My parents are coming to visit me soon. Finally! They are going to brave the flights and the jetlag and come see what we have been living for the last year and a half. I'm so excited and hope we have a good time! Right now, it feels like June is FOREVER away so it will be a good distraction. I might not get back on the plane once I land in Las Vegas for the house hunting trip. It's very tempting, but I know I have to for the kids.
Landen has finished finals - yeah! It's serious business here - testing times, 1/2 days, and similar to a college schedule for 6th grade and up. I never had to do that so young! I wonder how it will compare next year to school in the U.S. again. Landen last went to 2nd grade in the states and he will be going into 8th grade when we return. Amazing!
Kuwait is gearing up for Liberation Day so we are beginning to see lots of lights and flags on the houses. I'll try to snap some updated pictures while we do a little sightseeing.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
What's Going On?
I'm READY to move to Las Vegas. READY!!! Too bad it's not June yet. At least we have plane tickets to go house hunt in April! Matt and I are obsessed with looking at houses online. I think we've decided to buy one if we can find what we want. The real estate is crazy cheap and the interest rates are low so it's good timing for us! A new church family, mountains nearby, my own home, Target, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, convenience food, no transformers, a school with a cafeteria in it, conveniently packed lunch box items, drivers that follow the rules (for the most part), foods that taste like what we are used to in the grocery stores, scrap book items, not having to ship everything, no dust storms, quality toilet paper and paper towels, Friday night football, not getting up in the middle of the night to watch the Hogs, American doctors, blonde haired people, Christmas lights, Mexcian food..... it's gonna be heaven!
This week has consisted of Jordyn being sick (cold and pick eye), I have had a cold the last few weeks and have twisted my knee (yes, my bad one that I've already had 2 surgeries on), Landen has hurt his shoulder playing baseball, and now Hayden is starting his whooping cough episode that he does every year. FUN WEEK! sigh. Thankfully, the lights are being installed at the baseball fields this weeks which means a break for us - right when we need it. The timing is good and I am thankful for that! It's also semester tests week for Landen and Hayden has 3 of his own as well.
Can't wait for my mom and dad to come visit. They actually booked their tickets and there is no turning back now! I hope everything goes smoothly for them and they enjoy it. I'm excited to show them the life we've been living for the last year and a half. I hope the weather cooperates. It has been being beautiful, but today is dusty and windy and cold (cold being 50 degrees. :-)) (shh..... I'm going to try and get my parents on a camel if I can!) Won't that be fun??!!
This week has consisted of Jordyn being sick (cold and pick eye), I have had a cold the last few weeks and have twisted my knee (yes, my bad one that I've already had 2 surgeries on), Landen has hurt his shoulder playing baseball, and now Hayden is starting his whooping cough episode that he does every year. FUN WEEK! sigh. Thankfully, the lights are being installed at the baseball fields this weeks which means a break for us - right when we need it. The timing is good and I am thankful for that! It's also semester tests week for Landen and Hayden has 3 of his own as well.
Can't wait for my mom and dad to come visit. They actually booked their tickets and there is no turning back now! I hope everything goes smoothly for them and they enjoy it. I'm excited to show them the life we've been living for the last year and a half. I hope the weather cooperates. It has been being beautiful, but today is dusty and windy and cold (cold being 50 degrees. :-)) (shh..... I'm going to try and get my parents on a camel if I can!) Won't that be fun??!!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Merry Christmas - 2011
I'm having a terrible time with my pictures tonight, so I'm gonna go ahead and post. I hope to share some more pictures from Christmas soon!!
Unfortunately there were no camel races for the Rowlands this year on Christmas day, but we still had a fabulous day! It was probably one of the busiest seasons we have had in a long time, due to my job. I wish I could post a bunch of those pictures, but I can't due to security. So, I chose a few from home to share instead.
First things first, Matt and I got to meet Minka Kelly (I'm a big Friday Night Lights fan!), Robert Horry (lets be honest, I had to look up who he was) and Jordin Sparks (she's striking and very personable). They came to the Embassy for a brief visit with the Marines and Matt was in charge of helping escort them. It's good to be an LTC wife and work with the head marine's wife! We got to chat with them a bit and snap a few pictures before they were off to the other camps. FUN!
Other highlights from work were the Children's Christmas party - which was a brunch with Santa, Christmas Caroling, and a family movie night complete with a cook out and hot chocolate. It was all a little more involved than it sounds considering my co-worker and I were in charge of it all, but we were happy everything turned out well and the families were very appreciative of it all. We also held several activities for the staff, brought in and gave away live Christmas trees through the Trees for Troops program, decorated the Embassy, and more that I won't bore you with. You get the idea! Thank you to my Co-Co CLO - who also happens to be my husband. He is worked quite a bit by my job!
The kiddos have enjoyed being home from school and lounging in their pajamas. We cooked a nice Christmas Eve dinner since I didn't cook on Thanksgiving. We were able to Skype with my mom and dad and Aunt Terri which is always fun. For some reason I managed to get so tickled about forgetting what I was gonna say that I had tears coming out my eyes, lol. Terri decided I hadn't had enough sleep. :-) I honestly don't know what came over me.
Under the Christmas tree, Landen found a new bat (surprise, surprise!), a few shirts, a bible devotion book, some skull headphones, and some new Vans shoes. Hayden got a new laptop, a remote control helicopter from Nana & Pop, Spy Car and Spy Glasses, and battling bug set. The boys both also got Rock Band from Grammy and Pawpaw and love it! Our old one had broken... Jordyn got an American Girl doll, some matching doll clothes, finger paints, some new dress up clothes, and lots of other surprises. Matt got a new Nike+ GPS watch and I got some cool new Ray Bans. Santa was good to us this year! Santa even left a receipt in Hayden's stocking.... he evidently shops at the 100 Fills store. Interesting, huh?! ;) 
It's not official yet, so I won't let the cat out of the bag until we know for sure, but we have an inkling of where we are moving next. Clue #1 - United States of ________________!!!!!!
Update: So, before I got the pictures on here and posted this entry, it became official. Brush up on your BlackJack because we are moving to another desert - only, this time in the U.S. Yep - Las Vegas, here we come!!!!!!!
Unfortunately there were no camel races for the Rowlands this year on Christmas day, but we still had a fabulous day! It was probably one of the busiest seasons we have had in a long time, due to my job. I wish I could post a bunch of those pictures, but I can't due to security. So, I chose a few from home to share instead.
First things first, Matt and I got to meet Minka Kelly (I'm a big Friday Night Lights fan!), Robert Horry (lets be honest, I had to look up who he was) and Jordin Sparks (she's striking and very personable). They came to the Embassy for a brief visit with the Marines and Matt was in charge of helping escort them. It's good to be an LTC wife and work with the head marine's wife! We got to chat with them a bit and snap a few pictures before they were off to the other camps. FUN!
Other highlights from work were the Children's Christmas party - which was a brunch with Santa, Christmas Caroling, and a family movie night complete with a cook out and hot chocolate. It was all a little more involved than it sounds considering my co-worker and I were in charge of it all, but we were happy everything turned out well and the families were very appreciative of it all. We also held several activities for the staff, brought in and gave away live Christmas trees through the Trees for Troops program, decorated the Embassy, and more that I won't bore you with. You get the idea! Thank you to my Co-Co CLO - who also happens to be my husband. He is worked quite a bit by my job!
The kiddos have enjoyed being home from school and lounging in their pajamas. We cooked a nice Christmas Eve dinner since I didn't cook on Thanksgiving. We were able to Skype with my mom and dad and Aunt Terri which is always fun. For some reason I managed to get so tickled about forgetting what I was gonna say that I had tears coming out my eyes, lol. Terri decided I hadn't had enough sleep. :-) I honestly don't know what came over me.
It's not official yet, so I won't let the cat out of the bag until we know for sure, but we have an inkling of where we are moving next. Clue #1 - United States of ________________!!!!!!
Update: So, before I got the pictures on here and posted this entry, it became official. Brush up on your BlackJack because we are moving to another desert - only, this time in the U.S. Yep - Las Vegas, here we come!!!!!!!
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