an ode to summer by Jason

We'll its getting into summer here in Spain and we're already starting to spend every day at the pool. Colby is getting brown and Cyd's pink sunburn is becoming a fixture. James is as white as ever, and I often have to wear my sunglasses when i'm with him at the pool. Colby has been going off the diving board and they have a nice waterslide. He's the only one under the age of 6 that is allowed to go, i'm quite proud.

We're looking forward to a summer of fun, sun, and trying to keep the boys from killing eachother. Our next big evolution is the move back on base to the fishbowl. I think it's going to be a good thing and i know that he boys are going to love being able to walk out the front door and play with other kids. It might be nice to not have to entertain them for a while. Our next big trip isn't until Germany in August, but we're in the works for trying to see if we'll go to holland or Italy for the fourth of July. because our Itakly trip next week has been canceled... Stay tuned. last weekend we went to Madrid. here are few pics from the trip. We went to Retiro Park and decided to take a paddle boat around the Park. It was the best thing we did the whole trip! the boys loved it and so did we . Each boy got to row the boat and then Cyd and i switched kids mid stream! it was halarious! we had the best time!

Miss you all and we'll try to post some more stuff soon.

okay, maybe not tomorrow.....

PART 2

so we drove for about 2 hours through the german and holland counrtyside...it was beautiful. We made it to our hotel around 930pm and it was a total flashback from the 70's! it was awesome and the veiw from our room was amazing! it was so fancy! so we headed downstairs for some dinner {Colbs brought his lego loot} since it was still light outside at 10pm!and Colby discovered an age old fave of the Netherlanders.......Fries and mayo! holy moly! he is in love! and as the sun was setting we setteled into our beds for another day!the next morning we awoke to ducks quacking outside our balcony! so of course the boys had to go down to feed them!
after the duck feeding we went to a little seaside town. it was beautiful and quaint, right on the water.
all the houses looked like this.here are the boys at a gift shop. in the big ole clogs!

then we went to a cheese and clog factory!!!! it was neat to see how it's all done. the smells....were interesting...Colby did'nt like it AT ALL! this guy totally looked like Dwight Shrute from * the office* total beet farmer in his clogs! here he is holding his nose!!! HA! HAA! with Jason and I behind the silly people!

next we were off to the Windmills...by this time the boys were tired {jason included}. so here are the only pics from that trip. look at the two grumps! wow...those faces!after we got some food and rested we found a park. check this out!TO BE CONTINUED....

Amsterdam :)

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new addition....

we've finally done it! We have added a new member to our ever growing family! ......since we are staying put for a while we decided to get a dog! She is a yellow lab, about 2 years old and soooooo sweet! Her name is Lola. We have had her for 5 days and she hasn't barked once! she is very well behaved! We love her. especially Colby! he has been wanting a dog for a long time. Jason is pretty happy , too. ;) Here are a few pics....this is the first day as we were bringing her home.

We hope she will be a perfect fit for this family! Kitty......she's not to thrilled.

Here are a few more pics from San Diego.

The annual Family Pic! On the deck at Grumps and Nana's.
While at Knott's we got Nana on a ride!!!

I was getting flak for not putting any pics of GRANDPA on the blog, so here it is!

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happy 4th! {early}

because.....we are off to Holland and Germany!!!!! WWOHOOO WEEEE! im so excited! can you tell??

anyhow, here is a little Partiotic cheer!

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boooo-tastic!

so we went to the first of our Halloween shindigs last night! it was the hospital party! We all dressed up and i was incharge of the face painting booth and making the signs. i made this one and Jason and James made this one!it was a blast! here are a few pics...Colbs in all his mummy makeup with *Buddy* the Elf {aka Jason} Jonah as George Monkey, that lasted all of 10 minutes and James with the *nerd herd* all ghoulish skeletons then me as the wood sprite!

you all know i take a million pics...and i had to take pics of my makeup! i did gold shimmer all over my face and a rust eye. with fancy feather lashes!!! love it! then i made my head piece! it came out cool.

hope you all have a bootastic halloween!

i wanna see pics!!!

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