Kody's first steps...

Here is a short clip of Kody walking with the Elmo Lawnmower. All of our kids have taken their first steps with this! Glad we kept it around. :o) He will be 8 months tomorrow, can't believe how fast time is going with him.

Dinner & Cabelas

Tonight was Family night at Cabelas. Only family of workers were allowed in the actual opening is on Friday & the Huge Grand Opening will be in Jan. Its a neat store, they have tons of stuffed animals.. Hippo, Elephant, deer, zebras, fish, Orca whale, lion, turkeys, Rhino .. & the list goes on. They have a Archery range, Fly fishing stream/pond, shooting range, Laser range, deli that has Venison, Wild Boar with some other meats that I can't remember. They also have a "general store" that sells apparently famous fudge (we didn't get any line was to long..lol) Before going over to that my parents took us to the Boomtown buffet (next to Cabelas) for Ben & my birthday. Bens birthday was yesterday & since he worked we just had dinner of his choice & we made him a cake.

What is a Veteran?

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking.

What is a Vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by. He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU." Remember November 11th is Veterans Day! "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."ste Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

That was quick!

Well Kody is now walking along furniture, he started that yesterday & now pulls himself up on everything to a stand & then tries to walk along it. He'll be 8 months next week & I am assuming he will be walking around 9 months!

Lots of updating to do..

I can't believe its been over a week since I last blogged! Ohh wait yes I can! lol We've been EXTREMELY busy! For those of you that didn't know we moved the end of last week. We are now living in town & much closer to the girls school. Here are a few pics to update on the events that have taken place..

Pumpkin Carving w/ Tyler

Halloween!

Movers delivered our stuff with over 200 boxes!We've been unpacking ever since. Luckily nothing big was broken. :o)

Kelsi had her bday party @ the bowling alley. We had our own private room w/ 4 lanes.

I need to get some pics of the house & then I'll post those. We are enjoying unpacking our stuff its nice to have all of our stuff back! Its been a long 3 months to go without our stuff & live out of suitcases.