girl. She will sit on the couch playing while the game is on, and cheer when appropriate. Yesterday coming home from the birthday party she started yelling, "Seahawks!" and pointing. We realized that the truck in front of

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A friend of mine from high school, had her daughter's 3rd birthday today. She paid for all the kids to have a day of fun at Maris Farms! Maris Farms is an old dairy farm that became a pumpkin patch about 10 years ago. They have lots of fun things to do. In the evenings they even host a "Haunted Maze" for those who want to try it. We've done it with friends a couple of times, and had a blast!

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So, my cousin Heather and my friend Melanie are who turned me on to blogging. Not that I am anywhere in their league. They have great blogs that I love to read. The other day my cousin Heather at "Mountain Home Quilts" posted a recipe for Caramel Apple Muffins that I was waiting to try. So tonight I dove in. I love to bake anyway, and am always looking for new recipes to try. So here is my

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You can do it real slow so your heart won't palpitate,Just don't be late...Do the Puyallup!In honor of the last day of the Western Washington Fair, or Puyallup Fair to most of us, I thought I would share with you some pictures of our adventure there this year! A little background for you: The Puyallup Fair is the largest single attraction held annually in WA state. It continually ranks among

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Yeah...they're cute:) They know it:PI finally got these pictures off of Tom's iPhone. I've been such a ditz lately, that it's been good that his phone takes good pictures! I can't remember to take my camera ANYWHERE. They were very excited about school, but also a little apprehensive. I was always the same way:D Logan is in first grade with Mrs. Tomyn. Jackson is in third grade with Mrs.

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And yet again here we are...at a place where I explain to you that our computer has been out of commission for multiple weeks. And you say, "Get a new one!" and I say, "Don't I wish!"But seriously...I have SO MANY pictures to share with you all. And tomorrow we're having friends and family over in honor of Tom's 30th Birthday. A backyard BBQ (let's hope the weather holds out).When will I add

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I just had to share a blog I found with you. It's called "Cake Wrecks." I honestly think this is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It's not nasty, demeaning, sleazy, or dirty...it's just plain ol' fashion funny! I was laughing so hard, that Keira came up to me, patted my arm, and said, "Mommy?" Can you just see the quizical look on her face?! You can see it at:

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I know that this post is a week late...Sorry! I've been begging my husband to download all of the pictures off of his iPhone, so that I could put them on here. I just can't wait anymore:) I just have to share the ONE picture that he has gotten me!We went to Westport, WA with a large portion of my mom's family for the 4th of July weekend. The family has a home down there, and we spread out in

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So, today our friend Melanie turned the big 3-0. We went to a party in honor of the occasion at her friend Kiera's house in Seattle. It was lots of fun (Thanks Kiera for hosting!). Friends, family, food...what more could you want? Maybe a birthday present that arrived on time? Yeah, that's right, the birthday present that we got Mel, didn't make it. That however is a whole different post

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Today Jackson's class went on a field trip to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. He asked me if I would be a chaperone...I tried to explain to an 8 year old about not having sick days or vacations days...it was depressing to say the least:P Riding to the rescue was his best pal, Auntie "Ree Ree." Auntie has these awesome things called personal days!! So, she took one and had the experience

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Once a month, Jackson and Logan's PTA hosts a Skate Night at a nearby rollerskating rink. We started taking them a couple of months ago. Just us and the boys, for some special time. Keira has her own date with Grammi and Papa. The boys have a blast! It's fun seeing them enjoy the same stuff we did as kids.**Sidenote**Apparently inline skates aren't just cool, they're the norm now, as we have

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So I do a lot of shopping on this site, ETSY.com. It's an "online marketplace for all things handmade." The artists (yes they are artists) do AMAZING work! I will be devoting a whole post to it soon...and I'm thinking of opening my own shop selling my cards...but that's another day. What has me so excited was that I went to one of the shop's I love and saw that she had a blog. So, I decided

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Catching up here with all you:) Below I am posting some pictures from our Easter celebration at church. Yes...I know it's mid-May. I admit it, I stink at this! The kids had a blast and found lots of yummy goodies and good fellowship!Keira getting ready for the Nursery Egg Hunt. She did a little dance of excitement with each egg she found!Logan was the big winner of the day! He found the "

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Okay...Sorry that I've been absent. I have SO much to post on here and will get to it soon. We had a slight computer meltdown, but are remedying that posthaste! And somewhere I've managed to lose my memory stick adapter for my camera...So pictures will be posted as soon as I can find it!

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So some of you know that Tom and I started running this week. His PRT (physical readiness test) for the Coast Guard is next weekend, and he needed to get in some running before hand. We've been doing a mile and a half, which is what they make him run for the test. I haven't done any running since before Keira was born, and it shows. But I'm happy to say that it went even better today. Our

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Okay...so I'm new to this whole blogging thing:) My friend Mel has been trying to get me to start one for a while now, and I'm finally giving in! Please bear with me while I try to figure it out...I'm not real happy with my set-up yet. I may have to have Mel and her family over for dinner so she can help me!So one of my conundrums has been what to name my blog. I have a temporary name on here,

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