New Years Day 2019

"ES-CAP-E", 

you know it kind of looks like the word, "ESCAPE"

We did a homemade escape room, 

complete with many clues and key combinations.  

We loved it!  

It was awesome to see how the kids took turns, worked together, 

and used their strengths to solve the clues 

and get us out of a locked room!

(and some snacks!)

A glimpse of our 2018 summer

Packing,
moving,
testing for black belt in taekwondo (!),
sharing/giving away our dogs,
leaving the Army,
scout camps and high adventure camps,
starting a medical practice/business,
swimming,
hiking,
Lagoon,
family time,
meeting Ainsley Rae,
healing a broken arm,
yard work
packing and moving around the corner...
its a little bit exhausting to think of everything we did!

Here's a bajillion pictures.
I have about a thousand more that capture the
ups and
downs and
sideways
emotions from this summer.

  

 

Family Campout

We went to Caballos Lake in New Mexico and enjoyed a pleasant evening/night/morning.  A family we went with had a kayak and the kids loved the lake time.  Even the puppies came with us and we all had a great time with smores, shooting stars, exploring, and building a mini-island in the lake.

Goodbyes are hard. But it's going to be okay.

Play Day

Everyone arranged to stay home from work and other commitments

 so that we could play all together!  

BEST DAY EVER!

      

       

San Diego

Bob and I were hoping to take a vacation before his deployment in August.  An opportunity landed in our laps that would allow Bob to be of great service to someone as well as having a vacation paid for! A very long time ago, Bob signed up to be a bone marrow donor.  At the beginning of the year, the donation center called him and let him know he was a perfect match for someone.  They arranged our flights and hotel in San Diego, as well as covered all of our food expenses.  Bob received daily injections to help his body produce more bone marrow.  He was allowed to take Tylenol for any bone pain as his body produced more and more bone marrow.  After day 5, he had enough to donate. They hooked him up to a machine similar to a dialysis machine to take his blood out, separate the bone marrow and stem cells, and then put his blood back in.  

Since the majority of our days and nights were free, we relaxed and enjoyed some of the sights (and tastes) of San Diego.  We had a great time!  (THANK YOU MAMMA FOR BABYSITTING!)

Here's a bajillion pictures: