Sea World and San Antonio Zoo

This week the girls had their school field trips. Shelby got to go to Sea World and Alexus went to the Zoo.. Both days were a lot of fun. Shelby got to see the Shamu show and the Sea Otter/Sea Lion show. I took alomost 100 pictures that day which I thought was a lot but I took pictures of what Shelby wanted me to so she has a lot of memories when she gets older. Ashleigh and Alissa loved Sea World and already want to go back. They were so good that day. They didn't give me any trouble. Shelby helped me push the stroller and helped the girls in and out when they wanted to see things. The Zoo was just as much fun. They even wanted to look at the snakes. Brave girls! I am so scared of them. I don't even go near them in the pet store! Alexus had a migraine the day before so I was afraid she wouldn't feel like going, but she woke up that morning feeling MUCH better. Thanks to her teacher letting her sleep in class cause she couldn't get a hold of us. She put her in the closet to where it was nice and quiet and dark. Thanks Ms. Huizar! Kimberley helped Alissa in and out of the stroller so she could see the animals. Ashleigh ran everywhere and got into everything. There wasn't as many people at the zoo as there was at Sea World so they could walk a lot more there. Ash was crossing the rope barriers and running all over. We had to call her a few times and make her some back to where we were. I took 150 pictues that day but there was SO many types of birds in the bird house!
Ms. Huizar and the class.

My Butterfly. Watch her FLY.

My hesitant butterfly.

My wee lil butterfly.

We just had to take some pictures by the beautiful flowers. Andy said this is her thug pose.

Ashleigh wants a copy of this for her room. Hint Hint Daddy!

I know she needs her bangs cut! But isn't she pretty. We need a copy of this for her room too.

Mrs. Fernandez with the class.

Hope you all have just as good of a week as me and the girls have had. Andy has had a rough week at work and is wore out. Bless his heart! Love and Miss you all !

125th Post

Today is my 125th post on here and I am glad to have found something special to post about. There is a man named Ray Michael Sorensen II that paints a boulder every year in support of our Veterans. He does some very beautiful work if you would like to check it out you can look at his site. http://www.thefreedomrock.com Let me know what you all think! Hope you all have a wonderful week.

New Chihuahua

The girls got a puppy from their Nanny. She called him Bubble Bubble, but the girls have been calling him Bubble, Peanut, and Peanut Butter. He is SO cute, and SO tiny. I hope the pictures ended up good. Alissa is still scared of him. We are hoping she will continue to get better around dogs. She used to scream when she saw them, which was bad cause we have had a dog since before she was born. Now she will pet him while he isn't looking, but if he turns toward her she screams. She still won't have anything to do with larger dogs.

Well it is official

I took Alexus to the Neurologist yesterday and he diagnosed her with migraines. We have decided to do a preventive medicine. She will take 1 pill right before bed time every day. The medicine is called Periactin. I sure do hope this helps because we can't figure out what is causing them. When he was talking to us about which way we wanted to go he was talking about doing a daily journal which we already did for her pediatrician or a daily preventive medicine. When he mentioned a daily medicine he saw her shake her head yes and was really surprised that an 8yr old was willing to take a daily medicine. We have to watch her for a little while to see if she is going to have the side effects. They can be sleepiness and appetite gain. He doesn't want her to sleep all the time or gain a lot of weight either so hopefully it won't. /crosses my fingers She took her first pill last night and when I woke her up this morning she said she felt fine. I will keep you all informed on what happens, but I sure am glad they diagnosed her so we can get her something to help these darn migraines. She goes back in a month for him to reevaluate her.

Prayers

Andy has an interview tomorrow morning for a job. Please pray that he will do well. It is still at Lackland, but it will mean a raise on the military side as well as on the civilian side. It does come with more responsabilities, but I know he can handle it. He has already been doing the job while others take their vacations/leave so they also saw he could do it so I hope that will help as well. Thanks in advance for all your prayers. We love and miss you all.

Andy's Shrine

(Left picture) A drawing of an F-15 we bought a long time ago, his Chiefs' Choice Award, a picture of Andy all tied up, and them pouring ice water on him to say goodbye, him in an F-15, and a certificate he has received. (Right picture)He plaque he received when he left Idaho, Superior Performer Award, his tech school class, his squadron picture they tool in Kuwait, and an award he received.



(Left picture) Order of the White Knight certificate he got before he left Georgia, His "White Knight", and his coins he has received over the years, and his Granddad's signed letter from President Obama. This means a lot to him cause it is a copy of the letter that his grandmother received from President Obama honoring the years of service that his Grandad selflessly gave.

A big picture of it all.

Andy wanted to put his awards and pictures on our living room wall since we finally got it painted, and our new flooring in. He still has a lot more awards and things to be put up but I am running out of room. He thinks he needs another wall! He even made the shelf that his knight and coins are in.